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Illicit hub mapping in West Africa 2025

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/illicit-hub-mapping-in-west-africa-2025/

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Hong Kong Customs Intercepts 150-tonne Shipment of Donkey Skins

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/hong-kong-customs-intercepts-150-tonne-shipment-of-donkey-skins

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UK Sanctions Iranian Tycoon for Allegedly Financing Iran’s Revolutionary Guard

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/uk-sanctions-iranian-tycoon-for-allegedly-financing-irans-revolutionary-guard

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Thousands Of Iranian Companies Operating In Georgia Amid Sanctions Evasion Concerns

Read here: https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-businesses-georgia-sanctions-evasion/33568509.html

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Private finance vs public interest: Inside Guernsey’s offshore challenge

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-10-27/private-finance-vs-public-interest-inside-guernseys-offshore-challenge

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Pakistan Navy Seizes Nearly $1 Billion in Drugs in Record Arabian Sea Operations

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/pakistan-navy-seizes-nearly-1-billion-in-drugs-in-record-arabian-sea-operations

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EU Sanctions Prison Medic Exposed by OCCRP, RFE/RL, as Torturing Ukrainian POWs

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/eu-sanctions-prison-medic-exposed-by-occrp-rferl-as-torturing-ukrainian-pows

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Eighth arrest in cocaine smuggling investigation, following 28-mile chase across the sea

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/eighth-arrest-in-cocaine-smuggling-investigation-following-28-mile-chase-across-the-sea

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U.S. Sanctions Mexico-based Transnational Human Smuggling Ring

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/us-sanctions-mexico-based-transnational-human-smuggling-ring

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The EBA advises the European Commission on the foundations of the new anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism regime

Read here: https://www.eba.europa.eu/publications-and-media/press-releases/eba-advises-european-commission-foundations-new-anti-money-launderingcountering-financing-terrorism

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Investigation ‘Crime Cars’: EPPO conducts over 100 searches in probe into damaged vehicles imported from Switzerland

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/investigation-crime-cars-eppo-conducts-over-100-searches-probe-damaged-vehicles-imported

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Inside the illegal eel trade: Is there a way to stop Europe’s biggest wildlife crime before it’s too late?

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/22/illegal-eel-trade-trafficking-europe-biggest-wildlife-crime-endangered  

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BNP Paribas Could Face Thousands of Sudan Sanctions-Related Claims

Read here: https://www.dowjones.com/business-intelligence/blog/bnp-paribas-could-face-thousands-of-sudan-sanctions-related-claims/

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One wrong letter: UN moves to curb cybercrime with new convention

Read here: https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/10/1166175

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Global experts advance the joint fight against crypto-enabled crime

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/global-experts-advance-joint-fight-against-crypto-enabled-crime

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Poland: EPPO suspends mayor and public officials of Nowy Sącz in ongoing public tender investigation

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/poland-eppo-suspends-mayor-and-public-officials-nowy-sacz-ongoing-public-tender

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Decisive actions against cryptocurrency scammers earning over EUR 600 million

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/decisive-actions-against-cryptocurrency-scammers-earning-over-eur-600-million

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Lessons from the Louvre: How cultural heritage becomes criminal currency

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/louvre-cultural-heritage-criminal-currency/

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How Albania Became a Hub of the Global Fraud Industry

Read here: https://balkaninsight.com/2025/10/22/how-albania-became-a-hub-of-the-global-fraud-industry/

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The mysterious figure accused of masterminding a $14bn crypto scam

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70jz8e00g1o

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Captured riches: The message in the Central African Republic’s (CAR) disappearing diamond

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/central-african-republic-disappearing-diamond/

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Confronting the threat: How the Gambling Commission is tackling illegal gambling in Great Britain

Read here: https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/blog/post/confronting-the-threat-how-were-tackling-illegal-gambling-in-great-britain/

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Fake Labubu dolls, vapes and cigarettes seized by police during organised crime operation

Read here: https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2025-10-28/vape-shops-and-barbers-raided-in-money-laundering-and-modern-slavery-operation

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New rules in the UK to protect people and businesses against mobile messaging scams

Read here: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-broadband/scam-calls-and-messages/new-rules-to-protect-people-and–businesses-against-mobile-messaging-scams

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How narco-submarines are playing a major role in global drug trafficking

Read here: https://www.npr.org/2025/10/25/nx-s1-5584159/how-narco-submarines-are-playing-a-major-role-in-global-drug-trafficking

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Unexplained Wealth Orders: Recent developments and the interplay with insolvency

Read here: https://www.fieldfisher.com/en/insights/unexplained-wealth-orders-recent-developments-and

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Stolen Wildlife V: The EU’s role as destination for wildlife traffickers

Read here: https://www.prowildlife.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/stolen-wildlife-v.pdf

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Russia secretly acquired Western technology to protect its nuclear submarine fleet

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/russia-archive/russia-secretly-acquired-western-technology-to-protect-its-nuclear-submarine-fleet/

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Iran, Russia and the New Zealand insurer that kept their sanctioned oil flowing

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/investigations/iran-russia-new-zealand-insurer-that-kept-their-sanctioned-oil-flowing-2025-10-28/

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Amid systemic corruption, Amazon countries struggle to fight environmental crime

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/amid-systemic-corruption-amazon-countries-struggle-to-fight-environmental-crime/

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Fake number, real damage: Europol urges action against caller ID spoofing

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/fake-number-real-damage-europol-urges-action-against-caller-id-spoofing

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Serious abuse of the UK corporate register continues despite reforms

Read here: https://www.compliancecorylated.com/news/serious-abuse-of-the-uk-corporate-register-continues-despite-reforms/

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Will the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) act on the billion-dollar fraud at its heart?

Read here: https://www.earthsight.org.uk/news/FSC-billion-dollar-fraud

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FATF releases detailed guidance to help practitioners recover criminal assets

Read here: https://www.fatf-gafi.org/content/fatf-gafi/en/publications/Methodsandtrends/asset-recovery-guidance-best-practices-2025.html

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UK launches new enforcement page

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sanctions-enforcement-action

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Swiss anti-money laundering office overwhelmed by surge in reports

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/various/swiss-anti-money-laundering-office-overwhelmed-by-surge-in-reports/90227878

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Czechia: EPPO seizes €7.9 million, brings additional charges in investigation into hospital medical supply corruption

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/czechia-eppo-seizes-eu79-million-brings-additional-charges-investigation-hospital

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Slovak–Hungarian operation dismantles major drug trafficking network with support of Eurojust coordination centre: 22 arrests

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/slovak-hungarian-operation-dismantles-major-drug-trafficking-network-support-eurojust

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Will New Reform Help Mexico Address Money Laundering Challenges?

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/new-reform-mexico-money-laundering-challenges/

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