Marine Le Pen’s chief of staff was charged Wednesday after an investigation showed European Parliament money was used to pay staffers of Le Pen’s party.

Slovakian software security firm ESET released a report Tuesday warning that a cyber crime group, RTM, is targeting businesses in Russia and neighboring countries.

Former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang was sentenced on Wednesday to 20 months in prison for misconduct in public office, making him the city’s highest-ranking official to be put behind bars.

The President of Azerbaijan appointed his wife as his deputy on Tuesday, making her his successor in case he is unable to perform his duty, and this way cementing the power of his dynasty.

The UK House of Commons unanimously passed legislation Tuesday that—if adopted by the House of Lords—will allow the government to freeze the assets of international human rights violators in the UK.

Police in Italy arrested Tuesday the boss of a Sicilian mafia family and five of his aids for extortion and for forcing people —  often at gunpoint —  to vote in elections for a candidate close to the organization.

Ukranian authorities arrested two female ringleaders of a sex trafficking network that was sending young women to Turkey.

A Chinese court sentenced Beijing’s former deputy Communist Party Secretary to 13 years in prison for corruption and made her pay a two million yuan (US$ 290,000) fine, state media said on Monday.

Indian authorities arrested two orphanage officials for allegedly selling over two dozen babies and children to different parts of India, the United States and France on the pretext of adoption, local media reported.