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Why ‘Following the Money’ Isn’t Enough to Stop Organised Crime Anymore

Read here: https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkax5k/money-laundering-organized-crime

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FCA publishes findings from review of anti-fraud controls and complaint handling in firms (with a focus on APP Fraud)

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/multi-firm-reviews/anti-fraud-controls-complaint-handling-firms-focus-app-fraud

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Money Laundering Case Involving Lanzarote Resort and Sale of Arms to Dictatorial Regime of Teodoro Obiang in Equatorial Guinea May Move to National Court

Read here: https://www.canarianweekly.com/posts/Money-laundering-case-involving-Lanzarote-resort-may-move-to-national-court

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INTERPOL warns that illegal wildlife trade has become one of the ‘world’s largest criminal activities’

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/fr/Actualites-et-evenements/Actualites/2023/Illegal-wildlife-trade-has-become-one-of-the-world-s-largest-criminal-activities

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Singapore looking at using AI in fight against money laundering, says central bank chief

Read here: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/singapore-artificial-intelligence-fight-money-laundering-mas-ravi-menon-3894781

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Leaving poppy behind – Permanently: how the findings from UNODC’s new Afghan opium survey could affect vulnerable populations

Read here: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/frontpage/2023/November/leaving-poppy-behind–permanently_-how-the-findings-from-unodcs-new-afghan-opium-survey-could-affect-vulnerable-populations.html Link to Afghanistan Opium Survey 2023: https://www.unodc.org/documents/crop-monitoring/Afghanistan/Afghanistan_opium_survey_2023.pdf

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DBS Has $74 Million Exposure to Singapore Laundering Scandal

Read here: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/dbs-has-74-million-exposure-to-singapore-laundering-scandal-1.1994390

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Bank staff receive jail terms over £1 million fraud

Read here: https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/43235/bank-staff-receive-jail-terms-over-1-million-fraud

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Argentina Seizes Large Quantity of Illegally Transported Shellfish

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18191-argentina-seizes-large-quantity-of-illegally-transported-shellfish

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Hong Kong security chief describes US sanctions against officials as triad activities

Read here: https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/210011/Security-chief-describes-US-sanctions-against-officials-as-triad-activities

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TotalEnergies says assessing impact of US sanctions on Arctic LNG 2

Read here: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/totalenergies-says-assessing-impact-us-172359502.html

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Ex-law enforcement officials warn Biden’s menthol cigarette ban could ‘create a vacuum’ for Mexican cartels

Read here: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ex-law-enforcement-officials-warn-bidens-menthol-cigarette-ban-create-vacuum-mexican-cartels

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How Russia Games Oil Sanctions for Big Profits

Read here: https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/how-russia-games-oil-sanctions-for-big-profits-33b26342

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Flights tracking North Korean sanctions busters anger China

Read here: https://www.ft.com/content/ca62d7f6-0042-43a7-8f01-e81c6d2dc800

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NCA warns of abuse of gold to evade sanctions

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/nca-warns-of-abuse-of-gold-to-evade-sanctions NCA advisory here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/679-necc-red-alert-gold-sanctions-circumvention/file

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Book Review: The Lucky Laundry by Nathan Lynch

When people think of Australia, they might typically picture kangaroos, barbecues and the Sydney Opera House – what they won’t be picturing is a professional money launderer shot in the […]

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Doc Antle, Owner of Myrtle Beach Safari, Pleads Guilty to Federal Wildlife Trafficking and Money Laundering Charges

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/doc-antle-owner-myrtle-beach-safari-pleads-guilty-federal-wildlife-trafficking-and-money

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Over 100 UK companies admit to breaching Russia sanctions, according to top law firm

Read here: https://www.export.org.uk/news/657245/Over-one-hundred-UK-firms-breach-Russia-sanctions.htm

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Comer Reveals How Joe Biden Received Laundered China Money

Read here: https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-reveals-how-joe-biden-received-laundered-china-money/

