United States federal investigators seized almost a tonne of cocaine, arrested six individuals and uncovered a tunnel connecting Mexico’s Tijuana with Otay Mesa in California and completely bypassed the U.S.-Mexico border, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reported Monday.

The latest commodity being trafficked out of Southeast Asia and on to lucrative markets in China is neither wildlife nor drugs or arms but rather brides, according to a new report by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC).

Spanish National Police, in a joint operation with France's Anti-Drug Office (OFAST) and Colombian National Police, dismantled a transnational drug trafficking operation that planned to smuggle in no less than 22 tonnes of cocaine concealed in sugar.

About two weeks before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Portugal thwarted Roman Abramovich’s intention to sell a lavish mansion in the south of the country worth nearly US$10,5 million.

Following revelations of how criminals, sanctioned Russian oligarchs, and corrupt officials are big property investors in Dubai, European Parliament members have suggested that the United Arab Emirates should be blacklisted in the same manner as North Korea, Burkina Faso and Iran.

Unknown hitmen killed a Paraguayan anti-mafia prosecutor while he and his new wife were laying on a beach in Colombia where they were honeymooning.

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.

Cleaning house, Honduras extradited former police chief Juan Carlos Bonilla Valladares, alias El Tigre, to the United States to face drug trafficking charges similar to those ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández was accused of and handed over to the U.S. several weeks ago.

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who for years has been a principal suspect in a transnational drug trafficking conspiracy, pleaded not guilty Tuesday in U.S. federal court.

Alongside the many illegal wildlife parts traded around the world, the trade in Donkey skin – which in some places is legal and others not – is a growing industry facilitated by the lax regulation and moderation of major social media outlets according to a new report by the Donkey Sanctuary.