French authorities have launched an investigation after 370 kilograms of cocaine was found in a Coca-Cola plant in the southern French town of Signes, media reported Wednesday. The company – which has not included cocaine in its signature recipe for about a century – has labeled the discovery "a very bad surprise."
Banker and politician Veaceslav Platon, who allegedly stole millions from Moldovan banks, was extradited from Ukraine to Moldova on Monday, Moldovan prosecutors said.
Albania’s parliament passed a law on Tuesday requiring background checks of prospective judges and prosecutors, despite resistance from the country’s opposition.
An Armenian court freed a Russian citizen on Monday who had been detained on the request of the United States on accusations of money laundering and illegally transferring military technology.
Russia is seeking the extradition from Thailand of a businessman and lawmaker accused of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars and attempting to bribe an official, media reported Sunday.
Finnish police arrested three people and seized more than €1.1 million (US$ 1.2 million) worth of drugs in a crackdown on an online narcotics operation described as the country’s biggest to date, authorities announced Friday.
Romanian police have raided several locations in a joint operation with British law enforcement and arrested eight people suspected of running a prostitution ring that operated in 10 cities in the United Kingdom.
A court in the United States convicted the son of a Russian lawmaker on Thursday for hacking attacks that stole nearly 1.7 million credit card numbers, in a case that has drawn sharp criticism of US "kidnapping" from Russia’s government.
A joint European police operation has led to the seizure of more than three tonnes of hashish off Italy’s coast, dealing another blow to a Polish-led criminal network that has been under investigation for two years, Europol said Wednesday.
Police arrested a senior member of Italy’s Camorra organized crime network who had fled the country and was hiding out on Spain’s southeastern coast, media reported Tuesday.