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Swiss indict two managers of Saudi oil company in 1MDB scandal

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/1mdb-affair–two-petrosaudi-managers-indicted/48462048

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Corruption Takes Center Stage in Paraguay Presidential Election

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/corruption-takes-center-stage-in-paraguay-presidential-election/

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Fugees rapper found guilty in US over 1MDB case

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/4/27/fugees-rapper-found-guilty-in-us-over-1mdb-case

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Statement of FinCEN Acting Director Himamauli Das before the House Committee on Financial Services

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/2023-04/HHRG-118-HFSC-DasH-20230427.pdf

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UK: High stakes – Gambling reform for the digital age

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-stakes-gambling-reform-for-the-digital-age/high-stakes-gambling-reform-for-the-digital-age

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Biases about bribery in certain countries facilitate corruption

Read here: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/987441

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Frank’s International Pays $8m in Relation to Angola Bribery Violations

Read here: https://www.sec.gov/litigation/admin/2023/34-97381.pdf

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European Commission sets up central contact point on EU sanctions for foreign authorities and operators

Read here: https://finance.ec.europa.eu/news/european-commission-sets-central-contact-point-eu-sanctions-foreign-authorities-and-operators-2023-04-27_en

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UK ‘should impose sanctions on human rights abusers in Sudan’

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/26/uk-should-impose-sanctions-on-human-rights-abusers-in-sudan-report

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Former Taiwan president’s son sentenced for money laundering

Read here: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4875100

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Alleged Hezbollah financier extradited to U.S. on sanctions evasion charges

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/alleged-hezbollah-financier-extradited-to-u-s–on-sanctions-evasion-charges/48465566

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New York Lawyers And Doctor Sentenced For Defrauding New York City-Area Businesses And Their Insurance Companies Of More Than $31 Million Through Massive Trip-And-Fall Fraud Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/new-york-lawyers-and-doctor-sentenced-defrauding-new-york-city-area-businesses-and

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Money laundering cash couriers smuggled £100 million in suitcases

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/money-laundering-cash-couriers-smuggled-100-million-in-suitcases

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Prince Andrew held investments in shell company set up to keep holdings secret

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/26/prince-andrew-held-investments-in-shell-company-set-up-to-keep-holdings-secret

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Nearly 9 Tonnes of Meth Found Hidden in Tequila Bottles

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17548-nearly-9-tonnes-of-meth-found-hidden-in-tequila-bottles

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The UK Government Should Seize the Chance to Fix Holes in New Property Transparency Laws

Read here: https://www.transparency.org.uk/government-should-seize-chance-fix-holes-new-property-transparency-laws-0

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FinCEN Fiscal Year 2022 in Review

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-fiscal-year-2022-review

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Digital Piracy: Accessing free or cheap content is not the bargain you think it is!

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/en/Crimes/Illicit-goods/Shop-safely/Digital-piracy

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Crackdown on criminal human trafficking network in Romania and Ireland

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/crackdown-criminal-human-trafficking-network-romania-and-ireland

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Strike against organised crime group that defrauded thousands of companies

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/strike-against-organised-crime-group-defrauded-thousands-companies

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Latvia: EPPO arrests eight suspects in probe into €2.5 million fraud

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/news/latvia-eppo-arrests-eight-suspects-probe-eu25-million-fraud

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Human trafficking network dismantled in the United Kingdom and Bulgaria: Nine arrests

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/human-trafficking-network-dismantled-united-kingdom-and-bulgaria

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Twelfth Defendant Charged in International Money Laundering Conspiracy Apprehended in New York

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/twelfth-defendant-charged-international-money-laundering-conspiracy-apprehended-new-york

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No Verification Betting Sites USA – Betting Without ID Verification

Read here: https://www.newsbtc.com/news/company/no-verification-betting-sites-usa-betting-without-id-verification/

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In Lara, Venezuela, Criminal ‘Colectivos’ Control Public Services

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/in-lara-venezuela-criminal-colectivos-control-public-services/

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Round Up: British American Tobacco (BAT) to Pay $629m for Illegal Sales to North Korea

US Department of Justice: United States Obtains $629 Million Settlement with British American Tobacco to Resolve Illegal Sales to North Korea, Charges Facilitators in Illicit Tobacco Trade British American Tobacco […]

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Treasury Department Announces 2023 De-Risking Strategy

Read here: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1438 Link to report: https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/Treasury_AMLA_23_508.pdf

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Economic Consequences of Greylisting by the Financial Action Task Force

Read here: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9091/11/5/81 PDF link to report: https://mdpi-res.com/d_attachment/risks/risks-11-00081/article_deploy/risks-11-00081.pdf

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NY Attorney Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Commit Money Laundering to Promote Sanctions Violations by Associate of Sanctioned Russian Oligarch

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/new-york-attorney-pleads-guilty-conspiring-commit-money-laundering-promote-sanctions

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BBC’s The Gold, Ozark and Narcos ‘distort’ realities of money laundering, warns expert

Read here: https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1762362/BBC-The-Gold-Ozark-Narcos-money-laundering-real

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The Root of All Evil: Money, Rice, Crime & Law in North Korea

Read here: https://www.hrnk.org/uploads/pdfs/RoAE_Web_0407.pdf

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High stakes for Ukraine as clampdown on corruption comes under scrutiny

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/18/high-stakes-for-ukraine-as-clampdown-on-corruption-comes-under-scrutiny

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Three Individuals Sentenced for Soliciting Millions of Dollars in Contributions to Scam PACs

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/three-individuals-sentenced-soliciting-millions-dollars-contributions-scam-pacs

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Ministers from MONEYVAL member states ministers commit to strengthen fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Read here: https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/ministers-from-moneyval-member-states-ministers-commit-to-action-to-strengthen-fight-against-money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing

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NCA and social media companies work together to tackle organised immigration crime

Read here: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/nca-and-social-media-companies-work-together-to-tackle-organised-immigration-crime

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Ex-head of Michigan marijuana panel pleads guilty to bribery

Read here: https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/ex-head-of-michigan-marijuana-panel-pleads-guilty-to-bribery-3/

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90 victims of sexual exploitation identified: 13 human traffickers who forced over 400 women into sexual labour arrested

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/90-victims-of-sexual-exploitation-identified

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Criminals Laundering Cash Through Post Office, UK Regulator Warns

Read here: https://www.moneylaundering.com/news/criminals-moving-laundering-cash-through-post-office-uk-regulator-warns/?

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North Korean Foreign Trade Bank Representative Charged in Crypto Laundering Conspiracies

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/north-korean-foreign-trade-bank-representative-charged-crypto-laundering-conspiracies

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