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Police issue warning after £2.1m Bitcoin ‘scam’

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1kzg1nwwk1o

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Taiwan charges suspects in record $72M crypto laundering scheme

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/taiwan-prosecutors-indict-14-72m-money-laundering-case-1-500-victims

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Former CEO of Dutch ‘Jumbo’ Supermarkets Requests Appeal for Bribery Conviction

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/former-ceo-of-dutch-jumbo-supermarkets-requests-appeal-for-bribery-conviction

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The cost of sanctions: Dark shipping fleet fuels human trafficking

Read here: https://www.context.news/money-power-people/long-read/cost-of-sanctions-dark-shipping-fleet-fuels-human-trafficking

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Roblox’s Predator Problem and Why Federal Inaction Lets Them Get Away With It

Read here: https://endsexualexploitation.org/articles/robloxs-predator-problem-and-why-federal-inaction-lets-them-get-away-with-it/

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Crypto ATM limits and bans sweep across US: Here’s why

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-atm-limits-bans-sweep-across-us

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Call to target gangs using cash seized from criminals

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgv1n2e974o

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AUSTRAC orders audit of global crypto exchange, Binance Australia

Read here: https://www.austrac.gov.au/news-and-media/media-release/austrac-orders-audit-global-crypto-exchange

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Former Premiership footballer faces jail over £400k money laundering handover

Read here: https://news.stv.tv/east-central/former-premiership-footballer-faces-jail-over-400000-money-laundering-handover

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£1m fine for online operator ProgressPlay Limited

Read here: https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/news/article/gbp1m-fine-for-online-operator-progressplay-limited

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European banks hit by rogue PayPal payments worth ‘billions’

Read here: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj6y42jggdyo

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Mystery Deepens as Second Narco-Sub Washes Ashore in Solomon Islands

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/mystery-deepens-as-second-narco-sub-washes-ashore-in-solomon-islands

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What previous corporate offences can teach us about “failure to prevent fraud”

Read here: https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/news-and-insight/blog/what-previous-corporate-offences-can-teach-us-about-failure-prevent-fraud

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Germany: EPPO secures two additional arrests and seizures of €11 million in Water into Wine investigation

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/germany-eppo-secures-two-additional-arrests-and-seizures-eu11-million-water-wine

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Millions in counterfeit cash seized in major international haul

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/millions-in-counterfeit-cash-seized-in-major-international-haul

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Czechia: Three individuals and three companies convicted of €5.5 million fraud involving nanobots research funds

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/czechia-three-individuals-and-three-companies-convicted-eu55-million-fraud-involving

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HSBC’s Swiss Bank Said to Exit 1,000 Mideast Clients Amid Revamp

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/hsbcs-swiss-bank-said-to-exit-1%2C000-mideast-clients-amid-revamp/89882820

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JPMorgan pays $330M to settle Malaysian 1MDB fund scandal claims

Read here: https://nypost.com/2025/08/22/business/jpmorgan-pays-330m-to-settle-malaysian-1mdb-fund-scandal-claims/

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Fine for bunq B.V. for insufficient customer due diligence

Read here: https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/enforcement-measures-2025/fine-for-bunq-b-v-for-insufficient-customer-due-diligence/

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DEA Launches Bold Bilateral Initiative to Dismantle Cartel Gatekeepers and Combat Synthetic Drug Trafficking

Read here: https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2025/08/18/dea-launches-bold-bilateral-initiative-dismantle-cartel-gatekeepers-and

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Finland Opens Landmark Human Trafficking Trial

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/finland-opens-landmark-human-trafficking-trial

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Lithuanian customs uncovers ‘particularly audacious’ scheme to circumvent sanctions against Russia

Read here: https://www.euronews.com/2025/08/23/lithuanian-customs-uncovers-particularly-audacious-scheme-to-circumvent-sanctions-against-

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New allegations against Smartmatic executive in company’s voting machine contract with LA county

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/20/smartmatic-voting-machines-bribery

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UK’s HM Treasury publishes proposed amendments to the Money Laundering Regulations with draft SI and policy note

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/proposed-amendments-to-the-money-laundering-regulations-draft-si-and-policy-note

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Switzerland Considers Joining Anti-Money Laundering Task Force

Read here: https://www.finews.com/news/english-news/68905-schweiz-iaccc-beitritt-geldwaescherei-korruption-schwarzgeld-kooperation-finanzplatz-schweiz-2

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Mexico’s president asks U.S. to share convicted cartel leader’s $15 billion with her country’s poorest people

Read here: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexico-president-asks-us-share-cartel-leader-money-mexico-poor/

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Study uncovers laundering of Galápagos iguanas through wildlife export permits

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/08/study-uncovers-laundering-of-galapagos-iguanas-through-wildlife-export-permits/

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FinCEN Issues Advisory and Financial Trend Analysis on Chinese Money Laundering Networks

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-issues-advisory-and-financial-trend-analysis-chinese-money-laundering

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The Wolfsberg Group publishes its second Statement on Effective Monitoring for Suspicious Activity

Read here: https://wolfsberg-group.org/news/the-wolfsberg-group-publishes-its-second-statement-on-effective-monitoring-for-suspicious-activity/

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Javier Milei embroiled in corruption scandal tying his sister to alleged bribes

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/27/javier-milei-sister-argentina-alleged-kickbacks

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Colombian court frees former President Uribe from house arrest until it rules on bribery case

Read here: https://www.nbcnews.com/world/south-america/colombian-court-frees-former-president-uribe-house-arrest-rcna225984

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Britain leads the world in a new global business—a criminal one

Read here: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/08/21/britain-leads-the-world-in-a-new-global-business-a-criminal-one

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Countering Digital Deception: National Responses to Online Scams

Read here: https://www.stimson.org/2025/countering-digital-deception-national-responses-to-online-scams/

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The heartbreak of watching a parent fall for fraud: ‘Dad, this is a scam – have you given her money?’

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/28/the-heartbreak-of-watching-a-parent-fall-for-dad-this-is-a-scam-have-you-given-her-money

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Singer, Sean Kingston, sentenced to three and a half years over $1m wire fraud scheme

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/15/sean-kingston-prison-wire-fraud

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Gardens, grandkids and guarding against fraud: Over 65s urged to protect their patch

Read here: https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/news-and-insight/press-release/gardens-grandkids-and-guarding-against-fraud-over-65s-urged-protect

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Safety on and off the pitch: Closing down child trafficking in sport

Read here: https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165640

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Ghost-Tapping and the Chinese Cybercriminal Retail Fraud Ecosystem

Read here: https://www.recordedfuture.com/research/ghost-tapping-chinese-criminal-ecosystem

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