Two Syrians were arrested on Tuesday the 6th of August 2013 for attempting to smuggle a hoard of illegal arms across the border into Jordan.

Christian "Tony" Fernando Borda, 49, received a 25-year prison sentence for cocaine trafficking, the US Department of Justice announced Monday. Borda, a trafficker with ties to Colombian paramilitary groups, was convicted in 2010 of conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. His sentence comes with an additional 10 years of probation and a USD $6.5 million fine.

Deputy editor Oleksandr Akymenko and investigative journalist Sevgil Musaeva resigned from Forbes Ukraine following its purchase by gas mogul Sergei Kurchenko, according to the Kyiv Post.  Kurchenko, head of Ukrainian gas giant GazUkraine-2009, acquired Forbes Ukraine parent organization UMH Group in June.

Polish prosecutors charged four government officials and three gas company representatives with corruption Monday, according to GlobalPost. A Warsaw prosecution spokesman announced that three of the officials were from the environmental ministry and the fourth was from the Polish Geological Institute. The firms involved were not specified.

The accused face 11 charges of active and passive corruption involving bribery. The bribes reportedly ranged from USD $4,000 -$17,000 and the accused may face up to eight years in prison if found guilty.

Balkan drug lord Naser Kelmendi will not be extradited to Bosnia to face trial, according to a statement from his lawyer issued on Monday. Kelmendi is being held in Kosovo after his arrest in May and remains wanted in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

After a four-year investigation, officials in Argentina have arrested the final suspect in an international drug trafficking ring that moved cocaine from Argentina to the Balkans.

Four Malaysians were arrested on Wednesday in Singapore and are being investigated for trafficking $373,000 worth of drugs.

Turkish border authorities discovered more than 700 kg of heroin hidden in a truck at the Bulgarian border.

French police arrested Mukhtar Ablyazov, a former Kazakh energy minister and the head of troubled bank BTA, in the village of Mouans-Sartoux on Wednesday, according to the BBC. Ablyazov said the charges he faces have been fabricated to discredit him. He is accused by law enforcement in Kazakhstan of embezzling over US$6 billion dollars from BTA and having connections with organized crime.

Eleven people including four prison officials were arrested in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina on Monday on suspicion of drug trafficking.