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Adobe Inc. Agrees to Pay $3 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations Involving Federal Software Sales

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/adobe-inc-agrees-pay-3-million-settle-kickback-allegations-involving-federal-software-sales

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Further action against fraudulent online investment platform: Five arrests of high-value targets

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/further-action-against-fraudulent-online-investment-platform-five-arrests-of-high-value-targets

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Nine Defendants Sentenced in $126M Compounding Fraud Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/nine-defendants-sentenced-126m-compounding-fraud-scheme

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Chinese shell companies linked to nearly 30% of dark fleet tankers

Read here: https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/LL1144544/Chinese-shell-companies-linked-to-nearly-30-of-dark-fleet-tankers

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A beginner’s guide to accounting fraud (and how to get away with it)

Read here: https://www.ft.com/content/75294200-6304-4c36-8e2c-b07bf5cc525f

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EU corruption scandal: Eva Kaili released from prison and put under house arrest

Read here: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/04/12/corruption-scandal-eva-kaili-released-from-prison-and-put-under-house-arrest-lawyer-says

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Inside the Evaporating Black Market for Gasoline in Zulia, Venezuela

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/inside-evaporating-black-market-gasoline-zulia-venezuela/

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Underground drug-money bank laundering €180m liquidated by law enforcement

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/underground-drug-money-bank-laundering-eur-180-million-liquidated-law-enforcement

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On the hunt for the businessmen behind a billion-dollar scam

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-65038949

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Former Cambridge academic who defrauded Government energy grants repays more that £1m

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/former-cambridge-don-who-defrauded-government-energy-grants-repays-more-that-1m

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UK sanctions Abramovich and Usmanov’s financial fixers in crackdown on oligarch enablers

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-sanctions-abramovich-and-usmanovs-financial-fixers-in-crackdown-on-oligarch-enablers

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Sophisticated Sinaloa Cartel Money Laundering Organization Dismantled

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/sophisticated-sinaloa-cartel-money-laundering-organization-dismantled

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Counterfeit clothing boss convicted of fraud worth more than £150m

Read here: https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/hm-revenue-customs-hmrc/pressreleases/counterfeit-clothing-boss-convicted-of-fraud-worth-more-than-150-pounds-million-3245390

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Official ‘gifts’ to Royal family contained in £100m ‘private’ stamp collection

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/13/revealed-official-gifts-to-royal-family-contained-in-100m-private-stamp-collection

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Russia’s Aeroflot Sends Plane To Iran For Repairs As Sanctions Limit Domestic Work

Read here: https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-aerflot-plane-iran-repairs-sanctions/32358772.html

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Why sanctions don’t work – but could if done right

Read here: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2023/04/11/1169072190/why-sanctions-dont-work-but-could-if-done-right

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U.S. Designates Fentanyl Combined with Xylazine as an Emerging Threat to the United States

Read here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp/briefing-room/2023/04/12/biden-harris-administration-designates-fentanyl-combined-with-xylazine-as-an-emerging-threat-to-the-united-states/

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Treasury Targets Russian Financial Facilitators and Sanctions Evaders Around the World

Read here: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1402

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UK Updates Guidance on UK Maritime Services Ban and Oil Price Cap

Read here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1149436/OFSI_Industry_Guidance_-_Maritime_Services_Ban___Oil_Price_Cap_-_April_2023.pdf

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Man Sentenced for Bribery Schemes Involving Millions of Dollars in U.S.-Funded Military Contracts and Visa Fraud

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-sentenced-bribery-schemes-involving-millions-dollars-us-funded-military-contracts-and

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Fresh crackdown on mobile phone fraudsters targeting Hong Kong announced by watchdog; service providers to use warnings from May 1

Read here: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3216692/fresh-crackdown-mobile-phone-fraudsters-targeting-hong-kong-announced-watchdog

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Robert Mazur: A plan to inhibit significant money laundering offenses through improved enhanced due diligence

Read here: https://kyc360.riskscreen.com/article/robert-mazur-a-plan-to-inhibit-significant-money-laundering-offenses-through-improved-enhanced-due-diligence/

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How Libya’s Gaddafi-Era Graft Saddled Sierra Leone With a Faulty Ferry

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/how-libyas-gaddafi-era-graft-saddled-sierra-leone-with-a-faulty-ferry

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UK: Factsheet on ‘failure to prevent fraud’ offence

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/economic-crime-and-corporate-transparency-bill-2022-factsheets/factsheet-failure-to-prevent-fraud-offence

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U.S. Treasury faces a wave of criticism over faltering push to unmask anonymous companies and track dirty money

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/fincen-files/u-s-treasury-faces-a-wave-of-criticism-over-faltering-push-to-unmask-anonymous-companies-and-track-dirty-money/

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Smuggled Iranian carving worth £30m seized at airport by UK border patrol

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/01/smuggled-iranian-carving-worth-30m-seized-at-airport-by-uk-border-patrol

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Member of Serbian President’s Inner Circle Partnered With Alleged Drug Trafficker

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/member-of-serbian-presidents-inner-circle-partnered-with-alleged-drug-trafficker

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UN experts warn UK government over trafficking risk faced by asylum seeker children

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/11/un-experts-warn-uk-government-over-trafficking-risk-faced-by-asylum-seeker-children

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The corruption and autocracy nexus: The case of “King Bibi”

Read here: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2023/04/10/the-corruption-and-autocracy-nexus-the-case-of-king-bibi/

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Chained woman case: Six jailed in trafficking case that horrified China

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-65210833

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Former Executives Get Prison for $1 Billion Biofuel Fraud

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17508-former-executives-get-prison-for-1-billion-biofuel-fraud

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Two men accused of trying to sell rare Anglo-Saxon coins to undercover police

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/11/two-men-accused-trying-sell-rare-anglo-saxon-coins-viking-hoard-undercover-police

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Westminster City Council takes aim at dirty money in the heart of London

Read here: https://www.westminster.gov.uk/news/westminster-city-council-takes-aim-dirty-money-heart-london

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Paraguay Shown as Key Link in Bolivia-Europe Cocaine Route

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/paraguay-shown-as-key-link-in-bolivia-europe-cocaine-route/

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U.S. Announces Strengthened Approach to Crack Down on Illicit Fentanyl Supply Chains

Read here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/04/11/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-strengthened-approach-to-crack-down-on-illicit-fentanyl-supply-chains/

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Italian drugs cartels conceal payments via Chinese shadow banks

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/italian-drugs-cartels-conceal-payments-110731399.html

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We were scammed for thousands… but Revolut blamed us: More fraud victims speak out after trendy e-money app Revolut refused refunds

Read here: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/article-11927943/More-fraud-victims-speak-trendy-e-money-app-Revolut-refused-refunds.html

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Convergence of wildlife crime: And other forms of transnational organized crime in Eastern and Southern Africa

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/wildlife-crime-eastern-southern-africa/ Link to report: https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/crime-convergence.pdf

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German Economy Minister is in favour of increasing responsibility for circumventing sanctions against Russia

Read here: https://news.yahoo.com/german-economy-minister-favour-increasing-121111843.html

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As Russia sources weapons for its war, it is violating the very UN sanctions it helped to draft: UK Statement at the Security Council

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/as-russia-sources-weapons-for-its-war-it-is-violating-the-very-un-sanctions-it-helped-to-draft-uk-statement-at-the-security-council

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