Narcotics concealed in fruit, veg and chocolate, and the dealer whose love of blue cheese betrayed him to the authorities -- a common theme of food and criminality in this week’s oddities section, from OCCRP’s Daily News team.

Bosnia’s fraudulent, multipurpose holy man, Neapolitan gangsters muscling in on the mollusc business, and the drug dealers dressing up as key workers to dodge lockdown restrictions -- oddities from the past few days, from us at OCCRP’s Daily News team.

Trafficking in exotic cats, plant poachers, tiny songbirds hidden in hair rollers, the police chief caught ditching meetings and the man who sold his bank account to Romanian scammers — welcome to your semi-regular roundup of the weirdest events in corruption and organized crime, from OCCRP’s Daily News team.

The father-daughter duo who made millions selling shoplifted items, the dealer passing himself off as a famous MMA fighter, and drug shipments concealed in cupcake machines, sanitary pads and statues of the Holy Mother ─ the week in oddities, from us here at OCCRP.

Giant clam shells, cyberattacks against Dutch cheese distributors, cats used to smuggle drugs into prison, and the man who tried to ‘blow up the internet’ — OCCRP’s Daily News team here with your regular roundup of oddities from the world of corruption and organized crime.

Campaign promises from beyond the grave, songbird poachers, and the Hollywood actor implicated in a US$227 million scam involving fabricated emails from Netflix and HBO ― your weekly oddities section, from us here at OCCRP’s Daily News team.

Lego larceny, cattle scams, Real Housewives of fraud and money laundering, and the fugitive Italian gangster busted after showcasing his culinary skills on YouTube ― OCCRP’s Daily News team here, bringing you this week’s oddities in corruption and organized crime.

Gold-smugglers’ wigs, horse doping, sweet ecstasy, sentencing for the admiral of a fleet of narco-submarines, and the Girl Scout with her hand in the cookie jar ― welcome to your regular roundup of the weirdest events in corruption and organized crime, from us here at OCCRP’s Daily News team.

A 30ft narco-submarine, four and a half tons of expired butter, seafood of fishy origin, and the drug-trafficking ring operating out of children’s daycare centres ― the week in oddities, from us here at OCCRP’s Daily News team.

Meth and cocaine lollipops, pot-smuggling biker gangs, painted rocks passed off as copper, counterfeit children’s toys, and the grandmother helping take down the Italian mafia ― OCCRP’s Daily News team bringing you this week’s oddest events in corruption and organized crime.

Trafficking in fake viagra, raids at FC Barcelona soccer club, a BitCoin-induced energy meltdown, and ‘American Tiger’ poaching ― all things weird and criminal from this past week, from us here at OCCRP.

Celebrity cellphone hacking, international human hair-smugglers, counterfeit Shiraz and “lucky charm” necklaces used to monitor the aging victims of a lottery scam — our Daily News team rings in the weekend with some of the strangest criminal cases from the past few days.

Olympian smugglers and meth-laced candles, allegations of money laundering at Nelson Mandela’s funeral, and dispatches from the international trade in tiny fighting songbirds — OCCRP’s Daily News team here with a recap of all things weird and criminal from this past week.

An appeal against a 700-year-old corruption conviction, fake IDs featuring Sylvester Stallone, and the ever-inventive smuggling ploys of international cocaine traffickers — welcome to OCCRP’s semi-regularround-up of oddities from the world of corruption and organized crime.

Winged-mammal smuggling, used condoms, reattached hands, darknet ‘hitmen’ and the mob on TikTok - OCCRP’s Daily News team here with your monthly round up of the weirdest stories in transnational organized crime.

Severed and swallowed fingers, Frankenstein tanks, snack-packed heroin, and the day it rained marijuana — welcome to your weekly round-up of the strangest events in international crime from us here at OCCRP.