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The axis of evasion: Behind China’s oil trade with Iran and Russia

Read here: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/the-axis-of-evasion-behind-chinas-oil-trade-with-iran-and-russia/

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Organ trafficking: Nepal villagers duped into selling kidneys and told organ would regrow

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/nepal-villagers-duped-into-selling-kidneys-and-told-organ-would-regrow-now-country-faces-new-health-crisis-13098662

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Bulgaria: EPPO leads evidence-gathering searches in probe into Zheleznitsa tunnel

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/news/bulgaria-eppo-leads-evidence-gathering-searches-probe-zheleznitsa-tunnel

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Swiss Commodities Trading Company [Trafigura] Pleads Guilty to Foreign Bribery Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/swiss-commodities-trading-company-pleads-guilty-foreign-bribery-scheme

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Criminal Sentenced After Stealing £867,000 From Luxury Hotel

Read here: https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/news-and-insight/press-release/criminal-sentenced-after-stealing-ps867000-luxury-hotel

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Firearms Smuggler Pleads Guilty to International Money Laundering and Smuggling Firearms from the United States into Mexico

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-az/pr/firearms-smuggler-pleads-guilty-international-money-laundering-and-smuggling-firearms

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Colombia Dismantles Contraband Ring Partially Made of Police Officers

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18611-colombia-dismantles-contraband-ring-partially-made-of-police-officers

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MEPs call to investigate Russia’s bribery of EU politicians

Read here: https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/03/31/meps-call-to-investigate-russias-bribery-of-eu-politicians/

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How Hamas raises, uses, and moves money

Read here: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/econographics/global-sanctions-dashboard-how-hamas-raises-uses-and-moves-money/

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How the Cartels Launder Their Drug Money, According to a Former Agent

Watch here: https://www.businessinsider.com/how-cartels-launder-drug-money-former-undercover-agent-2024-3

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Latvian Broker Arrested for Allegedly Smuggling Advanced U.S. Aircraft Technology to Russia

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/latvian-broker-arrested-allegedly-smuggling-advanced-us-aircraft-technology-russia

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Samuel Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years for His Orchestration of Multiple Fraudulent Schemes

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/samuel-bankman-fried-sentenced-25-years-his-orchestration-multiple-fraudulent-schemes

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Dictator known as Barbecue: How criminal groups seized power in Haiti

Read here: https://theins.ru/en/politics/270267

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SEC Obtains Final Judgment Against Ryan Felton, FLiK, and CoinSpark for Fraudulent ICOs

Read here: https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/lr-25961

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Human smuggling family admits to over $2M money laundering conspiracy

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/human-smuggling-family-admits-over-2m-money-laundering-conspiracy

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Huawei shrugs off US sanctions with fastest growth in four years

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/29/huawei-shrugs-off-us-sanctions-with-fastest-growth-in-four-years

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2024 Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories Sanctions Forum

Read here: https://ofsi.blog.gov.uk/2024/03/28/2024-crown-dependencies-and-overseas-territories-sanctions-forum/

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The Campaign to Smear AMLO as a Narco

Read here: https://jacobin.com/2024/03/amlo-mexico-narco-drugs-journalism

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Two sentenced for £3 million mortgage fraud

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/larry-barreto-and-tassib-hussain-sentenced-mortgage-fraud

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Operation Henhouse: Over 400 arrests and £19m seized in national campaign tackling fraud

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operation-henhouse-over-400-arrests-and-19m-seized-in-national-campaign-tackling-fraud

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$3b money laundering accused gets 6 new charges for submitting forged statements to Swiss bank

Read here: https://www.singaporelawwatch.sg/Headlines/3b-money-laundering-accused-gets-6-new-charges-for-submitting-forged-statements-to-swiss-bank

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The secrecy enablers strike back: Weaponising privacy against transparency

Read here: https://taxjustice.net/2024/03/26/the-secrecy-enablers-strike-back-weaponising-privacy-against-transparency/

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PNG Investigating How Meth Flight Suspect Got Citizenship

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18599-png-investigating-how-meth-flight-suspect-got-citizenship

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Upholding North Korea Sanctions in the Age of Decentralised Finance

Read here: https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/occasional-papers/upholding-north-korea-sanctions-age-decentralised-finance

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Qatari royal invested about $50 million in pro-Trump network Newsmax

Read here: https://www.icij.org/inside-icij/2024/03/qatari-royal-invested-about-50-million-in-pro-trump-network-newsmax/

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UN guidance on humanitarian exceptions to 3 sanctions regimes

Read here: https://globalsanctions.co.uk/2024/03/un-guidance-on-humanitarian-exceptions-to-3-sanctions-regimes/

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Alleged Chinese criminal gang accused of laundering $39 million

Read here: https://www.afp.gov.au/news-centre/media-release/alleged-chinese-criminal-gang-accused-laundering-39-million

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Kyrgyzstan Detains Ex-Customs Official Suspected of Money Laundering

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18603-kyrgyzstan-detains-ex-customs-official-suspected-of-money-laundering

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Plata o Plomo: Ecuador’s Public Servants in Gangs’ Crosshairs

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/plata-o-plomo-ecuadors-public-servants-in-gangs-crosshairs/

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US and Cyprus will sign a deal to fight money laundering and evasion of Russian sanctions

Read here: https://apnews.com/article/cyprus-us-russia-sanctions-5ad3a272280747af5d05ce96188f6634

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New U.S. Sanctions Target Syrian Captagon Traffickers

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18605-new-u-s-sanctions-target-syrian-captagon-traffickers

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Hitting pause: The unfinished story of the UN Cybercrime negotiations

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/un-cybercrime-negotiations-pause/

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Blood and Oil: Russian Oil Deliveries Follow North Korean Weapons Transfers

Read here: https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/report-blood-and-oil-russian-oil-deliveries-follow-north-korean-weapons-transfers

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How to reduce risks of dirty money in private schools

Read here: https://thepienews.com/the-view-from/reduce-risks-dirty-money-private-schools/

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United States Seeks Forfeiture of Former Mongolian Prime Minister’s Luxury New York City Apartments Purchased with Proceeds of Corruption Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/united-states-seeks-forfeiture-former-mongolian-prime-ministers-luxury-new-york-city Read here also: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-seeks-forfeiture-14-million-manhattan-apartments-purchased-proceeds

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Wolfsberg Group Publishes Principles for Auditing for Effectiveness

Read here: https://wolfsberg-group.org/news/64

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Luxembourg flats searched in anti-money laundering investigation

Read here: https://www.luxtimes.lu/luxembourg/luxembourg-flats-searched-in-anti-money-laundering-investigation/9715303.html

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US Advances MS13 ‘Terrorism’ Case With Arrest of Sixth Top Leader

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/us-advances-ms13-terrorism-case-with-arrest-of-sixth-top-leader/

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UK holds China state-affiliated organisations and individuals responsible for malicious cyber activity

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-holds-china-state-affiliated-organisations-and-individuals-responsible-for-malicious-cyber-activity

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