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5 New Creative Ways Traffickers Tried to Smuggle Cocaine

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/5-new-creative-ways-traffickers-tried-smuggle-cocaine/

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Tapas and Toxins: Family of Spanish Restaurateurs Investigated for Selling Sanctioned Dual-Use Chemicals to Russia

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/tapas-and-toxins-family-of-spanish-restaurateurs-investigated-for-selling-sanctioned-dual-use-chemicals-to-russia

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Marfrig’s bonds funded beef from illegally deforested areas in Brazil

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/marfrigs-bonds-funded-beef-from-illegally-deforested-areas-in-brazil/

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Leaked Emails Reveal ‘Air Bridge’ of Drug Flights from Venezuela to Belize

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/leaked-emails-reveal-air-bridge-of-drug-flights-from-venezuela-to-belize

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Greece extradites oligarch to Moldova in $1bn fraud case

Read here: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyldynzg48o

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Shady Company Gets Logging Green Light

Read here: https://www.liberianobserver.com/news/shady-company-gets-logging-green-light/article_487754cc-16c6-44a2-89f3-22b843a3efb9.html

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Montenegro Suspends Extradition of Convicted Money Launderer to China

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/montenegro-suspends-extradition-of-convicted-money-launderer-to-china

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Fighting AI with AI: AI, one of cybercriminals’ favourite new tools

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/Resources/INTERPOL-Spotlight/Issue-2-Cybercrime/Spotlight-Cybercrime-Innovation

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Australian Cocaine Pilot Killed in Brazil Plane Crash Linked to Kinahan Drug Cartel

Read here: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/09/27/australian-cocaine-pilot-killed-in-brazil-plane-crash-linked-to-kinahan-drug-cartel/

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Outsmarting real-life criminals in the virtual world

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/Resources/INTERPOL-Spotlight/Issue-2-Cybercrime/Spotlight-Cybercrime-Focus

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Emerging threats in Southeast Asia – Exploitation of AI and automation in the regional cybercrime landscape

Read here: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/frontpage/2025/September/emerging-threats-in-southeast-asia–exploitation-of-ai-and-automation-in-the-regional-cybercrime-landscape.html Link to report: https://www.unodc.org/roseap/uploads/documents/Publications/2025/UNODC_Report_Emerging_threats_-_The_intersection_of_criminal_and_technological_innovation_in_the_use_of_automation_and_AI.pdf

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Latvian Broker Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Illegally Export U.S. Aircraft Technology to Russia

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/latvian-broker-pleads-guilty-conspiring-illegally-export-us-aircraft-technology-russia

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Romania: Four indicted for criminal scheme involving public officials that secured €2.2 million for pastures

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/romania-four-indicted-criminal-scheme-involving-public-officials-secured-eu22-million

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APP scams reimbursement dashboard for Q2 2025 published in UK

Read here: https://www.psr.org.uk/information-for-consumers/app-scams-reimbursement-dashboard/

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Sovcombank Co-owner Invested Millions of Dollars in U.S. Real Estate, and It Avoided Sanctions

Read here: https://istories.media/en/stories/2025/09/28/khotimsky/

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Chainalysis Data Stands Alone: Independently Proven Accurate and Reliable

Read here: https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/chainalysis-data-independently-proven-accurate-and-reliable/ Link to report: https://www.usenix.org/system/files/usenixsecurity25-lubbertsen.pdf

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Sanctions gap lets Russian-mined nickel flow to Western markets

Read here: https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/transition-minerals/sanctions-gap-lets-russian-mined-nickel-flow-to-western-markets/

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Record Cocaine Bust in Russia Highlights New Trafficking Route From Ecuador

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/record-cocaine-bust-in-russia-highlights-new-trafficking-route-from-ecuador

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U.S. Places Brazil, South Africa on Human Trafficking Watchlist

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/brazil-and-south-africa-risk-us-sanctions-after-human-trafficking-watchlist-downgrade

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China Sentences 16 Members of Myanmar Crime Syndicate to Death Over Cyber Scams

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/china-sentences-16-members-of-myanmar-crime-syndicate-to-death-over-cyber-scams

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Ghost Riders and Deepfake Doctors: Inside Brazil’s AI-Driven Crime Surge

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/ghost-riders-and-deepfake-doctors-inside-brazils-ai-driven-crime-surge/

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‘You’ll never need to work again’: Criminals offer reporter money to hack BBC

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3w5n903447o

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Commission takes action to ensure complete and timely transposition of EU directives

Read here: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/inf_25_2124

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Defendant in Record UK Crypto Seizure Case Bought Dubai Properties

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/exclusive-man-convicted-in-record-uk-crypto-seizure-case-bought-dubai-properties

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Lawyers reject ‘high risk’ rating for money laundering

Read here: https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/lawyers-reject-high-risk-rating-for-money-laundering/5124592.article

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FINTRAC imposes an administrative monetary penalty on Peken Global Limited

Read here: https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/new-neuf/nr/2025-09-25-eng

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Joint investigation teams crucial in fighting Italian-Brazilian criminal links

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/joint-investigation-teams-crucial-fighting-italian-brazilian-criminal-links

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Imposition of monetary penalty on Colorcon Limited for breach of financial sanctions

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/imposition-of-monetary-penalty-colorcon-limited

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Two people convicted following world’s largest crypto seizure

Read here: https://news.met.police.uk/news/woman-convicted-following-worlds-largest-seizure-501569

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Building the illegal market evidence base – starting with taking a consumer-driven approach

Read here: https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/blog/post/building-the-illegal-market-evidence-base-starting-with-taking-a-consumer/

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New research on consumer behaviours in the illegal gambling market

Read here: https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/news/article/new-research-on-consumer-behaviours-in-the-illegal-gambling-market/

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Amid Venezuela’s illegal gold heist are armed groups, gangs & elites, report says

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/amid-venezuelas-illegal-gold-heist-are-armed-groups-gangs-elites-report-says/ Link to report: https://thefactcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Gold-Mining-Policy-Report-FACT-ENG-V3.pdf

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Cyprus Court Case Kicks Off Involving Superyacht Firm That Was Ultimately Owned by Abramovich

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/cyprus-court-case-kicks-off-involving-superyacht-firm-that-was-ultimately-owned-by-abramovich

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Iran sanctions snapback: Council reimposes restrictive measures

Read here: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2025/09/29/iran-sanctions-snapback-council-reimposes-restrictive-measures/

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UK-Bermuda Joint Statement on Sanctions

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-bermuda-joint-statement-on-sanctions

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Major blow to billion-euro glass eel trafficking networks

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/major-blow-to-billion-euro-glass-eel-trafficking-networks

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Slovenia: Searches in subsidy fraud probe involving Covid-19 protective equipment

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/slovenia-searches-subsidy-fraud-probe-involving-covid-19-protective-equipment

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Solicitor “turned blind eye” to money laundering concerns

Read here: https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/high-court-solicitor-turned-blind-eye-to-money-laundering-concerns

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Former Co-Op Bank chairman who stole from vulnerable friend ordered to pay back £184,000 to victims

Read here:https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/former-co-op-bank-chairman-who-stole-vulnerable-friend-ordered-pay-back-ps184000-victims

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From crypto-enabled money laundering to online recruitment of minors: European Police Chiefs tackle criminal threats

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/crypto-enabled-money-laundering-to-online-recruitment-of-minors-european-police-chiefs-tackle-criminal-threats

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