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Busted: 9 arrested in hit against holiday-rental fraudsters

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/busted-9-arrested-in-hit-against-holiday-rental-fraudsters

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EU court takes ex-F1 driver Mazepin off Russia sanctions list

Read here: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/eu-court-says-ex-f1-084927543.html

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Fighting Kleptocracy In An Era Of Geopolitics

Read here: https://www.ned.org/countering-kleptocracy-march-2024/

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Russia’s Civil Aviation in the Wake of the Sanctions

Read here: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/russias-civil-aviation-wake-sanctions

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SARs IN ACTION: March 2024

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/705-sars-in-action-issue-25/file

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New data shows IRS’s 10-year struggle to investigate tax crimes

Read here: https://www.icij.org/inside-icij/2024/03/new-data-shows-irss-10-year-struggle-to-investigate-tax-crimes/

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Let’s Face It: Sanctions Are Warfare by Another Name

Read here: https://inkstickmedia.com/lets-face-it-sanctions-are-warfare-by-another-name/

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Former Finance Director Charged for Role in $10M Foreign Bribery Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-finance-director-charged-role-10m-foreign-bribery-scheme

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Money laundering network boss hit with multi-million pound confiscation order

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/money-laundering-network-boss-hit-with-multi-million-pound-confiscation-order

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Investigators search the home of South Africa’s Parliament Speaker over bribery allegations

Read here: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/investigators-search-home-south-africas-parliament-speaker-bribery-108276625

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Russians will no longer be able to access Microsoft cloud services, business intelligence tools

Read here: https://therecord.media/russians-losing-access-microsoft-cloud-amazon

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Member of “Noir’s Luxury Refunds” Telegram Channel Pleads Guilty to Fraud

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndal/pr/member-noirs-luxury-refunds-telegram-channel-pleads-guilty-fraud

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Putin calls on KGB’s heirs to bust the West’s sanctions

Read here: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/putin-calls-kgbs-heirs-bust-132138520.html

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The Audacious MGM Hack That Brought Chaos to Las Vegas

Read here: https://www.wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/mgm-hack-casino-hackers-group-0366c641

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The Surinamese Cocaine Trafficker Endlessly Evading Justice

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/surinamese-cocaine-trafficker-endlessly-evading-justice/

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An ‘anonymous’ company secretly linked to an Indonesian billionaire is destroying Borneo’s rainforests, environmentalists say

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/deforestation-inc/an-anonymous-company-secretly-linked-to-an-indonesian-billionaire-is-destroying-borneos-rainforests-environmentalists-say/

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Annual profits from forced labour amount to $236 billion, ILO report finds

Read here: https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_920143/lang–en/index.htm Link to report: https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/—ed_norm/—ipec/documents/publication/wcms_918034.pdf

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NGO, MPs Concerned Over UK Sanction Enforcement

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18582-ngo-mps-concerned-over-uk-sanction-enforcement

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InSight Crime’s 2023 Cocaine Seizure Round-Up

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/insight-crimes-cocaine-seizure-round-up-2023/

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Bosnia and Herzegovina Busts Fake Diplomas Ring

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18585-bosnia-and-herzegovina-busts-fake-diplomas-ring

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“Criminals should be aware” says Minister as UK Government upgrades AI fraud detection tool

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/criminals-should-be-aware-says-minister-as-government-upgrades-ai-fraud-detection-tool

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Estonia Minister of Justice resigns over corruption allegations

Read here: https://www.euronews.com/2024/03/17/estonia-minister-of-justice-resigns-over-corruption-allegations

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New EU measures against money laundering and terrorist financing

Read here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230327IPR78511/new-eu-measures-against-money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing

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Eurojust coordinates arrests in Swedish cannabis trafficking case

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/eurojust-coordinates-arrests-swedish-cannabis-trafficking-case

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Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) identifies emerging money laundering risks

Read here: https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/topics/anti-money-laundering/sra-identifies-emerging-money-laundering-risks

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FinCEN Director Gacki Encourages Transparency in the U.S. Financial System During International Anti-Money Laundering Conference

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/readout-fincen-director-gacki-encourages-transparency-us-financial-system-during

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Ecuador: How Gunvor initiated a decade of corruption

Read here: https://www.publiceye.ch/en/topics/commodities-trading/a-predator-called-gunvor-in-the-amazon/ecuador-how-gunvor-initiated-a-decade-of-corruption

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Gangsters, Money and Murder: How Chinese Organized Crime Is Dominating America’s Illegal Marijuana Market

Read here: https://www.propublica.org/article/chinese-organized-crime-us-marijuana-market

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UK political party donor’s cash links to properties in High Court money laundering probe

Read here: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/money-laundering-london-high-court-tory-donor-javad-marandi-javanshir-feyziyev-b1146195.html

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Illicit economies in Afghanistan under the Taliban

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/illicit-economies-in-afghanistan-under-the-taliban/ Link to report: https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Maria-Khoruk-Illicit-economies-in-Afghanistan-under-the-Taliban-GI-TOC-March-2024.v2.pdf

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Settlement Agreement between the OFAC and EFG International AG for Sanctions Violations

Read here: https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20240314_33 Enforcement notice: https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/932766/download?inline

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Church of England £100million ­slavery fund ‘almost like bribery’ and ‘just for show’, former race tsar says

Read here: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/church-england-100million-slavery-fund-153751858.html

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Three arrested in Spain following migrant deaths at sea

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/three-arrested-in-spain-following-migrant-deaths-sea

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Support to arrest 22 suspects forcing female victims into prostitution

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/support-arrest-22-suspects-forcing-female-victims-prostitution

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Ex Colombian Navy Employee Arrested for Facilitating Cocaine Trafficking

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18581-ex-colombian-navy-employee-arrested-for-facilitating-cocaine-trafficking

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Turkey Detains Iranian Over Running Betting Sites, Money Laundering

Read here: https://www.iranintl.com/en/202403162425

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Luxembourg should build upon recent achievements in the fight against foreign bribery by substantially strengthening enforcement efforts and resources

Read here: https://www.oecd.org/corruption/luxembourg-should-build-upon-recent-achievements-in-the-fight-against-foreign-bribery-by-substantially-strengthening-enforcement-efforts-and-resources.htm

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How Facebook Messenger and Meta Pay are used to buy child sexual abuse material

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/mar/14/facebook-messenger-meta-pay-child-sexual-abuse-exploitation

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Two Guilty of Selling Counterfeit Aircraft Parts to Canadian Airlines

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18572-two-guilty-of-selling-counterfeit-aircraft-parts-to-canadian-airlines

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Hundreds rescued from love scam centre in the Philippines

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68562643

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