October 21 - Albania’s left-wing Freedom Party said Monday its leader and former Albanian president Ilir Meta has been arrested on alleged corruption charges. Meta, 55, was arrested in the capital, Tirana, by officers with the National Investigation Bureau, according to local media. Local television stations showed masked, plainclothes police officers taking Meta from his vehicle after he returned from neighboring Kosovo ahead of holding a news conference.

October 21 - Thai police arrested a 50 year old woman involved in a call centre scam and money laundering scheme after she served time in a foreign prison. The woman, Laksamee, was apprehended in Bangkok upon her return to Thailand. Laksamee was arrested following a warrant issued by the Criminal Court on June 11, 2018, for charges including attempted fraud, being part of a criminal organisation, and involvement in transnational crime. Her capture took place outside a massage parlour in the Prawet district of Bangkok.

October 20 - The Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) is investigating the money trail of about 241 million USDT, a cryptocurrency, worth more than 8 billion baht, suspected to be linked with the fraud involving The iCon Group. Digital Economy and Society Minister Prasert Jantararuangtong said he has instructed Amlo to investigate the transfer of the cryptocurrency. "An initial inspection has found that hundreds of thousands of people were involved. An investigation will take some time," said Mr Prasert, who oversees the Office of the Consumer Protection Board (OCPB).

October 19 - Money laundering, tax evasion and the clever concealment of wealth have become a pastime of the rich and notorious in South Africa. According to forensic investigator Chad Thomas of IRS Forensic Investigations the methods used to hide wealth are increasingly sophisticated, yet sometimes frighteningly simple.