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FinCEN Issues Notice on the Use of Convertible Virtual Currency Kiosks for Scam Payments and Other Illicit Activity

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-issues-notice-use-convertible-virtual-currency-kiosks-scam-payments-and Link to notice: https://www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/shared/FinCEN-Notice-CVCKIOSK.pdf

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$3.5B Bitcoin heist from 2020 retroactively uncovered

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/3-5b-btc-heist-retroactively-uncovered-arkham

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US Sanctions Mischaracterize Venezuela’s Cartel of the Suns

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/us-sanctions-mischaracterize-cartel-of-the-suns-venezuela/

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Companies House confirms identity verification rollout from 18 November 2025

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/companies-house-confirms-identity-verification-rollout-from-18-november-2025

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Italy: EPPO seizes €486,000 in investigation into subsidy fraud and money laundering involving RRF funds

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/italy-eppo-seizes-eu486-000-investigation-subsidy-fraud-and-money-laundering-involving

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Former Colombian President Uribe found guilty in bribery trial that threatens his legacy

Read here: https://www.nbcnews.com/world/south-america/former-colombian-president-uribe-found-guilty-bribery-trial-rcna221635

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Trio detained in recycling fraud investigation

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/trio-detained-in-recycling-fraud-investigation

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Abramovich business associate Eugene Shvidler fails to overturn UK sanctions

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/29/roman-abramovich-eugene-shvidler-uk-sanctions-supreme-court

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I responded to one of those spam texts from a “recruiter” – then took the job. It got weirder than I could have imagined.

Read here: https://slate.com/technology/2025/08/indeed-job-recruiter-text-message-scam.html

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U.K. Lawyer Fined Over Due Diligence Failures in Property Deal Linked to Family Members of Azerbaijani Official

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/uk-lawyer-fined-over-due-diligence-failures-in-property-deal-linked-to-family-members-of-azerbaijani-official

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Fake savings ads: ‘One of the most sophisticated scams we have seen’

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/aug/03/fake-savings-ads-scam-wise

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North Korea sent me abroad to be a secret IT worker. My wages funded the regime

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c15wk77zxngo

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Italy: EPPO dismantles one of Europe’s biggest illegal cigarette factories

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/italy-eppo-dismantles-one-europes-biggest-illegal-cigarette-factories

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Mapping organized criminal economies: In East and Southern Africa

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/mapping-organized-criminal-economies-in-east-and-southern-africa/

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Former OpenSea Manager Overturns Insider Trading Conviction on Appeal

Read here: https://cryptorank.io/news/feed/97b1e-former-opensea-manager-overturns-insider-trading-conviction-on-appeal

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Eight arrested in takedown of fake document distribution hub disguised as Greek travel agency

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/eight-arrested-in-takedown-of-fake-document-distribution-hub-disguised-greek-travel-agency

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Asylum Seekers Using Taxpayer-Funded Payment Cards To Gamble

Read here: https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/asylum-seekers-using-taxpayer-funded-payment-cards-gamble

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Congress Takes Aim at Dirty Money in the Multi-Billion-Dollar U.S. Art Market

Read here: https://theantiquitiescoalition.org/congress-takes-aim-at-dirty-money-in-the-multi-billion-dollar-u-s-art-market/

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London Judge Rules: Ukrainian Tycoons Stole $2 Billion from PrivatBank

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/london-judge-rules-ukrainian-tycoons-stole-2-billion-from-privatbank

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Founder And CEO Of AML Bitcoin Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison For Multi-Million-Dollar Fraud Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/founder-and-ceo-aml-bitcoin-sentenced-seven-years-prison-multi-million-dollar-fraud

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AUSTRAC launches civil penalty proceedings against pokies giant Mounties

Read here: https://www.austrac.gov.au/news-and-media/media-release/austrac-launches-civil-penalty-proceedings-against-pokies-giant-mounties

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Brazilian Police Officer Promoted Despite Arms Trafficking Charges

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/exclusive-brazilian-police-officer-promoted-despite-arms-trafficking-charges

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German Ex-MP Convicted in Azerbaijan Bribery Scandal

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/german-ex-mp-convicted-in-azerbaijan-bribery-scandal

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Portugal launches probe into construction giant’s dealings with Equatorial Guinea’s vice president

Read here: https://www.icij.org/news/2025/07/portugal-launches-probe-into-construction-giants-dealings-with-equatorial-guineas-vice-president/

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Behind the Scam: How Fraudsters Use Social Media, Software, and Shell Companies to Steal Millions

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/behind-the-scam-how-fraudsters-use-social-media-software-and-shell-companies-to-steal-millions

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Screwworm Scare Highlights Ongoing Cattle Trafficking Loopholes in Southern Mexico

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/screwworm-scare-cattle-trafficking-mexico/

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Abramovich may owe UK £1bn in unpaid tax: Leaked documents suggest oligarch’s billions were managed from UK, undermining offshore tax avoidance plan

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-01-29/roman-abramovich-may-owe-uk-1bn-in-unpaid-tax

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Fraud gang jailed over £6 million fake investment schemes

Read here: https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2025/july/fraud-gang-jailed-over-6-million-fake-investment-schemes/

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University student who sold phishing kits to fraudsters jailed

Read here: https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/university-student-who-sold-phishing-kits-fraudsters-jailed

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Head of UK’s Kinahan crime group ordered to pay back £1.1m

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/head-of-uk-s-kinahan-crime-group-ordered-to-pay-back-1-1m

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Law firm that failed to spot it was acting for PEP fined £173k

Read here: https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/law-firm-that-failed-to-spot-it-was-acting-for-pep-fined-173k

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‘Power is exercised arbitrarily’: Lessons from a reporter’s arrest in Equatorial Guinea

Read here: https://www.icij.org/news/2025/07/power-is-exercised-arbitrarily-lessons-from-a-reporters-arrest-in-equatorial-guinea/

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Fraud is changing faster than most banks can track – Here’s what the industry is (finally) starting to say out loud

Read here: https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/news-and-insight/blog/fraud-changing-faster-most-banks-can-track-heres-what-industry-finally

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Railroad to extinction: How a rail link with China supercharged an illegal wildlife tourism industry in Laos

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/railroad-to-extinction/ Link to report: https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Railroad-to-extinction-How-a-rail-link-with-China-supercharged-an-illegal-wildlife-tourism-industry-in-Laos-GI-TOC-July-2025.pdf

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When Corruption Kills: Extractives and Environmental Destruction in Western Honduras

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/investigations/corruption-kills-extractives-environmental-destruction-honduras/

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Woman Sentenced for $17M Information Technology Worker Fraud Scheme that Generated Revenue for North Korea

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/arizona-woman-sentenced-17m-information-technology-worker-fraud-scheme-generated-revenue

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AUSTRAC finalises Enforceable Undertaking with NAB

Read here: https://www.austrac.gov.au/news-and-media/media-release/austrac-finalises-enforceable-undertaking-nab

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Lithuania: EPPO indicts mayor of Šiauliai and two others for attempted fraud involving street lighting

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/lithuania-eppo-indicts-mayor-siauliai-and-two-others-attempted-fraud-involving-street

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ATM fraudsters halted in Europol-supported operation led by Romanian and British authorities

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/atm-fraudsters-halted-in-europol-supported-operation-led-romanian-and-british-authorities

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