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Clyde & Co fined £500,000 after admitting due diligence failure

Read here: https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/clyde-fined-500000-after-admitting-due-diligence-failure/5118383.article

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AI fuelling dating and social media fraud, EU police agency says

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/09/ai-wars-dating-social-media-fraud-eu-crime-artificial-intelligence-europol

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Corruption “Everywhere” – Chinese TV Airs Party-Produced Mass TV Confessions

Read here: https://safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/corruption-everywhere-chinese-tv-airs-party-produced-mass-tv-confessions

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Two Cuban documentaries show effects of US sanctions on island nation

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/07/cuba-us-sanctions-documentary-uphill-on-hill-hardliner-hudson

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Syrian Drug Trafficking, Deadly Migration, Daily Struggles in Gaza: 2023’s Best Investigative Stories from Middle East

Read here: https://gijn.org/stories/2023-best-investigative-stories-arab-world/

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Case of Singaporean with 980 directorships: Not easy to introduce a hard limit, experts say

Read here: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/restrictions-limit-number-directors-companies-980-directorships-money-laundering-4022486

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Experts Say Canada Lacks Proper Strategy Against Cross-Border Crime

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18349-experts-canada-lacks-proper-strategy-against-cross-border-crime

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Remarks by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen at the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Read here: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2017

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Federal prosecutors crack down on bribery schemes between South Florida and Latin America

Read here: https://news.yahoo.com/federal-prosecutors-crack-down-bribery-120000115.html

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Lithuania: Nine detained in probe into fraud involving eco-friendly cling film

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/news/lithuania-nine-detained-probe-fraud-involving-eco-friendly-cling-film

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Ecuador President Proposes Crime-Fighting Referendum

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18341-ecuador-president-proposes-crime-fighting-referendum

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A new year and a new challenge for Companies House 

Read here: https://companieshouse.blog.gov.uk/2024/01/03/a-new-year-and-a-new-challenge-for-companies-house/

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Casinos and cryptocurrency: Major drivers of money laundering, underground banking and cyberfraud in East and Southeast Asia

Read here: https://www.unodc.org/roseap/en/2024/casinos-casinos-cryptocurrency-underground-banking/story.html Link to report here: https://www.unodc.org/roseap/uploads/documents/Publications/2024/Casino_Underground_Banking_Report_2024.pdf

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Investigators link many Amsterdam tourist shops to money laundering, drug trafficking

Read here: https://nltimes.nl/2024/01/06/investigators-link-many-amsterdam-tourist-shops-money-laundering-drug-trafficking

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Company sells Indigenous land in Amazonas as NFTs without community’s knowledge

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2023/12/company-sells-indigenous-land-in-amazonas-as-nfts-without-communitys-knowledge/

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Cybercriminals Implemented Artificial Intelligence (AI) For Invoice Fraud

Read here: https://www.resecurity.com/blog/article/cybercriminals-implemented-artificial-intelligence-ai-for-invoice-fraud

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The Future of FATF Recommendation 8: A Foresight Piece

Read here: https://www.hscollective.org/news/timeline/the-future-of-fatf-recommendation-8-a-foresight-piece/ Link to Report: https://www.hscollective.org/assets/Final_R8-Foresight_.pdf

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Operation leader and 10 others plead guilty in prolific human smuggling and money laundering case following HSI, multiagency investigation

Read here: https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/operation-leader-and-10-others-plead-guilty-prolific-human-smuggling-and-money

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Spanish Police Dismantle Illegal Pet Trade Gang

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18339-spanish-police-dismantle-illegal-pet-trade-gang

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Illegal gold mining devastates Peruvian Amazon river and communities

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/illegal-gold-mining-devastates-peruvian-amazon-river-and-communities/

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Russian oligarch Deripaska bypassed sanctions through Kazakhstan and bought new plane for US$36 million

Read here: https://news.yahoo.com/russian-oligarch-deripaska-bypassed-sanctions-192025254.html

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Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud Vehicle Sellers on Facebook Marketplace

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdms/pr/jackson-man-pleads-guilty-conspiring-defraud-vehicle-sellers-facebook-marketplace

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Nigerian Poverty Alleviation Minister Suspended On Corruption Charges

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18347-nigerian-poverty-alleviation-minister-suspended-on-corruption-charges

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UK MP, Michael Gove, refuses to set deadline for investigation into Tees freeport ‘corruption’

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/10/gove-refuses-to-set-deadline-for-investigation-into-tees-freeport-corruption

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Gold-mining company sacks CEO over ‘serious misconduct’ allegations

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/05/endeavour-mining-sacks-ceo-over-serious-misconduct-allegations

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How the issue of ‘dual use’ complicates Gaza aid efforts

Read here: https://news.yahoo.com/issue-dual-complicates-gaza-aid-232230105.html

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Post Office used threat of jail to persuade accused to keep quiet about Horizon failings

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/11/i-am-not-a-mafia-gangster-post-office-investigator-tells-horizon-inquiry

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US offers $10 million reward for information on five accused Hamas financiers

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/us-offers-10-million-reward-for-information-on-five-accused-hamas-financiers/

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Reports allege abuses by Glencore in Peru and Colombia, and the banks funding them

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2023/12/reports-allege-abuses-by-glencore-in-peru-and-colombia-and-the-banks-funding-them/

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Guinea Orders Legal Action Over Rosewood Export Fraud

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18340-guinea-orders-legal-action-over-rosewood-export-fraud

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19 Individuals Worldwide Charged In Transnational Cybercrime Investigation Of The xDedic Marketplace

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/19-individuals-worldwide-charged-transnational-cybercrime-investigation-xdedic

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Justice Department Marks More Than 500 Illegal Firearm Purchases Stopped by New Enhanced Background Checks

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-marks-more-500-illegal-firearm-purchases-stopped-new-enhanced-background

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Bolivia announces biggest-ever cocaine bust at nearly 9 tons

Read here: https://news.yahoo.com/bolivia-announces-major-cocaine-bust-181010670.html

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Guidance on money laundering reporting obligations in relation to the DAML exemption provisions introduced by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/money-laundering-reporting-obligations/guidance-on-money-laundering-reporting-obligations-in-relation-to-the-daml-exemption-provisions-introduced-by-the-economic-crime-and-corporate-transpa

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DOJ Organizes First U.S. Trial in Oil Bribery Scheme

Read here: https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/2024/01/07/doj-organizes-first-u-s-trial-in-oil-bribery-scheme/

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UK Foreign Office development arm invested £500m with fraud suspect

Read here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/foreign-office-development-arm-invested-500m-with-fraud-suspect-67sc7wvtk

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Lead Defendant and Ten Others Plead Guilty in Prolific Human Smuggling and Money Laundering Case

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/lead-defendant-and-ten-others-plead-guilty-prolific-human-smuggling-and-money-laundering

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Florida Man Is Sentenced For Money Laundering Stemming From A Business Email Compromise Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdnc/pr/florida-man-sentenced-money-laundering-stemming-business-email-compromise-scheme

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