By Ola Westerberg, TT News Agency, Sweden
Duvet covers and pillow shams sold by IKEA are produced in Turkmenistan, a country which has been compared to North Korea because of its seclusion and tight control over its citizens.
Macedonia's Special Prosecutor's Office has accused a number of high-ranking officials and two former ministers of trying to rig the 2013 local elections.
Journalists from the Bulgarian investigative website Bivol, an OCCRP partner, were summoned by the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office earlier this month for questioning in connection with the case known as Yaneva Gate.
Australian law enforcement seized an estimated 720 liters of liquid methamphetamine worth an estimated AU$ 1.26 billion (US$ 900 million), according to a news release on the Australian Minister for Justice website.
The Sofia City Court (SSC) has closed a money-laundering case against Hristo Bisserov, former Bulgarian Deputy Speaker of the Parliament and long-time lawmaker.
Deputy Prosecutor General Vitaly Kasko, one of Ukraine’s top reformers, resigned today, accusing the Prosecutor General’s Office of stalling the reform process. His decision follows the Feb. 3 resignation of economic minister Aivaras Abromavicius.
Nearly three weeks after a Kyiv Court ordered prosecutors to drop an embezzlement case against ex-lawmaker Yuriy Ivanyushchenko, prosecutors are vowing to press ahead with it.
Families of US citizens murdered by drug cartels in Mexico are suing HSBC, saying it let the cartels launder billions of dollars to operate their businesses, resulting in the destruction of numerous lives, according to a case filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) arrested Pavlovic Bank owner Slobodan Pavlovic and three others on Feb. 11. The suspects are under investigation for abuse of office and money laundering in connection with Pavlovic Bank, according to authorities.
French and Romanian authorities have busted an organized crime network for trafficking minors and setting them to work as pickpockets and beggars, grossing up to € 7,000 (US$ 7,870) a day, according to a news release by Europol.