Poland has extradited a Belarusian-Ukrainian cybercrime suspect to the United States, where he could face decades in prison for allegedly masterminding a global ransomware and wire fraud scheme under the alias “J.P. Morgan.”
Singapore charged two bankers Thursday for their alleged role in abetting clients responsible for a US$2.2 billion money laundering ring, marking the first time that criminal charges have been laid against finance professionals since the scandal came to light.
A New Zealand charity has raised alarm among its beneficiaries, primarily homeless individuals in Auckland, after discovering that they had inadvertently distributed candies laced with a potentially deadly dose of methamphetamine.
Residents of a Caracas neighbourhood who found their homes marked with a black “X” last week believe that regime loyalists are behind the overnight operation intended to indicate where opposition supporters live.
Georgia’s ruling party has rejected an OCCRP investigation into the Russian property holdings of its founder’s wife, claiming the findings were “based on false information” –– even though they were supported by documentation obtained by reporters.
A U.S. court has sentenced former British Virgin Islands (BVI) Prime Minister Andrew Alturo Fahie to more than 11 years in prison for his role in a major cocaine smuggling operation.
An escalation in violence involving major Turkish gangs has spilled over into European cities, where suspected mafia figures have been shot in broad daylight.
Police forensic officers examining the location of a shooting on Kingsland High Street, Hackney, in north-east London. (Photo: PA Images/Alamy Stock Photo)
The United Arab Emirates suspended this week operations in 32 of its gold refineries after inspections revealed that its gold sector had committed hundreds of anti-money laundering violations.
Slovakia’s government confirmed this week that it would disband a police agency investigating associates of ruling party politicians, while the justice minister freed a former prosecutor who was jailed after accepting bribes from a crime boss.
U.S. prosecutors plan to feature a wealthy Romanian businessman, convicted of corruption charges in his home country, in the upcoming tax fraud trial of Hunter Biden, the son of the U.S. president, according to court records.