Hoping to reduce the number of illegal arms and explosives in private possession, Montenegrin police have launched an amnesty program for people to return or register illegal weapons.

State police today arrested a government official who they say has obstructed the investigation against Naser Kelmendi – an alleged drug kingpin who is being tried in Kosovo for planning a murder and leading an organized crime group that moved a variety of drugs through a network linking Afghanistan, Turkey and the European Union.

Last night, Mexican marines busted Sinaloa cartel drug kingpin Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán Loera in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, ending a six-month international manhunt for the cartel leader, reported Spanish-language outlet Univision. (El Chapo is Spanish for “Shorty”).

On Dec. 30, Bulgaria’s last workday for 2015, the government closed the customs unit in the border town of Svilengrad, which over the years had become a symbol of corruption.

By Marine Madatyan

Brazilian resident Malika Aboussena shared a photo of her friend Rafal Zelbert on Facebook and wrote: “Beautiful eyes; where are you now?”

Daniele Ozzimo, a former member of the Rome city council, was sentenced yesterday with five others for their part in the ‘Mafia Capitale’ corruption scandal, according to Repubblica.

A U.S District Court in St. Louis sentenced Jasminka Ramic to three years in prison for financing ISIS terrorists.

Turkish authorities have captured a vessel carrying more than 13 tons of marijuana that was reportedly meant to be distributed to European countries, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency (AA) news portal.

Romanian police working with European colleagues have cracked down on a group suspected of using malicious software in order to crack and rob ATM machines across European countries for nearly a year.

Romanian Senator Gabriel Oprea has been involved in questionable real estate deals, according to a story published by OCCRP partner RISE Romania in partnership with the Center for Investigative Media.