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Lithuania Fines Bankera-Affiliated Firm Over Compliance Failures

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/lithuania-fines-bankera-affiliated-firm-over-compliance-failures

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UK Economic Crime Plan 2: Outcomes progress report

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/economic-crime-plan-2-outcomes-progress-report

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New guidance expands self-reporting for economic crimes

Read here: https://www.copfs.gov.uk/about-copfs/news/new-guidance-expands-self-reporting-for-economic-crimes/

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The Chapitos: Bloodlines and Battlefields in Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/summer-insights-2025-chapitos-bloodlines-battlefields-mexicos-sinaloa-cartel/

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Form ‘Five Eyes’ for Organised Crime, says Tony Blair Institute

Read here: https://institute.global/insights/news/form-five-eyes-for-organised-crime-says-tony-blair-institute

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Egyptian police arrest dozens of teenage TikTokkers for ‘indecency’ and ‘money laundering’

Read here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-30/egypt-police-arrest-dozens-of-teen-tiktokkers/105715200

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SARs IN ACTION: August 2025

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/762-sars-in-action-issue-33/file

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The ‘closing down sale’ scam: When bargains are too good to be true

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/aug/24/the-closing-down-sale-scam-bargains-fake-ads-facebook-instagram-deals

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Mortgage advisor suspected of laundering cash for Limburg cocaine smugglers

Read here: https://nltimes.nl/2025/08/31/mortgage-advisor-suspected-laundering-cash-limburg-cocaine-smugglers

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New measures to tackle fraud come into effect in UK: New corporate criminal offence of ‘failure to prevent fraud’

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-measures-to-tackle-fraud-come-into-effect

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Former CEO And CFO Of Cryptocurrency Lender Cred LLC Sentenced To Multiple Years In Prison For Wire Fraud Conspiracy Convictions

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/former-ceo-and-cfo-cryptocurrency-lender-cred-llc-sentenced-multiple-years-prison-wire

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Elderly woman conned by romance scammer posing as stranded astronaut

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/elderly-woman-conned-by-romance-scammer-posing-as-stranded-astronaut-13424162

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Unregulated fentanyl in North America: A trilateral perspective

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/unregulated-fentanyl-in-north-america-a-trilateral-perspective/ Link to report: https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Cecilia-Farfán-Méndez-Jason-Eligh-Unregulated-fentanyl-in-North-America-A-trilateral-perspective-GI-TOC-September-2025.pdf

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Thaksin’s Fixer and a Cambodian Empire’s Push to Control Thai Energy

Read here: https://whalehunting.projectbrazen.com/thaksins-fixer-and-a-cambodian-empires-push-to-control-thai-energy/

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Counterfeit clothing boss ordered to pay back more than £90m of criminal proceeds

Read here: https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/counterfeit-clothing-boss-ordered-pay-back-more-ps90m-criminal-proceeds

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Lebanese Court Releases Former Central Bank Governor on Bail

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/lebanese-court-releases-former-central-bank-governor-on-bail

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Alleged Mexican Cartel Members Buy Time With Legal Mechanism

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/feature/analysis-alleged-cartel-members-in-mexico-buying-time-with-legal-mechanism

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Duped of millions in ‘digital arrest’, Indian woman seeks answers from banks

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clydllln9lgo

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Use of Artificial Intelligence by High Risk Criminal Networks

Read here: https://zenodo.org/records/16750778

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5 Things to Know About US Missile Strike in the Caribbean

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/5-things-to-know-about-trump-missile-strike-in-caribbean/

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Wolfsberg Group Guidance on the Provision of Banking Services to Fiat-backed Stablecoin issuers

Read here: https://wolfsberg-group.org/resources/204/ Link to guidance: https://db.wolfsberg-group.org/assets/b7d371b0-eec0-4383-ae0c-05510aabd47c/Wolfsberg_StablecoinGuidance%20(1).pdf

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UK’s 2025 National Risk Assessment (NRA) confirms that accountancy services remain exposed to high money laundering risk

Read here: https://www.icaew.com/insights/viewpoints-on-the-news/2025/aug-2025/accountants-face-new-money-laundering-threats

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African authorities dismantle massive cybercrime and fraud networks, recover millions

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/fr/Actualites-et-evenements/Actualites/2025/African-authorities-dismantle-massive-cybercrime-and-fraud-networks-recover-millions

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Crown Prosecution Service charging statement on criminal allegations relating to the provision of gambling services in Turkey

Read here: https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/crown-prosecution-service-charging-statement-criminal-allegations-relating-provision

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SFO secures £1.1 million with first Unexplained Wealth Order

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/sfo-secures-11-million-with-first-unexplained-wealth-order

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Spotlight raises concerns about a whitewash as National Audit Office releases report on UK-Saudi military contracts

Read here: https://www.spotlightcorruption.org/whitewash-nao-report-saudi-contracts/

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Behind the Curtain: Venezuela’s ‘Cartels’ and the US Missile Strike Explained

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/behind-the-curtain-venezuelas-cartels-and-the-us-missile-strike-explained/

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F1 in Azerbaijan – A classic case of sportswashing

Read here: https://atlas.thesentry.org/azerbaijan-aliyev-empire/f1/

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FinCEN Issues Notice on Financially Motivated Sextortion

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-issues-notice-financially-motivated-sextortion Link to notice: https://www.fincen.gov/system/files/2025-09/FinCEN-Notice-FMS-508C.pdf

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UK drafts changes to Money Laundering Regulations

Read here: https://financialregulation.linklaters.com/post/102l2qm/uk-drafts-changes-to-money-laundering-regulations

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Secret audios, dramatic leaks, spying claims: A bribery scandal engulfs Argentina’s Milei

Read here: https://apnews.com/article/argentina-javier-milei-karina-milei-scandal-55f0124e6ba94874229ce3cb009db805

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The Story of Mexico’s Multibillion-Dollar Fuel Theft Crisis

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/mexico-multibillion-dollar-fuel-theft-crisis/

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The scam crisis on Booking.com

Read here: https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/the-scam-crisis-on-booking.com-aAj2P4i2c06f

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Report on the emerging patterns of misuse of technology by terrorist actors

Read here: https://rm.coe.int/report-on-the-emerging-patterns-of-misuse-of-technology-by-terrorist-a/4880281a94

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Dutch NCP takes up case against Dutch companies linked to Colombian “blood coal”

Read here: https://www.somo.nl/dutch-ncp-takes-up-case-against-dutch-companies-linked-to-colombian-blood-coal/

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Lies, private jets and a missing $86m: Inigo Philbrick’s art world swindle

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/aug/22/lies-private-jets-missing-86m-inigo-philbrick-art-world-swindle

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Swiss lawmakers push back on anti-money laundering law over competitiveness concerns

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/swiss-lawmakers-push-back-anti-060610340.html

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Moving Money: Uncovering the reality of exploitative money laundering and other forms of child financial exploitation

Read here: https://www.thinkdigitalpartners.com/news/2025/08/28/moving-money-uncovering-the-reality-of-exploitative-money-laundering-and-other-forms-of-child-financial-exploitation/

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U.S. Government Seizes Online Marketplaces Selling Fraudulent Identity Documents Used in Cybercrime Schemes

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/us-government-seizes-online-marketplaces-selling-fraudulent-identity-documents-used

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