A joint task force discovered a massive drug smuggling tunnel linking the southwestern American city of San Diego to the northwestern Mexican city of Tijuana, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on Wednesday.

Prosecutors have decided to indict former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his former deputy premier Suthep Thaugsuban for their role in the army crack-down on the May 2010 “red-shirt” protests which left around 90 people dead and almost 1,900 injured, according to Channel NewsAsia.

Russia's Investigative Committee announced Tuesday that Russian blogger and opposition figure Alexei Navalny faces new theft and money laundering charges, the AP reports.

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the seizure of US$28 million worth of Bitcoins from alleged Silk Road operator Ross William Ulbricht on Friday.

Several European law enforcement agencies have busted an international document forgery group, arresting six and seizing thousands of illicit documents, Europol announced on Friday.

Authorities in Mexico are investigating a 20-year-old man who confessed to killing 45 people and claims membership in an unidentified gang.  Officials announced on Thursday that the confessed killings by Juan Pablo Vazquez are being looked into along with 34 additional deaths.

On Wednesday, an Italian court ordered former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to stand trial for allegedly bribing Senator Sergio De Gregorio to switch political parties in an attempt to destabilize the center-left government of former Prime Minister Romano Prodi, Reuters reports.

Italian police arrested Swiss banker Raoul Weil at a luxury hotel in Bologna on Friday when he checked into the hotel using his own name which is on an international fugitive list, the International Business Times reports.

A gunman dressed as a clown murdered Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix, a former leader of the Tijuana Cartel, in the state of Baja California Sur on Friday, according to Reuters. The gunman shot Arellano Félix in the head and chest at a family gathering at the Cabo San Lucas resort and subsequently fled the scene in a four-wheel-drive vehicle.

Ji Jianye, mayor of Nanjing, became the latest high-level Chinese official to be fired in a nationwide anti-corruption crackdown. Ji, 56, was removed from office on Saturday, two days after state media announced that he was the subject of a corruption investigation according to the BBC.