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Read here: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0278
Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/how-have-albanian-networks-come-to-dominate-cocaine-trafficking-to-europe/
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Read here: https://www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/investment-scammers-slip-through-cracks-in-eu-big-tech-law
Read here: https://www.psr.org.uk/publications/psr-strategy/using-behavioural-economics-to-understand-and-prevent-authorised-push-payments-fraud/ Link to report: https://www.psr.org.uk/media/efpdiwpk/using-behavioural-economics-to-understand-and-prevent-app-fraud.pdf
Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/banks-need-to-help-break-spell-romance-scams
Read here: https://www.spotlightcorruption.org/crypto-donations-dark-money-threat/
Read here: https://www.austrac.gov.au/news-and-media/media-release/powers-proposed-tackle-high-risk-products-services-and-channels
Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/nepals-former-speaker-charged-with-gold-smuggling-organized-crime
Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ofsi-annual-review-2024-25-effective-sanctions Link to annual review: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68ef7ec68427701993d5e0d9/OFSI_Annual_Review_2024-25.pdf
Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/czechia-eleven-convicted-subsidy-fraud-following-guilty-pleas
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Read here: https://whalehunting.projectbrazen.com/a-reporters-notebook-the-two-year-hunt-for-a-1-5-billion-scam-empire-that-started-with-a-single-private-jet/
Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/eppo-italy-charges-bosnian-public-officials-corruption-motorway-construction-project
Read here: https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/licensees-and-businesses/guide/page/emerging-money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing-risks-from-october-2025/
Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/over-30-potential-victims-identified-in-action-against-human-trafficking-enabled-online
Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/10/17/coinbase-binance-among-exchanges-targeted-for-widened-aml-checks-by-french-regulator-bloomberg
Read here: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/frontpage/2025/October/john-brandolino_-making-our-digital-and-physical-worlds-safer.html
Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/malta-strips-citizenship-from-russian-convicted-of-money-laundering
Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/over-1-000-years-imprisonment-mafia-members-following-largest-ever-action-against-italian
Read here: https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2025/october/jail-for-man-who-laundered-over-5million-in-cash/
Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0lk3g3lkx5o
Read here: https://www.eba.europa.eu/publications-and-media/press-releases/supervisors-should-learn-recent-cases-prevent-financial-crime-crypto-firms-eba-says
Read here: https://www.fatf-gafi.org/en/publications/Fatfgeneral/outcomes-FATF-plenary-october-2025.html
Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-identifies-9-billion-iranian-shadow-banking-activity-2024 Link to Trend Analysis: https://www.fincen.gov/system/files/2025-10/FTA-Iranian-Shadow-Banking.pdf
Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-to-seize-millions-from-fake-immigration-lawyers
Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/statements/governments-decision-reforming-anti-money-laundering-and-counter-terrorism-financing-supervision Link to consultation response: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reforming-anti-money-laundering-and-counter-terrorism-financing-supervision
Read here: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2025/10/23/19th-package-of-sanctions-against-russia-eu-targets-russian-energy-third-country-banks-and-crypto-providers/
Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/23/binance-trump-pardon-changpeng-zhao
Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/21/colombia-uribe-conviction-overturned
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