In early March 2026, Ecuador and the United States (U.S.) began coordinated military operations against various criminal gangs across the Andean nation.[2] Currently, Washington is mainly focusing on advising Ecuadorian forces and police in anti-narcotics operations and assisting with intelligence and logistical oversight. Previously, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested that the U.S.  may begin to conduct airstrikes against gangs and narcotics traffickers across Ecuador.

Salem Michel Al-Salem, a former colonel in the Syrian Air Force intelligence department, appeared in a London court on March 10, 2026, to face charges of crimes against humanity. The hearing marks the first time that murder charges as a crime against humanity have been brought by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) under the International Criminal Court Act 2001.

 On March 6, 2026, shortly before 6:00 p.m. local time (16:00 GMT), two missiles struck the headquarters of Ghana’s United Nations (UN) peacekeeping battalion in Lebanon, injuring three soldiers who are now in stable condition. In addition to the soldiers, the attack destroyed part of the battalion’s facilities, including the “officers’ mess facility.”

On March 10, 2026, with the help of Mexican law enforcement, the United States (U.S.) government was able to capture Samuel Ramirez Jr., 33, of Federal Way, Washington, in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico.  The capture occurred only one hour and thirteen minutes after the FBI announced the 538 additions to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List and raised the reward for information leading to his capture from $250,000 to $1 million.

On March 12, 2026, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine submitted its latest report to the United Nations Human Rights Council (OHCHR) at the sixty-first session.

On March 6, 2026, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) directing relevant executive branch officials to take action to combat cybercrime, fraud, and predatory schemes targeting United States (U.S.) families, businesses, and critical infrastructure.

On March 3 and 4, 2026, law enforcement agents and officers in fourteen countries, including the United States (U.S.), took coordinated actions against LeakBase and its users in an initiative hosted by Europol. The participating countries shut down LeakBase, seized its data and two of the forum’s domains, posted seizure banners on the LeakBase sites, transmitted prevention messages to LeakBase members, and collected additional evidence. Law enforcement executed search warrants, made arrests, and undertook interviews in the U.S., Australia, Belgium, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, and the United Kingdom (UK).

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.