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Convicted murderer faces federal charges of money laundering and fraud

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/24/alex-murdaugh-federal-charges-money-laundering-fraud

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Nigeria Oil Bribery Case: Netherlands and US Must Reopen Investigations into Eni And Shell’s Role

Read here: https://www.transparency.org/en/press/nigeria-oil-bribery-netherlands-us-reopen-investigations-eni-shells-opl245

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One of Europe’s biggest pirate IPTV services taken down in the Netherlands

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/one-of-europes-biggest-pirate-iptv-service-taken-down-in-netherlands

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How vague money-laundering and counter-terror rules slow aid

Read here: https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2023/05/23/how-vague-money-laundering-and-counter-terror-rules-slow-aid

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F-35 Program: DOD Needs Better Accountability for Global Spare Parts and Reporting of Losses Worth Millions

Read here: https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-106098 Link to full report: https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-23-106098.pdf

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Hungary Close to Extraditing ‘Brazilian Escobar’

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17663-hungary-close-to-extraditing-brazilian-escobar

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Money laundering trial against former Panama President Martinelli and others begins

Read here: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/money-laundering-trial-former-panama-president-martinelli-begins-99552831

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Germany issues arrest warrant for Lebanon’s central bank chief

Read here: https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/lebanon-verbally-informed-germany-arrest-094750851.html

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UK council officer arrested for bribery offence

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-65675455

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Bunker Industry Should Be Wary of Upcoming Sanctions Landscape

Read here: https://shipandbunker.com/news/world/923428-viewpoint-bunker-industry-should-be-wary-of-upcoming-sanctions-landscape

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Two brothers convicted for taking £750,000 out of failed investment firm

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/two-brothers-convicted-750000-failed-investment-firm

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Banks, telecos and Big Tech combine to spy on scammers

Read here: https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/42355/banks-telecos-and-big-tech-combine-to-spy-on-scammers/retail

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Advice on tax dodging and bribery from an 18th-century East India Company merchant

Read here: https://scroll.in/article/1048959/advice-on-tax-dodging-and-bribery-from-an-18th-century-east-india-company-merchant

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Malta: Investigation of officials for failure to testify in hospitals inquiry refused

Read here: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/malta-enterprise-ceo-state-air-board-chairman-peps-commissioner-says.1033250

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Drug trafficking and money laundering, former haulage firm owner, kingpin told to hand over £630k

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/drug-trafficking-and-money-laundering-kingpin-told-to-hand-over-630k

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Revolut faces new legal battle over ‘enabling’ £600,000 fraud

Read here: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-12105729/Revolut-faces-new-legal-battle-600-000-fraud.html

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Factors influencing the choice of technique to launder funds: The APPT framework

Read here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949791423000064

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The Russo-Ukrainian war and the illegal arms trade

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/russia-ukraine-war-illegal-arms-trade/ Link to report: https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Mark-Galeotti-and-Anna-Arutunyan-Peace-and-proliferation-The-Russo-Ukrainian-war-and-the-illegal-arms-trade-GI-TOC-March-2023.pdf

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Man guilty of £70 million City of London foreign exchange trading investment scam

Read here: https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2023/may/man-guilty-of-70-million-city-of-london-foreign-exchange-trading-investment-scam/

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The Emotional Consequences of Fraud

Read here: https://www.acamstoday.org/the-emotional-consequences-of-fraud/

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Teen hacker charged in scheme to siphon funds from sports betting accounts

Read here: https://therecord.media/teen-charged-in-scheme-to-siphon-funds-from-sports-betting-platform

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Man Convicted of Torture and Exporting Weapons Parts and Related Services to Iraq

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-convicted-torture-and-exporting-weapons-parts-and-related-services-iraq

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UN Report Reveals Growing Momentum for Global Agreement Against Wildlife Trafficking

Read here: https://endwildlifecrime.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PRESS-RELEASE-UN-Report-Reveals-Growing-Momentum-for-Global-Agreement-Against-Wildlife-Trafficking.pdf

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Dubious partnerships: new plans to curb wrongdoing by UK-registered firms are riddled with loopholes

Read here: https://theconversation.com/dubious-partnerships-new-plans-to-curb-wrongdoing-by-uk-registered-firms-are-riddled-with-loopholes-206010

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Russia sanctions – Trade sanctions circumvention (NTE 2023/08)

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notice-to-exporters-202308-russia-sanctions-trade-sanctions-circumvention/nte-202308-russia-sanctions-trade-sanctions-circumvention

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Artcurial auction house embroiled in provenance row with London dealer

Read here: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/05/22/artcurial-embroiled-in-provenance-row-with-london-dealer

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Diamonds and divorces: Are the oligarch sanctions working?

Listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/diamonds-and-divorces-are-the-oligarch-sanctions-working/id1501716010?i=1000613928139

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Major UK political party donor from India investigated over fraud and money laundering allegations

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/20/major-tory-donor-investigated-over-and-money-laundering-allegations

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US: Organized Crime Costs Target $500 Million in Losses

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17645-us-organized-crime-costs-target-500-million-in-losses

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NCA raid suspected gun factory in south London

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/nca-raid-suspected-gun-factory-in-south-london

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McCarthy believes FBI will release informant file alleging Joe Biden took bribes

Read here: https://nypost.com/2023/05/21/mccarthy-believes-fbi-will-release-informant-file-alleging-biden-took-bribes-as-vp/

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The west’s tightening of Russian sanctions is a sign of failure

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/may/21/the-west-tightening-russian-sanctions-a-sign-of-failure

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Grifter Arms Dealer Is Only the Second American Convicted of Torture

Read here: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/ross-roggio-grifter-arms-dealer-guilty-torture-1234739277/

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Gulf Cartel Still ‘Public Enemy No. 1’ on US-Mexico Border: Homeland Security

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/gulf-cartel-public-enemy-us-mexico-border-homeland-security/

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Dark Art: Investigating the illicit trade in stolen art and antiquities

Read here: https://www.financeuncovered.org/investigations/dark-art

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Slovak Central Bank governor to stand trial for bribery

Read here: https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/slovak-central-bank-governor-to-stand-trial-for-bribery/

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India: New fraud method exposed – Cyber scammers clear bank accounts with Aadhaar number, no OTP needed

Read here: https://www.dnaindia.com/personal-finance/report-new-fraud-method-exposed-cyber-scammers-clear-bank-accounts-with-aadhaar-number-no-otp-needed-3043409/

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UK: A Standard for the Counter Bribery and Corruption Professional

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-standard-for-the-counter-bribery-and-corruption-professional Link to Standard: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1157904/Counter_Bribery_and_Corruption_Professional_Standard__final_.pdf

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Foreign National Pleads Guilty to Role in International Human Smuggling and Cocaine Distribution Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/foreign-national-pleads-guilty-role-international-human-smuggling-and-cocaine-distribution-0

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