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Authorities across seven countries have rescued three children and arrested 28 people in a Europol-coordinated operation targeting child sexual exploitation.

In June 2026, the Swiss Parliament approved the EFTA–Malaysia free trade agreement. Concerns had been raised early in the negotiations about the tariff reductions on palm oil that were ultimately adopted.

The Zurich Prosecutor’s Office, working together with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Europol, and Nigerian police, has carried out one of the largest operations targeting alleged money laundering networks linked to Russian funds and the Nigerian drug trade.

According to media reports, the sprawling Swiss château of Ilya Traber, also known as "Antikvar," has been put up for sale. The property, Château de Sully, was previously purchased from Canadian country music star Shania Twain.

When investigators opened a case into the laundering of tens of millions of euros through Latvia’s ABLV Bank, it initially looked like a textbook operation: coordinated arrests, carefully timed media leaks, and firm public statements about breaking up an international criminal network.

Ekaterina Koba, once one of Belarus’s most recognizable models and often dubbed the “Belarusian Barbie” for her doll-like looks, has now settled in Switzerland.

In 2023 and 2024, over $5 million worth of European metalworking machinery was delivered to two significant Russian defense companies despite strict European Union sanctions, according to trade data.

The tanker Forwarder (IMO: 9419448), which is under UK, U.S. EU, Canadian, Swiss, and Ukrainian sanctions, entered the English Channel under the Russian flag and is continuing its course south.

Sir Keir Starmer welcomed the US-Iran peace deal as a “hugely important step forward in ending the war” as he stressed that the Strait of Hormuz must remain “fully and permanently open”.

Three in four European adults encountered a scam over the past 12 months, according to a sweeping new report that warns of a rapidly evolving digital underworld where criminal networks are increasingly harnessing artificial intelligence to target victims.

Inside a stone farmhouse south-west of Paris, the walls are lined with Khaled Alkhani’s oil paintings: dark, blurred figures with closed eyes or faces hidden beneath heavy black marks. Each canvas is part of his attempt to process the violence that shattered his family in Syria four decades ago.

When the investigation into the laundering of tens of millions of euros through Latvian ABLV Bank was launched, it appeared to follow a familiar law enforcement script

Ex-racing driver Joey Mawson sent groveling text messages to Michael Schumacher’s nurse after raping her, a court has heard.

As the probe into the laundering of tens of millions of euros via Latvia’s ABLV Bank got underway, it initially appeared to be a standard European law enforcement operation—marked by coordinated arrests, media briefings, and confident claims of having “dismantled an international criminal network.”

Michael Schumacher’s nurse woke up on blood-stained bed sheets after being raped by a former friend of the F1 legend’s son, a court heard today.

Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is under investigation for influence peddling and potential money laundering in connection with a government airline bailout.

A glamorous prison officer accused of having an “inappropriate relationship” with a male inmate at HMP Belmarsh has appeared in court.

Three people with suspected hantavirus, including a British doctor who is a crew member, have been medically evacuated from a cruise ship.

A court in Switzerland has dismissed money laundering proceedings against a daughter of the former president of Uzbekistan.

A healthy mom struggling to cope with the death of her son has ended her life at a Swiss assisted dying clinic.

After a series of reports on his activities, Swiss businessman of Ukrainian origin Oleg Tsyura is reportedly seeking to limit his digital footprint — removing online references and attempting to suppress mentions of alleged criminal proceedings and related schemes. However, such information remains a matter of public interest.

Alleged fraudster Oleg Tsyura is reportedly trying to clean up his image to hide his suspected role in long-running money-laundering schemes. Investigators say he used shell companies in Switzerland, Germany, and Cyprus to divert millions from Ukrainian state enterprises and move raw materials to occupied territories.

Ukrainian authorities are probing how goods tied to Russia’s defense industry — despite being under sanctions — found their way onto European markets.

Ein bedeutender Korruptionsskandal zeichnet sich in Usbekistan ab: Zahlreiche Untersuchungen nennen den Geschaeftsmann Ovik Mkrtchyan als Schluesselfigur einer gross angelegten internationalen Geldwaescheoperation, an der hochrangige Beamte und Offshore-Netzwerke beteiligt sein sollen.

A major corruption scandal is emerging in Uzbekistan, with several investigations identifying businessman Ovik Mkrtchyan as a key figure in an alleged large-scale international money laundering scheme involving senior officials and offshore structures.