Romania: 7 Detained in Fake Credit Card Crackdown
Romanian authorities said Thursday seven people were detained on suspicion of committing credit card fraud throughout...
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Russia: "Kremlin" Fraudster Who Scammed Politician Gets Prison
A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced a man who swindled a politician out of more than US$ 6 million by convincing him to...
Bosnian Standoff: Serb Leaders Trade Accusations Amid Corruption Probes
The casual, obscenity-laden telephone transcript splashed in Bosnian media at the start of this month appeared to reveal a...
The Moldovan Banking Wars
Dirty Money Laundered to Reinvest in Moldovan Banks
Between 2013 and 2015, more than US$ 13 million in dirty money from a giant Russia- centered money laundering scheme, dubbed...
Spain: 11 Imprisoned Over Multi-Billion Dollar Pyramid Scheme
Spain's National Court sentenced 11 company executives to prison on Wednesday over a pyramid scheme that saw nearly 200,000...
Ukraine: US$ 10 Million Stolen From Unnamed Bank via Swift
An independent IT monitoring organization revealed that cyber criminals exploited the SWIFT international banking system to...
The Panama Papers
Ukraine’s president offshores revisited: Swiss trust and millions moved out of Ukraine
For six days in April, President Petro Poroshenko and his lawyers repeatedly said that none of the offshore companies...
Romania: Prosecutors Indict Prince Paul in Illicit Restitution Case
Anti-corruption prosecutors have indicted Romania's Prince Paul Philippe, accusing him of involvement in an illegal...
Telia and Azerbaijan: Closed Investigation Not A Green Light for Future Transactions
Swedish prosecutors say they won’t be pressing charges against Swedish-Finnish telco Telia Company (formerly TeliaSonera)...
Israel: Police Probe $65 Million Fraud at World's Largest Diamond Exchange
Israeli police are investigating a possible US$ 65 million fraud at the world’s largest diamond exchange in Ramat Gan, a...
Suspicious transactions on the Moldovan-Bosnian drug market
Dita Estfarm, the most important player in the pharmaceutical market in Moldova, is being examined by prosecutors from...
