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2024 Global Financial Crime Report Released by Nasdaq and Verafin

Read here: https://www.nasdaq.com/global-financial-crime-report

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Europe reaches deal on a single rulebook against money laundering and terrorist financing

Read here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20240117IPR16880/deal-on-a-single-rulebook-against-money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing

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Brazil Arrests Man Suspected of Laundering Nearly US$2.66 Billion

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18355-brazil-arrests-man-suspected-of-laundering-nearly-us-2-66-billion

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Cryptojacker arrested in Ukraine over EUR 1.8 million mining scheme

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/cryptojacker-arrested-in-ukraine-over-eur-1.8-million-mining-scheme

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Tether Challenges UN Report and Calls for Blockchain Education

Read here: https://tether.to/es/tether-challenges-un-report-and-calls-for-blockchain-education/

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Iraq Deploys Special Forces to Baghdad Airport to Increase Security

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18357-iraq-deploys-special-forces-to-baghdad-airport-to-increase-security

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Blind trust in long term clients puts regulated firms at risk of sanction evasion

Read here: https://ifamagazine.com/blind-trust-in-long-term-clients-puts-regulated-firms-at-risk-of-sanction-evasion/

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ComplyAdvantage Releases Their State of Financial Crime 2024

Read here: https://get.complyadvantage.com/insights/the-state-of-financial-crime

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Two more convictions in £100 million ‘cash in suitcases’ conspiracy

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/two-more-convictions-in-100-million-cash-in-suitcases-conspiracy

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Seizures, other reactions prompt FDA warning on products made with tianeptine

Read here: https://www.fox17online.com/news/national-news/seizures-other-reactions-prompt-fda-warning-on-products-made-with-tianeptine

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Truck-stop billionaire settles bribery lawsuit with Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway

Read here: https://fortune.com/2024/01/08/warren-buffett-berkshire-hathaway-haslam-billionaires-pilot-flying-j-settlement/

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Two Tax Shelter Promoters Sentenced to 25 Years and 23 Years in Billion-Dollar Syndicated Conservation Easement Tax Scheme; Two More CPAs Plead Guilty

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-tax-shelter-promoters-sentenced-25-years-and-23-years-billion-dollar-syndicated

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Foreign National Sentenced for Conspiring to Launder Proceeds of Internet Fraud Schemes

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/foreign-national-sentenced-conspiring-launder-proceeds-internet-fraud-schemes

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Archegos founder Hwang seeks sanctions over prosecutors’ ‘grave failure’ on data

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/archegos-founder-hwang-seeks-sanctions-211215152.html

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CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material) and Cryptocurrency: Vendors may be turning to Monero and other obfuscation measures

Read here: https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/csam-cryptocurrency-monero-instant-exchangers-2024/

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Russian oligarch sues Sotheby’s for ‘helping art dealer trick him into overpaying’

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/jan/08/russian-oligarch-sues-sothebys-for-helping-art-dealer-trick-him-into-overpaying

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The hidden links between human trafficking and the insurance sector

Read here: https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/posts/human-trafficking/special-report-human-trafficking-insurance-sector-2024/

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‘I do feel bad about this’: Englishman who posed as HyperVerse CEO says sorry to investors who lost millions

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/11/hyperverse-stephen-harrison-crypto-investors

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Husband and wife arrested over alleged airline crew smuggling plot

Read here: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/husband-and-wife-arrested-over-alleged-airline-crew-smuggling-plot

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3 Takeaways From Transparencia Venezuela’s Illicit Economies Index

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/3-takeaways-from-transparencia-venezuelas-illicit-economies-index/

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Refugee ‘sanctuary’ councils invest pension funds in Israel-linked arms firms

Read here: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/palestine-solidarity-campaign-divest-council-pensions-israel-weapons/

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The tri-border tangle: Arms trafficking, crime and violence in the borderlands of Chad, Cameroon and Central African Republic

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/tri-border-tangle-arms-trafficking/

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The Egmont Group Thanks the United Arab Emirates Financial Intelligence Unit for a Substantial Donation to the ECOFEL Program

Read here: https://egmontgroup.org/news/the-egmont-group-thanks-the-united-arab-emirates-financial-intelligence-unit-for-a-substantial-donation-to-the-ecofel-program/

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SAP to Pay Over $220M to Resolve Foreign Bribery Investigations

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/sap-pay-over-220m-resolve-foreign-bribery-investigations

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Stricter rules to prevent money laundering in professional football from 2029

Read here: https://www.euoffice.eurolympic.org/stricter-rules-to-prevent-money-laundering-in-professional-football-from-2029/

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Palestinians desperate to flee Gaza pay thousands in bribes to ‘brokers’

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/jan/08/palestinians-flee-gaza-rafah-egypt-border-bribes-to-brokers

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Here’s How a New Anti-Money Laundering Law Impacts Self-Employed Creatives in the U.S.

Read here: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/corporate-transparency-act-impacts-self-employed-artists-2417585

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How Auditor Deloitte Missed A Nigerian Company’s Massive Fraud

Read here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brandonkochkodin/2024/01/10/how-auditor-deloitte-missed-a-nigerian-companys-massive-fraud/

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If you think only lonely middle-aged women ‘fall for’ romance scams, you might be the perfect victim

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/09/romance-fraud-scam-common-perfect-victim-money

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Colombia, Ecuador bust drug ring exporting five tons of cocaine a month

Read here: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/colombia-ecuador-bust-drug-ring-210551309.html

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Will the UK’s new anti-corruption strategy be a paper tiger or slay the dragon?

Read here: https://www.spotlightcorruption.org/the-uks-new-anti-corruption-strategy/

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£6m fine for online operator Gamesys for AML failings

Read here: https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/news/article/gbp6m-fine-for-online-operator-gamesys

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G20 faster payments roadmap could boost financial crime

Read here: https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/43499/g20-faster-payments-roadmap-could-boost-financial-crime—report

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Met officer abused role to look up cousin’s £34m money laundering probe

Read here: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/met-police-pc-money-laundering-corruption-iopc-misconduct-mohammed-sardar-b1131034.html

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Justice Department Sends Teams to Mozambique and Ghana to Train Local Leaders on Timber Trafficking Reduction Efforts

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/blog/justice-department-sends-teams-mozambique-and-ghana-train-local-leaders-timber-trafficking

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Elderly Victims Defrauded of Millions: California Man and Others Sentenced for Investment Fraud

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18348-elderly-victims-defrauded-of-millions-california-man-and-others-sentenced-for-investment-fraud

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The Future of the Financial Action Task Force: Improving the Least Bad Option?

Read here: https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/conference-reports/future-financial-action-task-force-improving-least-bad-option

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Togo monkey seizure turns spotlight on illicit wildlife trafficking from DR Congo

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/togo-monkey-seizure-turns-spotlight-on-illicit-wildlife-trafficking-from-dr-congo/

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