Oct 16 2025
U.S., U.K. impose sanctions on 146 individuals and entities tied to Cambodia-based Prince Group Transnational Criminal Organization. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network cut the Huione Group off from the U.S. financial system. “The rapid rise of transnational fraud has cost American citizens billions of dollars, with life savings wiped out in minutes,” says Treasury Secretary …
Oct 15 2025
Giorgi Bachiashvili was a former aide to billionaire and Georgian Dream party founder Bidzina Ivanishvili. He reportedly fell out with him over a cryptocurrency deal. Authorities detained him in 2023 before releasing him on bail. He fled the country beginning of 2025, violating his bail conditions. While abroad, he vowed to expose his ex-aide’s alleged …
Oct 15 2025
Youth-led protests in Morocco against government mismanagement and corruption show no sign of slowing. Since September 27, demonstrators across the country have rallied for fairer distribution of resources and an end to corruption. Protesters have called for the Moroccan prime minister’s resignation and accused the government of spending billions on infrastructure for the 2030 World …
Oct 13 2025
The European Democrats, a centrist political group in Brussels, mocked Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Anti-corruption protesters dressed as zebras outside a lavish estate tied to his family went viral. Nearly a thousand people joined the so-called “safari tour’ over the weekend. “Zebras in Budapest? With Orbán, anything goes,” the European Democrats wrote on . …
Oct 13 2025
Nicolas Sarkozy is the first French president in modern history to face actual prison time rather than a suspended sentence. The Paris Criminal Court acquitted Sarkozy on other charges, including passive corruption and illegal campaign financing. He was also fined 100,000 euro ($117,084) and barred from running for public office for five years. The decision …
Oct 12 2025
Ling Seng Hok, a Malaysian living in the U.K., pleaded guilty on September 30 for helping Chinese national Qian Zhimin move the proceeds of a fraudulent investment scheme. Qian, who pleaded guilty to playing a leading role in the scam, had converted the profits into Bitcoin. The seven-year ongoing investigation led to the seizure of …
Oct 12 2025
Lagomarsino Baules, 38, is the son of a senior pro-China politician from Palau. He was among 10 people arrested in Fiji last week in a major anti-drug operation. Ginna Mukunghoa Choi, a citizen of the Federated States of Micronesia, was also arrested. Choi had been blacklisted by Palauan authorities in May as an “undesirable alien” …
Oct 11 2025
Yi Huiman, 61, is suspected of “serious violations of discipline and law” He is one of the most prominent financial officials to face scrutiny in recent years. He spent decades in China’s state-owned banking system, rising to chairman of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) His tenure ended abruptly in February 2024 after …
Oct 11 2025
The International Court of Justice has dismissed Equatorial Guinea’s request to stop France from selling a luxury Paris mansion. This is the second time the ICJ has ruled in France’s favor in the dispute. The case resurfaced this year after Malabo said French police had reentered the property and changed the locks. French authorities reportedly …
Oct 10 2025
Amnesty International calls on the Syrian government to hold its security and military forces accountable. The rights group says newly documented evidence shows government and affiliated forces carried out executions on July 15 and 16. The evidence includes verified videos and testimony from 15 eyewitnesses and relatives, it says. The executions reportedly took place in …