The Security Service (SBU) of Ukraine arrested three suspects who were caught red-handed while attempting to extort money from the widow of a fallen soldier.

Colombia's Attorney General's Office reported the arrest of the leader of a transnational criminal group that had been counterfeiting dollar notes. The man is believed to have also coordinated the distribution of the fake money within Colombia, Ecuador, and the United States.

Turkish Cypriot police have arrested three university officials and a senior civil servant as part of a fake diploma and fraud investigation aimed at tackling widespread corruption in the education sector in the Turkish Cypriot northern third of the divided Mediterranean island.

A Bishkek court ordered late on Friday the Public Foundation Kloop Media, which operates Kyrgyzstan’s leading investigative journalism outlet Kloop, to be liquidated for not having a journalism license and for upsetting the population with its reports about corruption in the country.

U.S. authorities arrested 66 of the 70 current and former employees of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) who have been charged with bribery and extortion this week. This marks one of the largest public corruption busts in the history of the country's Department of Justice (DOJ).

Venezuela deployed 5,000 soldiers to the country’s Amazon region this week to address illegal mining and the exploitation of non-renewable resources. The troops successfully dismantled an illegal mine, eight polluting mining ponds, and six camps used by the criminals.

A court in the Republic of Cyprus released Turkish Cypriot lawyer Akan Kürşat on bail after he pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges of fraud and money laundering in connection to the sale of disputed Greek Cypriot property to foreigners in northern Cyprus. Property is a deeply political issue on the divided island.

Authorities arrested 59 people in Albania, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom in an operation conducted on Monday and Tuesday against a criminal network involved in drug smuggling.

Brazil's Federal Police seized six helicopters and several helicopter parts in an operation that targeted clandestine workshops where aircraft used for transporting drugs were constructed and maintained.

Two Americans were sentenced Monday for defrauding bankrupt individuals of their vehicles, in a scheme where they promised the proceeds of the sales would provide the financial lifeline needed to save their victims from destitution.