Transparency International has joined with European football associations to tackle the issue of match fixing.

Croatian National Police dismantled a counterfeit currency print shop, seized over $US230,000 worth of counterfeit Euro notes, and arrested 18 members of an organized crime group on Tuesday, according to a press release by Europol.

Citigroup became the latest in a series of major banks to be reprimanded for failing to adhere to US banking legislation.

Seven men, including six Croatians and one Serbian citizen, were charged in connection with a forgery scheme which produced passports for mobsters connected to Balkan organized crime, including the infamous Zemun clan.

A multi-agency Australian task force arrested six individuals in connection with an international methamphetamine smuggling ring, seizing millions of dollars in cash and drugs and impounding a Lamborghini in the process.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was formally placed under investigation Thursday for alleged illegal campaign financing during his 2007 campaign.

Environmental crime is an increasingly popular activity for specialized organized crime groups, according to a Europol report.

Colombian police seized over two kilos of illegal synthetic drugs worth more than $240,000 on Sunday, prompting National Police Director José Riaño to say that synthetic drugs were replacing cocaine in that country.

Organized crime groups are increasingly interconnected and cooperate on more sophisticated levels than ever before, according to a report by the European Union.

An estimated 3,600 organized crime groups operate within the European Union, and they are increasingly diversifying the scope of their illicit activities, according to the EU’s Serious and Organized Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA), released on Tuesday.