Authorities in Tanzania seized approximately 4,000 pounds of ivory in the Tanzianian city of Dar es Salaam on Saturday, according to science-focused publication Nature World News. The raid was conducted as a part of the controversial "Operation Tokomeza" or "Operation Terminate".
Colombian police captured 17 suspected members of an international cocaine trafficking gang, authorities announced on Sunday. Law enforcement officials stated that the suspects are accused of aggravated drug trafficking and conspiracy to commit drug trafficking.
Somalia's first female central bank governor has resigned citing corruption allegations, Somali media outlet Garowe Online reports. Yussur Abrar resigned after only seven weeks in office, making her the second central bank head to resign within four months.
Bulgarian authorities say they have uncovered another Turkey-Bulgaria drug trafficking channel.
A major Japanese bank has admitted to lending more than US$2 million to an organized crime group, prompting Japan’s national regulatory agency to begin investigating other high asset national lenders.
Thirteen people were killed in three separate firefights in Mexico in the northeastern city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, authorities said Sunday. State officials said that all 13 of the deceased were "armed civilians", according to the Mexican newspaper El Universal.
US prosecutors have unsealed charges against suspected members of a Romanian-based transnational organized crime syndicate.
Colombian police seized half a ton of cocaine on the Caribbean island of San Andrés, InSight Crime reports.
Criminal charges have been filed with the Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime against former Serbian Agriculture Minister Saša Dragin, alleging he unlawfully changed regulations to allow imports of large quantities of radioactive chemical fertilizer.
The news that Swedish telecom giant Ericsson provided the “black box” technology used by the Georgian government to spy on its own citizens did not appear to disturb the status quo Thursday (Oct. 31) at the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).