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Brazil Arrests Those Linked to Deforesting 598 Hectares of Amazon Rainforest

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17978-brazil-arrests-those-linked-to-deforesting-598-hectares-of-amazon-rainforest

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Gold bar hidden in Nutella jar from Kuala Lumpur seized in Indian airport

Read here: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2023/08/31/gold-bar-hidden-in-nutella-jar-from-kl-seized-in-indian-airport

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£250m of UK property owned by children of autocratic rulers and allies

Read here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/uk-property-investigation-children-autocratic-rulers-87fj60g5f

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Honduras arrests mayor accused of trafficking cocaine to US

Read here: https://news.yahoo.com/honduras-arrests-mayor-accused-trafficking-225859899.html

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District of Columbia Man Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/district-columbia-man-pleads-guilty-wire-fraud

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Over two thirds of properties held by overseas shell companies remain anonymous

Read here: https://www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-news-from-LSE/2023/i-September-2023/Over-two-thirds-of-properties-held-by-overseas-shell-companies-remain-anonymous Main link to paper: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/publications/workingpapers/2023/catch_me_if_you_can_gaps_in_the_register_of_overseas_entities/ Link to PDF of paper: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/manage/publications/wp680.2023.pdf

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Sanctions: A headache for humanitarian action

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/sanctions–a-headache-for-humanitarian-action/48733310

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El Dorado County Couple Sentenced for Tax Fraud

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr/el-dorado-county-couple-sentenced-tax-fraud

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Nigerian president appoints new minister accused of helping a former dictator launder looted billions

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/nigerian-president-appoints-new-minister-accused-of-helping-a-former-dictator-launder-looted-billions/

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Amid S$1 billion money laundering probe, a look at how dirty money is washed through online gambling

Read here: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/billion-dollar-money-laundering-singapore-online-gambling-wash-money-3724011

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Food Crime: An often-ignored money laundering typology and a predicate crime

Read here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949791423000222?via%3Dihub

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Qakbot botnet infrastructure shattered after international operation

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/qakbot-botnet-infrastructure-shattered-after-international-operation

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Executive Charged in International Oil and Gas Trading Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/executive-charged-international-oil-and-gas-trading-bribery-and-money-laundering-scheme

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EU warns of financial risks from Andorra, Monaco and San Marino

Read here: https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-warn-financial-risk-andorra-monaco-san-marino/

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Spain Seizes Record Amount of Cocaine Hidden in Banana Boxes

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17970-spain-seizes-record-amount-of-cocaine-hidden-in-banana-boxes

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US Sanctions Rights Abusers in Eastern Congo

Read here: https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/08/28/us-sanctions-rights-abusers-eastern-congo

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Paraguay Reaches Record Drug Seizures

Read here: https://dialogo-americas.com/articles/paraguay-reaches-record-drug-seizures/

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Cocaine cartels encroach on Unification Church’s Paraguayan paradise

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/paraguay-drugs-unification-church/

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Estonia’s FSA fines LHV Pank close to €1 million

Read here: https://news.err.ee/1609080563/fsa-fines-lhv-pank-close-to-1-million

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Sanction elites to stop Lebanon from becoming a failed state

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/8/23/sanction-elites-to-stop-lebanon-from-becoming-a-failed-state

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Bulgaria: Suspected irregularities of over €140 million in railway infrastructure project

Read here: https://anti-fraud.ec.europa.eu/media-corner/news/bulgaria-suspected-irregularities-over-eu140-million-railway-infrastructure-project-2023-08-23_en

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Criminals Target Cash-Only Pot Dispensaries Amid Banking Unease

Read here: https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/marijuana-dispensaries-criminals/2023/08/28/id/1132283/

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Probe expands to precious stone and metal traders in billion-dollar Singapore money laundering case

Read here: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/billion-dollar-money-laundering-case-probe-expands-precious-stone-and-metal-traders-24-more-suspects-named-3730566

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Online Scammers Pilfered Americans of More Than $10 Billion in 2022

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17968-online-scammers-pilfered-americans-of-more-than-10-billion-in-2022

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The Cocaine Problem Ecuador’s Presidential Candidates Cannot Wish Away

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/datainsights-cocaine-problem-ecuador-candidates-cannot-wish-away/

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Sanctions Against Iran Have Made the Country’s Rich Richer and Its Poor Poorer

Read here: https://jacobin.com/2023/08/iran-sanctions-inequality-income-wealth-poor

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Hundreds of thousands trafficked to work as online scammers in South East Asia, says UN report

Read here: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/08/hundreds-thousands-trafficked-work-online-scammers-se-asia-says-un-report Link to report: https://bangkok.ohchr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ONLINE-SCAM-OPERATIONS-2582023.pdf  

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Biofuel certification schemes slammed for failing to halt fraud

Read here: https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/biofuel-certification-schemes-slammed-for-failing-to-halt-fraud/

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The Backpage trial: What to know as Michael Lacey and others face prostitution charges

Read here: https://eu.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2023/08/28/backpage-trial-what-to-know-as-former-new-time-michael-lacey-others-face-prostitution-charges/70673870007/

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Former Co-operative Bank chairman charged with fraud

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-66620540

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International sanctions against Venezuela are creating a chronic problem

Read here: https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-08-28/international-sanctions-against-venezuela-are-creating-a-chronic-problem.html

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Two men jailed over cocaine and amphetamine smuggled in laser cutting machine

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/two-men-jailed-over-cocaine-and-amphetamine-smuggled-in-laser-cutting-machine

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Corruption scandals rattle governments in Chile and Colombia

Read here: https://brazilian.report/latin-america/2023/08/28/chile-boric-colombia-petro-corruption/

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TSB fraud worker used position to defraud £87k from bank to fund gambling and drug habits

Read here: https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2023-08-25/tsb-fraud-worker-defrauded-87k-from-bank-to-fund-gambling-and-drug-habits

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The Undoing of Vijay Mallya, the “King of Good Times”

Read here: https://www.thejuggernaut.com/vijay-mallya-kingfisher-scandal

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A day in the life of an MLRO

Read here: https://www.complianceweek.com/aml/a-day-in-the-life-of-an-mlro/33473.article

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Zambia-Egypt plane seizure: The cash and fake gold that no-one is claiming

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-66614769

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SEC Charges 3M with Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Violations Relating to China Subsidiary

Read here: https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2023-160

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SARs IN ACTION: August 2023

Read here: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/669-sars-in-action-issue-21/file

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