All news on the topic: Gold Smuggling

Several hundred Wagner fighters remain based along the upper Oubangui River in the Central African Republic, where they run a drug trade built around tramadol, an opioid painkiller that becomes a potent stimulant at high doses.

A media investigation has uncovered major gold-smuggling networks across Southern Africa, revealing how these groups help launder billions for criminals worldwide while enabling governments to evade international sanctions.

Nepalese authorities charged former Speaker of Parliament Krishna Bahadur Mahara on Monday with gold smuggling and organized crime, marking the first high-profile arrest by the newly-installed interim government as it looks to crack down on corruption

Transparency International and several MEPs criticized the EU Commission’s decision on Tuesday to remove the UAE from the list of countries that pose a threat to the EU financial system, arguing that the country has not yet met the required standards.