Journalists attempting to cover the judicial hearing for imprisoned investigative journalist and OCCRP partner Khadija Ismayilova were pelted with rocks today, as several motions filed by her defense were dismissed. Court action is to resume August 7.

Igor Shuvalov, Russia’s deputy prime minister, owns a posh apartment in central London worth £11.44 million (US$ 17.7 million), says corruption activist Alexei Navalny. 

Romanian authorities have raided the sewers in the North Station area of Bucharest, as well as several nearby buildings, to crack down on what they say is a drug-trafficking gang based in the underground tunnels of the capital.

A Russian newspaper is reporting that football coach Fabio Capello was paid US$35 million to step down as head coach of the Russian football team earlier this month —nearly US$20 million more than he was previously said to have received.

Gambling executive Mario Gennaro was arrested Wednesday by Italian police along with 50 others accused in an online gambling tax evasion operation valued at € 2 billion.

Pro-media freedom advocates today protested outside Azerbaijan’s embassy in Moldova’s capital of Chisinau, demanding the Azerbaijani government release imprisoned investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova, Moldovan newspaper Ziarul De Garda reported.

Eight foreigners have been arrested by officers of Moldova’s National Anti-Corruption Center on suspicion of money laundering, while a ninth suspect remains under police observation while hospitalized for an undisclosed ailment.

The head of Hungary’s tax authority who was banned from entering the United States (US) last year on suspicion of corruption has resigned, the Ministry for National Economy says. 

Russian authorities have dismantled a weapon trafficking ring they say was running a supply chain from Ukraine and the European Union to Russia.