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Law Society wants single AML supervisor for legal services

Read here: https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/law-society-wants-single-aml-supervisor-for-legal-services

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Netherlands: Business community wants the government to take control in tackling money laundering

Read here: https://nltimes.nl/2023/10/22/business-community-wants-government-take-control-tackling-money-laundering

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UK: City firm fined for relying on Ukrainian lawyer for AML checks

Read here: https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/city-firm-fined-for-relying-on-ukrainian-lawyer-for-aml-checks/5117639.article

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The Second Quantum Revolution: The impact of quantum computing and quantum technologies on law enforcement

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/exploring-second-quantum-revolution-new-report Link to report: https://www.europol.europa.eu/cms/sites/default/files/documents/Europol_Innovation_Lab_Observatory_Report%20-%20The%20Second%20Quantum%20Revolution.pdf

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The EU Conflict Minerals Regulation: High stakes, disappointing results

Read here: https://ipisresearch.be/publication/the-eu-conflict-minerals-regulation-high-stakes-disappointing-results/ Link to report: https://ipisresearch.be/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/20231019_IPIS-The-EU-conflict-minerals-regulation_High-stakes-disappointing-results.pdf

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Chinese Scammers Use Fake Loan Apps for Money Laundering

Read here: https://www.hackread.com/chinese-scammers-fake-loan-apps-money-laundering/

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BaFin imposes administrative fines on Deutsche Bank for delay in submitting suspicious transaction reports

Read here: https://www.bafin.de/SharedDocs/Veroeffentlichungen/EN/Massnahmen/60b_KWG_84_WpIG_und_57_GwG/Meldung_2023_10_19_deutsche_bank_en.html

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‘This is her opportunity’: Governor Kathy Hochul could forever unmask New York’s financial criminals

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/22/kathy-hochul-new-york-finance-real-estate-shell-corporations-llcs

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Ragnar Locker ransomware gang taken down by international police swoop

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/ragnar-locker-ransomware-gang-taken-down-international-police-swoop?mtm_campaign=newsletter

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Inside the deadly instant loan app scam that blackmails with nudes

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-66964510

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FATF Plenary Week – October 2023

Read here: https://www.fatf-gafi.org/en/publications/Fatfgeneral/fatf-week-october-2023.html

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Diamonds to star in new EU sanctions on Russia

Read here: https://euobserver.com/world/157585

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Australia: Organised Crime Squad charge seven people, as international money laundering syndicate is dismantled

Read here: https://www.afp.gov.au/news-centre/media-release/organised-crime-squad-charge-seven-people-international-money-laundering

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‘Off-the-shelf’ AML policies put firms and clients at risk

Read here: https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/topics/anti-money-laundering/off-the-shelf-aml-policies-put-firms-and-clients-at-risk

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Supporting resilience among environmental defenders

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/resilience-environmental-defenders-handbook/

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Fraud decreased by 13% in UK according to Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) for the year ending June 2023:

Read here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingjune2023

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Fall of a Fijian Trafficker Exposes Previous Government’s Blind Eye to Meth

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/fall-of-a-fijian-trafficker-exposes-previous-governments-blind-eye-to-meth

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$15 Million Penalty for Metropolitan Commercial Bank for Compliance Deficiencies in Third-Party Debit Card Program

Read here: https://www.dfs.ny.gov/reports_and_publications/press_releases/pr202310191 Link to Consent Order: https://www.dfs.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2023/10/ea20231018_co_mcb.pdf

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Egmont Group Chair’s Statement on the Status of Rosfinmonitoring’s (FIU of the Russian Federation) Membership

Read here: https://egmontgroup.org/news/eg-chairs-statement-on-the-status-of-rosfinmonitorings-membership/

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Audits aimed at flagging labor abuses are ‘designed to fail,’ investigation finds

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/trafficking-inc/audits-aimed-at-flagging-labor-abuses-are-designed-to-fail-investigation-finds/

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Horse racing industry not equipped to tackle money laundering, organised crime expert says

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/19/horse-racing-money-laundering-claims-australia

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Brazil must make urgent key reforms to build on its recent progress in the fight against foreign bribery, says the OECD Working Group on Bribery

Read here: https://www.oecd.org/newsroom/brazil-must-make-urgent-key-reforms-to-build-on-its-recent-progress-in-the-fight-against-foreign-bribery.htm

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Barcelona president Laporta ‘under formal investigation’ for suspected bribery

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/oct/18/barcelona-president-joan-laporta-under-formal-investigation-for-suspected-bribery

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Belgium Sentences Members of UK-Based Human Smuggling Ring

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18146-belgium-sentences-members-of-uk-based-human-smuggling-ring

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EU Concerned About Citizenship Programs; Says Dominica Sold 34,500 Passports

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18148-eu-concerned-about-citizenship-programs-says-dominica-sold-34-500-passports

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Spain-UK Money Laundering Network Exposed

Read here: https://euroweeklynews.com/2023/10/19/spain-uk-money-laundering-network-exposed/

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Man accused of Finland psychotherapy hack charged with 21,000 counts of extortion

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/18/man-accused-of-finland-psychotherapy-hack-charged-with-21000-counts-of-extortion

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Wolfsberg Group publishes updated Payment Transparency Standards

Read the Standards here: https://db.wolfsberg-group.org/assets/373dbb28-b518-4080-82cc-4be7a54aa16e/Wolfsberg%20Group%20Payment%20Transparency%20Standards%202023.pdf Read the press release here: https://wolfsberg-group.org/news/50  

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FinCEN Alert to Financial Institutions to Counter Financing to Hamas and its Terrorist Activities

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/2023-10/FinCEN_Alert_Terrorist_Financing_FINAL508.pdf

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FCA publishes key findings from review of systems and controls against money mule activity

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/multi-firm-reviews/proceeds-fraud-detecting-preventing-money-mules

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Massive Seizures in Euro-Asian Customs Crack Down on Illicit Trade

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18142-massive-seizures-in-euro-asian-customs-crack-down-on-illicit-trade

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Couple with S$325 million in assets seized in billion-dollar money laundering case denied bail

Read here: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/china-couple-325-million-assets-seek-bail-zhang-ruijin-lin-baoying-billion-dollar-money-laundering-3855036

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$2.8b money laundering accused is IT company CEO but does not know where office is

Read here: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/28b-money-laundering-accused-is-it-company-ceo-but-does-not-know-where-office-is-dpp

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Justice Department Announces Court-Authorized Action to Disrupt Illicit Revenue Generation Efforts of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Information Technology Workers

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-court-authorized-action-disrupt-illicit-revenue-generation

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Fully traceable gold – Technically feasible or pure fantasy?

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/fully-traceable-gold—technically-feasible-or-pure-fantasy-/48879948

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Fugees’ Pras wants retrial, claiming lawyer used AI to write “failed” closing argument

Read here: https://www.nme.com/news/music/fugees-pras-wants-retrial-claiming-lawyer-used-ai-to-write-failed-closing-argument-3517220

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In Response to Electoral Roadmap, Treasury Issues New Venezuela General Licenses

Read here: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1822

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US Issues Iran Ballistic Missile Procurement Advisory

Read here: https://www.state.gov/iran-ballistic-missile-procurement-advisory/ PDF here also: https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-10/2023_iran_ballistic_missile_procurement_advisory_10-17_final.pdf

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20 migrant smugglers sentenced to prison in Belgium with Eurojust support

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/migrant-smugglers-sentenced-prison-belgium-eurojust-support

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