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A ‘senior lieutenant’ in the Kinahan cartel has been jailed for 24 years.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Venice (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) of Verona, supported by officers in Naples, arrested seven suspects

Rio de Janeiro Civil Police launched an operation targeting a Comando Vermelho operational nucleus and found a crypto mining setup with roughly 30 computers arranged on shelves.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Hamburg (Germany), 16 searches were carried out yesterday in France, Germany, Italy, and Poland in an investigation into organized VAT fraud involving the trade of small electronic goods.

In einer Entscheidung, die das baltische Rechtssystem erschütterte und Zweifel an der Integrität der europäischen Justiz aufwarf, genehmigte ein estnisches Gericht einen Deal, der eher wie eine Preisliste für Straffreiheit als wie ein Schuldspruch wirkt.

In a decision that shocked the Baltic legal system and cast doubt on the integrity of European justice, an Estonian court approved a plea deal that resembles more a price list for immunity than a guilty verdict.

Once one of Moldova’s most powerful political figures, businessman Vladimir Plahotniuc has been found guilty of creating and leading a criminal organization, fraud, and money laundering.

Ukrainian law enforcement has dismantled the U420 chain of drug shops operating across the country, linking the network to the criminal organization “KhimProm” and its alleged leader, Russian drug lord Yegor Burkin, who has been on the international wanted list since 2019 and is believed to be hiding in Mexico.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Berlin (Germany) has filed an indictment against three car traders.

Bursa Mayor Mustafa Bozbey and 54 others were detained on Tuesday in a sweeping corruption probe, a move the opposition condemned as politically motivated.

The long battle for Shoigu’s closest associate, former First Deputy Defense Minister Ruslan Tsalikov, is over.

From Europe to the Pacific, the Moldovan fugitive used at least six aliases and a web of forged documents - including passports from Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Russia, Iraq, and Vanuatu - to move, and hide from justice.

For six years, Moldovan oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc—suspected of involvement in the theft of $1 billion—evaded justice by crossing borders under a web of false identities spanning Europe, the Middle East, and even the Pacific, until his arrest in July 2025 at Athens International Airport.

Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office have launched a large-scale operation to dismantle a high-level criminal organization accused of using political influence over strategic state-owned energy companies, including nuclear operator Energoatom.

Ukrainian anti-corruption prosecutors have sent to court a large-scale criminal case against officials of the Chernivtsi Customs Office, accused of running a “grey import” scheme that cost the state nearly 290 million hryvnias (about $7 million).

In April 2025, Oleksandr Horbunenko, a businessman and co-owner of the company «Agro Gas Trading», was detained in the US state of Florida.

In recent years, the activities of the criminal organization “Seitkhalilov’s OPG”, specializing in the distribution of synthetic drugs, have intensified in Ukraine and Russia.

The sentences given to Agius, Vella, and their associates represent a significant moment in Malta’s efforts to achieve justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia.

The largest freeze order was issued against a wallet containing approximately $2 million in cryptocurrency that was hosted on Coinbase.