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Attorney General James Sues Company Behind Zelle for Enabling Widespread Fraud

Read here: https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2025/attorney-general-james-sues-company-behind-zelle-enabling-widespread-fraud

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The Prison Kingpin Who Took Tren de Aragua Transnational

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/nino-guerrero-prison-kingpin-who-took-tren-aragua-transnational/

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Lithuania: Searches and four detained in subsidy fraud investigation involving rural development funds

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/lithuania-searches-and-four-detained-subsidy-fraud-investigation-involving-rural

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From instigator to perpetrator: How violence‑as‑a‑service operates

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/instigator-to-perpetrator-how-violence%E2%80%91%E2%80%91%E2%80%91service-operates

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Bulgaria Raids Arms Dealers in Ukraine-Led Corruption Probe

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/bulgaria-raids-arms-dealers-in-ukraine-led-corruption-probe

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Vitesse kicked out of Dutch football: Decision to revoke club’s licence came after TBIJ revelations about secret links to Abramovich

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-08-11/vitesse-kicked-out-of-dutch-football

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Silencing the auditor: How Gibraltar’s government blocked scrutiny of its public finances

Read here: https://www.transparency.org.uk/news/silencing-auditor-how-gibraltars-government-blocked-scrutiny-its-public-finances

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A Chinese Fentanyl Smuggling Network’s Footprints in Japan

Read here: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/08/07/a-chinese-fentanyl-smuggling-networks-footprints-in-japan/

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Billion-dollar money laundering case: Luxury handbags and 58 gold bars among items handed to Deloitte for liquidation

Read here: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/billion-dollar-money-laundering-case-seized-assets-police-5290061

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Mexico Sends 26 Cartel Suspects to U.S., Calling Move a ‘Sovereign Decision’

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/mexico-sends-26-cartel-suspects-to-us-calling-move-a-sovereign-decision

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Phoenix Thoroughbreds founder jailed for conspiracy to commit money laundering

Read here: https://www.racingpost.com/news/international/phoenix-thoroughbreds-founder-jailed-for-conspiracy-to-commit-money-laundering-a4rUF9W2ySGa/

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An approach to anti-money laundering compliance for cryptoassets

Read here: https://www.bis.org/publ/bisbull111.htm

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Revealed: Oligarchs spied on UK lawyers who ran Serious Fraud Office cases

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/10/revealed-oligarchs-spied-on-uk-lawyers-who-ran-serious-office-cases

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Interview: Carlos Lehder, Founder of Medellin Cartel

Read here: https://www.crashoutmedia.com/p/exclusive-interview-carlos-lehder

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HMRC charges first company under landmark tax evasion powers

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-08-07/hmrc-charges-first-company-ever-under-landmark-tax-evasion-powers

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Very British bribery: The whistleblower who exposed the UK’s dodgy arms deals with Saudi Arabia

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/07/long-read-british-bribery-britain-arms-deals-saudi-arabia-ian-foxley

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Drivers warned about scam car finance payout calls

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c860021w3g8o

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City of London Police secure Silver Notice against convicted fraudster

Read here: https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2025/august/city-of-london-police-secure-silver-notice-against-convicted-fraudster/

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SupTech can make anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism supervision more effective, the EBA finds

Read here: https://www.eba.europa.eu/publications-and-media/press-releases/suptech-can-make-anti-money-laundering-and-countering-financing-terrorism-supervision-more-effective

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“They haven’t got any concrete evidence”: Listen to cash machine raider’s WhatsApp boast days before we brought down his £700k burglary gang

Read here: https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2025/august/they-havent-got-any-concrete-evidence-listen-to-cash-machine-raiders-whatsapp-boast-days-before-we-brought-down-his-700000-burglary-gang/

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U.S. won’t seek death penalty for Mexican drug lords Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero

Read here: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/us-wont-seek-death-penalty-mexican-drug-lords-zambada-quintero-rcna223278

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Alice Guo POGO case wins Philippines’ Anti-Money Laundering Council prestigious Best Egmont Case Award

Read here: https://asgam.com/2025/07/28/alice-guo-pogo-case-wins-philippines-anti-money-laundering-council-prestigious-best-egmont-case-award/

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Carter-Ruck partner prosecuted for ‘improper’ threat to sue: Understood to be facing tribunal over letter attempting to silence victim of a huge fraud scheme

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-08-06/carter-ruck-partner-prosecuted-for-improper-threat-to-sue

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Internationally active Albanian organised crime network busted – 10 arrests

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/internationally-active-albanian-organised-crime-network-busted-10-arrests

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Bangladesh Opens Corruption Trial for Sheikh Hasina

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/bangladesh-opens-corruption-trial-for-sheikh-hasina

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Two Mexican Nationals Charged for Bribing State-Owned Energy Officials

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-mexican-nationals-charged-bribing-state-owned-energy-officials

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How Elite Special Operations Troops Created a Drug Cartel

Read here: https://reason.com/2025/08/12/how-elite-special-operations-troops-created-a-drug-cartel/

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Russia restricts WhatsApp and Telegram, alleging apps used for fraud and terrorism

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/13/russia-clamps-down-on-whatsapp-and-telegram-over-data-sharing

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Following the Fraud: The Role of Money Mules

Read here: https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/emerging-insights/following-fraud-role-money-mules

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Tornado Cash: Where Code, Privacy, and Sanctions Collide

Read here: https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/tornado-cash-where-code-privacy-and-sanctions-collide

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Seven tonnes of clams unfit for human consumption seized in hit against illegal fisheries

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/seven-tonnes-of-clams-unfit-for-human-consumption-seized-in-hit-against-illegal-fisheries

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Former Verstappen sponsor jailed for money laundering, bribery

Read here: https://f1i.com/news/545985-former-verstappen-sponsor-jailed-for-money-laundering-bribery.html

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Mexican Accountant Sentenced to 5 Years for Role in International Money Laundering Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwi/pr/mexican-accountant-sentenced-5-years-role-international-money-laundering-scheme

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UK: Using government data to verify your identity – The role of the GOV.UK Wallet

Read here: https://enablingdigitalidentity.blog.gov.uk/2025/08/15/using-government-data-to-verify-your-identity-the-role-of-the-gov-uk-wallet/

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Scale of bank fraud and money mules is ‘so vast’ it should be a national security threat, think tank warns

Read here: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/beatthescammers/article-15003029/Scale-bank-fraud-money-mules-vast-national-security-threat-think-tank-warns.html

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Builder denies running business as a Ponzi scheme

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg501vy3mlmo

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DOJ, SEC charge two men in $200 million water vending machine Ponzi scheme

Read here: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/14/doj-water-ponzi-fraud-sec.html

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Fito: The Rise and Fall of Ecuador’s Most Wanted Crime Boss

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/annual-series/summer-insights-2025-fito-rise-fall-ecuador-most-wanted-crime-boss/

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Call to vet YouTube ads like regular TV to stop scams

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckge5xdwjx5o

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