Middle East

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Wednesday announced 17 new additions to its “Press Freedom Predators” series — a gallery...

Once the most pirate-infested region on the planet, the waters off the coast of Somalia are now home to a different maritime...

The COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the world has made people poorer and more vulnerable to human trafficking, according to the...

The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed a new gold rush in Central Africa, with organized groups cashing in on the surge in the...

French and Israeli police have dismantled a criminal network that is believed to have swindled France out of 12 million euro...

Fearing conscription by the Assad regime? Want to start a new life in Europe? Surf online a bit, and you’ll find that a...

The semi-independent government of the Kurdish region in the north of Iraq has since March 2020 been harshly cracking down...

The very people tasked with clamping down on and regulating Zimbabwe’s illegal gold industry are some of its biggest...

In late 2018, Greek authorities busted a freighter carrying over $100 million worth of cannabis and the speed-like drug...

Saudi authorities detained 136 people – both citizens and expatriates in Saudi Arabia – for their alleged involvement in...

A group of U.S. lawmakers intend to introduce three bipartisan bills designed to curb kleptocracy and corruption worldwide....

Authorities in 92 countries arrested 277 people, shut down more than 113,000 fraudulent web links belonging to fake online...