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While Zhou Xianwang has drawn criticism for his handling of the early stages of the outbreak in Wuhan, a city in central China, the court statement did not mention that, but focused on him receiving bribes. The court also fined him 5 million yuan ($747,000).

The United States has intensified its efforts against alleged Chinese-linked transnational criminal and corruption networks by publicly designating a prominent Chinese-Fijian businessman accused of bribing Pacific island nation citizens to further the interests of the Chinese government, business, and criminal entities.

In his “state of the force” address last week, self-styled War Secretary Pete Hegseth coupled his usual attacks on the press, the Ivy League, and “beardos” and “weirdos” with new initiatives that have the potential to reshape the U.S. military for decades: an Autonomous Warfare Command, and an effort to map out the future of warfare called “Project Meridian.”

The U.S. State Department announced Thursday it had designated for “significant corruption” Zhao Fugang, a Chinese Communist Party-backed businessman in Fiji that OCCRP has previously revealed to be a top organized crime target of Australian law enforcement.

A suspected online scam operation that was raided by police in Papua New Guinea last month is believed to have relocated to the Pacific island country in response to a crackdown on online fraud in Cambodia, local police have told.

A Chinese organized crime syndicate laundered more than $1 billion stolen in multiple crypto exploits for North Korea’s Lazarus Group, according to blockchain investigator ZachXBT.

A Southern California couple who had 21 children, most of whom were birthed by different surrogate mothers, deceived the surrogates and then subjected the children to vicious beatings and punishments, authorities said.

A group of so-called “swarmchasers” who track droves of rogue AI agents say they have uncovered an incident involving Chinese AI.

The Trump administration is turning to a defense technology giant in a $6.6 billion effort to speed production of submarines as the U.S. struggles to keep pace with China’s vast shipbuilding capacity.

Juan Carlos Tam Cheong, as Goubin Tam Zhang is known, sought by the United States over alleged drug-trafficking and money-laundering offenses, attended a private electoral celebration organized by the ruling party, the Partido Pueblo Soberano (PPSO).

LVMH has lost more than $167 billion in market value in 2026, according to Reuters, as weakness in China weighs on the luxury group. The downturn reflects not only softer demand but also changing consumer preferences, with Chinese shoppers becoming more selective about luxury purchases.

A former head of Germany’s foreign intelligence service has been arrested on suspicion of treason and spying on behalf of an overseas intelligence agency, in what prosecutors suspect could be the most egregious national security breach since the Cold War.

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT said he infiltrated a Chinese laundering syndicate by posing as a cryptocurrency client and funding repeated stablecoin trades.

A California realtor has been arrested at LAX after being accused of spying for China.

Billions of dollars of Rosneft’s foreign earnings were funneled through a Kremlin-backed money-laundering network, placing the state oil group at the center of Russia’s efforts to circumvent sanctions and supply its war in Ukraine.

An American has been arrested on charges of smuggling over $300 million worth of NVIDIA chips to China. Greg Lui (Yu Cong Lui), CEO of California-based Earthmade Computers, is alleged to be involved in shipping chips to Malaysia and Singapore, and subsequently to buyers in China, including the country’s government.

Federal agents on Wednesday arrested a California tech CEO accused of smuggling more than $300 million in restricted AI chips into China.

Shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, several major trading firms pledged to stop or reduce new dealings with Russian businesses, joining global efforts to weaken Vladimir Putin’s military machine.

The Trump administration is excluding several major allies from a gathering of NATO members next month — after previous threats to deploy a “naughty and nice list” against governments that have run afoul of the president’s priorities.

The United States has imposed sanctions on 10 individuals and entities that, according to the U.S. Treasury Department, procured weapons and components for Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL).

MI5 has issued a rare public warning to UK universities that China’s intelligence service is using a front company to pay for research by UK academics and steal the secrets of hi-tech projects.

President Donald Trump offered to sell U.S. weapons to Chinese leader Xi Jinping, according to the U.S. ambassador to China.

On Monday, China released more information about what was agreed upon during the talks between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump last week, providing insight into several specific outcomes.

OpenAI announced it has paused training for its latest artificial intelligence models as reports of AI agents going rogue are increasing.