A US Coast Guard crew captured a 40-foot (12-meter) long submarine on Tuesday that was carrying nearly 5.5 tons of cocaine worth US$ 164 million. 

Georgian authorities arrested last week several members of a child-trafficking crime group, accusing them of illegal production and distribution of child sexual exploitation material.

American officials charged with coordinating Hurricane María relief efforts in Puerto Rico have been indicted for accepting bribes and committing fraud, a US Department of Justice press release stated Tuesday.

Authorities in several countries have arrested nearly 300 scammers, most operating from Nigeria, a US Department of Justice press release stated Tuesday.

A Mexican cartel leader who worked under Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was sentenced to 12 years in prison for selling cocaine in the Western District of New York, the Department of Justice said on Wednesday.

The US Justice Department filed corruption charges this week against a Korean husbanding company CEO that resupplied and worked with American naval ships, including aircraft carriers.

Congressmen of both the Democratic and Republican parties introduced a bill on Thursday intended to fund foreign anti-corruption efforts in support of democracy.

New Mexico’s Supreme Court will have the chance to clarify a vaguely written state law that has been used to prosecute public officials for corruption, should it choose to do so.

The FBI arrested Puerto Rico’s former Secretary of Education and Health Insurance Administration head on Wednesday as part of an investigation into the allocation of government contracts.

A Federal Grand Jury in New York is investigating Elliott Broidy, a Republican fundraiser and vice chair of Trump’s inaugural committee, over his business deals with other countries, AP reported on Monday.

Wolf of Wall Street producer Riza Aziz plead not guilty on Friday to charges that he illegally received nearly $250 million in public funds.

The Chicago police department announced on Wednesday the arrest of 170 people during ‘Operation Independence’, a precursor to Fourth of July festivities.

A Montana man plead guilty on Tuesday to defrauding a Canadian financial institution of US$43 million by convincing it to lend him the money after he lied about his business.

The US charged a member of a shadowy Mormon group with over 100 business across the American West of embezzling US$500 million in biodiesel tax credits, laundering nearly $134 million and of witness tampering. 

Days after escaping extradition back to China in a hearing at the Swedish Supreme Court, a former Chinese official was arrested again and is now facing extradition to the United States, the Business Times reported on Tuesday. 

Authorities in Philadelphia snatched over a $1 billion worth of cocaine on Tuesday in what officials describe as one of the largest drug busts in US history.

Margaret Hunter, the wife of US Congressman Duncan D. Hunter, changed her plea on Thursday from not guilty to guilty of misusing quarter of a million dollars of campaign funds to pay for lavish vacations, extravagant parties, and other personal expenses.

U.S. Transportation Department Secretary Elaine Chao oversaw the creation of a special liaison to help the state of Kentucky secure federal funds for state projects, prompting Politico to question whether the state received special treatment because Chao’s husband, Mitch McConnell, is a Kentucky senator.

The Catholic Church in the United States spent US$10.6 million lobbying against state legislation designed to help victims of clerical sex abuse, according to a report released on Tuesday.

The “revolving door” of US legislators leaving their offices to become lobbyists might soon come to a halt, thanks to increased public awareness and an odd Twitter exchange this week.