Son of Alleged Smuggling Tycoon Spent $3 Million on London Mosque
The Satuq Bughra Khan mosque in Palmers Green is also a Uyghur cultural and educational center. The owner’s family is...
Organized Crime
Montenegro Suspends Extradition of Convicted Money Launderer to China
Citing human rights concerns, a Montenegro court has temporarily suspended the extradition of Wang Shuiming to his native...
Montenegro Cracks Down on Transnational Cocaine Ring, Indicts Five
Montenegro has indicted five more suspects in Operation “General,” a transnational cocaine-smuggling network targeting South...
Son of Palau Senate Leader Caught up in Fiji Drug Sweep
Lagomarsino Baules, the son of a pro-China Palauan senator, was arrested in Fiji during a major anti-drug operation amid...
Ukraine Sends $7M Customs Fraud Case to Court
Ukrainian prosecutors send a $7 million customs fraud case to court, with some suspects already convicted through plea...
China Sentences 16 Members of Myanmar Crime Syndicate to Death Over Cyber Scams
The Ming family ran “scam parks” from a Myanmar town near the Chinese border that fueled billion-dollar fraud and other...
Leaked Emails Reveal ‘Air Bridge’ of Drug Flights from Venezuela to Belize
A former U.S. official told OCCRP that drug flights from Venezuela often re-routed to Belize when traffickers became...
Record Cocaine Bust in Russia Highlights New Trafficking Route From Ecuador
Russian officials found 1,500 bricks of cocaine concealed in bananas shipped from Ecuador. An intelligence report describes...
Police Arrest 5 in €100M Cross-Border Cryptocurrency Fraud Case
Five suspects were arrested and assets frozen during coordinated searches in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Romania and Bulgaria....
Captagon Drug Networks Adapt and Survive in Middle East After Assad’s Fall
Syria’s transitional government is cracking down on the production of Captagon — an illicit synthetic stimulant that...