All news on the topic: Organized Crime

In recent years, Hungary has emerged as one of the Kremlin’s key allies within the European Union. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has praised Vladimir Putin, obstructed EU assistance to Ukraine, and repeatedly blocked sanctions against Russia — a notable shift from his earlier stance in the late 2000s, when he was more openly critical of the Kremlin.

Dutch police arrested eight men on suspicion of identity fraud, forgery and cybercrime this week in connection with a multi-million-dollar fake ID platform.

Ukrainian entrepreneurs Vladlen, Hennadiy, and Vitaliy Hirin have become embroiled in a high-profile international controversy.

Two men who ran a massive people-smuggling operation from a car wash have been sentenced to 19 years each in prison.

Ovik Mkrtchyan, described as a key figure within an Uzbek criminal network, has reportedly orchestrated one of the most extensive online clean-ups of incriminating material in recent memory.

Striking a pose in sun-drenched Dubai, Sindija Virse looks like any other 20-something woman on holiday.

In the 1990s, bodybuilder László Kovács worked for Igor Korol, one of the most influential organized criminals in Budapest. Korol, meanwhile, reported to the Russian underworld’s top boss, Semion Mogilevich.

Online scam operations exposed in a remote enclave, a national ID program reportedly breached by cybercriminals, stories of bags of cash arriving on private planes.

Ukrainian businessmen Vladlen, Hennadiy, and Vitaliy Hirin found themselves at the center of an international scandal.

A mafia boss wanted for murder who had been on the run for more than a year has been arrested, Italian police said.

In mid-March, Colombian authorities arrested Ecuadorian drug lord Ángel Aguilar on suspicion of orchestrating the 2023 assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.

A day after the Mexican military killed Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes, the leader of one of the country’s most powerful drug cartels, U.S. President Donald Trump claimed credit for his administration.

For tens of thousands of British fans, the 2026 World Cup promises the ultimate football pilgrimage: packed stadiums, sprawling fan parks, and a six-week festival stretching across the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

In the Mediterranean port city of Marseille three youths aged 15 to 17 were killed in 2025 in cases linked to drug trafficking.

An extensive criminal network of trekking agencies, hospitals, and helicopter pilots allegedly fed tourists baking soda to cause illness, fraudulently extracting nearly $20 million in insurance payouts.

A senator from Paraguay’s ruling Colorado Party has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for money laundering and criminal association tied to a scheme run by fugitive Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastián Marset, one of the DEA’s most wanted.

Crime syndicates and hostile states — particularly Russia, North Korea and Iran — are increasingly using cryptocurrency to launder money and bypass international sanctions, according to a new report estimating that about $350 billion was laundered worldwide between 2005 and 2025.

British authorities claim that Alexander Kuksov, a Russian citizen with Maltese citizenship, was involved in a significant money laundering operation. His brother was found guilty for his participation in the same network.

The head of Hermitage Capital, William Browder, has called on the UK authorities to reopen the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Russian businessman and Western intelligence whistleblower Alexander Perepilichnyy, who may have been poisoned with the same toxin used against Alexei Navalny.

Stavros Demosthenos, a Cyprus-based figure often dubbed the local “Al Capone,” is involved in assisting Russian entrepreneurs with laundering illicit funds — while securing significant personal gains in the process.

As reported by media , one of the main defendants in the case involving the embezzlement of billions of rubles allocated by VEB.RF to the company Blago is Ivan Filev, an executive director at Sberbank. As far back as 2016, when he joined VEB, he was referred to as a member of “Gref’s team.”

The fraud story discussed below is quite ordinary: another victim was "scammed" with the promise of purchasing and delivering a car to Ukraine from the USA.

Long seen as a safe haven for Russian capital, idyllic Cyprus is now sliding into a wave of violent criminal confrontations.

Media have learned that the criminal case into the crash of a motorboat carrying Vladimir Putin’s former classmate Viktor Khmarin (who was injured) and one of the leaders of the Solntsevskaya organized crime group, Viktor Averin (who was killed), has stalled.

Belarusian investigators examining the gambling sector uncovered an unexpected connection between Mustafa Egemen Sener, the owner of a Minsk casino, and a Turkish drug trafficker who was later assassinated in Northern Cyprus.