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Deforestation Inc: A new ICIJ-led cross-border investigation

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/deforestation-inc/

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A mysterious fleet is helping Russia ship oil around the world. And it’s growing

Read here: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/01/business/russia-oil-shadow-fleet/index.html

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Swiss Bank Employees Indicted In Connection To Russia President’s Vast Fortunes

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/panama-papers/swiss-bank-employees-indicted-in-connection-to-russia-presidents-vast-fortunes/

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Settlement Agreement between the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and Godfrey Phillips India, Ltd

Read here: https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/126/20230301_gpi.pdf Press release here: https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20230301_33

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Why The Afghan Security Forces Collapsed

Read here: https://www.sigar.mil/pdf/evaluations/SIGAR-23-16-IP.pdf

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US Congress makes a 13th attempt to reign in dark money

Read here: https://www.codastory.com/newsletters/us-congress-makes-a-13th-attempt-to-reign-in-dark-money/

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Switzerland to Review its Banking Secrecy Law After Suisse Secrets Revelations

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17375-switzerland-to-review-its-banking-secrecy-law-after-suisse-secrets-revelations

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British Navy says it has seized smuggled Iranian weapons in Gulf

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/british-navy-says-it-has-seized-smuggled-iranian-weapons-in-gulf/48326800

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Bulgaria: EPPO probes into multi-million euro fraud regarding greenhouse gas emissions

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/news/bulgaria-eppo-probes-multi-million-euro-fraud-regarding-greenhouse-gas-emissions

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US imposes sanctions on three companies and two individuals for ‘illicitly’ generating income for North Korea

Read here: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/01/politics/us-north-korea-sanctions/index.html

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UAE: Authority seizes 214,000 pieces of counterfeit clothing with original value of Dh91 million

Read here: https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/crime/uae-authority-seizes-214000-pieces-of-counterfeit-clothing-with-original-value-of-dh91-million

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Russian Airlines Are Flying High Despite Sanctions

Read here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-01/russian-airlines-fly-airbus-boeing-jets-despite-sanctions

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Updated guidance released on requesting a defence from the NCA under POCA and TACT

Read here: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/43-requesting-a-defence-under-poca-tact/file

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Pablo Escobar and the Real Criminal Story of the Cocaine Bear

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/pablo-escobar-drugs-parachutes-cocaine-bear/

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Banker Part of Scheme to Launder Mexican Drug Money Through Fake Accounts

Read here: https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/wells-fargo-banker-out-of-chula-vista-gets-prison-time-for-opening-fake-accounts-to-launder-mexican-drug-money/3176020/

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TD Bank and HBSC Make ‘Monumental’ Settlement in $7B Ponzi Case

Read here: https://www.pymnts.com/legal/2023/banks-make-monumental-settlement-7-billion-dollar-ponzi-case/

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Glencore installs legal monitors following bribery conviction

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/glencore-installs-legal-monitors-following-bribery-conviction/48324642

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Prison was ‘brutal and distressing’ says ex-Goldman Sachs banker who was locked up in Malaysia over the 1MDB scandal

Read here: https://news.yahoo.com/prison-brutal-distressing-says-ex-065638741.html

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Ten Ways to Strengthen Canada’s Magnitsky Sanctions

Read here: https://www.policymagazine.ca/ten-ways-to-strengthen-canadas-magnitsky-sanctions/

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Indictment Charges Alleged Darknet Marketplace Fentanyl Dealer

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/indictment-charges-alleged-darknet-marketplace-fentanyl-dealer

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OCCRP Partner: Putin’s Alleged Girlfriend Owns Largest Flat in Russia

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17369-occrp-partner-putin-s-alleged-girlfriend-owns-largest-flat-in-russia

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Co-Leader of COVID-19 Loan Fraud Ring Extradited from Montenegro to Begin Serving Prison Sentence

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/co-leader-covid-19-loan-fraud-ring-extradited-montenegro-begin-serving-prison-sentence

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Revolut declines to address specific questions from the Guardian on the turnover of its compliance employees

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/01/uk-fintech-firm-revolut-much-delayed-accounts-reveal-first-annual-profit

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Annual Report 2022: EPPO puts spotlight on revenue fraud

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/news/annual-report-2022-eppo-puts-spotlight-revenue-fraud

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Swiss authorities freeze Lebanese governor’s assets

Read here: https://www.centralbanking.com/central-banks/governance/7954625/swiss-authorities-freeze-lebanese-governors-assets-report

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Former FBI agent sentenced to 6 years in prison for bribery

Read here: https://abc7.com/babak-broumand-former-fbi-agent-prison-bribery/12890968/

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Former president of China Merchants Bank charged with bribery

Read here: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/former-president-china-merchants-bank-charged-bribery-chinese-prosecutor-3311711

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UK: Get ready for the Economic Crime Levy

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prepare-for-the-economic-crime-levy/get-ready-for-the-economic-crime-levy

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FinCEN Alert on Nationwide Surge in Mail Theft-Related Check Fraud Schemes Targeting the U.S. Mail

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/shared/FinCEN%20Alert%20Mail%20Theft-Related%20Check%20Fraud%20FINAL%20508.pdf Link to press release: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-alert-nationwide-surge-mail-theft-related-check-fraud-schemes-targeting

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Assessing Risk of Terrorist Acts by Looking at Location Data and Demographic and Social Characteristics

Read here: https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/assessing-risk-terrorist-acts-using-location-data-and-other-characteristics

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How The Biggest Fraud In German History Unravelled

Read here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/06/how-the-biggest-fraud-in-german-history-unravelled

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Malaysia says Abu Dhabi’s IPIC and Aabar to pay US$1.8 billion to settle 1MDB dispute

Read here: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/1mdb-malaysia-abu-dhabi-ipic-aabar-pay-us-1-8-billion-3308916

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No Transparency and No Consistency: Russia-Ukraine Conflict Exposes the ‘Swiss Business Model’

Read here: https://www.publiceye.ch/en/media-corner/press-releases/detail/no-transparency-and-no-consistency-russias-war-exposes-the-swiss-business-model

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Russian banks play down impact of latest Western sanctions

Read here: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/russian-banks-play-down-impact-155849915.html

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Money Launderer For $5 Million Vehicle Sale Scam Extradited From Spain

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/money-launderer-5-million-vehicle-sale-scam-extradited-spain

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MEP investigated for fraud involving parliamentary allowances: EPPO seizes over €170k

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/news/mep-investigated-fraud-involving-parliamentary-allowances-eppo-seizes-over-eu170-000

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Trafigura’s Non-Existent Nickel Was Bought by a US Firm

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trafigura-non-existent-nickel-bought-172749077.html

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Crisis and organized crime: Building resilient responses

Read here: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/frontpage/2023/February/crisis-and-organized-crime_-building-resilient-responses.html

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Stanley Black & Decker Discloses Possible Foreign Bribery Violations

Read here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/stanley-black-decker-discloses-possible-foreign-bribery-violations-c15ad181

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Haiti’s Rural Gangs Threaten Food Production as Hunger Crisis Looms

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/haitis-rural-gangs-threaten-food-production-as-hunger-crisis-looms/

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