The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland announced that it filed its first indictment in the Federal Criminal Court under accelerated proceedings against an individual for allegedly being complicit in the bribery of foreign officials and money laundering linked to Petrobras and Odebrecht.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department issued General License No. 2G, which extends the authorization regarding transactions with certain entities pursuant to the Belarus sanctions.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump issued a notice concerning the extension of the declaration of national emergency with respect to the Congo for one year. The national emergency is extended pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

The European Union’s Judicial Cooperation Unit assisted authorities in Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, the United Kingdom and the U.S. in an investigation against a Hungarian-led organized crime group that orchestrated a tax fraud and money laundering scheme that led to about €3 million in losses.