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Islamic Countries Adopt Makkah Agreement for Cooperation in Combating Corruption

Read here: https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/4055211/islamic-countries-adopt-makkah-agreement-cooperation-combating-corruption

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UN, EU blast weakening of Guatemala anti-corruption efforts

Read here: https://apnews.com/article/europe-united-nations-guatemala-european-union-city-17b3cd39c5f36b64fcd01280350f3126

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Hundreds claim e-fraud in Kuwait: Fraudulent gang uses app to seize bank accounts

Read here: https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/kuwait/hundreds-claim-e-fraud-in-kuwait-1.92846747

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Fraudulent ‘popunder’ Google Ad campaign generated millions of dollars

Read here: https://www.theregister.com/2022/12/22/google_ad_popunder_scam/

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New Zealand regulator files AML breach proceedings against Tiger Brokers

Read here: https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/95301/nz-regulator-files-aml-breach-proceedings-against-tiger-brokers

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Azerbaijani Leader Talibov Resigns After a Generation of Rule Over Mountain Region

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17197-azerbaijani-leader-talibov-resigns-after-a-generation-of-rule-over-mountain-region

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Vietnam arrests officials over Covid-19 flight bribe scandal

Read here: https://www.nst.com.my/world/world/2022/12/863566/vietnam-arrests-officials-over-covid-19-flight-bribe-scandal

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New FinCEN Analysis of BSA Data Reveals Trends on the Financial Activity of Russian Oligarchs

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/new-fincen-analysis-bsa-data-reveals-trends-financial-activity-russian-oligarchs Link to report: https://www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/2022-12/Financial%20Trend%20Analysis_Russian%20Oligarchs%20FTA%20_Final.pdf

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Private Investment Funds in Latin America: Money Laundering & Corruption Risks

Read here: https://gfintegrity.org/press-release/new-gfi-report-finds-private-investment-funds-vulnerable/ Link to report: https://gfintegrity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GFI-PIF-in-LatAm-Report.pdf

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Money launderers targeted football club owner

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-64055643

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How 2022 turned into one of ICIJ’s biggest years for investigations and impact

Read here: https://www.icij.org/inside-icij/2022/12/how-2022-turned-into-one-of-icijs-biggest-years-for-investigations-and-impact/

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New Select Subcommittee Report Reveals How Fintech Companies Facilitated Fraud In The Paycheck Protection Program

Read here: https://coronavirus.house.gov/news/press-releases/clyburn-fintech-fraud-ppp-doj-sba Link to report: https://coronavirus.house.gov/sites/democrats.coronavirus.house.gov/files/2022.12.01%20How%20Fintechs%20Facilitated%20Fraud%20in%20the%20Paycheck%20Protection%20Program.pdf

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Ex-FIFA Executive Jack Warner Financed “Election Engineering” Campaign in Trinidad

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/ex-fifa-executive-jack-warner-financed-election-engineering-campaign-in-trinidad

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Illicit City-Making and Its Materialities. Introduction to the Special Issue

Read here: https://jied.lse.ac.uk/articles/10.31389/jied.169/

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Exposed: The company formation ‘factory’ that’s a crook’s dream

Read here: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/exposed-company-formation-factory-thats-28786299

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Former Harvard fencing coach and Maryland businessman are both acquitted of bribery charges

Read here: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/21/us/zhao-brand-harvard-acquitted-bribery/index.html

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UAE fines six companies $871,000 for breaking anti-money laundering law

Read here: https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/economy/2022/12/21/uae-fines-six-companies-871000-for-breaking-anti-money-laundering-law/

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Kaili plot on Paros frozen pending money-laundering investigation

Read here: https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1200871/kaili-plot-on-paros-frozen-pending-money-laundering-investigation/

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Guidance: Export control compliance case studies

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/export-control-compliance-code-of-practice/export-control-compliance-case-studies

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Football, gas and bribery allegations: How Qatar-EU relations deteriorated

Read here: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/21/middleeast/qatar-europe-bribery-scandal-mime-intl/index.html

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Notorious Edinburgh ‘Madam Moneybags’ died owing courts hundreds of thousands

Read here: https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/notorious-edinburgh-madam-moneybags-died-25813680

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A Cartel Boss Nicknamed ‘Tony Montana’ Was Just Arrested in Mexico

Read here: https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxn9n5/a-cartel-boss-nicknamed-tony-montana-was-just-arrested-in-mexico

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Alleged meth kingpin Tse Chi Lop extradited to Australia

Read here: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/21/australia/tse-chi-lop-extradition-intl/index.html

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Traders Are Sneaking Banned Russian and Belarusian Wood Into the EU By Pretending It’s From Central Asia

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/traders-are-sneaking-banned-russian-and-belarusian-wood-into-the-eu-by-pretending-its-from-central-asia

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Ex-NYU admin siphoned $3.5m in grants and blew cash on herself – Including an $80K pool

Read here: https://nypost.com/2022/12/19/former-nyu-administrator-charged-for-orchestrating-3-5m-fraud-scheme/

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Venezuela’s Opaque Drug-Seizure Figures Don’t Add Up

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/venezuela-opaque-drug-seizure-figures/

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ASIC action against Star directors: Implications for boards

Read here: https://www.aicd.com.au/board-of-directors/performance/effectiveness/asic-action-against-star-directors-implications-for-boards.html

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Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Statement on Anniversary of Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-statement-anniversary-pan-am-flight-103-bombing-over

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Turkish national indicted by Swiss justice for supporting Islamic militants

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/turkish-national-indicted-by-swiss-justice-for-supporting-islamic-militants/48149592

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Union chief resigns following Qatar-EU corruption probe

Read here: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/qatar-eu-corruption-probe-union-chief-resigns

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Peruvian Prosecutors Seek 15 Years for Ex-President Vizcarra for Graft

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17196-peruvian-prosecutors-seek-15-years-for-ex-president-vizcarra-for-graft

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EncroChat: How France’s Supreme Court Decision affects the UK

Read here: https://eldwicklaw.com/encrochat-uk-french-supreme-court-decision/

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Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to step up action over non-compliance with transparency rules

Read here: https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/sra-to-step-up-action-over-non-compliance-with-transparency-rules

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SEC Charges Former CEO of Biotech Company CytoDyn with Fraud, Insider Trading

Read here: https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2022-232

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Nigerian National Sentenced to Prison for Role in Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdwv/pr/nigerian-national-sentenced-prison-role-fraud-and-money-laundering-scheme

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Malta, the Mafia’s ‘El Dorado’: Report finds billions laundered through Malta

Read here: https://theshiftnews.com/2022/12/19/malta-the-mafias-el-dorado-report-finds-e4-billion-laundered-through-malta/ Link to report: https://www.martin-schirdewan.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Geldwaesche-im-Online-Gluecksspiel-2022.pdf

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Nick Johnson KC secures acquittal of chartered accountant in one of the largest money laundering trials in British legal history

Read here: https://www.exchangechambers.co.uk/nick-johnson-kc-secures-acquittal-of-chartered-accountant-in-one-of-the-largest-money-laundering-trials-in-british-legal-history/

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Brooklyn pastor who was robbed on live stream in July charged with fraud

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/19/brooklyn-pastor-fraud-charge-lamor-miller-whitehead

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