András Horváth, a former tax inspector for Hungary’s national tax agency, claims that organized crime groups have collaborated with government authorities to profit from hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Value Added Tax (VAT) fraud.

Israeli authorities have arrested alleged organized crime kingpin Shalom Domrani and prominent rabbi Yoram Abergil, reports The Jerusalem Post.

Mexican police conducted several operations along the northern border of Mexico, rescuing 61 migrants from a human trafficking gang, a federal security spokesman said on Friday.

Spanish police arrested 25 Nigerians operating a sex trafficking ring, authorities said in a statement on Sunday.

Former Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman was cleared of corruption charges on Wednesday and will return to his duties as a part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet, the BBC reports.

Foreign service official Michael Sestak pleaded guilty to conspiracy, bribery, and money laundering in a US District Court in Washington DC, according to a release from the US Justice Department. Sestak, 42, admitted accepting more than US$3 million in bribes in exchange for approving visas.

Russian law enforcement seized US$46 million of Afghan heroin in a series of raids, authorities announced on Wednesday.  RIA Novosti reports that the Federal Drug Control Service, Russia's anti-drug agency, conducted several raids throughout multiple regions, collecting a total of about 145 kilograms of drugs.

A 2.0 version of a shuttered online black market for drugs and other illegal goods has been launched.

The whistle-blowing spirit behind Wikileaks has inspired the creation of a new website targeting organized crime.