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47 Nepalis Rescued From Scam Centers in Myanmar Arrive in Kathmandu

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Fraudster ordered to pay back more than £4million

Read here: https://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/news/2025/12/fraudster-ordered-to-pay-back-more-than-4million/

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New Year Honours: King awards eight National Crime Agency officers

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/new-year-honours-king-awards-eight-national-crime-agency-officers

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Meta created ‘playbook’ to fend off pressure to crack down on scammers, documents show

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-created-playbook-fend-off-pressure-crack-down-scammers-documents-show-2025-12-31/

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Elite Portuguese investigative unit to probe Spacey movie producer with ties to alleged crypto scammer

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/coin-laundry/elite-portuguese-investigative-unit-to-probe-spacey-movie-producer-with-ties-to-alleged-crypto-scammer/

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Digital wallet fraud: How your bank card can be stolen without it leaving your wallet

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/jan/04/digital-wallet-fraud-bank-card-stolen-fraud-apple-pay-google-pay

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UK: Moving to a single list for UK sanctions designations, 28 January 2026

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/moving-to-a-single-list-for-uk-sanctions-designations-28-january-2026

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Secretary Bessent Announces Initiatives to Combat Rampant Fraud in Minnesota

Read here: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0354

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Billion-Dollar “Black” Market: Feds Bust Massive USDT Laundering Ring on Tron

Read here: https://techstory.in/billion-dollar-black-market-feds-bust-massive-usdt-laundering-ring-on-tron/

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The Art Tycoon, The Textile Company, and His Nephew on Trial in Colombia

Read here: https://www.financeuncovered.org/stories/jose-mugrabi-warhol-nephew-aroch-moda-sofisticada-colombia

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Russia still importing Michelin aviation tyres despite sanctions, records suggest

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/30/russia-still-importing-michelin-aviation-tyres-despite-sanctions-records-suggest

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A New Video Game Traps Players in an Online Scam Center

Read here: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/world/asia/blood-money-video-game-scams.html

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Dozens charged in sports bribery scheme involving US university basketball players

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3386pl4037o

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Profiting From Exploitation: How We Found the Man Behind Two Deepfake Porn Sites

Read here: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12/15/mark-resan-reface-deepfake-porn/

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35 indicted over laundering NT$30.6 billion from online gambling sites

Read here: https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202601050013

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Chimpanzees and gorillas among most traded African primates, report finds

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/chimpanzees-and-gorillas-among-most-traded-african-primates-report-finds/

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France: EPPO carries out searches in French Guiana on suspicion of fraud involving tourism infrastructure

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/france-eppo-carries-out-searches-french-guiana-suspicion-fraud-involving-tourism

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Swedbank shares soar after DoJ closes money-laundering probe

Read here: https://www.thebanker.com/content/232f9b4b-aca5-4844-a68c-2a5ac06547a0

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A scammer’s blueprint: How cybercriminals plot to rob a target in a week

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/graphics/SOUTHEASTASIA-SCAMS/MANUALS/klpyjlqelvg/

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Thieves drill into German bank vault to steal valuables worth tens of millions of euros

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/thieves-drill-into-german-bank-vault-to-steal-valuables-worth-tens-of-millions-of-euros-13488710

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German Prosecutors to Drop Probe of Russian Oligarch Alisher Usmanov

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/german-prosecutors-to-drop-probe-of-russian-oligarch-alisher-usmanov

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GameChangers 2025: A Decade of Tectonic Shifts in Criminal Markets

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/gamechangers-2025-decade-tectonic-shift-criminal-markets/

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Leader of Local Money Laundering Cell Pleads Guilty to $42 Million International Elder Fraud Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/leader-local-money-laundering-cell-pleads-guilty-42-million-international-elder-fraud

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Sweden’s Financial Supervisory Authority Publishes New Guidance for Providers of Money Transfer Services on Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

Read here: https://www.fi.se/en/published/news/2025/new-guidance-for-money-remittance-providers-on-money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing/

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Six UK immigration officers charged with money laundering offences

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/23/six-uk-immigration-officers-charged-with-money-laundering-offences

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Poland: EPPO arrests four suspects in probe into procurement fraud and corruption involving tram modernisation

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/poland-eppo-arrests-four-suspects-probe-procurement-fraud-and-corruption-involving-tram

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C4ADS Supports France 24 Investigation into Alleged Chemical Weapons Use in Sudan

Read here: https://c4ads.org/news/france-24-sudan-chlorine/

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Investigation ‘Precision’: EPPO investigates possible fraud involving high-accuracy receivers for agriculture in Lithuania

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/investigation-precision-eppo-investigates-possible-fraud-involving-high-accuracy

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‘Money mule’ cases surge as criminals target young people on social media

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/dec/22/money-mule-cases-surge-as-criminals-target-young-people-on-social-media

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Chinese Crypto Scammers on Telegram Are Fueling the Biggest Darknet Markets Ever

Read here: https://www.wired.com/story/expired-tired-wired-chinese-scammer-crypto-markets/

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Treasury Convenes Financial Institutions and Law Enforcement to Identify and Dismantle Money Laundering Networks

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/treasury-convenes-financial-institutions-and-law-enforcement-identify-and

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Romania: EPPO indicts five individuals and three companies for €850,000 fraud involving irrigation systems

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/romania-eppo-indicts-five-individuals-and-three-companies-eu850-000-fraud-involving

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New technologies offer hope in fight to save the world’s imperiled rosewoods

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/new-technologies-offer-hope-in-fight-to-save-the-worlds-imperiled-rosewoods/

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Trouble in paradise: What went wrong in the BVI?

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-12-09/trouble-in-paradise-what-went-wrong-in-the-bvi

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Trail of Drug-Linked Planes Leads Back to California Seller – and U.S. Aviation Regulatory ‘Blind Spot’

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/project/narcofiles-the-new-criminal-order/trail-of-drug-linked-planes-leads-back-to-california-seller-and-us-aviation-regulatory-blind-spot

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