Pakistan Lifts Ban on Wikipedia
Pakistan lifted a ban on Wikipedia days after it was imposed over alleged blasphemous content.
Pakistan lifted a ban on Wikipedia days after it was imposed over alleged blasphemous content.
A former manager at the cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase Global, Inc. pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud as part of an insider crypto trading scheme, a plea which the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) calls the first of its kind.
The Spanish National Police said that an international investigation resulted in the detention of seven people who were caught transporting more than 800 kilograms of cocaine aboard a Gambian fishing boat in Senegalese waters. Some of the suspects are believed to be linked to the Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta.
Russia’s persecution of critics of the Kremlin or of the invasion of Ukraine is lately taking bizarre twists, with Russians living abroad being sentenced in absentia for spreading fake news to people in Russia paying fines for dreaming about Volodimir Zelensky.
The U.K. Foreign Secretary unleashed a new round of sanctions Wednesday against the Russian military and Kremlin elites, targeting among others an IT services company linked by OCCRP and Meduza last year to more than 80 interconnected firms with billions in assets and all tied to Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Nearly half of the medical products circulating in the Sahel might be substandard or falsified, undermining the already strained healthcare system and posing a severe threat to public health in the region, claims a new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
A mayoral candidate was shot dead just hours before polls opened on Sunday, becoming the second candidate assassinated in an election marred by more than a dozen attacks and threats against political candidates and their associates.
Five of the 10 people the United States sanctioned last week for operating a Russian arms sanctions evasion network acquired EU citizenship in 2016 through Cyprus’ notorious ‘golden passport’ scheme, according to records obtained by OCCRP.
In the wake of the Suisse Secrets investigation released last year, which uncovered how the bank Credit Suisse had stored the ill-gotten gains of criminals and the corrupt across the world, prosecutors have now launched an investigation, but not into the bank.
Almost 40 percent of all offshore companies that own property in the United Kingdom have failed to declare their real owners and could now face hefty fines, a suspension of their ownership rights and prison.