Austria extradited to the U.S. a Turkish businessman to face charges for laundering illicit proceeds from a renewable-energy tax credit fraud, the U.S. Justice Department said in astatement.

A Swiss court last week acquitted former FIFA and UEFA officials Joseph Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini of fraud in connection with a US$2 million deal they struck.

On request of EU prosecutors, Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) in Palermo placed 12 suspects of corruption and fraud under house arrest on Tuesday and rdered another 10 to report to the judicial police in connection with the misuse of EU funds.

Italian and Albanian authorities took down Friday an organized crime network suspected of multiple criminal conspiracies including defrauding the Italian national health system, as well as corruption and drug trafficking, Eurojustreported.

A London court convicted two former directors of a green investment scheme, finding them guilty of cheating investors out of 37 million British pounds (US$46.54 million) by promoting a Brazilian forestry plan.

A scandal ripped through the halls of Paris’ most famous museum when authorities charged the former director of the Louvre with money laundering and organized fraud in connection to antiquities trafficking.

The reputation of a high-end art dealer now lies in ashes as he was sentenced Monday to seven years in prison for his role in a fraud scheme that garnered him over US$86 million, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reported.

Italian police busted a criminal group that made girls working as housekeepers seduce elderly men and siphon from them money that was then sent to Romania, the European Union’s law enforcement agency Europol said in a statement.

The German financial services conglomerate Allianz agreed to pay US$6 billion to settle with the U.S. banking authority accusations of fraud within its U.S. asset management unit in connection with the $11 billion collapse of the conglomerate's Structured Alpha funds.

Liberia stopped issuing diplomatic passports after one was found in the home of a prominent businessman who was arrested in the United States for wire fraud and money laundering.

Although he was supposed to be released soon after having served 16 month for illegal firearm possession, the putative leader of a criminal clan known as Group America will remain in a New York jail now for misusing the country’s COVID-19 bailout funds.

German authorities are investigating a peculiar case involving a Berlin dentist who sold millions of euros’ worth of properties owned by the Russian state, allegedly by using forged powers of attorney, German outlet Der Spiegel reported in cooperation with OCCRP.

A chemical engineer for the Coca-Cola Company was sentenced Monday to 14 years in prison on espionage and fraud charges that stemmed from trade secrets she stole on behalf of the Chinese government and Chinese business interests - secrets that cost nearly US$120 million to develop.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO), Romanian authorities searched ten locations throughout the country as part of an investigation into alleged fraud concerning European funds.

A federal jury indicted a 76-year-old man from Las Vegas for partnering with foreign telemarketers to steal financial information from American consumers, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said Friday.

A man responsible for running a multi-year underground criminal enterprise involved in threats, money laundering, fraud, and illegal gambling was sentenced to 51 months in prison by a federal court in New York. This is the second time he will serve prison for similar charges.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) uncovered on Monday a multi-year penny stock scheme that generated US$194 million in illicit proceeds, leading to charges against 15 individuals and one corporate consulting firm spanning three continents.

Spain’s Civil Guard arrested Wednesday three individuals accused of fraudulently selling high-quality sofas that in fact did not exist. Authorities report that the group has defrauded at least 175 people for over half a million euros.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), Bulgarian authorities conducted 25 searches in three cities and questioned 10 people about companies suspected of having fraudulently obtained EU funds.

The federal court in the Southern District of Mississippi sentenced  a pharmacist to five years in prison for a multimillion-dollar healthcare fraud scheme, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reported on Wednesday.