News and Blogs

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt paid $67 million for a superyacht abandoned by a sanctioned Russian oligarch

Read here: https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/ex-google-ceo-eric-schmidt-140028766.html

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Counterfeit Crop-Protection Products

Read here: https://www.apirasol.com/counterfeit-crop-protection-products

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Videoslots Limited, operator of videoslots.com, videoslots.co.uk and mrvegas.com, to pay £2m for regulatory failures

Read here: https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/news/article/videoslots-limited-to-pay-gbp2m-for-regulatory-failures

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How US-made sniper ammunition ends up in Russian rifles

Read here: https://www.politico.eu/article/how-us-made-sniper-ammunition-russia-rifles-weapon-ukraine-war/amp/

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‘Bribes’ for pink ID cards

Read here: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2595174/bribes-for-pink-id-cards

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The Rotenberg Files

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/rotenberg-files/

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FATF Plenary Week – June 2023

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

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How Bosses from Four Cocaine Cartels Planned a Wild Prison Break

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/how-bosses-from-four-cocaine-cartels-planned-a-wild-prison-break

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The risks of money laundering in the metaverse

Read here: https://fintechmagazine.com/articles/the-risks-of-money-laundering-in-the-metaverse

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Papua New Guinea Probes Alleged Bribery Scheme Involving Former Port Executives

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17751-papua-new-guinea-probes-alleged-bribery-scheme-involving-former-port-executives

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After Peralta, Dominican Republic’s Cocaine Crackdown Targets Smaller Cities

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/peralta-dominican-republics-cocaine-crackdown/

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Money laundering charges laid after $2 million in cash uncovered during truck stop

Read here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-16/truck-stop-leads-to-discovery-of-millions-in-cash/102486958

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Russian National Arrested and Charged with Conspiring to Commit LockBit Ransomware Attacks Against U.S. and Foreign Businesses

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/russian-national-arrested-and-charged-conspiring-commit-lockbit-ransomware-attacks-against-us

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Survival at Stake: Sierra Leone’s Fishermen Pay the Price for Government Inaction on Illegal Industrial Trawlers

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/37-ccblog/ccblog/17750-survival-at-stake-sierra-leones-fishermen-pay-the-price-for-government-inaction-on-illegal-industrial-trawlers

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Judge shortage delays money-laundering trial for a year

Read here: https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/practice/judge-shortage-delays-money-laundering-trial-for-a-year/5116336.article

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France debates effectiveness of Russian media sanctions

Read here: https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2023/06/18/france-debates-effectiveness-of-russian-media-sanctions/

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Japan-made semiconductors skirt sanctions to enter Russia

Read here: https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Trade/Japan-made-semiconductors-skirt-sanctions-to-enter-Russia

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SFO intercepts funds from sanctioned bank to return to international fraud victims

Read here: https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2023/06/16/sfo-intercepts-funds-from-sanctioned-bank-to-return-to-international-fraud-victims/

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Victims speak out over ‘tsunami’ of fraud on Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jun/16/victims-speak-out-over-fraud-on-instagram-facebook-and-whatsapp

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Serious Fraud Office charges former CEO and CFO of London Mining Plc with bribery

Read here: https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2023/06/16/serious-fraud-office-charges-former-ceo-and-cfo-of-london-mining-plc-with-bribery/

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Drug situation in Europe up to 2023 – Overview and assessment of emerging threats and new developments (European Drug Report 2023)

Read here: https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/european-drug-report/2023/drug-situation-in-europe-up-to-2023_en

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Six charged over seizure of $1.7bn worth of meth allegedly hidden in bottles of canola oil en route to Australia

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/15/six-charged-over-seizure-of-17bn-worth-of-meth-allegedly-en-route-to-australia

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A powerful U.S. political family is behind a copper mine in the Colombian rainforest

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/a-powerful-political-family-from-new-hampshire-is-behind-a-copper-mine-in-the-colombian-rainforest/

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Catfished by Captives

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yzy1nMiTeM

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FinCEN Joins Trilateral North America Drug Dialogue Workshop to Address Money Laundering Associated with Drug Trafficking

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/readout-fincen-joins-trilateral-north-america-drug-dialogue-workshop-address

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Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrests former Deccan Chronicle chairman and two others in money laundering and bank fraud case

Read here: https://www.opindia.com/2023/06/ed-arrests-former-deccan-chronicle-chairman-in-money-laundering-case/

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The Ghost Guns Haunting National Crime Statistics

Read here: https://fas.org/publication/the-ghost-guns-haunting-national-crime-statistics/

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2023 Trafficking in Persons Report

Read here: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-trafficking-in-persons-report/ Link to report: https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-TIP-Report.pdf

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UK Authorities Bust Northern Ireland’s Largest-ever Tax Evaders

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17754-uk-authorities-bust-northern-ireland-s-largest-ever-tax-evaders

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Two arrests in UK over £120m cocaine haul hidden in charcoal

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/two-arrests-in-leicestershire-over-120m-cocaine-haul-hidden-in-charcoal

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Majority of law firms submitting no Suspicious Activity Reports

Read here: https://todaysconveyancer.co.uk/majority-law-firms-submitting-no-suspicious-activity-reports-study/

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First-ever official data on illicit financial flows now available

Read here: https://unctad.org/news/first-ever-official-data-illicit-financial-flows-now-available

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Serious Fraud Office charges three directors with fraud for forestry investment in Costa Rica

Read here: https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2023/06/14/serious-fraud-office-charges-three-directors-with-fraud-for-forestry-investment-in-costa-rica/

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Report on lessons learnt from the Pandora Papers and other revelations

Read here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-9-2023-0095_EN.html

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Investigation Huracán: VAT fraud involving 10,000 cars uncovered

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/news/investigation-huracan-vat-fraud-involving-10-000-cars-uncovered

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More action in the UK to fight fraud, bribery and other economic crime

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/more-action-to-fight-fraud-bribery-and-other-economic-crime

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EBA finds that money laundering and terrorist financing risks in payments institutions are not managed effectively

Read here: https://www.eba.europa.eu/eba-finds-money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing-risks-payments-institutions-are-not-managed

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Crackdown on a gold smuggling network in Italy, Germany and Switzerland

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/crackdown-gold-smuggling-network-italy-germany-and-switzerland

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Dutch financial institutions failing to freeze Russian assets, central bank finds

Read here: https://nltimes.nl/2023/06/12/dutch-financial-institutions-failing-freeze-russian-assets-central-bank-finds

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Kleptocrats’ trusted helpers: The professions that enable illicit financial flows

Read here: https://www.u4.no/publications/kleptocrats-trusted-helpers.pdf

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