The investigation has moved to Asia, say officials who coordinated the arrest last week of seven key players involved in a massive ivory smuggling operation out of Africa.

The US request last week to extradite Guatemala’s former vice president Roxana Baldetti on drug trafficking charges has led to new revelations about her deep links to the Zetas Mexican drug cartel, Insight Crime reported Friday.

An Indian congressman was questioned Friday about his alleged role in a money laundering scheme linked to a slum rehabilitation project worth US$ 62 million in Bandra, India.

A Court in Delhi ordered Friday the extension of an Indian businessman’s custody pending further investigation of his alleged role in a demonetized currency laundering scheme worth nearly US$ 8 million.

A U.S. Army colonel, his wife, and a former defense contractor were indicted Thursday for running a bribery and fraud scheme involving rigging military contracts.

Federal authorities arrested more than two dozen alleged members of a Russian gang involved in robbing, racketeering, selling narcotics, and other crimes, including even stealing chocolate, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

Italian, Spanish and Dutch police arrested Wednesday 22 out of 65 suspected members of a criminal ring that smuggled hashish from Morocco to The Netherlands and Italy via Spain.

A former diplomat asked Panamanian officials Tuesday to open a money laundering investigation into Venezuelan Vice-President Tareck El Aissami, who was blacklisted in February by the U.S. for playing "a significant role in international narcotics trafficking."

Italian police arrested 12 suspects of migrant and cigarette smuggling who may have planned to bring migrants with jihadist links to Europe, media reported Tuesday.

A Thai property tycoon was charged Monday with money laundering as part of a widening embezzlement investigation that involves a major bank and a 1,000-acre Buddhist temple.