An American toxicology company agreed to pay $27 million to settle allegations that it billed the country’s federal health insurance program with unnecessary urine drug tests.
Following a damning report by the South African Office of the Public Protector, authorities have reassigned two officials and issued them final written warnings for taking six months to report the escape of a convicted murderer and rapist from prison.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) announced they had seized AUD 9.3 million (US$6.36 million) in cryptocurrency as part of an operation targeting the assets of the alleged mastermind behind Ghost, an encrypted communication platform used by organized crime groups around the world to coordinate their illegal activities.
The European crime agency announced the arrest of four suspects and the seizure of infrastructure linked to the ransomware group LockBit in an operation involving 12 countries.
The second-in-command of Russia’s security intelligence agency may be slipping through cracks in the European Union’s sanctions regime – due to apparent mistakes in his birthdate on official documents.
A well-known Azerbaijani opposition figure living in exile in France died on Monday after being brutally beaten and stabbed by unidentified assailants in his apartment.
Rareș Mănescu was involved in preparing the campaign for Mircea Geoană, who stepped down as deputy chief of NATO in September to run for president of Romania.
Nigerian authorities have apprehended 13 students of Usmanu Danfodio University, located in the northwestern city of Sokoto, in the latest round of raids targeting internet fraud and other cyber-related offenses.
A renowned Cambodian investigative journalist, Mech Dara, was on Tuesday charged with incitement to provoke “serious social chaos,” sparking outrage from human rights groups and journalism advocates.