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Gold and art worth millions and linked to crime is forfeited

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/gold-and-art-worth-millions-and-linked-to-crime-is-forfeited

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Pakistani smuggling network busted in Romania

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/pakistani-smuggling-network-busted-in-romania

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Instagram Influencer Known as “Jay Mazini” Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison for Overlapping Fraud Schemes

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/instagram-influencer-known-jay-mazini-sentenced-84-months-prison-overlapping-fraud-0

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Cost of doing business with Iran? US warns Pakistan of sanctions risk

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/24/cost-of-doing-business-with-iran-us-warns-pakistan-of-sanctions-risk

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A web of front people conceals environmental offenders in the Amazon

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2024/04/a-web-of-front-people-conceals-environmental-offenders-in-the-amazon/

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9 Georgian nationals arrested for stealing antique books

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/9-georgian-nationals-arrested-for-stealing-antique-books

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NCA issues urgent warning about ‘sextortion’

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/nca-issues-urgent-warning-about-sextortion Financially motivated sexual extortion – An alert for education settings: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/professionals/guidance/fmse-alert/ Link to alert: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/globalassets/professional/guidance/nca_financially_motivated_sexual_extortion_alert_education_eng.pdf

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Turkish Businessman Was Behind Purchase of Luxury London Residence For Azerbaijani Official’s Son

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/turkish-businessman-was-behind-purchase-of-luxury-london-residence-for-azerbaijani-officials-son07

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The EBA has identified new types of payment fraud and proposes measures to mitigate underlying risks and protect consumers from resultant losses

Read here: https://www.eba.europa.eu/publications-and-media/press-releases/eba-has-identified-new-types-payment-fraud-and-proposes-measures-mitigate-underlying-risks-and

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Cash couriers who smuggled millions in suitcases are sentenced

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/cash-couriers-who-smuggled-millions-in-suitcases-are-sentenced

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FCA opens consultation on changes to the Financial Crime Guide – CP24/9: Financial Crime Guide updates

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/consultation-papers/cp24-9-financial-crime-guide-updates

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Second Defendant Pleads Guilty To Hacking Fantasy Sports And Betting Website

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/second-defendant-pleads-guilty-hacking-fantasy-sports-and-betting-website

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Is Mexico’s Family-Focused Counternarcotics Strategy Working?

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/mexico-family-counternarcotics-strategy/

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21 arrested in hit against migrant smuggling across the EU-Russian border

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/21-arrested-in-hit-against-migrant-smuggling-across-eu-russian-border

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Former Comptroller General of Ecuador Convicted for $10M International Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-comptroller-general-ecuador-convicted-10m-international-bribery-and-money-laundering

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Forget Macau’s junket launderers, dirty Chinese cash has a new home: Southeast Asia’s casino scam hubs

Read here: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3260532/forget-macaus-junket-launderers-dirty-chinese-cash-has-new-home-southeast-asias-casino-scam-hubs

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Russia sanctions-busting? Big questions remain over UK car exports

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/russia-sanctions-busting-big-questions-remain-over-uk-car-exports-13122141

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Syrian Opposition Welcomes US Bill to Combat Captagon Trafficking

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18684-syrian-opposition-welcomes-us-bill-to-combat-captagon-trafficking

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What Cliver Alcalá’s Sentencing Means for Venezuela’s Cartel of the Suns

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/what-cliver-alcalas-sentencing-means-for-venezuelas-cartel-of-the-suns/

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“Blood coal” in Colombia

Read here: https://www.somo.nl/blood-coal-in-colombia/

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The Informants of Tibú: How the Colombian State Unleashed a Wave of Femicides

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/investigations/informants-tibu-how-colombian-state-unleashed-wave-femicides/

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UK’s new powers to seize cryptoassets used by criminals go live

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-powers-to-seize-cryptoassets-used-by-criminals-go-live

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Chinese money laundering operation deposited cartel money into Charlotte banks, feds say

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chinese-money-laundering-operation-deposited-024733856.html

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Trafficking in human beings: MEPs adopt more extensive law to protect victims

Read here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20240419IPR20580/trafficking-in-human-beings-meps-adopt-more-extensive-law-to-protect-victims

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Western banks in Russia paid €800mn in taxes to Kremlin last year

Read here: https://www.ft.com/content/cd6c28e2-d327-4c2a-a023-098ca43eacfb

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100 Days In, Guatemala President Locks Horns with Corruption and Crime

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/guatemala-president-confronts-corruption-crim/

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Next Russia sanctions must target shadow oil fleet, Sweden says

Read here: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/next-russia-sanctions-must-target-064325940.html

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Global drug kingpin’s inner circle taken down

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/global-drug-kingpins-inner-circle-taken-down

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Malta May Revoke Passport from Russian Who Laundered Money in UK

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18672-malta-may-revoke-passport-from-russian-who-laundered-money-in-uk

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Traders Are Already Gaming the New Russian Metal Sanctions

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/traders-already-gaming-sanctions-russian-162329433.html

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Transnational Organized Crime and the Pacific Islands

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/transnational-organized-crime-and-the-pacific-islands/

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Criminals and oligarchs in EU’s sights with new bill targeting football fraud

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/23/european-union-money-laundering-crime-corruption-uefa

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Combating Kleptocracy: Lessons from the Response to Russia’s War in Ukraine

Read here: https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/occasional-papers/combating-kleptocracy-lessons-response-russias-war-ukraine

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Trojan Horse Tactics: Unmasking the imperative for transparency in military spending

Read here: https://ti-defence.org/publications/trojan-horse-tactics-transparency-military-spending-corruption-risk/

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UK debanking complaints surge in new figures published by Treasury Committee

Read here: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/158/treasury-committee/news/200988/debanking-complaints-surge-in-new-figures-published-by-treasury-committee/

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FinCEN Issues Analysis on Elder Financial Exploitation

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-issues-analysis-elder-financial-exploitation Link to analysis: https://www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/shared/FTA_Elder_Financial_Exploitation_508Final.pdf

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Products made with forced labour to be banned from EU single market

Read here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20240419IPR20551/products-made-with-forced-labour-to-be-banned-from-eu-single-market

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