Italian tax police have seized assets worth an estimated € 500 million (almost US$ 560 million) from a group allegedly connected to Italy's 'Ndrangheta mob, the Global Times reported citing local media.
The US Department of Justice has charged three people from Turkey and Iran with moving hundreds of millions of dollars for the government of Iran and Iranian companies, in an apparent attempt to evade economic sanctions.
The Director General of UNESCO and a Bulgarian candidate for UN Secretary General, Irina Bokova, owns US$ 4.7 million in properties across London, Paris and New York, despite an estimated family income in recent years of only US$ 2.7 million, reported OCCRP partner center Bivol.
Delyan Peevski, the subject of several corruption investigations by OCCRP partner Bivol.bg, has said he is withdrawing from future business projects in Bulgaria citing a "continuous media campaign" against him.
A Supreme Court justice has blocked the appointment of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s former president, to a cabinet position, leaving him open to face corruption charges in a lower court, the Guardian said.
A Serbian tabloid has alleged that a respected journalism non-profit is attempting to overthrow the Serbian government, citing information that appears to have come from secret services, intelligence or surveillance.
Football’s world governing body lodged a claim with US authorities Wednesday for compensation of millions of dollars allegedly pocketed illegally by its own corrupt members and football officials, a FIFA news release said.
Police have arrested at least twelve people in connection with the theft of paintings worth around US$ 16 million from Verona’s Castelvecchio museum, Reuters reports.
A former member of Romania’s parliament was sentenced this week to two years in prison for attempting to bribe voters with 60 tons of chicken, reported national press agency AGERPRES.
Thai prosecutors have called their first witnesses in the trial of 92 suspected human traffickers in the Rohingya “Boat People” smuggling case, the UK Telegraph reported.