Ivory is still being trafficked in the European Union through online marketplaces and auctions despite stricter regulations imposed by the EU in 2021, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) claims.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a complaint against a pharmaceutical company, claiming it had manipulated reimbursements for its eye care drug, thereby defrauding the country’s federal health insurance program and taxpayers of hundreds of millions of dollars.

United Kingdom authorities have convicted five members of an organized crime group that submitted thousands of false claims for U.K. social security payments, using either real individuals or stolen identities.

India's Central Bureau of Investigation reported that it has dismantled a group that bought and then sold babies to couples who could not have children. The group operated in Delhi and in the Haryana state in the north of the country and promoted its services on Facebook and WhatsApp.

In an operation aimed at combating waste crime, authorities in the United Kingdom have sanctioned five individuals and three companies accused of illegally dumping over 100,000 tonnes of waste in England’s West Midlands.

In a case brought forward by a group of elderly Swiss women, a European court ruled on Tuesday that the Swiss government fell short of its climate change obligations by not addressing global warming properly and therefore violating the plaintiffs’ human rights.

Venezuelan authorities have detained the former vice president of the country for having allegedly embezzled up to US$21 billion from the state-owned oil and natural gas company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA).

Chilean police arrested more than 50 suspected members of a transnational criminal group consisting mainly of Dominicans who trafficked drugs and weapons and used black magic to deal with their enemies.

Spanish police seized more than 16 tonnes of cocaine concealed within hundreds of bags of boiler fuel pellets and made five arrests, disrupting a multinational drug trafficking organization that moves heavy volumes between Latin America and Europe.

The highly anticipated hearing against 27 suspects in the Panama Papers money laundering case commenced on Monday before a Panama City court, marking a significant milestone in the ongoing investigation into one of the largest financial scandals in recent history.