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UK publishes ‘Money Mule Action Plan’: Biggest ever crackdown on money mules in the UK

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/money-mule-action-plan Press release here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/biggest-ever-crackdown-on-money-mules-in-the-uk Money mule and financial exploitation action plan: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65e0a18f2f2b3b001c7cd7b7/Money+Mule+and+Financial+Exploitation+Action+Plan+.pdf Money laundering-linked financial exploitation – Guidance for frontline professionals: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65e0beb73f69450011036036/Guidance+for+frontline+professionals+.pdf

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Targeted by Terrorists: Child Recruitment and Exploitation by Terrorist Groups

Read here: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/frontpage/2024/February/new-unodc-research-on-child-recruitment-and-exploitation-by-terrorist-groups-shows-need-for-a-united-front-on-child-protection.html Link to report: https://www.unodc.org/documents/justice-and-prison-reform/STRIVEReports/Child_recruitment_exploitation_and_reintegration_in_Indonesia_Iraq_and_Nigeria_pp_web.pdf

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Putting the Pieces Together: Export controls and Russia sanctions

Read here: https://c4ads.org/commentary/putting-the-pieces-together/

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Inside North Korea’s Forced-Labor Program

Read here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/03/04/inside-north-koreas-forced-labor-program-in-china

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U.S. Attorney announces fraud alert for COVID-19 cryptocurrency scam

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-mt/pr/us-attorney-jesse-laslovich-announces-fraud-alert-covid-19-cryptocurrency-scam

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FCA to improve pace and transparency around enforcement cases

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-improve-pace-and-transparency-around-enforcement-cases Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/speeches/evolving-enforcement-approach-protect-grow-markets Consultation here: https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/consultation-papers/cp24-2-enforcement-guide-publicising-enforcement-investigations-new-approach

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Emerging money laundering and terrorist financing risks from February 2024

Read here: https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/licensees-and-businesses/guide/page/emerging-money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing-risks-from-february-2024

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Oil and Gas Trader Convicted for Role in Foreign Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-oil-and-gas-trader-convicted-role-foreign-bribery-and-money-laundering-scheme

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Small boats, big business: The industrialization of cross-channel migrant smuggling

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/english-channel-migrant-people-smuggling-france-uk-kurdish-gangs-crime/

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Metropolitan Police leaving vulnerable children at risk of exploitation

Read here: https://hmicfrs.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/news/news-feed/metropolitan-police-leaving-vulnerable-children-at-risk-of-exploitation/

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Precursor Chemical Broker Sentenced for Methamphetamine Importation and Money Laundering Conspiracies

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/precursor-chemical-broker-sentenced-methamphetamine-importation-and-money-laundering

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United States Charges Four Mariners from Arabian Sea Vessel Transporting Suspected Iranian-Made Advanced Conventional Weapons

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-charges-four-mariners-arabian-sea-vessel-transporting-suspected-iranian-made

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Lloyds Bank sets aside £450m for car loan investigation

Read here: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/lloyds-bank-sets-aside-450m-072504547.html

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How Ireland is a key cog in South American cartel’s drug operations

Read here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-ireland-is-a-key-cog-in-south-american-cartels-drug-operations-srfxq82b9

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Five High Value Targets arrested as one of the largest networks smuggling migrants across the English Channels halted

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/five-high-value-targets-arrested-one-largest-networks-smuggling-migrants-across-english-channels

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Roscosmos seeks to obscure bidding process to evade US sanctions

Read here: https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/02/roscosmos-seeks-to-obscure-bidding-process-to-evade-us-sanctions/

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Regulator probes money laundering controls at Austria’s Raiffeisen

Read here: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/regulator-probes-money-laundering-controls-095646032.html

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Bitter Fruit: Kenyans Sue Pineapple Producer for Alleged Torture and Murder

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/bitter-fruit-kenyans-sue-pineapple-producer-for-alleged-torture-and-murder

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Corporate Complicity: How American Companies Enable Forced Labor in China

Read here: https://c4ads.org/multimedia/corporate-complicity/

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How the US Became the World’s Refuge for Dirty Money

Read here: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/01/dirty-money-united-states-bahamas-sioux-falls-financial-crimes/

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U.S. Attorney Announces Nuclear Materials Trafficking Charges Against Japanese Yakuza Leader

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/us-attorney-announces-nuclear-materials-trafficking-charges-against-japanese-yakuza

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Can Banks Stop Russia and China from Evading Sanctions?

