The Mexican army seized one of Mexico’s most wanted drug lords Oct. 1 after nearly a year of investigations and tracking while he was dining at a seafood restaurant in San Miguel de Allende.

The new president of Afghanistan has reopened the investigation into the Kabul Bank fraud scandal, one of the world’s largest banking frauds in which nearly US$ 1 billion went missing, reports Al Jazeera.

Three men have been sentenced to prison for conspiring to supply cocaine in England hidden in secret compartments in cars.

A former Hidalgo County, Texas sheriff’s deputy was sentenced to 12 years in prison for laundering US$ 40 million in drug profits, according to The Monitor portal. Prosecutors say 49-year-old Robert Ricardo Maldonado, who pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering back in May, was sentenced on Oct. 1.

Forty-six hours of secretly recorded meetings between Goldman Sachs and its regulator, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (commonly known as the NY Fed), allegedly reveal a dangerously close  relationship between the two. 

By Investigative Reporting Project Italy

An international police operation by Italian police in collaboration with authorities in the Netherlands, Belgium, Albania and the UK has arrested 36 Albanian mobsters for allegedly trafficking large quantities of drugs in Europe, Correctiv reported.

By the Investigative Reporting Project Italy

An important member of the Camorra, Naples' organized crime syndicate, was arrested Oct. 1 near Milan.

The Urabenos, believed to be Colombia’s most powerful criminal organization, has sent death threats to eight journalists who reported on their dealings, according to the El Espectador portal.

Law enforcement agencies have arrested 1,146 suspects in what they claim is Europe’s largest-ever international coordinated operation against organized crime, codenamed “Operation Archimedes.”

A Chinese official has been fired from his position as an internet regulator and expelled from the Communist Party on graft charges.