Russian anti-corruption activist Dmitry Taralov was attacked and beaten in the Far Eastern town of Magadan on Monday.

Serbia's Supreme court in May found that a lower appeals court had improperly rejected potentially incriminating evidence against businessman Stanko Subotic – an act that helped lead to his acquittal last December on charges including smuggling, OCCRP partner the Crime and Corruption Reporting Network (KRIK) reported.

Interpol has coordinated a massive operation across 115 countries aimed at organized crime networks selling illegal and counterfeit medicines.

France and Belgium have moved to seize Russian state assets in connection with the Yukos shareholders’ case against the Russian Federation, Forbes Russia reports.

Serbian authorities this week arrested a judge on charges of accepting bribes.

The number of people who have been displaced worldwide reached an all-time high in 2014, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), a statistic that also reflects a worrying number of recent high-profile human-trafficking cases.

Nysret Gashi, a suspect in the caseAn operation involving police in Italy, the United States and Spain has resulted in the arrests of 33 people and arrest warrants for six more as they attempted to crack a drug ring that allegedly brought four tons of cocaine into Europe in the past two years.

Saska Cvetkovska, center left, with the ambassador to the EU delegation in Macedonia, Aivo Orav, center rightOCCRP journalists Saska Cvetkovska and Pavla Holcova have been awarded the European Union investigative journalism prize for 2014’s best investigative story from Macedonia.

Qazim Sejdini. Pic: FacebookAlbanian media have released a recording of a mayor warning journalists that they could be fired if they ask difficult questions during interviews.

Ilan Shor. Pic: ChurbanControversial businessmen Ilan Shor and Renato Usatii, who both have strong ties to Moscow and alleged links in the criminal world, have become mayors in the first round of local elections in Moldova.