By Una Hajdari, BIRN.

At the start of his EULEX-led trial in Kosovo, alleged Balkan crime boss Naser Kelmendi pleaded not guilty to murder, organized crime and drug trafficking.

Attacks on media freedom by the Turkish government are the subject of much concern within the European Parliament (EP), according to a document detailing members' concerns over crackdowns on journalists, especially those covering corruption issues.

Albanian police have arrested 11 people including Ermal Hoxha, grandson of former Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha, on suspicion of drug trafficking and firearms possession, as part of a major organized crime sweep.

The president of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the two entities that make up the country,was charged today with abuse of power, receiving bribes, and illegal intermediation. 

Former Rosneft-Stavropol oil company director Aleksander Chernukhina was found dead from bullet wounds near his mother's home in the southwestern Russia city of Stavropol on the evening of Jan. 14.

A Macedonian national accused of belonging to a global identity theft and cyber crime syndicate responsible for US$50 million in financial losses worldwide has pleaded not guilty in a Las Vegas court.

Romanian authorities have launched an investigation into senator and former justice minister Tudor Chiuariu, on suspicion of money laundering, trading in influence, and links to an organized crime group implicated in the alleged illegal restitution of 43,000 hectares of forest.

Former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych was placed on the International Criminal Police Organization's (Interpol) wanted persons list today, Jan. 12, following a request made by Ukrainian authorities in March 2014.

The US$300 million provided annually by the US government for police officer salaries in Afghanistan is being inaccurately accounted for using a system that is open to corruption, a new report has found.

Three men have been arrested in Valjevo in western Serbia on suspicion of human trafficking, along with 27 people believed to be illegal migrants.