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£22 million money laundering case; father and son plead not guilty to all charges

Read here: https://www.gbc.gi/news/22-million-money-laundering-case-father-and-son-plead-not-guilty-all-charges

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China’s flagship CPU designer Loongson puts on a brave face amid US sanctions

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tech-war-chinas-flagship-cpu-093000576.html

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Russia Imposes Sanctions On 23 Britons Over London’s Support Of Ukraine

Read here: https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-sanctions-britons-london-support-ukraine/32323046.html

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Canada bans Russian aluminum and steel imports

Read here: https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2023/03/canada-bans-russian-aluminum-and-steel-imports.html

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Precursors seized by B.C. RCMP could have produced 262 million lethal doses of fentanyl

Read here: https://vancouversun.com/news/crime/precursors-seized-bc-rcmp-262-million-lethal-fentanyl-doses

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Excluding small businesses from anti-fraud legislation is asking for trouble

Read here: https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/business/economic-crime-bill-small-businesses-money-laundering-false-accounting-b2302190.html

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SFO recovers [£92.5k] criminal assets from £740m property fraud concealed through school donation

Read here: https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2023/03/17/sfo-recovers-criminal-assets-from-740m-property-fraud-concealed-through-school-donation/

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Key details withheld, files locked in basements as Ericsson ‘impaired’ US investigation

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/ericsson-list/key-files-and-usb-drives-locked-away-in-ericssons-basement-justice-department-says/

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SFO secures over $7 million from convicted Brazilian money launderer

Read here: https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2023/03/17/sfo-secures-over-7-million-from-convicted-brazilian-money-launderer/

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Cocaine Prices in Australia, New Zealand: Worth the Trek for Traffickers

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/australia-new-zealand-world-most-expensive-cocaine-markets/

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FCA’s ‘Dear CEO’ letter to Electronic Money Institutions includes focus on money laundering, sanctions and fraud

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/correspondence/priorities-payments-firms-portfolio-letter-2023.pdf  

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Coca May Have Permanently Taken Root in Central America

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/coca-permanently-taken-root-central-america/

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Russia’s Wagner puts $15 million bounty on Italian defence minister

Read here: https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/russias-wagner-puts-15-million-bounty-on-italian-defence-minister/

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US stepped up enforcement actions against foreign bribery in 2022, says report

Read here: https://www.voanews.com/a/report-us-stepped-up-enforcement-actions-against-foreign-bribery-in-2022/7008252.html

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Australia: New money laundering taskforce tackles lifeblood of organised crime

Read here: https://www.afp.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/new-money-laundering-taskforce-tackles-lifeblood-organised-crime

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Denmark vulnerable to foreign bribery, says OECD report

Read here: https://cphpost.dk/2023-03-16/news/eu/denmark-vulnerable-to-foreign-bribery-report/

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Man Pleads Guilty to $1.9m Baby Formula Fraud Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-pleads-guilty-19m-baby-formula-fraud-scheme

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Senators Call on FinCEN to Revise Beneficial Ownership ‘Access Rule’

Read here: https://www.moneylaundering.com/news/senators-call-on-fincen-to-revise-beneficial-ownership-access-rule/

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Justice Department Announces Historic Guatemalan Human Smuggling Extraditions at Joint Task Force Alpha Summit

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-historic-guatemalan-human-smuggling-extraditions-joint-task

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Haas Automation dismisses “false” allegations it broke Russian sanctions

Read here:https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/haas-dismisses-false-allegations-it-broke-russian-sanctions/10444003/

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Results published of OPBAS multi-PBS project looking at TCSP supervision across the legal and accountancy sectors

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/multi-firm-reviews/opbas-multi-pbs-project-tcsp-risk.pdf

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TRACE International releases 2022 Global Enforcement Report

Read here: https://info.traceinternational.org/2022-global-enforcement-report

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Sterling Bancorp, Inc. to Plead Guilty to $69m Securities Fraud

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/sterling-bancorp-inc-plead-guilty-69m-securities-fraud

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$3 billion tax fraud case involving North Myrtle Beach land is getting settled. What next?

Read here: https://news.yahoo.com/3-billion-tax-fraud-case-110000533.html

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Iraq central bank governor says compliance is vital but hard balancing act

Read here: https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/2023/03/16/iraq-central-bank-governor-says-compliance-is-vital-but-hard-balancing-act/

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Bahamas ex-minister charged in bribes-for-contracts scheme

Read here: https://news.yahoo.com/bahamas-ex-minister-charged-bribes-231349904.html

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Former Mexican governor and presidential candidate sentenced for money laundering

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/former-mexican-governor-and-presidential-candidate-sentenced-money-laundering

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Fraudulent or illegally obtained Balkans documents are permitting ease of travel for criminals worldwide

Read here: https://riskbulletins.globalinitiative.net/see-obs-014/05-fraudulent-or-illegally-obtained-balkans-documents.html

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Analysis of ICIJ data shows how to stop Russian oligarchs in their tracks

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/russia-archive/analysis-of-icij-data-shows-how-to-stop-russian-oligarchs-in-their-tracks/

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One of the darkweb’s largest cryptocurrency laundromats washed out

Read here:https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/one-of-darkwebs-largest-cryptocurrency-laundromats-washed-out

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Who Is Riad Salame? Lebanon’s Central Bank Chief Accused of Embezzlement

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/37-ccblog/ccblog/17417-who-is-riad-salame-lebanons-central-bank-chief-accused-of-embezzlement

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Hundreds of thousands of customer records stolen from lender Latitude in cyber-attack

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/16/hundreds-of-thousands-of-customer-records-stolen-from-lender-latitude-in-cyber-attack

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Submarine with 2 bodies, 3 tons of cocaine seized in the Pacific Ocean off Colombia

Read here: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/submarine-2-bodies-3-tons-cocaine-seized-colombia-navy/

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Anti-corruption commitments in the integrated review refresh – do they stack up?

Read here: https://www.spotlightcorruption.org/corruption-integrated-review-refresh/

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About $300,000 cash seized from traveller in Perth

Read here: https://www.afp.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/about-300000-cash-seized-traveller-perth

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Web of Secret Chip Deals Allegedly Help US Tech Flow to Russia

Read here: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/web-of-secret-chip-deals-allegedly-help-us-tech-flow-to-russia-1.1895641

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OFSI publishes updated guidance on enforcement and monetary penalties for breaches of financial sanctions

Read here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1143219/March_2023_Monetary_Penalty_and_Enforcement_Guidance.pdf

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UK Supreme Court says trade sanctions aren’t duress in English law

Read here: https://www.europeansanctions.com/2023/03/uk-supreme-court-says-trade-sanctions-arent-duress-in-english-law/ Court press release here: https://www.supremecourt.uk/press-summary/uksc-2018-0191-0192.html

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Two Men Charged for Breaching Federal Law Enforcement Database and Posing as Police Officers to Defraud Social Media Companies

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/two-men-charged-breaching-federal-law-enforcement-database-and-posing-police-officers

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