Caribbean-Wide Operation Results in Record Seizures, 510 Arrests Made
Most parents would say that a gun is not an appropriate prize at the bottom of their child’s cereal box, something Dominican...
North America
US Responds to Alleged Corruption in Pakistan’s Flood Relief Efforts
As any other matter involving American taxpayer money, the U.S. State Department said it is taking very seriously reports...
The Taliban Crackdown Freezes Afghanistan’s Crypto Market
The Taliban ban on digital currency has brought Afghanistan’s cryptocurrency market, which experienced a massive expansion...
Bittrex Pays Over $50M to Resolve US Enforcement Claims
A U.S. private virtual currency exchange agreed on Tuesday to pay more than US$50 million to settle U.S. accusations of...
Human Rights Advocates Urge Bangladesh to Stop Harassing Opposition
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Bangladesh government to stop the widespread crackdown on and the fake charges against...
Russian Oligarch’s Property Manager Charged over Helping Violate U.S. Sanctions
A British businessman was arrested on U.S. charges of conspiring to evade sanctions imposed on a Russian oligarch, the U.S....
Sinaloa’s Top Money Launderer Sentenced in the U.S.
A federal court in California sentenced a Mexican lawyer who served as the Sinaloa cartel’s chief money launder to 15 years...
US Sanctions Burmese Arms Dealers Supplying Myanmar’s Junta
The U.S. Treasury imposed on Tuesday sanctions on three Burmese businessmen and their company for allegedly supplying...
U.S. and Brazil Authorities Target “Bitcoin Sheik”
Brazilian police raided 20 locations throughout the country and seized cash and luxury items from a suspected leader of a...
Scientist Convicted for Helping Russia Spy on US Had High-Level Mexican Political Connections
A Florida judge sent Mexican scientist Héctor Cabrera-Fuentes to jail in June on the charge of being an unregistered foreign...
Ex-Business Partner of Fake Mar-a-Lago Heiress Shot in Quebec
A Russian businessman whose affairs were the subject of a recent OCCRP investigation was shot and badly injured in a parking...
New York Gambino Family Associate Sentenced to 40 Years for Murder
A federal court in Brooklyn sentenced a mobster to 40 years behind bars for killing his long-time friend he had fallen out...