A company owned by the sister and brother-in-law of the Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta was among 14 locations raided by anti-corruption officials Tuesday morning.

Companies linked to blacklisted Russian oligarchs are avoiding Western-imposed sanctions by exploiting loopholes, the Economist has revealed.

British engineering firm Rolls-Royce has been accused of bribing state-controlled Brazilian oil company Petrobras for a US$ 100 million contract.

An unidentified hacking group has stolen as much as US$ 1 billion from 100 different banks in 30 nations since 2013, according to a Russian cyber-security firm’s report released Monday.

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is calling on the EU to step up its search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean after a drastic increase in deaths aboard smugglers’ boats.  The agency describes the current EU operation, Triton, as a “woefully inadequate” replacement for Italy’s Mare Nostrum, which ended in October 2014.

Fresh charges have been filed against investigative reporter and OCCRP partner Khadija Ismayilova.

The charges, according to the journalist's lawyer, Fariz Namazly, include running an illegal business, tax evasion, embezzlement, and abuse of power.

Romanian police searched 13 locations in Buzau county Thursday, aiming to disband two criminal groups suspected of trafficking drugs that have sent more than 60 young people to the hospital.

Romanian, Spanish and European Union (EU) authorities teamed up to bust a human trafficking ring in Pahova County in central Romania, officials said Tuesday.

Husein "Bilal" Bosnic received “vast sums'' of money from Arab countries to help fund Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), prosectors charged Wednesday at the opening of Bosnic's trial for organizing a terrorist group, publicly inciting terrorist activities, and recruiting locals to join a terrorist group.

An annual survey of press freedom calls 2014 “the worst period in Ukraine’s history since independence,” while Azerbaijani reporters are warned to “shut up, flee abroad or be jailed on trumped-up charges.”