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NYDFS Fines Payoneer for Russia sanctions violations

Read here: https://www.dfs.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2023/11/ea20231102_co_payoneer.pdf

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Settlement Agreement between the OFAC and daVinci Payments for sanctions violations

Read here: https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20231106

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An Art Dealer Who Allegedly Headed a Trafficking Ring That Sold Egyptian Antiquities to the Louvre and the Met Has Been Arrested

Read here: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/an-art-dealer-who-allegedly-headed-a-trafficking-ring-that-sold-egyptian-antiquities-to-the-louvre-and-the-met-has-been-arrested-2388183

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Canada poised to create public company registry to curb financial secrecy

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/panama-papers/canada-poised-to-create-public-company-registry-to-curb-financial-secrecy/

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Belgium Businessman Left Ghana Due To Persistent Demands For Bribes To Construct The Chocolate Factories In Mexico and Guatemala

Read here: https://www.modernghana.com/news/1270800/the-belgium-businessman-left-ghana-due-to-persiste.html

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FinCEN Finalizes Rule on Use of FinCEN Identifiers in Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-finalizes-rule-use-fincen-identifiers-beneficial-ownership-information

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Why Switzerland has frozen funding to 11 Middle East NGOs

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/why-switzerland-has-frozen-funding-to-11-middle-east-ngos/48945246

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Biden Delays Potential Embargo on Chinese Products Despite China’s Role in Pangolin Trafficking

Read here: https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/president-biden-delays-potential-embargo-on-products-from-china-due-to-chinas-role-in-pangolin-trafficking-2023-11-03/

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Successful detection rises in effort to stamp out wildlife smuggled in the mail

Read here: https://www.traffic.org/news/successful-detection-rises-in-effort-to-stamp-out-wildlife-smuggled-in-the-mail/

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Frontline Facilitators: How Secretive UK Partnerships Supply Wartime Russia

Read here: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/11/03/frontline-facilitators-how-secretive-uk-partnerships-supply-wartime-russia/

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Seychelles secrets: Island tourist paradise home to Russia-linked firm exploiting UK laws

Read here: https://www.financeuncovered.org/stories/seychelles-secrets-island-tourist-paradise-alpha-consulting-valkovskaya-uk-economic-crime-act

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Backroom deals, mystery companies and a ‘killer lake’: Inside DRC’s gas and oil auction

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2023-11-02/backroom-deals-mystery-companies-and-a-killer-lake-inside-drcs-gas-and-oil-auction

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India: Stop Abusing Counterterrorism Regulations, Says Amnesty International

Read here: https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/joint-press-release-india-stop-abusing-counterterrorism-regulations/

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Kleptocracy in the Arts and Antiquities Trade

Read here: https://www.ned.org/countering-kleptocracy-october-2023/

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Drug trafficking imperils national park and Indigenous reserves in the Peruvian Amazon

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/drug-trafficking-imperils-national-park-and-indigenous-reserves-in-the-peruvian-amazon/

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U.S. and Israeli Officials Claim Hamas Was High During Oct. 7 Attack. Is It True?

Read here: https://www.vice.com/en/article/3akjmw/us-and-israeli-officials-claim-hamas-was-high-during-oct-7-attack-is-it-true

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Statement Of U.S. Attorney Damian Williams On The Conviction Of Samuel Bankman-Fried

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/statement-us-attorney-damian-williams-conviction-samuel-bankman-fried

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Ex-girlfriend of Brewdog boss James Watt cleared of criminal fraud

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-67320622

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Inside the two-year investigation of the captive tiger industry

Read here: https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2023/11/02/national-geographic-explorers-steve-winter-and-sharon-guynup-to-receive-2024-eliza-scidmore-award-for-outstanding-storytelling/

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The EU’s Ports Strategy should focus on disrupting global hubs of illicit trade

Read here: https://www.euronews.com/2023/11/03/the-eus-ports-strategy-should-focus-on-disrupting-global-hubs-of-illicit-trade

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