Liverpool FC and Merseyside Police seized over £1.2m in assets and issued 432 lifetime bans in a joint operation against ticket touting. The crackdown, involving analysis of 700,000 ticket registrations, also targeted money laundering and led to convictions, protecting genuine fans.
Greater Manchester Police arrested three individuals in connection with a financial crime investigation into the University of Greater Manchester, alleging fraud, bribery, and money laundering involving over £1m and a million emails.
A court in eastern China has sentenced former official Yang Youlin to death for accepting over 2.2 billion yuan (US$323.8 million) in bribes. The sentence, one of the harshest for economic crimes in recent years, also includes lifelong political rights deprivation and asset confiscation.
Bengaluru reported 10,580 economic offenses from 2022-2024, averaging one every 2.5 hours. Forgery, cheating, and fraud constituted over 93% of cases, indicating a shift from physical theft to digital deception. The city faces a high pendency rate for trials.
