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Transnational Crime in Southeast Asia: A Growing Threat to Global Peace and Security

Read here: https://www.usip.org/publications/2024/05/transnational-crime-southeast-asia-growing-threat-global-peace-and-security

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SEC, FinCEN Propose Customer Identification Program Requirements for Registered Investment Advisers and Exempt Reporting Advisers

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/sec-fincen-propose-customer-identification-program-requirements-registered

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Could new US sanctions threaten the future of West Bank settlements?

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/12/could-new-us-sanctions-threaten-future-of-west-bank-settlements

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Billionaire Chinese National Sentenced to Seven Months in Prison and Removal from United States for Straw Donor Campaign Contribution Scheme and Other Frauds

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/billionaire-chinese-national-sentenced-seven-months-prison-and-removal-united-states-0

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US sanctions test China’s ‘no limits’ friendship with Russia

Read here: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240513-us-sanctions-test-china-s-no-limits-friendship-with-russia

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UK’s DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) updates Fraud Plan

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dwp-updates-fraud-plan

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Family of Ilham Aliyev’s Security Chief Owns Vast Property Holdings in the United Kingdom

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/family-of-ilham-aliyevs-security-chief-owns-vast-property-holdings-in-the-united-kingdom

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Leaked documents reveal Abramovich is still connected to Vitesse

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-05-10/leaked-documents-reveal-abramovichs-ongoing-vitesse-connection/

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Azerbaijan Has Been Selling Electricity to Georgia Through Secretive Offshores. Here’s Who’s Behind Them

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/azerbaijan-has-been-selling-electricity-to-georgia-through-secretive-offshores-heres-whos-behind-them

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Chilean court dismisses Pandora probe into deceased former President Sebastián Piñera

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/chilean-court-dismisses-pandora-probe-into-deceased-former-president-sebastian-pinera/

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Venezuelan Women at Risk From Expanding Trafficking Rings

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/venezuelan-women-at-risk-from-expanding-trafficking-rings/

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Bob Menendez corruption trial begins: ‘I look forward to proving my innocence’

Read hree: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/12/bob-menendez-senator-bribery-corruption-trial

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How the US State Department shields Israel from sanctions

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-bottom-line/2024/5/12/how-the-us-state-department-shields-israel-from-sanctions

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High Court: Sanctioned Russians “probably owned” litigation funder

Read here: https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/high-court-sanctioned-russians-probably-owned-litigation-funder

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U.S. Exposes Attempted Sanctions Evasion Scheme Connected to Russian Oligarch

Read here: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2337

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US crypto entrepreneur arrested in Dubai alleges torture by police

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/08/crypto-entrepreneur-tortured-dubai-police

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Austrian Mystery Villas Owned by Former Romantic Partner of Sanctioned Russian Oligarch

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/37-ccblog/ccblog/18708-austrian-mystery-villas-owned-by-former-romantic-partner-of-sanctioned-russian-oligarch-eduard-khudainatov

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Fraud rife on secondhand marketplaces Depop, Preloved, and Shpock

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/money/article/2024/may/09/rife-on-secondhand-marketplaces-depop-preloved-and-shpock

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Panama Papers law firm co-founder ​​Ramón Fonseca Mora dies in hospital

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/panama-papers/panama-papers-law-firm-co-founder-ramon-fonseca-mora-dies-in-hospital/

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Faulty Transmission: Myanmar Junta’s Reliance On Global Military Truck Supply Chains

Read here: https://c4ads.org/issue-briefs/faulty-transmission/

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FINTRAC imposes an administrative monetary penalty on Binance Holdings Limited

Read here: https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/new-neuf/nr/2024-05-09-eng

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Final “Calicartel” Defendant Pleads Guilty to Dark Web Heroin, Methamphetamine, and Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr/final-calicartel-defendant-pleads-guilty-dark-web-heroin-methamphetamine-and-cocaine

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Illicit Iranian Oil Unloaded in China Despite Sanctions

Read here: https://www.iranintl.com/en/202405117457

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Navigating the Impending Global Sanctions Enforcement Storm – Sanctions Voluntary Self-Disclosure Trends and Potential Pitfalls across the Globe

Read here: https://sanctionsnews.bakermckenzie.com/blog-series-navigating-the-impending-global-sanctions-enforcement-storm-sanctions-voluntary-self-disclosure-trends-and-potential-pitfalls-across-the-globe/

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Organized crime puts unprecedented pressure on Guatemala’s largest rainforest

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/organized-crime-puts-unprecedented-pressure-on-guatemalas-largest-rainforest/

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Mexico Extradites Cartel’s Precursor Chemical Broker to United States to Face Trial for Controlled Substances Manufacturing and Distribution Conspiracy

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/mexico-extradites-cartels-precursor-chemical-broker-united-states-face-trial-controlled

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Dubai property portfolio calls into question effectiveness of sanctions on Kinahan cartel leader, experts say

Read here: https://www.icij.org/news/2024/05/dubai-property-portfolio-calls-into-question-effectiveness-of-sanctions-on-kinahan-cartel-leader-experts-say/

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‘Queen of the Con’ found in Maine ordered to be extradited to Northern Ireland

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/10/queen-of-the-con-extradited

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Urgent action needed to fight money laundering and terrorist financing, say heads of FATF, INTERPOL and UNODC

Read here: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/news/2024/May/urgent-action-needed-to-fight-money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing–say-heads-of-fatf–interpol-and-unodc.html

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CITES halts Ecuador’s shark trade; trafficking persists amid lack of transparency

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/cites-halts-ecuadors-shark-trade-trafficking-persists-amid-lack-of-transparency/

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Colombia’s largest drug cartel extracting gold from protected area

Read here: https://www.mining.com/colombian-largest-drug-cartel-extracting-gold-from-protected-area-governor/

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A changing landscape: China’s new model of global governance and its impact on the fight against organized crime

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/china-new-model-of-global-governance-and-its-impact-on-the-fight-against-organized-crime/

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DEA Releases 2024 National Drug Threat Assessment

Read here: https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2024/05/09/dea-releases-2024-national-drug-threat-assessment Link to report: https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/NDTA_2024.pdf

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Second US-UK Strategic Sanctions Dialogue: Joint statement

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/joint-statement-by-the-us-department-of-state-and-uk-foreign-commonwealth-and-development-office

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Man convicted for providing a forged document to FCA investigators in a £1.3m boiler room fraud investigation

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/taheer-sardar-convicted-forged-document-fca-investigators-boiler-room-fraud

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New illegal logging threatens Liberia’s forests amid vague ban

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/new-illegal-logging-threatens-liberias-forests-amid-vague-ban/

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Tesla facing US fraud probe for Elon Musk’s misleading autopilot comments

Read here: https://www.verdict.co.uk/tesla-facing-fraud-probe-for-elon-musks-misleading-autopilot-comments/

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Former Inland Empire Nonprofit CEO Arrested on Indictment Alleging She Embezzled Federal Grant Funds for Wedding and Crypto

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/former-inland-empire-nonprofit-ceo-arrested-indictment-alleging-she-embezzled-federal

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UK to expel Russian defence attache as sanctions escalate

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/08/uk-to-expel-russian-defence-attache-as-sanctions-escalate

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Russia’s sanctions busting may call for change of approach, say analysts

Read here: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/05/08/russias-sanctions-busting-may-call-for-change-of-approach-say-analysts

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