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Cutting edge data and AI tech to help UK government hunt down fraudsters

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cutting-edge-data-and-ai-tech-to-help-government-hunt-down-fraudsters

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Southern Mexico Extortion Suggests Migration of Central American Gangs

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/mexico-first-evidence-el-salvador-gangs-regrouping-abroad/

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Russia Boosts China Trade to Counter Western Sanctions

Read here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-ramps-up-china-trade-to-counter-western-sanctions-11675079584

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Loophole allows subsidiaries of sanctioned Russian companies to sponsor UK visas

Read here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/loophole-allows-subsidiaries-of-sanctioned-russian-companies-to-sponsor-uk-visas-3dn92vvf5

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Fall of Asia’s gambling kingpin augurs change for Macau

Read here: https://www.ft.com/content/bfeb126e-99b0-4899-9952-17eeeccf30a4

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Credit Suisse Banked Abramovich Fortune Held in Secret Offshore Companies

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/credit-suisse-banked-abramovich-fortune-held-in-secret-offshore-companies

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Petroleum and politics: Oil smuggling and the Iran–Saudi regional rivalry

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/oil-smuggling-iran-saudi-arabia/

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888’s Middle East VIP gambling accounts suspended as chief departs: Internal review finds best practices, including AML processes, not followed

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/30/888s-middle-east-vip-gambling-accounts-suspended

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Thousands of offshore companies with UK property still not stating real owners

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/30/offshore-companies-with-uk-property-not-stating-beneficial-owners

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Croatia Investigates Disappearance of Yacht Linked to Russian Oligarch

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17279-croatia-investigates-disappearance-of-a-sanctioned-oligarch-s-yacht

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CJNG Control of Illegal Mining in Michoacán, Mexico, Claiming Indigenous Lives

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/cjng-control-illegal-mining-michoacan-mexico/

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Adani claims US investment firm’s fraud allegations are an ‘attack on India’

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/30/adani-claims-us-investment-firm-hindenburg-research-allegations-attack-on-india

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How Armenia is helping Russia evade Western sanctions

Read here: https://www.eureporter.co/world/armenia/2023/01/27/how-armenia-is-helping-russia-evade-western-sanctions/

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Italian Authorities Arrest Dozens in Anti-Mafia Operation in Calabria

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17276-italian-authorities-arrest-dozens-in-anti-mafia-operation-in-calabria

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French Police Investigate Hacking Of Michel Platini’s Email

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2023-01-26/french-police-investigate-hacking-of-michel-platinis-email

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James Stunt to wait 20 months for money-laundering retrial

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-64432146

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Cybercriminals can now block contactless payments

Read here: https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/41701/cybercriminals-can-now-block-contactless-payments

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The EU banned Russian wood pellet imports; South Korea took them all

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/the-eu-banned-russian-wood-pellet-imports-south-korea-took-them-all/

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Venezuela former chief justice indicted in U.S. for money laundering

Read here: https://www.euronews.com/2023/01/28/usa-venezuela

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Ecuador’s Navy Grappling With Mounting Evidence of Criminal Collusion

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/ecuador-navy-grappling-mounting-evidence-criminal-collusion/

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Mobile phone fraud: ‘They stole £22,500 using my banking app’

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64240140

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Experts react: The US opens up Caribbean energy supplies with a sanctions exception for Venezuela. What does it mean for the region?

Read here: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/experts-react-the-us-opens-up-caribbean-energy-supplies-with-a-sanctions-exception-for-venezuela-what-does-it-mean-for-the-region/

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‘Keep No Traces:’ Guidebook to Secret Billions Exposed in Ruling

Read here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-29/-keep-no-traces-guidebook-to-secret-billions-exposed-in-ruling?leadSource=uverify%20wall

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Global fixer of corrupt energy deals to be sentenced in Houston court

Read here: https://www.ft.com/content/6911fab3-ec10-4bcf-a2c7-a772f5f8ad37

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U.S. Department of Justice Disrupts Hive Ransomware Variant: FBI Covertly Infiltrated Hive Network, Thwarting Over $130 Million in Ransom Demands

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-department-justice-disrupts-hive-ransomware-variant Link to Affidavit: https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1564286/download Link to Warrant: https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1564291/download Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco Delivers Remarks on the Disruption of Hive Ransomware Variant: https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/deputy-attorney-general-lisa-o-monaco-delivers-remarks-disruption-hive-ransomware-variant Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks […]

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UK for sale: How the wealthy hold British property via offshore firms

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/27/uk-for-sale-how-the-wealthy-hold-british-property-via-offshore-firms

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UK government finally commits to reforming corporate criminal liability

Read here: https://www.spotlightcorruption.org/uk-government-finally-commits-to-reforming-corporate-criminal-liability/

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Governments outsource sanctions enforcement to private industry to mixed results

Read here: https://www.codastory.com/newsletters/sanctions-enforcement-russia/

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Chile and Bolivia Seize 690 Tons of Chemical Precursors from China

Read here: https://dialogo-americas.com/articles/chile-and-bolivia-seize-690-tons-of-chemical-precursors-from-china/

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Top U.S. Treasury official to warn UAE, Turkey over sanctions evasion

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-top-u-treasury-official-060833244.html

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Otoniel Pleads Guilty: Farewell to Colombia’s Last Kingpin

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/otoniel-pleads-guilty-farewell-colombia-last-kingpin/

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Pharmaceuticals Direct: We have a date in the Supreme Court to argue for our case to be heard

Read here: https://goodlawproject.org/update/pharmaceuticals-direct-we-have-a-date-in-the-supreme-court-to-argue-for-our-case-to-be-heard/

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Treasury Sanctions Russian Proxy Wagner Group as a Transnational Criminal Organization

Read here: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1220

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Indonesia’s charity laws in spotlight after Lion Air crash scam

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/1/26/indonesia-law-under-scrutiny-after-lion-air-crash-charity-scam

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Inside the extramarital affair and cash-fueled double life of the FBI spy hunter charged with taking Russian money

Read here: https://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-inside-extramarital-affair-cash-110000805.html

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Citing corruption, US sanctions former Paraguayan president, bars ex Panama president from entering the country

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/citing-corruption-us-sanctions-former-paraguayan-president-bars-ex-panama-president-from-entering-the-country/

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Members of Eastern European Organized Crime Group Allegedly Plotted to Murder a U.S. Citizen of Iranian Origin in New York City Who Has Publicly Opposed the Iranian Government

Red here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-charges-and-new-arrest-connection-assassination-plot-directed

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Kleptocratic Adaptation: Anticipating The Next Stage In The Battle Against Transnational Kleptocracy

Read here: https://www.ned.org/kleptocratic-adaptation-anticipating-the-next-stage-in-the-battle-against-transnational-kleptocracy/ Link to report: https://www.ned.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/NED_FORUM-Kleptocratic-Adaptation.pdf

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