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Deforestation Regulation implementation: EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)

Read here: https://green-business.ec.europa.eu/deforestation-regulation-implementation_en

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Russia’s “Auto Heaven”, corridor for sanctioned automobiles

Read here: https://ifact.ge/en/sanctioned-cars/

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Romantic AI Chatbots Don’t Have Your Privacy at Heart

Read here: https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/happy-valentines-day-romantic-ai-chatbots-dont-have-your-privacy-at-heart/

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The Day I Put $50,000 in a Shoe Box and Handed It to a Stranger: I never thought I was the kind of person to fall for a scam

Read here: https://www.thecut.com/article/amazon-scam-call-ftc-arrest-warrants.html

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In ‘False Transit’ Loophole, Russia’s War Machine Is Supplied Through Kazakh Companies and Belarusian Warehouses

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/in-false-transit-loophole-russias-war-machine-is-supplied-through-kazakh-companies-and-belarusian-warehouses

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Hezbollah-linked Picasso and Warhol stash raises red flag to art world

Read here: https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2024/02/15/hezbollah-linked-picasso-stash-raises-red-flag-to-art-world/

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Russian Citizen Pleads Guilty to Selling Stolen Financial Information on Criminal Internet Marketplace, Slilpp

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/russian-citizen-pleads-guilty-selling-stolen-financial-information-criminal-internet

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Underground gambling on the rise as Western Australian authorities raid two illegal casinos

Read here: https://www.asgam.com/index.php/2024/02/15/underground-gambling-on-the-rise-as-western-australian-authorities-raid-two-illegal-casinos/

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Angola hit with trade sanctions over failure to tackle elephant poaching and ivory trafficking

Read here: https://eia-international.org/news/angola-hit-with-trade-sanctions-over-failure-to-tackle-elephant-poaching-and-ivory-trafficking/

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Netherlands ignored EU sanctions to block Russian internet traffic

Read here: https://nltimes.nl/2024/02/18/netherlands-ignored-eu-sanctions-block-russian-internet-traffic

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Germany’s BaFin warns Deutsche Bank of potential fines if it doesn’t improve money laundering controls

Read here: https://www.fintechfutures.com/2024/02/germanys-bafin-warns-deutsche-bank-of-potential-fines-if-it-doesnt-improve-money-laundering-controls/

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Professional Money Launderer Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison for Transmitting $42 Million

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/professional-money-launderer-sentenced-40-months-prison-transmitting-42-million

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Who are the Russian Oligarchs? Recent Developments in the Case Law of the European Court of Justice

Read here: https://www.europeanpapers.eu/en/europeanforum/who-are-russian-oligarchs-recent-developments-case-law-european-court-justice PDF of paper: https://www.europeanpapers.eu/en/system/files/pdf_version/EP_EF_2023_I_045_Francesca_Finelli_00727.pdf

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Over 100 searches and 4 arrests in France, Germany, Italy, Latvia and Malta against financial institution involved in money laundering

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/over-100-searches-and-4-arrests-in-france-germany-italy-latvia-and-malta-against-financial-institution-involved-in-money

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SFO charges two former Petrofac senior executives with bribery

Read here: https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2024/02/16/sfo-charges-two-former-petrofac-senior-executives-with-bribery/

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Sports gambling giants face ‘wake-up call’ as Australian money-laundering investigation nears end

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/19/austrac-inquiry-sportsbet-ladbrokes-bet365-money-laundering-investigation-gambling

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HMRC fraud team’s civil inquiries fall by half over five years

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-02-18/hmrc-fraud-teams-civil-inquiries-fall-by-half-over-five-years/

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Cyprus to launch new unit targeting sanctions evaders

Read here: https://www.icij.org/inside-icij/2024/02/cyprus-to-launch-new-unit-targeting-sanctions-evaders/

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Hacked Documents Reveal Iran’s Strategies To Bypass Sanctions

Read here: https://www.iranintl.com/en/202402137504

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Victoria police were asked to look at HyperVerse information in 2020 – but sent case back to Asic 22 months later

