Kenya extradited the last escaping member of a prominent wildlife trafficking syndicate to the United States, where he is wanted for trafficking huge amounts of ivory and rhino horn, the country’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said on Sunday.
Agents of the FBI arrested in southern California a Canadian man linked to a transnational drug trafficking organization that has transported more than half a ton of methamphetamine and cocaine via a network of big-rig trucks, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reported Saturday.
Moscow continued this week to silence media and journalists known for their critical or investigative coverage of political and social issues in the country, cracking down on all those whose reporting does not reflect the Kremlin’s narrative.
The U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a shipping vessel carrying US$20 million worth of narcotics in the Gulf of Oman, the U.S. Navy informed.
Italian authorities arrested nearly 200 'Ndrangheta-affiliated suspects, including a local mayor, politicians and businessmen, in the province of Cosenza, a part of ‘Ndrangheta's native region, Calabria, Italian state media reported.
Authorities in Saudi Arabia said they seized 46 million amphetamine pills hidden in a flour shipment in what is believed to be the country’s biggest drug bust, according to a Saudi Press Agency announcement released on Wednesday.
Israel's defense ministries levied sanctions Wednesday against 20 individuals and companies who have facilitated Hamas’ money laundering network.
An audit by Swiss financial authorities revealed that the country is presently ill-equipped to properly investigate and deter cases of money laundering across multiple economic sectors.
The government’s initial silence about the export of a record amount of gold to an undisclosed client last year raised eyebrows these days in Kyrgyzstan, where the gold mining industry has been shrouded in secrecy and the largest mine is rumored to be rife with corruption.
As feared by Western governments, Russian oligarchs have begun using cryptocurrency to evade sanctions brought in response to the war in Ukraine.