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Justice Department Announces Arrest, Premises Search, and Seizures of Multiple Website Domains to Disrupt Illicit Revenue Generation Efforts of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-arrest-premises-search-and-seizures-multiple-website-domains

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Cyprus at Center of Sanctioned Afghan Politician’s International Business Empire

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/37-ccblog/ccblog/18724-cyprus-at-center-of-sanctioned-afghan-politicians-international-business-empire

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Nearly 40% of dirty money is laundered in London and UK crown dependencies

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/nearly-40-of-dirty-money-is-laundered-in-london-and-uk-crown-dependenies

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App Store stopped over $7 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions in four years

Read here: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/05/app-store-stopped-over-7-billion-usd-in-potentially-fraudulent-transactions/

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Visa Announces Generative AI-Powered Fraud Solution to Combat Account Attacks

Read here: https://usa.visa.com/about-visa/newsroom/press-releases.releaseId.20661.html

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North Korea laundered $147.5 million in stolen crypto in March, say UN experts

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-north-korea-laundered-147-200905868.html

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Treasury Announces 2024 National Illicit Finance Strategy

Read here: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2346

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‘Finfluencers’ charged for promoting unauthorised trading scheme

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/finfluencers-charged-promoting-unauthorised-trading-scheme

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Chabahar Port: US says sanctions possible after India-Iran port deal

Read hree: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-68988190

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Russia defense scandal deepens with arrest of new bribery suspect

Read here: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-defense-scandal-deepens-arrest-new-bribery-suspect-rcna152118

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Spain claims its “biggest-ever seizure” of crystal meth, says Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel was trying to sell drugs in Europe

Read hree: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spain-biggest-ever-seizure-crystal-meth-mexico-sinaloa-cartel/

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Mystery in the Alps: A Chinese Family, a Swiss Inn and the World’s Most Expensive Weapon

Read here: https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/chinese-family-hotel-spy-jet-switzerland-712fe15c

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Switzerland to introduce flight passenger database to combat terrorism and serious crime

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-politics/switzerland-to-introduce-flight-passenger-database/77624574

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Extradition of Precursor Chemical Broker Hits Heart of Synthetic Drug Trade

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/extradition-precursor-chemical-broker-hits-heart-synthetic-drug-trade/

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Chinese network behind one of world’s ‘largest online scams’

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/money/article/2024/may/08/chinese-network-behind-one-of-worlds-largest-online-scams

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Two Brothers Arrested for Attacking Ethereum Blockchain and Stealing $25M in Cryptocurrency

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-brothers-arrested-attacking-ethereum-blockchain-and-stealing-25m-cryptocurrency

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What the DOJ’s First MEV Lawsuit Means for Ethereum

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/opinion/2024/05/15/what-the-dojs-first-mev-lawsuit-means-for-ethereum/

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Italy: Suspected ringleader of tax fraud involving cosmetics arrested, over €3.6 million to be seized

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/italy-suspected-ringleader-tax-fraud-involving-cosmetics-arrested-over-eu36-million-to

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Google tests new alerts feature for suspected scams during phone calls

Read here: https://blog.google/products/android/google-ai-android-update-io-2024/#scam-detection

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Treasury Sanctions Nicaragua-Based Russian Institution and Gold Companies

Read here: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2339

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Exposing the Money Behind Environmental Destruction

Read here: https://pulitzercenter.org/exposing-money-behind-environmental-destruction

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Visualizing Global Losses from Financial Scams

Read here: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/global-losses-from-financial-scams/

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Spy scam victim: ‘I’ll never get my £850k back’

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2e0662y19yo

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Google will use Gemini to detect scams during calls

Read here: https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/google-will-use-gemini-to-detect-scams-during-calls/

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Evri issues warning over huge rise in smishing scams

Read here: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/beatthescammers/article-13411703/Evri-issues-warning-huge-rise-smishing-scams-heres-look-for.html

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Landmark appeal involving National Crime Agency raises crucial questions for the UK’s anti-money laundering regime

Read here: https://www.spotlightcorruption.org/landmark-appeal-for-the-uks-aml-regime/

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FINTRAC publishes Sectoral and Geographic Advisory on the role of virtual currency automated teller machines in laundering the proceeds of crime

Read here: https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/intel/advisories-avis/atm-ga-eng Link to Advisory: https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/intel/advisories-avis/atm-eng.pdf

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2024 World Wildlife Crime Report Released

Read here: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/wildlife.html

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Audio released exposing bribery as former Chief of Staff to Madagascan President sentenced

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/audio-released-as-former-chief-of-staff-to-madagascan-president-sentenced

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Interviews with factory employees refute Shein’s promises to make improvements

Read here: https://www.publiceye.ch/en/topics/fashion/interviews-with-factory-employees-refute-sheins-promises-to-make-improvements

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Blockchain Havens, The Taxcast podcast

Listen here: https://podcasts.taxjustice.net/episode/142-blockchain-havens/

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Follow-up investigation in China refutes Shein’s promise of improvement

Read here: https://www.publiceye.ch/en/media-corner/press-releases/detail/follow-up-investigation-in-china-refutes-sheins-promise-of-improvement

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DEA’s Emphasis on Defeating Cartels Oversimplifies Fentanyl Industry

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/dea-emphasis-defeating-cartels-oversimplifies-fentanyl-industry/

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Deconstructing academic fraud

Read here: https://www.fraud-magazine.com/article.aspx?id=4295023423

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How Russia’s Warplanes Get Their ‘Brain Power’ From The West, Despite Sanctions

Read here: https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-warplanes-sukhoi-sanctions-west-investigation/32939831.html

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Defying Angola and Interpol, Isabel dos Santos entrenches herself on Dubai waterfront

Read here: https://www.icij.org/news/2024/05/defying-angola-and-interpol-isabel-dos-santos-entrenches-herself-on-dubai-waterfront/

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Tornado Cash Developer Alexey Pertsev Found Guilty, Sentenced to 64 Months in Prison by Dutch Court

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/05/14/tornado-cash-developer-alexey-pertsev-found-guilty-of-money-laundering/

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Migrant-smuggler arrested after BBC investigation [To Catch a Scorpion]

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6pyyqep831o

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