In late 2025, Binance, the world’s largest digital platform for cryptocurrency trading, uncovered that Iranian-linked entities were active on its platform, possibly violating United States (U.S.) sanctions. Internal investigators determined that billions of dollars were transferred from accounts hosted on Binance’s platform to terrorist organizations with ties to the Iranian government.

On February 28, 2026, United States (U.S.) President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. military had started major combat operations in Iran, including substantial bombing.  The bombing campaign followed weeks of U.S. military preparations in the region in the context of pending diplomatic negotiations over Iran’s nuclear and missile programs.

 On February 24, 2026, the United States (U.S.) Attorney in the Western District of Texas unsealed an indictment, charging a Cayman national who renounced U.S. citizenship with tax evasion, filing false returns, and willfully failing to file tax forms disclosing foreign assets.

The first wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the Trump administration over the United States (U.S.) military’s unprecedented series of missile airstrikes on civilian boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. On January 27, family members of Chad Joseph, 26, and Rishi Samaroo, 41, sued the U.S. government on claims of wrongful death and extrajudicial killing.

On February 17, 2026, four journalists investigating the surreptitious deportation of nine men from the United States (U.S.) to Cameroon and one lawyer were arrested and detained by local authorities, according to two of the journalists arrested. The journalists and a lawyer representing the detained migrants were seized by the police in the capital of Cameroon.

 On February 21, 2026, after nearly two years without a major audio message from its central leadership, the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) aired a 35-minute recording delivered by spokesman Abu Hudhayfah al-Ansari.

On February 18, 2026, a federal grand jury in the state of Nebraska indicted six individuals for their roles in a conspiracy to deploy malware and steal millions of dollars from ATMs in the United States (U.S.), a crime commonly referred to as “jackpotting.”

On February 20, 2026, the United States (U.S.) Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional the tariffs that U.S. President Donald Trump imposed through various executive orders.  By a 6-3 vote, the justices ruled that the tariffs are beyond the powers confirmed to the president by Congress under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).

On February 22, 2026, Mexico’s armed forces executed a high-impact operation in Tapalpa, Jalisco, aimed at detaining Rubén “N” (a/k/a “El Mencho”),widely identified by United States (U.S.) authorities as Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the principal leader of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG).

In 2025, Brazilian public institutions intensified measures aimed at strengthening public integrity and tackling corruption. In this context, notable developments included greater coordination among Public Administration bodies, stricter sanctioning enforcement, relevant judicial decisions, and new rules and guidelines designed to make compliance programs more effective and to increase transparency in leniency agreements. The key points are outlined below, with a focus on their practical impacts.