Mexican Scientist Accused of Spying for Russia in US Sentenced
An internationally recognized Mexican scientist who pleaded guilty to acting as an unregistered agent for the Russian...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Border Agents Seize $2.5 Million in Palm Oil Shipments in Baltimore
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents have seized four palm oil shipments in Baltimore, Maryland, according to a recent...
US Returns Nearly 1,000 Looted Artifacts to Mali
U.S. authorities returned to Mali a massive trove of looted artifacts, which border officials in Texas discovered over a...
Unorganized Crime: Elder Trackers and Cocaine Cornflakes
Celebrity cellphone hacking, international human hair-smugglers, counterfeit Shiraz and “lucky charm” necklaces used to...
Flight of the Monarch: US Gov’t Contracted Airline Once Owned by Criminals with Ties to Russian Mob
U.S. authorities awarded Monarch Air Group over 100 contracts, including transporting protected witnesses and fuel for the...
U.S. Charges 10 in $50 Million Russian iPhone Smuggling Ring
The U.S. judiciary has charged 10 Russian nationals in a scheme to smuggle mostly stolen iPhones, iPads and Apple watches...
US Seizes Possible Uyghur Hair Products
Customs officials in the US have detained a shipment of suspected forced labour products possibly made with hair taken from...
Crime, Corruption, and Coronavirus
What Lockdown? World’s Cocaine Traffickers Sniff at Movement Restrictions
Drugs keep flowing despite the global pandemic.
Study: Stricter US Border Control Increases Corruption
A new study is linking the United States’ attempts to enforce stricter border controls to increased corruption among...
Mexican AG Sentenced for Protecting Cartel
A former Mexican Attorney General was convicted of protecting and facilitating a cartel’s drug trafficking activities and...
Sydney Police Bust Firm for Laundering $70 million
Sydney authorities arrested three individuals on Thursday for running a business that acted as a front for a US$70 million...
US: 16.5 Tons of Cocaine Seized in Historic Bust
Authorities in Philadelphia snatched over a $1 billion worth of cocaine on Tuesday in what officials describe as one of the...