Son of Palau Senate Leader Caught up in Fiji Drug Sweep
Lagomarsino Baules, the son of a pro-China Palauan senator, was arrested in Fiji during a major anti-drug operation amid...
Organized Crime
Ukraine Sends $7M Customs Fraud Case to Court
Ukrainian prosecutors send a $7 million customs fraud case to court, with some suspects already convicted through plea...
China Sentences 16 Members of Myanmar Crime Syndicate to Death Over Cyber Scams
The Ming family ran “scam parks” from a Myanmar town near the Chinese border that fueled billion-dollar fraud and other...
Leaked Emails Reveal ‘Air Bridge’ of Drug Flights from Venezuela to Belize
A former U.S. official told OCCRP that drug flights from Venezuela often re-routed to Belize when traffickers became...
Record Cocaine Bust in Russia Highlights New Trafficking Route From Ecuador
Russian officials found 1,500 bricks of cocaine concealed in bananas shipped from Ecuador. An intelligence report describes...
Police Arrest 5 in €100M Cross-Border Cryptocurrency Fraud Case
Five suspects were arrested and assets frozen during coordinated searches in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Romania and Bulgaria....
Captagon Drug Networks Adapt and Survive in Middle East After Assad’s Fall
Syria’s transitional government is cracking down on the production of Captagon — an illicit synthetic stimulant that...
“Tinder Swindler” Arrested in Georgia, Placed in Extradition Custody
A Georgian court has remanded Israeli national Shimon Hayut, the focus of a 2022 Netflix documentary, in custody for three...