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New UK sanctions target Russia’s war machine and financial networks

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-sanctions-target-putins-war-machine-and-financial-networks-as-uk-accelerates-economic-pressure-on-russia

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Spanish Youngsters Pull Off Biggest Amazon Scam Europe Has Ever Seen

Read here: https://murciatoday.com/spanish_youngsters_pull_off_biggest_amazon_scam_europe_has_ever_seen_2004682-a.html

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How Psychedelics Became the New Club Drug

Read here: https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkgxpn/why-people-prefer-psychedelics-in-clubs-interview

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Ex-Labour MP found guilty of six counts of expenses fraud

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/08/jared-o-mara-former-labour-mp-found-guilty-expenses-fraud

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Swiss Money Managers Must Face Laundering, Conspiracy Charges

Read here: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar-and-criminal-law/swiss-money-managers-must-face-laundering-conspiracy-charges

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How US lawyers and bankers aided powerful Haitian tycoons now sanctioned over corruption by Canada

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/how-us-lawyers-and-bankers-aided-powerful-haitian-tycoons-now-sanctioned-over-corruption-by-canada/

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28 arrested as Europe’s biggest Chinese prostitution ring is dismantled

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/28-arrested-europes-biggest-chinese-prostitution-ring-dismantled

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Associate Of Sanctioned Oligarch Indicted For Sanctions Evasion And Money Laundering: Aided In Concealing Luxury Real Estate

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/associate-sanctioned-oligarch-indicted-sanctions-evasion-and-money-laundering

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International Law Enforcement Agencies Issue Joint Warning about Global Financial Sextortion Crisis

Read here: https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/international-law-enforcement-agencies-issue-joint-warning-about-global-financial-sextortion-crisis

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10 targets every country’s beneficial ownership laws should meet (and how to meet them effectively)

Read here: https://taxjustice.net/2023/02/07/10-targets-every-countrys-beneficial-ownership-laws-should-meet-and-how-to-meet-them-effectively/

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Half a billion dollars worth of cocaine found adrift in Pacific Ocean

Read here: https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/02/08/half-a-billion-dollars-worth-of-cocaine-found-adrift-in-pacific-ocean/

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South Africa’s Underground Gold Wars

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi6k1Hej0ZQ

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UN: Sahel Awash With Counterfeit Medicine, Public Health Under Threat

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17301-un-sahel-awash-with-counterfeit-medicine-public-health-under-threat

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Three arrested in UK, suspected PPE fraud worth millions

Read here: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/three-arrested-in-suspected-ppe-fraud-worth-millions

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Asia: INTERPOL meeting pushes for ‘more data, faster results’

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/News-and-Events/News/2023/Asia-INTERPOL-meeting-pushes-for-more-data-faster-results

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From Worst to Best: Anti-Money Laundering Capabilities in Latin America

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/worst-best-anti-money-laundering-capabilities-atin-america/

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A powder storm: The cocaine markets of East and southern Africa

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/cocaine-east-southern-africa/ Link to report: https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Jason-Eligh-A-Powder-of-Storm-The-cocaine-markets-of-East-and-southern-Africa-GI-TOC-2022.pdf

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I never thought someone would use Najib’s account for money laundering, says ex-Ambank relationship manager

Read here: https://www.nst.com.my/news/crime-courts/2023/02/877240/i-never-thought-someone-would-use-najibs-account-money-laundering

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ABA Passes Resolution Opposing Suspicious-Transaction Reporting Rule for Lawyers

Read here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/aba-passes-resolution-opposing-suspicious-transaction-reporting-rule-for-lawyers-11675803291

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Dollars Smuggled From Pakistan Provide Lifeline for the Taliban

Read here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-06/dollars-smuggled-from-pakistan-provide-lifeline-for-the-taliban

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Iran’s ‘ghost fleet’ switches into Russian oil

Read here: https://www.ft.com/content/955389bf-d01b-4acb-bd15-b764425a8a18

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Research Reveals Nearly 52,000 UK Properties Still Owned Anonymously – Despite New Transparency Law

Read here: https://www.transparency.org.uk/uk-register-overseas-entities-through-the-keyhole Link to report: https://www.transparency.org.uk/sites/default/files/pdf/publications/Through%20the%20Keyhole%20-%20Transparency%20International%20UK%20v2.pdf

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Criminals use Telegram to recruit ‘walkers’ as America’s big banks see an 84% increase in check fraud

Read here: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/06/criminals-use-telegram-to-recruit-walkers-as-americas-big-banks-see-an-84percent-increase-in-check-fraud.html

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New strike against encrypted criminal communications with dismantling of Exclu tool

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/new-strike-against-encrypted-criminal-communications-dismantling-exclu-tool

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How a Cartel Tricked Mexico’s Government to Steal 20 Tons of Cocaine

Read here: https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkgnkz/mexico-cocaine-sinaloa-cartel

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Five Cyprus’ Golden Passports Holders Sanctioned for Russian Arms Trading

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17298-five-cyprus-golden-passports-holders-sanctioned-for-russian-arms-trading

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Ukraine orders bank accounts frozen at Ferrexpo’s biggest arm

Read here: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ukraine-orders-bank-accounts-frozen-092740764.html

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Pseudonym criminal who ran £2.7 million investment fraud scam with his wife sentenced to nine years imprisonment

Read here: https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2023/january/jailed-pseudonym-criminal-who-ran-2.7-million-investment-fraud-scam-with-his-wife-sentenced-to-nine-years-imprisonment/

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After Chinese apps, the Indian government cracks down on Indian betting and quick loan apps – here’s why

Read here: https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/after-chinese-apps-the-indian-government-cracks-down-on-indian-betting-and-quick-loan-appsheres-why/articleshow/97690062.cms

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BBC One’s ‘The Gold’: The incredible true story behind the real Brink’s-Mat Robbery

Read here: https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/the-gold-bbc-brinks-mat-robbery-hugh-bonneville-b1058268.html

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How Cybercriminals Are Operationalizing Money Laundering and What to Do About It

Read here: https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/how-cybercriminals-are-operationalizing-money-laundering-and-what-to-do-about-it

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Martinelli Laundered Money To Buy Madrid Apartment

Read here: https://menafn.com/1105533936/Martinelli-Laundered-Money-To-Buy-Madrid-Apt-Spanish-Media

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Sunak-linked hedge fund sees pandemic profits soar to £109m

Read here: https://goodlawproject.org/sunak-linked-hedge-fund-sees-pandemic-profits-soar-to-109m/

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The Global Initiative to End Wildlife Crime: Progress Report 2022

Read here: https://endwildlifecrime.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/EWC-Progress-Report-2022.pdf

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FinCEN’s Whistleblower Program Sharpens Focus on Money Launderers

Read here: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/fincens-whistleblower-program-sharpens-focus-on-money-launderers

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Italian Politicians and Big Business Bought into Russian Occupation of Crimea

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/italian-politicians-and-big-business-bought-into-russian-occupation-of-crimea

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Record Cocaine Seizures in Colombia as Government Negotiates with Traffickers

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/record-cocaine-seizures-colombia-government-traffickers/

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US efforts to stop Iraqi money laundering sparks huge cross-border dollar smuggling

Read here: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iraq-us-efforts-money-laundering-sparks-dollar-smuggling

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New proposals to reimburse victims of fraud are “fundamentally flawed”, say MPs

Read here: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/158/treasury-committee/news/185948/new-proposals-to-reimburse-victims-of-fraud-are-fundamentally-flawed-say-mps/

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