Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-distribution-over-1589m-nearly-25000-victims-madoff-ponzi
Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-crackdown-networks-steal-money-consumer-accounts-and-use
Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/leaked-documents-expose-payments-linked-to-a-murdered-croatian-journalist-icij-partners-report/
Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/eu-most-wanted-drug-trafficker-arrested-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina
Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/joint-action-germany-and-italy-against-money-laundering-rental-luxury-cars
Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-trade-and-financial-sanctions-against-russia-come-into-force
Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-us-target-hamas-with-new-sanctions-to-isolate-terror-group
Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/commodities-trading-company-agrees-pay-over-98m-resolve-foreign-bribery-case
Read here: https://www.politico.eu/article/psg-bayern-munich-inter-milan-anderlecht-among-clubs-affected-by-proposed-eu-money-laundering-crackdown/
Read here: https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkawev/mexican-cartels-dmt-psychedelic-bufo-alvarius-toad-hunters
Read here: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/11/fraud-in-a-bottle-big-pharma-takes-on-counterfeit-drugs.html
Read here: https://www.santander.co.uk/about-santander/media-centre/press-releases/santander-launches-additional-fraud-protection-for
Read here: https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/organised-cybercrime-rise-ransomware-national-security-threat
Read here: https://whalehunting.projectbrazen.com/dan-gertler-rich-list/
Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/two-indicted-scheme-allegedly-laundered-over-2-million-generated-grandparent-scams
Read here: https://www.crisisgroup.org/latin-america-caribbean/mexico/103-partners-crime-rise-women-mexicos-illegal-groups
Read here: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/entain-ceo-jette-nygaard-andersen-070949151.html
Read here: https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/occasional-papers/profiting-proliferation-north-koreas-exports-missile-and-nuclear-technology
Read here: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1982
Read here: https://www.interpol.int/es/Noticias-y-acontecimientos/Noticias/2023/2-114-seizures-of-endangered-animals-and-timber-in-major-international-law-enforcement-operation
Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/narcofiles-the-new-criminal-order/colombian-leak-gives-rare-glimpse-into-secretive-world-of-controlled-drug-deliveries
Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/europol-warning-criminal-use-of-bluetooth-trackers-for-geolocalisation
Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/crocodile-blood-and-big-cat-body-parts-among-illegal-wildlife-products-seized-in-operation-involving-uk-border-force-13029020
Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18300-us-bans-entry-to-marshall-islands-politicians-over-corruption
Read here: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/frontpage/2023/December/illicit-financial-flows-related-to-cross-border-drug-trafficking-are-comparable-to-the-value-of-exports-of-licit-markets–unodc-report-shows.html Link to report: https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/IFF/2023/IFFs_Estimates_Report_2023-final-11dec2023.pdf
Read here: https://www.finma.ch/en/news/2023/12/20231219-mm-cs-bericht/
Read here: https://thefactcoalition.org/treasury-updates-timeline-for-key-anti-money-laundering-measures-as-anti-corruption-summit-begins/
Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/south-africa-illicit-copper-economy/ Link to report: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/south-africa-illicit-copper-economy/
Read here: https://www.state.gov/taking-additional-sweeping-measures-against-russia-4/
Read here: https://ofsi.blog.gov.uk/2023/12/14/ofsi-publishes-details-of-frozen-asset-reporting-for-financial-year-2022-23/
Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/sri-lankan-public-security-minister-used-shell-companies-to-own-london-flats/
Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/german-public-prosecutor-brings-charges-123001618.html
Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18304-un-conference-unites-190-countries-to-combat-global-corruption
Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/us-shell-company-crackdown-could-stymie-latam-money-launderers/
Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/a-ukrainian-billionaires-ties-to-a-122-million-london-penthouse-raise-questions-about-the-uks-foreign-ownership-crackdown/
European Council press release here: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2023/12/13/anti-money-laundering-council-and-parliament-agree-to-create-new-authority/ European Parliament press release here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20231207IPR15734/deal-reached-on-the-eu-s-money-laundering-watchdog-amla European Commission press release here: https://finance.ec.europa.eu/news/commission-welcomes-political-agreement-regulation-establish-new-anti-money-laundering-authority-2023-12-13_en EU context of anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism: https://finance.ec.europa.eu/financial-crime/eu-context-anti-money-laundering-and-countering-financing-terrorism_en
Read here: https://www.natwestgroup.com/news-and-insights/news-room/press-releases/our-updates/2023/dec/key-findings-from-phase-2-of-travers-smith-review.html
Read here: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-12-14/hcws134 Link to legislation here: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1371/pdfs/uksi_20231371_en.pdf and here: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1371/made
Read here: https://goodlawproject.org/vip-lane-contracts-inflated-by-925m/
Read here: https://www.afp.gov.au/news-centre/media-release/afp-restrains-1-billion-criminal-assets-major-milestone
