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Brazil Rescues 19 Foreigners in Conditions Similar to Slavery

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17444-brazil-rescues-19-foreigners-in-conditions-similar-to-slavery

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Bulgaria to extradite top ex-magistrate to Austria over money laundering

Read here: https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/bulgaria-to-extradite-top-ex-magistrate-to-austria-over-money-laundering/

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Gold shipment, worth an estimated £4m, forfeited after NCA links it to drug cartels

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/gold-shipment-forfeited-after-nca-links-it-to-drug-cartels

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Tiger Sheikhs: The Emirati Royals and Covert Celebrity Wildlife Shoots

Read here: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/03/21/tiger-sheikhs-uae-royals-wildlife-shoots/

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JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank to face lawsuits accusing them of enabling Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/jp-morgan-and-deutsche-bank-to-face-lawsuits-accusing-them-of-enabling-jeffrey-epsteins-sex-trafficking-12839189

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Moneyval Chief Departs Role After Report Links Family to Russian Intelligence

Read here: https://www.moneylaundering.com/news/moneyval-chief-quits-after-report-links-him-to-russian-intelligence/

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Barry bingo hall cannabis farm is uncovered by police

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-65014392

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UK: Trust Services Sanctions update

Read here: https://ofsi.blog.gov.uk/2023/03/21/trust-services-sanctions-update/

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Ferrari hacked, refuses to pay ransom demand

Read here: https://cybernews.com/news/ferrari-hit-by-cyber-incident/

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Vietnam seizes more than seven tons of smuggled ivory

Read here: https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/video/vietnam-seizes-more-seven-tons-160052805.html

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What Mexico’s Posture on Fentanyl Says About US Relations

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/mexico-posture-fentanyl-says-us-mexico-relations/

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Operation in Italy against criminal group under investigation for massive VAT fraud: 12 arrests, including four public officials

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/news/operation-italy-against-criminal-group-under-investigation-massive-vat-fraud-12-arrests

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Singapore: Explanatory Brief for Financial Services and Markets (Amendment) Bill 2023, including COSMIC (Collaborative Sharing of ML/TF Information & Cases)

Read here: https://www.mas.gov.sg/news/speeches/2023/explanatory-brief-for-financial-services-and-markets-amendment-bill

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UK sanctions top Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps financiers

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-sanctions-top-iranian-revolutionary-guard-corps-financiers

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This is what you (almost) never see: Surveillance and intervention units tracked suspected terrorists across borders

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/what-you-almost-never-see

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How the New Mafia Really Works: OCCRP Journalists Discuss Organized Crime

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/announcements/40-presss-releases/17436-how-the-new-mafia-really-works-occrp-journalists-discuss-organized-crime

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More than 1000 artifacts in Metropolitan Museum of Art catalog linked to alleged looting and trafficking figures

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/hidden-treasures/more-than-1000-artifacts-in-metropolitan-museum-of-art-catalog-linked-to-alleged-looting-and-trafficking-figures/

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From Medellín to Malta: Italian in €440 million fraud laundered money through Malta

Read here: https://theshiftnews.com/2023/03/20/from-medellin-to-malta-italian-in-e440-million-fraud-laundered-money-through-malta/

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Credit Suisse In Bed With Sanctioned Chinese Entities

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17435-credit-suisse-in-bed-with-sanctioned-chinese-entities

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Operation Elbrus court outcome revealed: Lawyer jailed for 12 years

Read here: https://www.afp.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/operation-elbrus-court-outcome-revealed-lawyer-jailed-12-years

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Out of Africa: Financial Networks of Islamic State 2.0

Read here: https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/out-africa-financial-networks-islamic-state-20

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Global Terrorism Index 2023 Published

Read here: https://www.visionofhumanity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GTI-2023-web-1-1.pdf

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U.S. Sanctions Narco Boss from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17431-u-s-sanctions-narco-boss-from-bosnia-and-herzegovina

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DEA Reports Widespread Threat of Fentanyl Mixed with Xylazine

Read here: https://www.dea.gov/alert/dea-reports-widespread-threat-fentanyl-mixed-xylazine

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Matamoros: A Symptom of Mexico’s Larger Illness

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/matamoros-symptom-organized-crime-mexico-tamaulipas/

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TSMC founder Morris Chang backs US chip sanctions on China

Read here: https://bits-chips.nl/artikel/tsmc-founder-morris-chang-backs-us-chip-sanctions-on-china/

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Readout of Joint Task Force Alpha Summit on Anti-Human Smuggling and Trafficking Efforts

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/readout-joint-task-force-alpha-summit-anti-human-smuggling-and-trafficking-efforts

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Micronesian Couple Sentenced for Withholding Passports to Coerce Labor of Two Men in Meat Processing Plant

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/micronesian-couple-sentenced-withholding-passports-coerce-labor-two-men-meat-processing-plant

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Former Wells Fargo Executive Agrees to Plead Guilty to Obstructing Bank Examination Involving the Opening of Millions of Accounts Without Customer Authorization

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/former-wells-fargo-executive-agrees-plead-guilty-obstructing-bank-examination

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‘Catch Me If You Can’ conman Frank Abagnale Jr. lied about his lifetime of lies, sources claim

Read here: https://nypost.com/2023/03/13/catch-me-if-you-can-conman-frank-abagnale-lied-about-his-lies/

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UK: Top secret drug report supported decriminalisation

Read here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/top-secret-drug-report-supported-decriminalisation-qqb3x0lbj

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United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime releases The Global Report on Cocaine 2023

Read here: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/press/releases/2023/March/need-for-enhanced-cooperation-to-address-cocaine-surge-highlighted-at-unodc-global-report-launch.html Link to report: https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/cocaine/Global_cocaine_report_2023.pdf

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AUSTRAC accepts enforceable undertaking from PayPal

Read here: https://www.austrac.gov.au/news-and-media/media-release/austrac-accepts-enforceable-undertaking-paypal

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FTC Finalizes Order Requiring Fortnite maker Epic Games to Pay $245 Million for Tricking Users into Making Unwanted Charges

Read here: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/03/ftc-finalizes-order-requiring-fortnite-maker-epic-games-pay-245-million-tricking-users-making

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Porsche and tens of thousands in cash seized in East of England sex slavery raid

Read here: https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2023-03-19/porsche-and-tens-of-thousands-in-cash-seized-in-sex-slavery-raid

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Qatar charges ex-finance minister with bribery, embezzlement

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/19/qatar-charges-ex-finance-minister-with-bribery-embezzlement

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Do As I Say, Not As I Do: Foreign Supply of Repressive Equipment to Hong Kong

Read here: https://c4ads.org/commentary/doasisaynotasido/

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South African corruption investigator shot dead

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-65007942

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Russians flood Kazakhstan with sanction-busting requests

Read here: https://uk.style.yahoo.com/exclusive-russians-flood-kazakhstan-sanction-122200064.html

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