A group of MPs in Kyrgyzstan has proposed a draft bill closely copying Russia's notorious foreign agent law. If passed, experts believe the new legislation will cripple civil society in the Central Asian nation.

Italian authorities have detained 10 people believed to be members of a criminal group that fraudulently obtained government grants worth 17 million euro (US$18,3 million) for the renovation and improvement of building facades.

A project that aims to track and locate thousands of children who were forcibly deported from Ukraine to Russia has been launched by a group of independent activists in partnership with Novaya Gazeta Europe and Greenhouse of Social Technologies.

American and South Korean authorities targeted on Monday multiple bureaus tied to North Korean cybercrime operations, which serve to illicitly generate revenue for Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un’s nuclear weapons program.

An investigation published on Thursday revealed that the mobile phones of at least 12 Armenian public figures and officials, including journalists and human rights defenders, were infected with the cutting-edge spyware Pegasus during the country's war with Azerbaijan.

A British court found on Monday a financier, famously known as the British "Wolf of Wall Street," guilty of masterminding a Ponzi-style scheme that defrauded investors of £70 million (US$86.9 million).

A Brazilian appellate judge, who was the subject of a recent investigation led by OCCRP in collaboration with partners in Brazil and in the United States, is facing charges in another case related to an alleged bribery scheme in which thousands of hectares of land were registered in the name of a front man and then sold.

A report leaked to OCCRP's Lebanese media partner Daraj reveals how French bank BNP Paribas allowed associates of Lebanon's Central Bank Governor, Riad Salame, who is currently under investigation for money laundering and embezzlement, to transfer funds with minimal due diligence.

A U.K. court has sentenced the main administrator of a scam website known as iSpoof to 13 years and four months in prison. The administrator enabled criminals to make calls impersonating banks, retail companies, or government institutions, tricking people into disclosing their security data so that their accounts could be emptied.

A Hungary court ruled that a notorious Brazilian drug baron involved in large-scale shipments of cocaine to Europe should be extradited to either Belgium, the United States, or his home country.