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ICE Has Limited Ability to Identify and Combat Trade-Based Money Laundering Schemes

Read here: https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2023-08/OIG-23-41-Aug23.pdf

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New report shows Europe as key transhipment area for captagon bound for Arabian Peninsula

Read here: https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/news/2023/7/new-report-shows-europe-key-transhipment-area-captagon-bound-arabian-peninsula_en Link to report: https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/technical-reports/captagon-trafficking-and-role-europe_en

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U.S. Treasury Sanctions Latin America-Based Hezbollah Financial Network

Read here: https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/09/13/u-s-treasury-sanctions-latin-america-based-hezbollah-financial-network/

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Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Reports Robust Enforcement Outcomes and Enhances Disclosure of Statistics

Read here: https://www.mas.gov.sg/news/media-releases/2023/mas-reports-robust-enforcement-outcomes-and-enhances-disclosure-of-statistics Link to report: https://www.mas.gov.sg/-/media/mas/news-and-publications/monographs-and-information-papers/4th-enforcement-report.pdf

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Mexican Maritime Authorities Achieve Record Drug Seizures

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18043-mexican-maritime-authorities-achieve-record-drug-seizures

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TD’s US head says money-laundering probe ‘manageable’

Read here: https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/tds-us-head-says-money-224008291.html

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Time out for match-fixers manipulating livestreams

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/time-out-for-match-fixers-manipulating-livestreams

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Victim of serial fraudster demands £750k back from bank he used

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/victim-of-serial-fraudster-mark-acklom-demands-750k-back-from-bank-he-used-12957531

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Fraud fears as 100 firms are created every hour in UK

Read here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fraud-fears-as-100-firms-are-created-every-hour-0vchzjq92

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Missed Red Flags: Leak Exposes Swiss Asset Management Firm’s Work for Clients Accused of Fraud and Corruption

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/missed-red-flags-leak-exposes-swiss-asset-management-firms-work-for-clients-accused-of-fraud-and-corruption

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Members of Alleged Singapore Money Laundering Syndicate Bought London Properties Worth $56M

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/members-of-alleged-singapore-money-laundering-syndicate-bought-london-properties-worth-dollar56m

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Serious Fraud Office (SFO) charges four individuals behind Patisserie Valerie collapse

Read here: https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2023/09/13/sfo-charges-four-individuals-behind-patisserie-valerie-collapse/

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Axiom Ince owner admits £64m of client money is gone: Owner used funds to acquire firms and properties for himself

Read here: https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/axiom-ince-owner-admits-64m-is-gone/5117204.article

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Botched mansion raid ends UK case against Russian oligarch

Read here: https://news.yahoo.com/uk-drops-sanctions-evasion-probe-192700595.html

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Evidence of Joe Biden’s Involvement in His Family’s Influence Peddling Schemes

Read here: https://oversight.house.gov/blog/evidence-of-joe-bidens-involvement-in-his-familys-influence-peddling-schemes/

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More than 70 years in jail for money laundering and people smuggling network dismantled by the NCA

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/more-than-70-years-in-jail-for-money-laundering-and-people-smuggling-network-dismantled-by-the-nca

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Miami-Based Businessman Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Violate Russia-Ukraine Sanctions and to Commit International Money Laundering

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/miami-based-businessman-pleads-guilty-conspiracy-violate-russia-ukraine-sanctions-and-commit

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The UK must up its game on asset recovery to tackle corruption and kleptocracy

Read here: https://www.spotlightcorruption.org/the-uk-must-up-its-game-on-asset-recovery-to-tackle-corruption-and-kleptocracy/

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Statement from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on the Extradition of Ovidio Guzman Lopez from Mexico to the United States

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/statement-attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-extradition-ovidio-guzman-lopez-mexico-united

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New US sanctions target people and companies in Turkey, Georgia and Russia

Read here: https://www.euronews.com/2023/09/14/new-us-sanctions-target-people-and-companies-in-turkey-georgia-and-russia

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China’s trade in endangered pangolins actively undermines CITES, the US Government rules

Read here: https://eia-international.org/news/chinas-trade-in-endangered-pangolins-actively-undermines-cites-the-us-government-rules/

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Germany: Three convicted of import smuggling of luxury cars and organised tax evasion

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/news/germany-three-convicted-import-smuggling-luxury-cars-and-organised-tax-evasion

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U.S. Attorney Announces Return Of Significant Collection Of Antiquities To Cambodia

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/us-attorney-announces-return-significant-collection-antiquities-cambodia

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Shoplifting an epidemic, says John Lewis boss

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66784250

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Latvia: Three indicted for fraud involving drainage systems

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/news/latvia-three-indicted-fraud-involving-drainage-systems

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Port in a storm: Organized crime in Odesa since the Russian invasion

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/odesa-bessarabia-organized-crime/ Link to report: https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Port-in-a-storm-Organized-crime-in-Odesa-since-the-Russian-invasion-GI-TOC-September-2023.pdf

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Friend of Kyrgyz President’s Son Revealed as Co-Owner of Construction Company Behind High-Profile Property Developments

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/the-shadow-investor/friend-of-kyrgyz-presidents-son-revealed-as-co-owner-of-construction-company-behind-high-profile-property-developments

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‘We’ve learned lessons’: The banker clearing up the £1.1bn fallout from the UK’s Covid loan scheme

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/12/he-banker-covid-loan-scheme-british-business-bank-chief-louis-taylor

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Lindemann family returns 33 long-sought ancient statues to Cambodia

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/hidden-treasures/lindemann-family-returns-33-long-sought-ancient-statues-to-cambodia/

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IMF challenges ineffective FATF approach to money-laundering

Read here: https://taxjustice.net/2023/09/12/imf-challenges-ineffective-fatf-approach-to-money-laundering/

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IOCTA spotlight report on malware-based cyber-attacks published

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/iocta-spotlight-report-malware-based-cyber-attacks-published Link to report: https://www.europol.europa.eu/cms/sites/default/files/documents/Spotlight%20Report%20-%20Cyber-attacks%20the%20apex%20of%20crime-as-a-service.pdf

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Chinese National Admits to Trafficking Counterfeit Gift Cards

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdil/pr/chinese-national-admits-trafficking-counterfeit-gift-cards-belleville

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Austrian prosecutors drop bribery investigation into ex-finance minister

Read here: https://uk.style.yahoo.com/austrian-prosecutors-drop-bribery-investigation-171118014.html

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Vatican bank rebuts ‘impossible’ Russian money claims

Read here: https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/vatican-bank-rebuts-impossible-russian

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Fakes, frauds, and forgeries: Illegality in the collector car market

Read here: https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/classic-cars/fakes-frauds-and-forgeries-illegality-in-the-collector-car-market/

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Singapore Says China Did Not Trigger Laundering Probe

Read here: https://www.finews.asia/finance/40003-singapore-says-china-did-not-trigger-laundering-probe

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Leader of International Money Laundering Network Sentenced for Laundering Millions of Dollars in Drug Proceeds

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/leader-international-money-laundering-network-sentenced-laundering-millions-dollars-drug

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Can Singapore hold on to its reputation as Asia’s ‘safe haven’?

Read here: https://www.ft.com/content/b66e2f92-1b92-47af-8f4b-f2a1abcedfbd

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Sberbank: Bank’s strong numbers point to weakness of sanctions

Read here: https://www.ft.com/content/381e259c-8574-4cd8-a04a-0fdec6aaad28

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Two Families, Notorious for Enabling Corruption in Kyrgyzstan, United in Marriage

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/the-shadow-investor/two-families-notorious-for-enabling-corruption-in-kyrgyzstan-united-in-marriage

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