Nigerian authorities announced Sunday that they had seized large quantities of cocaine, opioids, and other illicit drugs concealed in the soles of shoes destined for the United States, United Kingdom, and Cyprus.

Three leaders of an extremist Jewish cult received lengthy prison sentences in U.S. court for the kidnapping and sex trafficking of a girl and boy, after they stole the minors from their mother in the dead of night and tried to smuggle them out of the country.

The regime in Moscow has labeled the independent news outlet The Moscow Times as an “undesirable organization,” effectively banning its operations within the country and putting anyone who collaborates with it at risk of prosecution.

A Nigerian court postponed on Thursday the trial of an 83-year-old woman, founder of an orphanage, accused of buying and selling babies under her care. The woman was arrested a year ago, raising questions about why authorities have taken so long to bring her before a judge.

Steward Health Care, a U.S. company at the heart of Malta’s biggest-ever corruption scandal, paid out nearly US$1.6 million to a private spy company just before declaring bankruptcy, filings from the case show.

To avoid delays, Swedish courts have in practice obliterated the South Sudanese victims’ chance of getting compensation in the ongoing war crimes trial against two oil-execs from the Lundin corporation, the plaintiffs’ lawyers say.

A Canadian national and a U.S. resident pleaded guilty Tuesday to illegally exporting millions of dollars worth of military components to sanctioned Russian companies with military contracts.

The U.S. Justice Department seized a Los Angeles mega-mansion from the family of a former Armenian government official, who authorities said purchased the property with tens of millions of dollars in bribery payments.

Nigerian authorities announced on Tuesday that they have dismantled a major drug cartel responsible for producing and distributing methamphetamine, just a week after another significant bust of a cocaine syndicate operated by a couple who packaged, distributed, and trafficked cocaine worth over US$1.3 million within and outside Nigeria.

Spanish anti-corruption prosecutors have asked a court to impose a fine of 160 million euros ($173 million) on the engineering and construction company Duro Felguera S.A., which they allege bribed Venezuelan officials in return for securing a contract to build a power plant.