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Wildlife Warriors: The Wildlife Justice Commission’s Chronicles in “Terrible Humans” by Patrick Alley

Read here: https://wildlifejustice.org/wildlife-warriors-the-wildlife-justice-commissions-chronicles-in-terrible-humans-by-patrick-alley/

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How Do Mexico’s Presidential Candidates Plan to Tackle Organized Crime?

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/how-mexicos-presidential-candidates-plan-tackle-organized-crime/

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Forever Associates Zimbabwe

Read here: https://thesentry.org/reports/forever-associates-zimbabwe/

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Central America Drug Flights Fall as Traffickers Shift Methods

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/central-ameria-drug-flights-fall/

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Members of Britain’s biggest benefit fraud gang jailed for a combined total of more than 25 years

Read here: https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/members-britains-biggest-benefit-fraud-gang-jailed-combined-total-more-25-years

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Fuelling the future, poisoning the present: Myanmar’s rare earth boom

Read here: https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/natural-resource-governance/fuelling-the-future-poisoning-the-present-myanmars-rare-earth-boom/

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Fishing Boats and Cargo Ships: How Colombian Cocaine Travels the World

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/narcofiles-the-new-criminal-order/fishing-boats-and-cargo-ships-how-colombian-cocaine-travels-the-world

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‘Sextortion guides’ sold on social media, BBC finds

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp00y03q93mo

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Crime Facilitated by the Metaverse(s)

Read here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/future-crime/sites/future_crime/files/metaversepolicybriefing_15_may2024.pdf

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All the President’s Men: State Projects Handed to Apparent Proxies in Kyrgyzstan

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/all-the-presidents-men-state-projects-handed-to-apparent-proxies-in-kyrgyzstan

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Polish Businessman Makes Millions From Firm That Deals With Putin’s Russia

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/polish-businessman-makes-millions-from-firm-that-deals-with-putins-russia

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Pay.UK’s Fraud Detection Pilot Exceeds Expectations, Detecting Over £112m Worth of Fraud

Read here: https://newseventsinsights.wearepay.uk/media-centre/press-releases/payuk-s-fraud-detection-pilot-exceeds-expectations-detecting-over-112m-worth-of-fraud/

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Singapore Issues Environmental Crimes Money Laundering National Risk Assessment

Read here: https://www.mas.gov.sg/news/media-releases/2024/singapore-issues-environmental-crimes-money-laundering-national-risk-assessment Link to assessment: https://www.mas.gov.sg/-/media/mas-media-library/publications/monographs-or-information-paper/amld/2024/env-crimes-ml-nra—final-for-publication.pdf

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Mexico Extradites Alleged Sinaloa Sicario to U.S.

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18750-mexico-extradites-alleged-sinaloa-sicario-to-u-s

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Human smuggling and trafficking in North Africa and the Sahel

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/human-smuggling-and-trafficking-in-the-sahel-2024/

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Ex-AmBank CEO tried to cover up misdeeds, Zeti tells 1MDB trial

Read here: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/05/30/ex-ambank-ceo-tried-to-cover-up-misdeeds-zeti-tells-1mdb-trial/

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On the trail of African gold: Quantifying production and trade to combat illicit flows

Read here: https://www.swissaid.ch/en/articles/on-the-trail-of-african-gold/ Link to report: https://swissaid.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SWISSAID_On-the-trail-of-african-gold_2024_ENG.pdf

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Millions in suspicious transactions tie South Africa’s ruling party to a controversial Swazi archbishop, documents show

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/swazi-secrets/millions-in-suspicious-transactions-tie-south-africas-ruling-party-to-a-controversial-swazi-archbishop-documents-show/

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Mysterious Wealth: Tajikistan PM’s Wife Bought Luxury Dubai Properties

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/37-ccblog/ccblog/18747-mysterious-wealth-tajikistan-pms-wife-bought-luxury-dubai-properties

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Booking.com accused of laundering profits from Israeli war crimes in Palestine

Read here: https://www.somo.nl/booking-com-accused-of-laundering-profits-from-israeli-war-crimes-in-palestine/

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Report flags over $2.6B laundered through US commercial real estate

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/fincen-files/report-flags-over-2-6b-laundered-through-us-commercial-real-estate/

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UNODC report: Record amount of methamphetamine seized in East and Southeast Asia as synthetic drug market expands and evolves

Read here: https://www.unodc.org/roseap/en/2024/05/regional-synthetic-drugs-report-launch/story.html

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Florida Lab Owner to Pay US$27 Million for Fraudulent Cancer Tests

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18751-florida-lab-owner-to-pay-us-27-million-for-fraudulent-cancer-tests

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Ukrainian National Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Charge Stemming From Attempt to Export Dual-Use High Precision Jig Grinder to Russia After HSI-led Investigation

Read here: https://www.dhs.gov/hsi/news/2024/05/24/ukrainian-national-pleads-guilty-money-laundering-charge-stemming-attempt-export

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AUSTRAC accepts Enforceable Undertaking from online betting company Sportsbet

Read here: https://www.austrac.gov.au/news-and-media/media-release/austrac-accepts-enforceable-undertaking-online-betting-company-sportsbet

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More than £28.7 million lost to courier fraudsters in the last year, with people in their 80s the most likely to be targeted

Read here: https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2024/may/more-than-28.7-million-lost-to-courier-fraudsters-in-the-last-year-with-people-in-their-80s-the-most-likely-to-be-targeted/

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Russians bought up $6.3B in Dubai property after 2022 Ukraine invasion, report finds

Read here: https://www.icij.org/news/2024/05/russians-bought-up-6-3-billion-in-dubai-property-after-2022-ukraine-invasion-report-finds/

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Man charged with bribing a foreign official in multi-million pound NCA bribery investigation

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/peter-virdee-charged-with-bribing-a-foreign-official

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Myanmar Militia Group at Center of Cyber-scam Network, Activists Say

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18740-myanmar-militia-group-at-center-of-cyber-scam-network-activists-say

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Counterfeit goes cool: High-end brands urged to embrace rise of #dupe

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/may/20/counterfeit-cool-high-end-brands-urged-embrace-dupe

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Russian oil refineries attacked by Ukrainian drones supplied military units

Read here: https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/fossil-gas/revealed-russian-oil-refineries-attacked-ukrainian-drones-supplied-military-units/

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Double blow: Two criminal organisations smuggling Chinese nationals taken down

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/double-blow-two-criminal-organisations-smuggling-chinese-nationals-taken-down

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Challenge accepted? Germany steps up against organized crime

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/germany-organized-crime-cocaine-trade/

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Barça bribery charges dropped in Negreira case, Barcelona Court says

Read here: https://www.catalannews.com/society-science/item/barca-bribery-charges-dropped-in-negreira-case-barcelona-court-says

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Seven arrested in probe into €13 million VAT fraud in Belgium and the Netherlands

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/seven-arrested-probe-eu13-million-vat-fraud-belgium-and-netherlands

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Spain Probes Equatorial Guinea Minister For Bribes, Money Laundering

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18741-spain-probes-equatoguinean-minister-for-bribes-money-laundering

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The Dragons of Chocó: Illegal Gold Mining in Colombia’s Rivers

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/dragons-choco-illegal-gold-mining-colombias-rivers/

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Crypto rush fuels money laundering fears: FCA approves just 1 in 7 firms

Read here: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-13468461/Crypto-rush-fuels-money-laundering-fears-FCA-approves-just-1-7-firms.html

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Zurich court continues Gazprombank trial against bank employees

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/banking-fintech/zurich-court-continues-gazprombank-trial-against-bank-employees/78809971

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