In a case brought forward by a group of elderly Swiss women, a European court ruled on Tuesday that the Swiss government fell short of its climate change obligations by not addressing global warming properly and therefore violating the plaintiffs’ human rights.
Venezuelan authorities have detained the former vice president of the country for having allegedly embezzled up to US$21 billion from the state-owned oil and natural gas company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA).
Chilean police arrested more than 50 suspected members of a transnational criminal group consisting mainly of Dominicans who trafficked drugs and weapons and used black magic to deal with their enemies.
Spanish police seized more than 16 tonnes of cocaine concealed within hundreds of bags of boiler fuel pellets and made five arrests, disrupting a multinational drug trafficking organization that moves heavy volumes between Latin America and Europe.
The highly anticipated hearing against 27 suspects in the Panama Papers money laundering case commenced on Monday before a Panama City court, marking a significant milestone in the ongoing investigation into one of the largest financial scandals in recent history.
In a concerted effort to combat euro banknote counterfeiting, Italian and French law enforcement agencies arrested 63 individuals suspected of forging more than six million euros (US$6.52 million).
Two men pleaded guilty last week to securities fraud in an insider trading scheme that involved the company which recently merged with former U.S. president Donald Trump’s media group.
Montenegrin authorities detained on Wednesday a lawyer for his alleged involvement in laundering 2.6 million euro (US$2.82 million) linked to the country’s infamous criminal rings.
More than a dozen individuals, including judges, police officers and lawyers, were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly running a criminal network within Ecuador's judicial system that helped dangerous criminals to get out of prison through shady legal maneuvers.