Police in 44 countries arrested 212 suspects and identified 1,426 potential victims of sexual exploitation, forced begging, and forced crime during a global anti-human trafficking operation, an Interpol statement announced on Thursday.
Exposing wrongdoing by government officials is not easy anywhere in the world, but in Mexico, where at least 17 journalists were reportedly murdered last year alone, it is often a matter of life and death. This is especially true if you plan to reveal something prior to elections.
In a multinational operation, EU law enforcement agencies dismantled a Lithuanian organized crime group, which allegedly placed millions of expired food products with altered labeling on the market.
Spanish authorities dismantled a criminal ring on Wednesday that was linked to the black market sale of counterfeit condoms and erectile dysfunction drugs through instant messaging applications and online portals run by women involved in prostitution.
Pakistan's government has recently imposed a travel ban on former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi as part of ongoing graft investigations by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). The couple has been placed on the Exit Control List (ECL), which is Pakistan’s border control system.
International press freedom advocates urged Myanmar to immediately and unconditionally release journalist Hmu Yadanar Khet Moh Moh Tun and to cease imprisoning journalists for their journalistic work.
Although South Sudan's emerging gold market is quickly becoming a popular choice for traders in Africa, widespread reports of smuggling and internal corruption have deprived its people of much-needed revenue and economic development.
A court in El Salvador has sentenced former President Mauricio Funes to 14 years and one of his former ministers, David Victoriano Munguía Payés, to 18 years in prison for negotiating a truce between the country's two largest gangs, according to the country's Attorney General's Office.
The United Kingdom's tax, payments, and customs authority has issued an alert to tax credit claimants regarding the latest methods employed by fraudsters to deceive individuals and extract money or personal information.
Spanish authorities have apprehended the leader of a drug trafficking ring responsible for smuggling narcotics from Spain to Europe using helicopters, according to officials.