Read here: https://nationalinterest.org/feature/can-banks-stop-russia-and-china-evading-sanctions-209507

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Cyprus to Probe Graft Allegations against Former President Nicos Anastasiades

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18488-cyprus-to-probe-graft-allegations-against-former-president-nicos-anastasiades

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UK art market feeling the heat as anti-money laundering legislation ramped up

Read here: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/02/19/uk-art-market-feeling-the-heat-as-anti-money-laundering-legislation-ramped-up

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Former Bank of China chairman indicted for bribery in nation’s long-running anticorruption drive

Read here: https://news.yahoo.com/former-bank-china-chairman-indicted-105832788.html

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Ongoing action targets large migrant smuggling network

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/ongoing-action-targets-large-migrant-smuggling-network

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The war of thieves: Illicit networks, commoditized violence and the arc of state collapse in Sudan

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/illicit-networks-commoditized-violence-state-collapse-sudan-conflict/

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African Countries Ban Donkey Skin Trade

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18493-african-countries-ban-donkey-skin-trade

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NarcoFiles: Meet the Man Who Hacks European Seaports for Cocaine Traffickers

Read here: https://vsquare.org/narcofiles-europe-seaports-cocaine-drugs-trafficking-hacker/

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Revolut data reveals Meta platforms remain ‘hotbed’ for scams; warns customers to avoid get-rich-quick “investment opportunities”

Read here: https://www.revolut.com/news/revolut_data_reveals_meta_platforms_remain_hotbed_for_scams_warns_customers_to_avoid_get_rich_quick_investment_opportunities/

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Bankers verified Fake Chinese Income mortgages for banned money laundering suspects in Toronto: HSBC Leaks

Read here: https://www.thebureau.news/p/bankers-verified-fake-chinese-income

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Car cloning: Innocent UK motorists get fines as scams accelerate

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/feb/10/car-cloning-drivers-fines-scams-number-plates

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Federal regulators are probing whether Cash App leaves door open to money launderers, terrorists

Read here: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/personal-finance/whistleblowers-cash-app-leaves-door-open-money-laundering-terror-rcna138958

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Two Foreign Nationals Convicted of Multimillion-Dollar Scheme to Defraud Apple Inc. Out of 5,000 iPhones

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-foreign-nationals-convicted-multimillion-dollar-scheme-defraud-apple-inc-out-5000

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Back-to-Back Scandals Lift Lid on Venezuela’s Judicial Corruption

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/back-to-back-scandals-lift-lid-venezuelas-judicial-corruption/

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UK’s new campaign to fight fraud: “Stop! Think Fraud”

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/major-campaign-to-fight-fraud-launched

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Royal Bank of Scotland International Limited (“RBSI”) fined by Isle of Man Financial Services Authority for AML failings

Read here: https://www.iomfsa.im/fsa-news/2024/feb/public-statement-concerning-the-imposition-of-a-civil-penalty-in-respect-of-the-royal-bank-of-scotland-international-limited/

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Crackdown on multimillion euro VAT fraud involving car sales

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/crackdown-multimillion-euro-vat-fraud-involving-car-sales

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Sim-swap fraud: How your bank account can be emptied by phone

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/feb/19/sim-swap-how-your-bank-account-can-be-emptied-by-phone

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New Treasury Committee inquiry launch: are the UK’s financial sanctions on Russia working?

Read here: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/158/treasury-committee/news/200150/new-treasury-committee-inquiry-launch-are-the-uks-financial-sanctions-on-russia-working/

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