Former Health Minister Bujar Bukoshi and three others have been cleared of charges of corrupt dealings over contracts for pharmaceutical supplies to Kosovo’s health ministry.

Latvia’s financial market regulator fined a domestic bank $190,000 for its role in laundering $230 million stolen from the Russian government.

Some 200 families in the Mexican state of Sinaloa have fled their homes following death threats from a criminal group allegedly linked to the Zetas.

Georgia’s current Interior Minister Irakli Garibashvili has vowed to destroy an archive of secret phone and video recordings made under President Mikheil Saakashvili stored within the ministry.

Montreal’s mayor was arrested and charged with fraud on Monday, making him the latest Canadian politician mired in corruption scandals.

Several days of protests continued in the Bulgarian capital as 15,000 demonstrators gathered to demand the resignation of the new socialist-led government, EuroNews reported Monday. The appointment of Delyan Peevski as head of the national security agency enraged Bulgarians who gathered in Sofia and other cities throughout the country.

A Maryland court today dismissed claims filed against OCCRP by Maxim Stepanov, owner of Midland Consult, a firm mentioned in The Proxy Platform series published in November 2011.

Despite a truce between the country’s top gangs, extortion of small businesses in El Salvador is getting worse, causing an average of two closures each week according to business groups.

Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas announced his resignation in the wake of accusations that a senior aide was involved in high-profile corruption and spying.

An Argentine court has sentenced former President Carlos Menem to seven years in prison for smuggling weapons to Ecuador and Croatia in the 1990s.