Former police minister Ljube Boskoski was sentenced to 12 years in prison by Judge Ilija Trpkov of the Criminal Court in Skopje for plotting to cover up two murders in 2001.

Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian investment fund lawyer, was convicted of tax evasion in a posthumous trial in Moscow, the first of its kind in Russia.

Saudi Arabian princess Meshael Alayban has been arrested and charged for human trafficking in Southern California.

Nine members of the Bonanno family, one of New York’s five organized crime families, have been arrested.

Transparency International has released the 2013 Global Corruption Barometer and it highlights the fact that the majority of people believe corruption has increased in their country in the past two years.

In an interview with Hello!, Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dačić refuted a Serbian government intelligence file reported on by OCCRP and CINS that alleged ties between National Security Advisor Ivica Tončev and organized crime

Olga Tsymai, an official named on the Magnitsky List, has been charged with embezzling 4.4 billion rubles ($132 million) of Russian government budget funds through a fraudulent VAT tax return scheme.

Greek police announced Tuesday they had busted a drug trafficking ring attempting to transport over 23 kilos of pure heroin.

Authorities arrested Yevgeny Urlashov, mayor of the Russian town of Yaroslavl, and charged him with extortion and bribery.

Drugs with an estimated worth of $822 million have been seized in an operation targeting trafficking of drugs and illicit firearms by organized crime groups across Central America and the Caribbean.