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Explainer-How are war crimes in Ukraine being investigated?

The International Criminal Court's arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday is just one strand in a complex web of international and national legal moves over alleged war crimes in Ukraine.

Reuters · Feb 23, 2023

European investigators to visit Lebanon in Salameh graft probe - sources

European investigators will visit Lebanon in January as part of a cross-border probe into alleged fraud by Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh to the detriment of the Lebanese state, three judicial sources said.

Reuters · Dec 28, 2022

Thousands defrauded in £48m hoax which let scammers impersonate high street banks

More than 200,000 potential victims in the UK alone have been directly targeted through fraud website

The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2022

Dozens held in huge international operation to tackle Channel people-smuggling

Operation Punjum, led by the National Crime Agency in the UK, was carried out alongside Operation Thoren in Europe.

The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2022

Arrests made in ‘biggest ever’ operation to tackle Channel people-smuggling

Dozens of raids are also taking place in Germany, France and the Netherlands as part of a joint operation with Europol and Eurojust.

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2022

Ukraine identifies 600 Russian war crime suspects: Prosecutor

Kyiv’s top prosecutor says Ukraine has started prosecuting dozens of Russian war crime suspects.

Al Jazeera · May 31, 2022

Switzerland's top lawyer seeks tools to curb financial crime

Switzerland's new attorney general is pushing parliament to give his office more tools to fight white-collar crime

The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2022

Vladimir Putin getting exact opposite of his aims in Ukraine, former NATO commander Philip Breedlove says — as it happened

The retired US general who led NATO in Europe from 2013 to 2016 says Vladimir Putin's aims in Ukraine are "weapons out, NATO back, and no America" — but the Russian President is getting exactly the opposite.

ABC News · Apr 25, 2022

International Criminal Court joins team probing alleged war crimes in Ukraine

The International Criminal Court (ICC) will take part in the joint team investigating allegations of war crimes in Ukraine following the Russian invasion, the European Union's agency for criminal justice cooperation said on Monday.

Reuters · Apr 25, 2022

Lebanon’s Central Bank Chief Is Suspect in 120 Mln Euro Asset Freeze Case

Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh is a suspect in a case the European Union's criminal justice agency said on Monday had led to the freezing of some 120 million euros ($132 million) of Lebanese assets, prosecutors in Germany said. The properties and bank accounts, linked to five people suspected…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 28, 2022