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Kazakhstan Has Become a Pathway for the Supply of Russia’s War Machine. Here’s How It Works

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/kazakhstan-has-become-a-pathway-for-the-supply-of-russias-war-machine-heres-how-it-works

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Secret Abramovich Football Funding Set to be Investigated

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2023-05-19/secret-abramovich-football-funding-set-to-be-investigated

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UK crime agency to pursue up to 100 lawyers accused of helping traffickers

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/18/uk-crime-agency-pursue-lawyers-accused-helping-traffickers

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Companies Behind Malta Hospital Controversy Spent Millions on Luxuries, Payments to Director

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/companies-behind-malta-hospital-controversy-spent-millions-on-luxuries-payments-to-director

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Fraudster jailed for running multimillion-pound website iSpoof

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/19/fraudster-tejay-fletcher-jailed-for-multimillion-pound-website-ispoof

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New sanctions demonstrate G7 resolve on Russia: UK announces new sanctions on Russian diamonds, metals and military-industrial complex

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-sanctions-demonstrate-g7-resolve-on-russia

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UK sanctions target Russia’s theft of Ukrainian grain, advanced military technology, and remaining revenue sources

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-sanctions-target-russias-theft-of-ukrainian-grain-advanced-military-technology-and-remaining-revenue-sources

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FinCEN and BIS Urge Continued Vigilance for Potential Russian Export Control Evasion Attempts

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/supplemental-alert-fincen-and-us-department-commerces-bureau-industry-and Lin to guidance: https://www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/shared/FinCEN%20and%20BIS%20Joint%20Alert%20_FINAL_508C.pdf

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Brazil’s top court convicts ex-President Collor on money laundering, corruption

Read here: https://news.yahoo.com/brazils-top-court-convicts-ex-002502958.html

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WhatsApp messages reveal UK’s Matt Hancock helped political donor win covid contract that cost the taxpayer £38m

Read here: https://goodlawproject.org/exclusive-whatsapp-messages-reveal-matt-hancock-helped-tory-donor-win-covid-contract-that-cost-the-taxpayer-38m/

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Opioid vending machine provider concealed its finances and must pay the price

Read here: https://nationalpost.com/opinion/adam-zivo-safer-supply-vending-machine-company-faces-dissolution/wcm/87544f95-529a-4bd0-9ed2-c6c7c65cef2a/

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Homelessness charity, Centrepoint, ‘monitoring situation’ after adviser named in money-laundering probe

Read here: https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/centrepoint-monitoring-situation-after-adviser-named-in-money-laundering-probe.html

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ChatGPT Scams Are Infiltrating the App Store and Google Play

Read here: https://www.wired.com/story/chatgpt-scams-apple-app-store-google-play/

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Russia’s Shadow Fleet – Understanding its Size, Activity and Relationships

Read here: https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/mi/Info/0323/russia-shadow-fleet.html

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UK property register fines worth £1bn not yet imposed

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65611255

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IRS flagged more than 1 million tax returns for identity fraud in 2023

Read here: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/17/irs-flagged-more-than-1-million-tax-returns-for-identity-fraud-in-2023.html

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Deutsche Bank to pay $75 million settlement to Epstein victims

Read here: https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230518-deutsche-bank-to-pay-75-million-in-epstein-victim-settlement

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PNG Prime Minister Had Undisclosed Ties to Figure at Center of Ports Criminal Probe

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/the-pandora-papers/png-prime-minister-had-undisclosed-ties-to-figure-at-center-of-ports-criminal-probe

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SFO secures 10 month sentence for former London Capital & Finance Plc CEO

Read here: https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2023/05/17/sfo-secures-10-month-sentence-for-former-london-capital-finance-plc-ceo/

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Settlement Agreements between OFAC; Murad, LLC, and an Individual

Read here: https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20230517_33 Link to settlement: https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/931766/download?inline

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Russian Airlines Are Still Getting American Parts Despite Sanctions

Read here: https://autos.yahoo.com/russian-airlines-still-getting-american-123000920.html

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Influencer extradited to U.S. in connection with alleged $2 million romance scam, prosecutors say

Read here: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/influencer-extradited-us-connection-alleged-2-million-romance-scam-pro-rcna84851

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Apple touts $2 billion in App Store fraud prevented last year amid rumors of third-party app stores on iPhone

Read here: https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/16/app-store-fraud-apple-numbers/

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Head of Ukraine’s supreme court held in anti-corruption investigation

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/16/head-of-ukraine-supreme-court-held-in-anti-corruption-investigation

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Benfica, Porto, Sporting offices searched in corruption probe

Read here: https://www.espn.co.uk/football/benfica-porbenfica/story/4950406/benfica-porto-sporting-offices-searched-in-corruption-probe

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France Issues Arrest Warrant Against Lebanese Central Bank Governor

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17640-france-issues-arrest-warrant-against-lebanese-central-bank-governor

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Anti-money-laundering authority (AMLA): Countering money laundering and the financing of terrorism

Read here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_BRI(2022)733645 EU Legislation in Progress, Briefing: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2022/733645/EPRS_BRI(2022)733645_EN.pdf

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Is Mexico’s CJNG Pushing the Gulf Cartel from Tamaulipas?

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/mexico-cjng-gulf-cartel-tamaulipas/

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French court upholds Sarkozy’s jail term in wiretap graft case

Read here: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/french-court-rule-sarkozy-wiretapping-031727735.html

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The hospitals money trail leading to Joseph Muscat

Read here: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/revealed-hospitals-money-trail-leading-joseph-muscat.1029740

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Alleged Associate of Burkinabè Cigarette Tycoon Apollinaire Compaoré Caught on Tape Attempting to Bribe Malian Official

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/loosetobacco/alleged-associate-of-burkinabe-cigarette-tycoon-apollinaire-compaore-caught-on-tape-attempting-to-bribe-malian-official

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Acts of Defiance II: US companies break sanctions to import teak from Myanmar

Read here: https://eia-international.org/report/acts-of-defiance-ii-acts-of-defiance-ii-us-companies-break-sanctions-to-import-teak-from-myanmar/ Link to report: https://eia-international.org/wp-content/uploads/EIA-Acts-of-Defiance-2-FINAL.pdf

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Catch me if you can: Illicit flows through Balkan airports

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/illicit-flows-balkan-airports/ Link to report: https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Rugerro-Scaturro-Catch-me-if-you-can-Illicit-flows-through-Balkan-airports.-May2023.pdf

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Accounting Giant PwC is in Crisis Mode Amid a Growing Australian Tax Leak Scandal

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/luxembourg-leaks/accounting-giant-pwc-is-in-crisis-mode-amid-a-growing-australian-tax-leak-scandal/

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Dresden jewellery heist: Five jailed over 113m euro jewel theft from museum

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/dresden-jewellery-heist-five-jailed-over-113m-euro-jewel-theft-from-museum-12882071

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Europe’s Weakest Border? Smuggling Between Suriname and French Guiana

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/europes-weakest-border-smuggling-between-suriname-and-french-guiana/

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Italian police uncover $880 million of cocaine

Read here: https://news.yahoo.com/italian-police-uncover-880-million-103525840.html

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Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Sell Stolen Financial Information on Dark Web

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-pleads-guilty-conspiracy-sell-stolen-financial-information-dark-web

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Embezzlement at the Lebanese central bank: Did auditors overlook alleged fraud?

Read here: https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/lebanon/2023/05/15/embezzlement-at-the-lebanese-central-bank-did-auditors-overlook-alleged-fraud/

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