Austrian authorities are investigating the flow of money behind a large donation made to the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to support its German election campaign, according to a joint investigation by the newspapers Spiegel and Standard.

India's anti-money laundering unit said it seized about 16.5 billion rupees ($190 million) worth of crypto, some cash and a Lexus car during investigations into the collapse of the BitConnect cryptocurrency fraud.

The head of MEAF's Financial Intelligence Unit said on Sunday that members of the large ring had provided services to money launderers in Iran with a focus on the country’s lucrative mobile phone market. Hadi Khani said that the group had a turnover of over 500 trillion rials (more than $500 million) when the Iranian police discovered its activities. 

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) have uncovered a suspected large-scale embezzlement and money laundering scheme involving a former executive of a state-owned defence exporter. 

The African Development Bank Group has taken a significant step forward in its fight against corruption and financial crime by signing a Letter of Intent with the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) today. The Bank Group is the first multilateral development bank to establish such a collaboration with Interpol.