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A court in Vietnam sentences tycoon Trương Mỹ Lan to life in prison for fraud, in addition to a death sentence that Lan received in April for embezzlement.
2024-10-17

A court in Russia sentences the Volga Maniac serial killer to life in prison for the murders of 31 elderly women in Tatarstan in 2011 and 2012.
2024-03-21

Singapore police arrest ten foreign nationals and seize assets worth approximately S$1 billion (US$750 million), suspecting involvement in an international money laundering operation tied to transnational organized crime, including online gambling and Internet fraud.
2023-08-16

A court in the Comoros sentences former president Ahmed Abdallah Sambi to life in prison after Sambi was convicted of high treason for selling passports to stateless people in the Persian Gulf, and for other crimes, including embezzlement.
2022-11-28

A court in Kyiv reduces the sentence of Vadim Shishimarin, the first Russian soldier tried for war crimes, from life in prison to 15 years detention. Shishimarin's defense attorney says that it is "highly likely" that he will be returned to Russia in a prisoner exchange.
2022-07-29

The Ukrainian parliament begins to debate a new law which would allow the forced seizure of all assets belonging to Russians citizens as well as Ukrainians deemed by the courts or the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine to be Russian collaborators. Last week, a bill was approved that allowed forced seizure of assets owned by the Russian government and Russian companies.
2022-03-10

The three defendants convicted in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery are sentenced to life in prison. Travis and Greg McMichael are sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, while William Bryan is sentenced to life with the possibility of parole.
2022-01-7

Police in Hong Kong arrest over 300 people on the previously banned 1 July march and after the passing of the new national security law. The new law punishes crimes considered as subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison. It also allows extradition to the Mainland for trial.
2020-07-1

Danish inventor and submariner Peter Madsen is convicted of the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall and sentenced to life in prison.
2018-04-25

Former Beltrán Leyva Cartel leader Alfredo Beltrán Leyva is extradited to the United States from Mexico, facing drug trafficking and money laundering offenses.
2014-11-17