Facundo Leal, 42-year-old lawyer, former president of state company ARSAT (2022-2026) and former director of ORSNA appointed by the Milei administration in 2025, was detained for alleged money laundering and drug trafficking.
The Court of First Instance in Girona ordered provisional detention for 6 of 16 arrested in operation by the Civil Guard and Mossos d'Esquadra that dismantled drug trafficking and money laundering network in Barcelona/Catalonia and Granada. Four without bail, two with bail of €150,000 each.
Accountant Gabriel Mizzau declared himself repentant, confessing to having provided accounting advice between 2014-2018 to companies of the Alvarado clan (Logística Santino SRL and Sagrado Corazón de María SRL) to launder drug trafficking money, manipulating financial statements.
An indictment was unsealed charging Ruhuan Zhen and Hongce Wu, both Chinese nationals, with conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with transnational criminal organizations, including the Sinaloa Cartel and the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación.
The US Department of Justice formally charged on April 24, 2025 (Eastern District of Virginia) two Chinese citizens, Ruhuan Zhen and Hongce Wu, with conspiracy to launder proceeds from international drug trafficking of the Sinaloa Cartel (CDS) and Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).
UK imposed sanctions on four individuals linked to Cambodia's Prince Group, freezing London properties worth tens of millions. The individuals are suspected of operating scam centers built on forced labor and human trafficking.
Bellingcat and The Sunday Times documented footage of Christy Kinahan (68) and Daniel Kinahan (48) at Dubai's 971 Fighting Championship in June 2025, marking their first confirmed sighting since US sanctions in April 2022.
Paraguayan senator Erico Galeano Segovia of the ruling Colorado Party was sentenced to 13 years in prison for money laundering and criminal association linked to fugitive Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastián Marset.
ICIJ's Coin Laundry investigation revealed major cryptocurrency exchanges (Binance, OKX, Coinbase, Kraken, Bybit, Kucoin) moved billions in illicit funds.
The Justice Department announced its largest health care fraud enforcement action in history, more than doubling the previous record.