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One year on: Impact of APP reimbursement on victims in the UK

Read here: https://www.psr.org.uk/news-and-updates/latest-news/news/one-year-on-impact-of-app-reimbursement-on-victims/

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Czechia: Charges brought in €280 000 subsidy fraud involving children’s school club projects

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/czechia-charges-brought-eu280-000-subsidy-fraud-involving-childrens-school-club-projects

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US Drone Strike Highlights Sucre’s Role in Venezuela’s Cocaine Corridor

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/us-drone-strike-highlights-sucre-role-venezuela-cocaine-corridor/

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Cocaine in Private Jets and Sex Toys: What the FBI Found on its Secretly Backdoored Chat App

Read here: https://www.404media.co/cocaine-in-private-jets-and-sex-toys-what-the-fbi-found-on-its-secretly-backdoored-chat-app/

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Coordinated action to arrest gang members stealing over one hundred luxury cars across Europe

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/coordinated-action-arrest-gang-members-stealing-over-one-hundred-luxury-cars-across-europe

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Italy: EPPO cracks down on €20 million agricultural fraud scheme linked to organised crime

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/italy-eppo-cracks-down-eu20-million-agricultural-fraud-scheme-linked-to-organised-crime

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FinCEN Issues Frequently Asked Questions to Clarify Suspicious Activity Reporting Requirements

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-issues-frequently-asked-questions-clarify-suspicious-activity-reporting Link to FAQs: https://www.fincen.gov/system/files/2025-10/SAR-FAQs-October-2025.pdf

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Boiler Room: Belgrade Call Centres at Heart of Israeli-Linked Investment Scam

Read here: https://balkaninsight.com/2025/09/30/boiler-room-belgrade-call-centres-at-heart-of-israeli-linked-investment-scam/

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Mansions, Horses, and Designer Bags: How the Ruling Family of Iraqi Kurdistan Splurged in the U.S.

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/mansions-horses-and-designer-bags-how-the-ruling-family-of-iraqi-kurdistan-splurged-in-the-us

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BBC tracks down sextortion scammer targeting teenage boys

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czrpedexleno

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Gold Taps and Towel Racks: How a Plane Used by Turkmenistan’s Ruling Family Got a Royal Makeover

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/scoop/gold-taps-and-towel-racks-how-a-plane-used-by-turkmenistans-ruling-family-got-a-royal-makeover

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Daniel Pugh sentenced to 7 and a half years in prison for £1.3m Ponzi scheme

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/daniel-pugh-sentenced-for-ponzi-scheme

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Ladbrokes owner’s ex-CEO in UK court charged with bribery in Turkey

Read here: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/ladbrokes-owners-ex-ceo-uk-101358591.html

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Finance ministry: Gambling operators in Estonia now biggest money laundering risk

Read here: https://news.err.ee/1609821819/finance-ministry-gambling-operators-in-estonia-now-biggest-money-laundering-risk

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Behind the scam: How an alleged criminal network set a trap for thousands of Europeans to fall for ‘fake’ investments and raked in millions

Read here: https://www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/behind-the-scam-how-an-alleged-criminal-network-set-a-trap-for-thousands-of-europeans-to-fall-for-fake-investments-and-raked-in-millions

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Son of Alleged Smuggling Tycoon Spent $3 Million on London Mosque

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/scoop/son-of-alleged-smuggling-kingpin-spent-3-million-on-london-mosque

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Met police disrupt suspected international smuggling ring in UK’s ‘largest’ phone theft crackdown

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/07/phone-theft-met-police-disrupt-suspected-international-smuggling-ring-uk-largest-crackdown

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Inside Iran’s Shadow Banking Empire: Three Brothers, Hundreds of Tankers, and Billions in Laundered Oil Cash

Read here: https://whalehunting.projectbrazen.com/inside-irans-shadow-banking-empire-three-brothers-hundreds-of-tankers-and-billions-in-laundered-oil-cash/

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Investigation Metallo: €42.8 million VAT fraud leads to major seizures in Italy

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/investigation-metallo-eu428-million-vat-fraud-leads-to-major-seizures-italy

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Counterfeit and substandard food worth EUR 95 million seized in global operation

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/counterfeit-and-substandard-food-worth-eur-95-million-seized-in-global-operation

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Thousands of rogue bosses have failed to pay tribunal awards

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-10-02/revealed-thousands-of-rogue-bosses-have-failed-to-pay-tribunal-awards

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Fraud In America 2025: The Consumer Threat Landscape

Read here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidmaimon/2025/10/01/fraud-in-america-2025-the-consumer-threat-landscape/

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The delayed U.S. ‘Trafficking In Persons’ Report names Cambodia as a state sponsor of trafficking

Read here: https://newsletter.freedomcollaborative.org/the-delayed-u-s-tip-report-names-cambodia-as-a-state-sponsor-of-trafficking/

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The cybercrime arms race: Resilience to cyber-dependent crimes is rising, yet threats continue to outpace it

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/the-cybercrime-arms-race/

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Brazilian scammers, raking in millions, used Gisele Bundchen deepfakes on Instagram ads

Read here: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/brazilian-scammers-raking-millions-used-223855198.html

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EU in stalemate over Russia-linked Raiffeisen compensation, diplomats say

Read here: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/eu-stalemate-over-russia-linked-200552694.html

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Europol conference warns: Cybercrime fight hinges on access to data

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/europol-conference-warns-cybercrime-fight-hinges-access-to-data

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Fraudster who dubbed himself ‘Kardashian of Cheshire’ jailed over designer handbag scam

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/fraudster-who-dubbed-himself-kardashian-of-cheshire-jailed-over-designer-handbag-scam-13445803

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Are Volkswagen’s EVs made with African conflict minerals?

Read here: https://www.dw.com/en/are-volkswagens-evs-made-with-african-conflict-minerals/a-74114710

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Biteback to Publish Insiders’ Guide to Money Laundering and How to Defeat It

Read here: https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/announcements/how-to-launder-money

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Losing ground: The growing illicit trade in South Africa’s ornamental plants

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/the-growing-illicit-trade-in-south-africas-ornamental-plants/

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International human trafficking ring rolled up in Albania and Colombia

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/international-human-trafficking-ring-rolled-albania-and-colombia

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FBI busts alleged Maduro-linked money laundering network spanning multiple nations

Read here: https://www.foxnews.com/us/fbi-busts-alleged-maduro-linked-money-laundering-network-spanning-multiple-nations

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Montenegro Cracks Down on Transnational Cocaine Ring, Indicts Five

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/montenegro-cracks-down-on-transnational-cocaine-ring-indicts-five

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Investigation ‘Marengo Rosso’: EPPO indicts 36 suspects and five companies for €24.3 million VAT fraud involving organised crime

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/investigation-marengo-rosso-eppo-indicts-36-suspects-and-five-companies-eu243-million

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Poland: Searches in investigation into suspected abuse of power in EU-funded project

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/poland-searches-investigation-suspected-abuse-power-eu-funded-project

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Anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism supervision of banks is improving, the EBA finds

Read here: https://www.eba.europa.eu/publications-and-media/press-releases/anti-money-laundering-and-countering-financing-terrorism-supervision-banks-improving-eba-finds

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Croatia: EPPO orders searches in probe into medical equipment procurement fraud and corruption

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/croatia-eppo-orders-searches-probe-medical-equipment-procurement-fraud-and-corruption

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