The Spanish Civil Guard said Tuesday it dismantled a criminal organization dedicated to human and drug trafficking and freed two women — one of them 14-years-old — that were forced into prostitution by the gang.

Russia’s dirty laundry has been put out to dry by investigative reporters working together across 32 countries in a major project led by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and Moscow-based Novaya Gazeta.

Bosnia’s State Court confirmed Friday the indictment against 16 people charged with financial crime that led to the collapse of a bank and the theft of 123 million KM (US$ 83 million).

 U.S. Federal prosecutors are investigating North Korea’s role in the attempted theft of nearly US$ 1 billion from the Central Bank of Bangladesh in February 2016. 

A court in Moscow sentenced on Monday Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to 15 days in prison and fined him 20,000 roubles (US$ 350) a day after he was arrested during anti-government protests that took place throughout the country.

New York police arrested on Wednesday infamous mobster Vincent Asaro, 82, along with John Gotti, 23, the grandson and namesake of late "Teflon Don," who headed the Gambino family, on charges of arson.

An Argentinian judge on Thursdayordered the former president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to stand trial on charges that she organized a plan to defraud the government over US$ 3 billion by manipulating the country’s Central Bank.

Miroslava Breach, 58, a Mexican journalist who specialized in organized crime and corruption, was shot eight times in her car Thursday morning as she pulled out of her drive in state capital Chihuahua to take her son to school.

Former Russian lawmaker and Putin critic Denis Voronenkov was shot dead Thursday morning on a busy street in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, according to Ukrainian authorities.

Kenyan prosecutors charged Wednesday an IT expert with electronic fraud he allegedly committed as member an international cyber crime syndicate that stole millions from banks and government bodies.