James Peterson

Facing understaffing and retention issues stemming from chronic underinvestment, the U.K.’s elite crime fighting agency is left hobbled, finds a new report by the non-government organization, Spotlight on Corruption.

A former Georgian defense minister is under investigation for his alleged role in a sprawling international call center scam that duped European victims out of their savings, prosecutors said Friday.

A U.K. court sentenced four Nigerians to a total of 13 years in prison for their roles in an organized crime ring that forged more than 2,000 marriage certificates and other documents to help Nigerian immigrants in the United Kingdom secure residency permits.

Nigerian authorities have apprehended five women suspected of involvement in a drug trafficking ring at the Seme border as they returned from Ghana, according to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

Paraguayan police killed a parliamentarian in a violent region of the country during a shootout that erupted in an overnight raid on his house where officers and prosecutors had arrived to search for evidence of his involvement in drug trafficking and money laundering.

A 40-year-old Zambian national, who was apprehended on Sunday after landing at South Africa’s OR Tambo International Airport, has been identified as a key player in a transnational organized crime syndicate involved in kidnapping, ransom, and crystal meth distribution in the country.