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/feb/15/victoria-police-were-asked-to-look-at-hyperverse-information-in-2020-but-sent-case-back-to-asic-22-months-later

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Why Drug Cartels Are Expanding to Asia

Read here: https://americasquarterly.org/article/why-drug-cartels-are-expanding-to-asia/

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Treasury Sanctions Network Smuggling U.S. Technology to Central Bank of Iran

Read here: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2095

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EU proposes sanctions on Chinese firms aiding Russian war effort

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/14/eu-proposes-sanctions-on-chinese-firms-aiding-russian-war-effort

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UK: New de-banking figures show more than 140,000 business accounts closed by major banks

Read here: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/158/treasury-committee/news/200127/new-debanking-figures-show-more-than-140000-business-accounts-closed-by-major-banks/

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Inside the IRS unit taking on America’s millionaires and billionaires

Read here: https://www.icij.org/inside-icij/2024/02/inside-the-irs-unit-taking-on-americas-millionaires-and-billionaires/

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Outcomes FATF Plenary, 21-23 February 2024

Read here: https://www.fatf-gafi.org/en/publications/Fatfgeneral/outcomes-fatf-plenary-february-2024.html

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‘Not corruption or fraud’: USAID pleads its case to Congress on supply chain project

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-02-21/not-corruption-or-fraud-usaid-pleads-its-case-to-congress-on-supply-chain-project/

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Serious Fraud Office raids three properties and makes four arrests in new £140m property fraud investigation

Read here: https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2024/02/21/serious-fraud-office-raids-three-properties-and-makes-four-arrests-in-new-140m-property-fraud-investigation/

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Defamation trial: Bern court dismisses Kolmar Group AG’s claims, in relation to Libyan fuel smuggling investigation by Public Eye and TRIAL International

Read here: https://www.publiceye.ch/en/media-corner/press-releases/detail/defamation-trial-bern-court-dismisses-kolmar-group-ags-claims

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Press Release Hong Kong Customs detects largest money laundering case on record involving about HK$14 billion

Read here: https://www.customs.gov.hk/en/customs-announcement/press-release/index_id_4080.html

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Lloyds to face AML controls investigation

Read here: https://thepaypers.com/digital-identity-security-online-fraud/lloyds-to-face-aml-controls-investigation–1266901

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Frankfurt will be the home of the EU Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA)

Read here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20240219IPR17818/frankfurt-will-be-the-home-of-the-eu-anti-money-laundering-authority Read here also: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/sv/press/press-releases/2024/02/22/frankfurt-to-host-the-eus-new-anti-money-laundering-authority-amla/

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Unpacking Criminal Violence in Durán, Ecuador’s Cocaine Warehouse

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/unpacking-criminal-violence-duran-ecuador-cocaine-warehouse/

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Properties worth EUR 48 million frozen after cocaine sweep in Ecuador and Spain

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/properties-worth-eur-48-million-frozen-after-cocaine-sweep-in-ecuador-and-spain

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‘We just want to find our children’: Understanding disappearances as a tool of organized crime

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/disappearances-we-just-want-to-find-our-children/

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ELN, Ex-FARC Mafia Drive Rising Cocaine Production in Zulia, Venezuela

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/eln-ex-farc-mafia-drive-rising-cocaine-production-zulia-venezuela/

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EU adopts 13th package of sanctions against Russia after two years of Ukraine conflict

Read here: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_963

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EIA at 40 – the billion dollar trade in merbau ravaging Indonesia’s last intact tropical forests

Read here: https://eia-international.org/news/eia-at-40-the-billion-dollar-trade-in-merbau-ravaging-indonesias-last-intact-tropical-forests/

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Foreign National Pleads Guilty to Role in Cybercrime Schemes Involving Tens of Millions of Dollars in Losses

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/foreign-national-pleads-guilty-role-cybercrime-schemes-involving-tens-millions-dollars

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Europe’s vote on payment services: Better access to cash and protection against fraud and hidden charges

Read here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20240212IPR17629/payment-services-fraud-and-hidden-charges-protection-and-better-access-to-cash

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