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Lithuania: Former director of the National Food and Veterinary Risk Assessment Institute convicted of bribery

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/lithuania-former-director-national-food-and-veterinary-risk-assessment-institute-0

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How big is Europe’s cocaine problem – and what is the human cost?

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jun/11/how-big-is-europes-cocaine-problem-and-what-is-the-human-cost  

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US State Department Endorses British Charity’s AI Tool to Fight Human Trafficking

Read here: https://stopthetraffik.org/ai-tool-to-fight-human-trafficking/

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Federal Indictment Alleges Alliance Between Sinaloa Cartel and Money Launderers Linked to Chinese Underground Banking

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-indictment-alleges-alliance-between-sinaloa-cartel-and-money-launderers-linked Link to Indictment: https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1356301/dl?inline

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FinCEN Issues Supplemental Advisory on the Illicit Procurement of Fentanyl Precursor Chemicals and Manufacturing Equipment

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-issues-supplemental-advisory-illicit-procurement-fentanyl-precursor Link to advisory: https://www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/advisory/2024-06-20/FinCEN-Supplemental-Advisory-on-Fentanyl-508C.pdf

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‘Screwing it up’: HMRC’s £14m error lets tax avoidance specialist off the hook

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-06-19/hmrcs-14m-error-lets-tax-avoidance-specialist-off-the-hook/

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Nationale Postcode Loterij Announces Groundbreaking Funding for The Sentry’s New Investigative Task Force on Illegal Logging

Read here: https://thesentry.org/2024/06/20/80574/nationale-postcode-loterij-announces-groundbreaking-funding-for-the-sentrys-new-investigative-task-force-on-illegal-logging/

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Vortex of Evil: Gangs and Narcos in Tapachula, Mexico

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/vortex-evil-gangs-narcos-tapachula-mexico/

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Sanctions Against Russia’s Oil Industry Creating New Problems, Experts Warn

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18823-sanctions-against-russia-s-oil-industry-creating-new-problems-experts-warn

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India Approves Prosecution of Award-Winning Novelist Under Terrorism Law

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18817-india-approves-prosecution-of-award-winning-novelist-under-terrorism-law

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Woman busted smuggling 350 Nintendo Switch game cards in her bra – Chinese customs officials intercept smuggler at checkpoint

Read here: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/handheld-gaming/woman-busted-smuggling-350-nintendo-switch-game-cards-in-her-brassiere-chinese-customs-officials-intercept-smuggler-at-checkpoint

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Two arrests connected to suspected illegal £1 billion cryptoasset business 

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/two-arrests-connected-suspected-illegal-cryptoasset-business

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Chinese brokers launder hundreds of millions for global crime groups

Read here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjGIp7kdS6E

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Binance fined $2.25M by India’s Financial Intelligence Unit

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-india-penalty-fine-aml-violations

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Attempts to circumvent sanctions through Lithuanian railways up 5 times

Read here: https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2301716/attempts-to-circumvent-sanctions-through-lithuanian-railways-up-5-times

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FCA delays publication of review of treatment of Politically Exposed Persons until after elections

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/statements/update-fcas-review-treatment-politically-exposed-persons

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Tech vs. Corruption: How New Technologies Are Fighting Old Enemies

Read here: https://finintegrity.org/tech-vs-corruption/

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Fraudster sentenced for £1.5million renewable energy and home safety scam

Read here: https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/newsroom/news/fraudster-sentenced-for-15million-renewable-energy-and-home-safety-scam

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Oil-Rich Angola Sees High Risk of Money Laundering for Its Banks

Read here: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/oil-rich-angola-sees-high-risk-of-money-laundering-for-its-banks-1.2086102

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Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) fights for anonymity in money-laundering compliance case

Read here: https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/sra-fights-for-anonymity-in-money-laundering-compliance-case/5120039.article

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GB Gambling Commission confirms investigation into potential election betting offences

Read here: https://igamingbusiness.com/legal-compliance/ukgc-confirms-investigation-into-several-potential-election-betting-offences/

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Between hollow rhetoric and war: How sanctions work – and why they often don’t

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/17/between-hollow-rhetoric-and-war-how-sanctions-work-and-why-they-often-dont

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Russian Tycoon Usmanov Sues UBS Over Money Laundering Alerts

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/russian-tycoon-usmanov-sues-ubs-over-money-laundering-alerts/80949830

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StanChart loses bid to cut US sanctions breach claims from UK lawsuit

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stanchart-loses-bid-cut-us-110222958.html

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6 arrested as 35 tonnes of cocaine seized at major European ports

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/6-arrested-35-tonnes-of-cocaine-seized-major-european-ports

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German Prosecutors Terminate Probe Into Former Afghan Politician’s Properties

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18810-german-prosecutors-terminate-probe-into-former-afghan-politician-s-properties

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Major takedown of critical online infrastructure to disrupt terrorist communications and propaganda

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/major-takedown-of-critical-online-infrastructure-to-disrupt-terrorist-communications-and-propaganda Read here also: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/europol-coordinated-operation-tackles-threat-of-terrorist-operated-websites and here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/major-takedown-critical-online-infrastructure-disrupt-terrorist-communications-and-propaganda

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Lithuania takes step toward reforms to strip citizenship after Cyprus Confidential revelations

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/lithuania-takes-step-toward-reforms-to-strip-citizenship-after-cyprus-confidential-revelations/

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Buffered Extraction: How an increase in foreign-owned mining concessions threatens protected areas and local stability in the DRC

Read here: https://c4ads.org/issue-briefs/buffered-extraction/ Link to report: https://c4ads.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Buffered-Extraction-C4ADS-Issue-Brief.pdf

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Seizing Crypto: When Asset Recovery Goes Digital

Read here: https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/seizing-crypto-when-asset-recovery-goes-digital

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Suppression Laundering: Using FATF as a Fig Leaf to Target Civil Society

Read here: https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/policy-briefs/suppression-laundering-using-fatf-fig-leaf-target-civil-society

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Syria, Captagon and Geopolitics: From Magic Bullet to Placebo

Read here: https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/syria-captagon-and-geopolitics-magic-bullet-placebo

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Terraform and Kwon to Pay $4.5 Billion Following Fraud Verdict

Read here: https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2024-73

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Smoke on the horizon: Trends in arms trafficking from the conflict in Ukraine

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/trends-arms-trafficking-conflict-ukraine-russia-monitor/

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Outcomes FATF Plenary, 26-28 June 2024

Read here: https://www.fatf-gafi.org/en/publications/Fatfgeneral/outcomes-fatf-plenary-june-2024.html

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Dismantle the Global Financial Secrecy System

Read here: https://gfintegrity.org/dismantle-the-global-financial-secrecy-system/

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Trader claims to lose $310K on fraudulent crypto exchange pitched in LinkedIn request

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/trader-loses-310-thousand-fraud-exchange-linkedin-request Consumer alert here: https://dfi.wa.gov/consumer/alerts/alleged-cryptocurrency-platform-ethfinance-appears-be-engaged-fraud

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Istanbul Court Censors Reports That Halkbank Loaned $17 Million to Alleged Organized Crime Boss

Read here: https://www.fdd.org/analysis/policy_briefs/2024/06/14/istanbul-court-censors-reports-that-halkbank-loaned-17-million-to-alleged-organized-crime-boss/

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HMRC fines zero ‘enablers’ of offshore tax evasion in five years

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-06-16/hmrc-fines-zero-enablers-of-offshore-tax-evasion-in-five-years/

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Adidas probes alleged ‘large-scale bribery’ by staff in China

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/16/adidas-probes-alleged-large-scale-bribery-by-staff-in-china-report

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