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Russian authorities begin shutting down casinos and gambling halls across the country Wednesday and some casino magnates say they may move operations to...
Naser Oric, the wartime commander of Bosnian forces in Srebrenica, was sentenced by a Sarajevo court Wednesday to two years in prison for illegal...
New developments in the murder of Ivo Pukanić include arrests, a potential informant and reports of threats against the witness. OCCRP reported in...

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Investors can’t resist the lure of striking it rich and that mentality is a goldmine for scammers. Preying on investors’ fever for treasure...
When Gennadiy Petrov and Alexander Malyshev were arrested in Operation Troyka by Spanish police, investigators were offered a glimpse into Russia's past...
A man serving 40 years in prison for his role in the assassination of the Serbian prime minister now stands to lose his Belgrade villa, his Athens...
If it wasn’t bad enough that the worldwide monetary melee has revealed malfeasance like giant Ponzi schemes, creative accounting that hid massive...
In Romania, prosecutions of criminal organizations and of corruption sometimes end in frustration for lower level law enforcement and findings they...
The influences of organized crime and corruption have not diminished in Hungary in the years since the turf battles typical of the 1990s and early 2000s....
Neither Turkey nor the countries of the so-called Western Balkans fared well on organized crime or corruption in last month’s European Commission...
Ukraine prosecutors have long fought an uphill battle to jail those accused of corruption and organized crime. Now they are confident in their case...
A landmark case before a Russian court will determine whether a law that the U.S. has used to fight organized crime is applicable within Russia’s...
Croatian police have arrested eleven suspects and charged five with the October 23 murders of Ivo Pukanić and Niko Franjić. Of the five charged,...

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A Glimpse of Russia’s History

When Gennadiy Petrov and Alexander Malyshev were arrested in Operation Troyka by Spanish police, investigators were offered a glimpse into Russia's past and present, as well as a glimpse of how things have worked since 1990.

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Serbia’s new weapon against OC

A man serving 40 years in prison for his role in the assassination of the Serbian prime minister now stands to lose his Belgrade villa, his Athens apartment and bank accounts in Switzerland and Greece under a new law on asset forfeiture passed in Serbia in March.

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Jocić Arrested in Pukanić Case

Sreten Jocić, aka Joca Amsterdam, has been arrested in connection with the murders of Ivo Pukanić, owner and editor of the Croatian weekly Nacional, and the magazine’s marketing manager Niko Franjić.

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