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President of Metalhouse LLC Indicted for Sanctions Evasion and International Money Laundering: $150 Million in Sanctioned Transactions

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/president-metalhouse-llc-indicted-sanctions-evasion-and-international-money-laundering

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OFAC Alert on Possible Evasion of the Russian Oil Price Cap

Read here: https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/931641/download?inline

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5 Takeaways From US Indictments of Chapitos, Associates

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/five-takeaways-us-indictments-chapitos/

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Most effective enforcement operation against illegal wildlife and drugs in Asia-Pacific fired up for new phase

Read here: https://www.traffic.org/news/most-effective-enforcement-operation-against-illegal-wildlife-and-drugs-in-asia-pacific-fired-up-for-new-phase/

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Over half of consumers have been a victim of financial crime, report

Read here: https://ffnews.com/newsarticle/feedzai-over-half-of-consumers-have-been-a-victim-of-financial-crime/

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Inside the European Parliament’s gift vault

Read here: https://www.politico.eu/article/inside-european-parliament-gift-vault/

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ABLV Bank wants to enforce EUR 414.7 million from ECB and SRB

Read here: https://www.baltictimes.com/ablv_bank_wants_to_enforce_eur_414_7_million_from_ecb_and_srb/

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‘Massive’ red flags but no report by bank, court told in Najib’s 1MDB trial

Read here: https://www.malaysianow.com/news/2023/04/17/massive-red-flags-but-no-report-by-bank-court-told-in-najibs-1mdb-trial

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Italy: €320k seized in investigation into fraud involving agricultural funds

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/news/italy-eu320-000-seized-investigation-fraud-involving-agricultural-funds

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Who is Angel, the Zimbabwe ambassador involved in gold smuggling?

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/18/who-is-angel-the-zimbabwe-ambassador-involved-in-gold-smuggling

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Australia: NSW property developer charged with multimillion-dollar bank fraud

Read here: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/nsw-property-developer-charged-with-multimillion-dollar-bank-fraud-20230417-p5d14t.html

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JPMorgan Compliance Urged Bank to Drop Epstein

Read here: https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2023/04/13/jpmorgan-compliance-urged-bank-to-drop-epstein/

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The Case of the Missing $1.4 Billion: How Hugo Chávez’s Handshake Deals With Belarus Left Venezuela A Legacy of Wasted Public Funds

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/the-case-of-the-missing-14-billion-how-hugo-chavezs-handshake-deals-with-belarus-left-venezuela-a-legacy-of-wasted-public-funds

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Wolfsberg Group publishes its updated Anti-Bribery and Corruption Compliance Programme Guidance

Read here: https://www.wolfsberg-principles.com/articles/publication-abc-guidance Link to updated Guidance: https://www.wolfsberg-principles.com/sites/default/files/wb/Wolfsberg%20ABC%20Guidance%202023.pdf

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Ministers in UK ignored red flags over Covid fraud, says former head of Serious Fraud Office

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/apr/16/ministers-ignored-red-flags-over-covid-says-former-head-of-sfo

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Mastermind of one of UK’s largest tax frauds convicted

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-65264876

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MAS has not issued a directive – tacit or otherwise – to banks to keep quiet about the origins of wealth inflows

Read here: https://www.mas.gov.sg/news/media-releases/2023/mas-has-not-issued-a-directive-to-banks-to-keep-quiet-about-the-origins-of-wealth-inflows

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Malta: FIAU appoints Alfred Zammit as acting director

Read here: https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/122303/fiau_appoints_alfred_zammit_as_acting_director

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BOV hacker links to North Korea exposed in new BBC podcast

Read here: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/bov-hacker-links-north-korea-exposed-new-bbc-podcast.1025564

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Digging Diamonds From Banks: The Untold Story of Fugitive Diamantaire Jatin Mehta

Read here: https://www.newsclick.in/digging-diamonds-banks-untold-story-fugitive-diamantaire-jatin-mehta-2

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Judge rules €1.25 million art fraud ‘too old to hold anyone accountable’

Read here: https://www.portugalresident.com/judge-rules-e1-25-million-art-fraud-too-old-to-hold-anyone-accountable/

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Billionaire Harlan Crow Bought Property From Clarence Thomas. The Justice Didn’t Disclose the Deal

Read here: https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-real-estate-scotus

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UK: The Tories are still receiving funds from Russia-linked donors

Read here: https://goodlawproject.org/revealed-the-tories-are-still-receiving-funds-from-russia-linked-donors/

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Money Laundering and Manipulation of Shares of Construction Company ZGP Sarajevo

Read here: https://sarajevotimes.com/money-laundering-and-manipulation-of-shares-of-construction-company-zgp-sarajevo/?amp=1

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Russian billionaire couple fighting to get off Canada’s sanctions list

Read here: https://globalnews.ca/news/9627728/russia-billionaire-couple-canada-sanctions-list/

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FCA flooded with whistleblower reports amid money-laundering crackdown

Read here: https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/fca-whistleblower-reports-money-laundering-20230417

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Police dismantle cocaine ‘mega lab’ in Spain with 200kg daily capacity

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/14/spain-police-dismantle-cocaine-mega-lab-200kg-day-colombian-mexican-arrest

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Russia Emerges as Alternative Route for Cocaine Headed to Europe

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/russia-emerges-as-alternative-route-for-latin-america-cocaine-europe/

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Justice Department Announces Charges Against Sinaloa Cartel’s Global Operation: Latest Actions to Disrupt Flow of Illegal Fentanyl and Other Dangerous Drugs

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-charges-against-sinaloa-cartel-s-global-operation

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Hushpuppi’s ally in internet fraud, Woodberry, pleads guilty to fraud charge in US, agrees to pay victims $8m

Read here: https://thestreetjournal.org/hushpuppis-ally-in-internet-fraud-woodberry-pleads-guilty-to-fraud-charge-in-us-agrees-to-pay-victims-8m/

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Ten Defendants Charged With Decade-Long, Multi-Million-Dollar Scheme To Defraud International Cargo Airline [Polar Air]

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/ten-defendants-charged-decade-long-multi-million-dollar-scheme-defraud-international

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Three charged over online banking scam

Read here: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/three-charged-over-online-banking-scam

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World Startup Convention: The India start-up gala that exploded into a scandal

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-65200441

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19 arrests in Spanish-Swedish raid against drug traffickers

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/19-arrests-in-spanish-swedish-raid-against-drug-traffickers

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U.S. Sanctions Suppliers of Precursor Chemicals for Fentanyl Production

Read here: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1413

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Emerging Transnational Organized Crime Threats in Latin America: Converging Criminalized Markets & Illicit Vectors

Read here: https://icaie.com/2023/04/spring-icaie-policy-brief-emerging-transnational-organized-crime-threats-in-latin-america-converging-criminalized-markets-illicit-vectors/

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Slovakia’s central bank chief fined for bribery, faces trial

Read here: https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/slovakias-central-bank-leader-fined-bribery-appeal-98556282

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Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to use new economic crime power “hundreds of times a year”

Read here: https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/sra-to-use-new-economic-crime-power-hundreds-of-times-a-year

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Royals cashing in on gifts – Surely that’s unseemly for a modern monarchy?

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/commentisfree/2023/apr/13/royals-gifts-monarchy-britain-king-charles

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Integrated Market Enforcement Team charges five individuals in transnational brand hijacking scheme

Read here: https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/news/2023/integrated-market-enforcement-team-charges-five-individuals-transnational-brand-hijacking

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