The arrest of nine individuals in Thailand over an alleged large scale ivory trafficking operation has once again drawn global attention to one of the world’s most persistent and profitable illegal trades.

Authorities in China and the United States have arrested five suspects in a coordinated cross-border drug smuggling investigation.

A criminal network described as a “gringo cartel” has been linked to a wider transnational drug trafficking operation involving US-based actors and Mexican criminal organizations, according to a report published by Borderland Beat.

Peru has opened an investigation into a suspected human trafficking ring that deceived citizens with fake job offers in Russia, leading them to be recruited to fight in the ongoing war against Ukraine, according to the public prosecutor's office.

The U.S. military has carried out a deadly strike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two individuals described as “narco-terrorists,” according to officials.

The magistrate in the case said a stiff sentence was needed as a deterrent given a spate of cases in Kenya of ant-trafficking.

A South Korean court has sentenced a 90-year-old woman to one year in jail for helping her jailed son launder drug proceeds.

On Thursday, First Lady Melania Trump denied any relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, calling the allegations defamatory.

The European Commission has proposed new EU-wide regulations aimed at effectively combating trafficking and other firearms-related offenses.