Romania: 50 Indictments in Alcohol Tax Fraud Case
Romanian anti-corruption officials handed out 50 indictments on Friday in an alcohol industry tax evasion case that allegedly caused more than US$ 140 million in state losses.
Romanian anti-corruption officials handed out 50 indictments on Friday in an alcohol industry tax evasion case that allegedly caused more than US$ 140 million in state losses.
Italian police arrested 15 alleged organized crime figures accused of smuggling drugs from South America and laundering the profits, according to a statement released Thursday.
Romanian authorities said Thursday seven people were detained on suspicion of committing credit card fraud throughout Europe.
Hackers conducted coordinated attacks on five of Russia’s top 10 financial institutions on Tuesday, the Central Bank told state media.
American authorities Wednesday arrested eight alleged members of an Eastern European organized crime syndicate they say committed an array of mob-related crimes in collusion with a large transnational organized crime group.
Italian police busted an organized crime ring allegedly involved in drug trades, illegal car trafficking and extortion resulting in 37 arrests, state police said in a statement released Tuesday.
Macedonian officials extradited a Kazakh man suspected of fraud on Wednesday following his May arrest in the Balkan country, Kazakhstan’s Interior Ministry (MVD) said in a statement.
Romanian anti-corruption officials questioned the former head of the country’s tax agency on Monday on accusations that he took a bribe in exchange for awarding public contracts, the anti-corruption agency said in a statement.
Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili resigned as governor of Ukraine’s Odesa region on Monday, citing corruption in the central government as the main reason for his departure.
Monday's front page of the Serbian pro-government tabloid Informer renewed attacks on independent news organizations, accusing them of being “liars and racketeers” paid by the European Union and the US.