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Criminals responsible for stealing 28 luxury cars arrested

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/criminals-responsible-for-stealing-28-luxury-cars-arrested

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Pornhub Parent Company Admits to Receiving Proceeds of Sex Trafficking and Agrees to Three-Year Monitor

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/pornhub-parent-company-admits-receiving-proceeds-sex-trafficking-and-agrees-three-year

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Action against digital skimming reveals 443 compromised online merchants

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/action-against-digital-skimming-reveals-443-compromised-online-merchants

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Venezuelan Officials Key in Convicted Drug Trafficker’s Network

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/venezuelan-officials-key-convicted-drug-traffickers-network/

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Vast and tangled web: Singapore’s largest case of money laundering

Read here: https://www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/graphics/2023/12/money-laundering-universe-who-is-who/index.html

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As Singapore Police Probe Money Laundering Ring, a Private Equity Entrepreneur Disappears

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/as-singapore-police-probe-money-laundering-ring-a-private-equity-entrepreneur-disappears

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Central Asian Cotton Powers Russia’s Sanctioned Gunpowder Plants

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/central-asian-cotton-powers-russias-sanctioned-gunpowder-plants

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British teenager behind GTA 6 hack receives indefinite hospital order

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/21/british-teenager-behind-gta-6-hack-receives-indefinite-hospital-order

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New U.S. rule targeting real estate money laundering slated for early 2024

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/new-u-s-rule-targeting-real-estate-money-laundering-slated-for-early-2024/

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Businessman who tried to buy Sheffield United accused of ‘elaborate’ fraud

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/19/businessman-tried-buy-sheffield-united-accused-elaborate-dozy-mmobuosi

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Why Have Ecuador’s Drug Trafficking Gangs Turned to Extortion?

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/why-have-ecuadors-drug-trafficking-gangs-turned-extortion/

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EPPO raids criminal organisation in probe into €36 million VAT fraud and €9 million subsidy fraud

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/news/greece-eppo-raids-criminal-organisation-probe-eu36-million-vat-fraud-and-eu9-million-subsidy

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Three Men Charged in International Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/three-men-charged-international-bribery-and-money-laundering-scheme

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Major bust of a notorious narcotics clan in Spain and Portugal

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/major-bust-of-notorious-narcotics-clan-in-spain-and-portugal

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Alleged Hamas financier holds stake in Cyprus company that mines Egyptian gold, leaked files reveal

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/alleged-hamas-financier-holds-stake-in-cyprus-company-that-mines-egyptian-gold-leaked-files-reveal/

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UK universities take millions from defence companies arming Israel

Read here: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/universities-millions-defence-companies-israel-gaza/

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Justice Department Announces Terrorism Charges Against High-Ranking Hezbollah Member Who Helped Plan 1994 Bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-terrorism-charges-against-high-ranking-hezbollah-member-who

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Former Latvian central bank governor Rimšēvičs sentenced to 6 years in prison

Read here: https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/20.12.2023-former-latvian-central-bank-governor-rimsevics-sentenced-to-6-years-in-prison.a536158/

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Leader Of Colombian Criminal Organization Pleads Guilty To Sending Over 19,000 Kilograms Of Cocaine Via Semi-Submersible Vessels To The Sinaloa Cartel

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/leader-colombian-criminal-organization-pleads-guilty-sending-over-19000-kilograms

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A renewed focus on transnational organized crime at the UN Security Council?

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/announcements/united-nations-security-council-transnational-organized-crime/

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Met to return 16 Khmer relics linked to notorious artifact dealer

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/hidden-treasures/met-to-return-16-khmer-relics-linked-to-notorious-artifact-dealer/

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Game Changers 2023

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/gamechangers-2023-latin-american-groups-seize-political-chaos/

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Two Men Plead Guilty of Bringing Cocaine to the US Via Narco-Subs

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18323-two-men-plead-guilty-of-bringing-cocaine-to-the-us-via-narco-subs

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FATF’s Recommendation 8: A Cure Worse Than the Disease

Read here: https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/fatfs-recommendation-8-cure-worse-disease

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New report on how to fix beneficial ownership frameworks, so they actually work

Read here: https://taxjustice.net/2023/12/20/new-report-on-how-to-fix-beneficial-ownership-frameworks-so-they-actually-work/

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‘Fat Leonard’ to be returned to US from Venezuela as part of prisoner exchange

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/fat-leonard-to-be-returned-to-us-from-venezuela-as-part-of-prisoner-exchange-13035591

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Settlement Agreement between OFAC and Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange for sanctions violations

Read here: https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20231221_33 Link to settlement notice: https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/932486/download?inline

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Spain: Massive European Waste Smuggling Operation Exposed, 19 Arrested

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18328-spain-massive-european-waste-smuggling-operation-exposed-19-arrested

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U.S. Beneficial Ownership Information Registry Now Accepting Reports

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/us-beneficial-ownership-information-registry-now-accepting-reports

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Iranian National Charged with Unlawfully Procuring Microelectronics Used in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles on Behalf of the Iranian Government

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/iranian-national-charged-unlawfully-procuring-microelectronics-used-unmanned-aerial-vehicles

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Myanmar Supreme Court rejects ousted leader Suu Kyi’s appeal in bribery conviction

Read here: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/myanmar-supreme-court-rejects-ousted-leader-suu-kys-105735098

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Fraudster forced to pay back £1 million to victims

Read here: https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/fraudster-forced-pay-back-ps1-million-victims

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Owner of Kansas Company Pleads Guilty to Crimes Related to Scheme to Illegally Export U.S. Avionics Equipment to Russia and Russian End Users

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/owner-kansas-company-pleads-guilty-crimes-related-scheme-illegally-export-us-avionics

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UK banker charged with bribery

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/banker-charged-with-bribery

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Glamorous Cyprus Resort’s Investors Linked to Infamous ‘Magnitsky Affair’

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/cyprus-confidential/glamorous-cyprus-resorts-investors-linked-to-infamous-magnitsky-affair

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Spain & Romania: ‘Lover Boy’ Scam Traffickers Arrested, 14 Victims Rescued

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18317-spain-romania-lover-boy-scam-traffickers-arrested-14-victims-rescued

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‘Russia is the most sanctioned country in the world’: Does the war in Ukraine fuel financial crime?

Read here:https://www.euronews.com/business/2023/12/18/russia-is-the-most-sanctioned-country-in-the-world-is-the-ukraine-war-fuelling-financial-c

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12th package of sanctions on Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine: Additional 61 individuals and 86 entities included in the EU’s sanctions list

Read here: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2023/12/18/12th-package-of-sanctions-on-russia-s-war-of-aggression-against-ukraine-additional-61-individuals-and-86-entities-included-in-the-eu-s-sanctions-list/

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After Arrests, Extraditions, and Infighting, What Does the Future Hold for Mexico’s Chapitos?

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/arrests-extraditions-infighting-future-mexico-chapitos/

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Online fraud schemes: A web of deceit (IOCTA 2023)

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/publication-events/main-reports/spotlight-report-online-fraud-iocta-2023

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