Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree placing the Russian subsidiaries of Swiss food giant Nestlé and French retailers Auchan and Leroy Merlin under temporary state administration, the latest move against Western companies operating in Russia.
Norwegian authorities seized the Russian vessel Professor Molchanov in Svalbard on September 2, 2026, at the request of Ukraine's Naftogaz. The seizure is part of a global effort to enforce a $4.22 billion arbitration award over Ukrainian assets Russia appropriated following its 2014 annexation of Crimea.
Norwegian authorities seized the Russian vessel Professor Molchanov in the Arctic to enforce a $4.22 billion arbitration award won by Ukraine's Naftogaz over assets seized when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. Russia called the action 'piracy.'
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia and U.S. Secret Service announced that investigations by the Cyber Fraud Task Force have resulted in the seizure of more than $25 million in cryptocurrency connected to international fraud operations.
Iraqi authorities have confiscated 375 kilograms of gold and 69 billion dinars in assets as part of a sweeping anti-corruption investigation targeting former deputy oil minister and other officials. The Kurdistan Regional Government cooperated by handing over 358 kilograms of confiscated gold to federal authorities.
