Illicit Finance

Britain’s government will cap political donations from British citizens living overseas at £100,000 a year and temporarily ban cryptocurrency donations under emergency election law changes aimed at countering foreign interference.

An Italian member of the European Parliament denied taking bribes from Huawei as lawmakers weigh whether to strip him of parliamentary immunity in a Belgian corruption investigation.

Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) and the National Federation of Builders have launched a campaign to help the construction industry combat invoice fraud, warning that the crime costs businesses millions of pounds and poses a particular threat to firms handling complex supply chains and high-value payments.

French financial prosecutors searched the Paris offices of private bank Edmond de Rothschild last week as part of an investigation into suspected bribery involving former employee and diplomat Fabrice Aidan, in a case linked to documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files.

South African authorities have accused captive rhino breeder John Hume of leading one of the largest rhino-horn trafficking syndicates on record and using domestic reporting requirement to conceal his illicit activity.

House Republicans have opened an investigation into alleged hospice fraud in California, citing a CBS News investigation that found widespread warning signs among hospice operators in Los Angeles County and raising concerns about potentially tens of millions of dollars in taxpayer losses.

Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) defended its decision to award a short-term artificial intelligence contract to Palantir Technologies on Tuesday, telling lawmakers the U.S. firm would not have access to regulatory intelligence as concerns mounted over sensitive data and the growing reach of major technology providers in government.

Companies owned by 13 men close to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán won more than €28 billion in public contracts from 2010 to late 2025, according to a Financial Times investigation based on an analysis of nearly 350,000 state procurement contracts.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has been designated a “priority target” by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as federal prosecutors in New York examine his alleged ties to drug traffickers.

Prosecutors in Taiwan have indicted 10 people accused of operating a cross-border money laundering network that used Macau casinos and credit cards to launder more than $1 billion in funds.