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EU decides to strengthen cybersecurity and resilience across the Union: Council adopts new legislation

Read here: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/11/28/eu-decides-to-strengthen-cybersecurity-and-resilience-across-the-union-council-adopts-new-legislation/

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Brazil Judge Orders Bolsonaro Allies to Pay Millions for Election Fraud Lawsuit

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17091-brazil-judge-orders-bolsonaro-allies-to-pay-millions-for-election-fraud-lawsuit

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Failure to name firms receiving Covid loans hurts trust in UK, BBB tribunal told

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/28/trust-in-uk-damaged-by-failure-to-prevent-covid-loans

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Judge reminds Rosmah’s lawyers to prioritise money laundering case

Read here: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2022/11/29/judge-reminds-rosmahs-lawyers-to-prioritise-money-laundering-case/42465

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German Court Throws Out Money-Laundering Charges Over Cum-Ex

Read here: https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report-international/german-court-throws-out-money-laundering-charges-over-cum-ex-1

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Rape as a weapon of war will trigger UK sanctions, says James Cleverly

Read here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/terror-and-security/rape-weapon-war-will-trigger-uk-sanctions-says-james-cleverly/

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Deripaska trial delayed after lawyers query UK sanctions regime cap

Read here: https://www.ft.com/content/ac5f4b77-6876-4315-9072-1baebef242f3

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Heat is rising as European ‘super cartel’ is taken down in six countries

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/heat-rising-european-super-cartel-taken-down-in-six-countries

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Support to French and Belgian authorities’ action against large-scale drug trafficking

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/support-french-and-belgian-authorities-action-against-large-scale-drug-trafficking

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Eastern Europe’s Biggest Wood Processor Demanded Free Timber From Suppliers For Years

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/eastern-europes-biggest-wood-processor-demanded-free-timber-from-suppliers-for-years

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International operation shuts down websites offering counterfeit goods and pirated content

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/international-operation-shuts-down-websites-offering-counterfeit-goods-and-pirated-content

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Gangs of cybercriminals are expanding across Africa, investigators say

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/27/gangs-of-cybercriminals-are-expanding-across-africa-investigators-say

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French NGOs Suspect Conflict of Interest in Tuna Sector

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17085-french-ngos-suspect-conflict-of-interest-in-tuna-sector

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Scammers ‘targeting neobank customers’ in the UK as fraud rates soar

Read here: https://sifted.eu/articles/neobank-fraud-victims-revolut-monzo-starling/

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Iranian artists call for boycott of cultural institutions with links to regime – Claim some seemingly independent galleries “have been the money-laundering arm of the government”

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/28/iranian-artists-call-for-boycott-of-cultural-institutions-with-links-to-regime

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Eurojust assists Hungary and Switzerland in dismantling human trafficking network

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/eurojust-assists-hungary-and-switzerland-dismantling-human-trafficking-network

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Social Media, Terrorism & Money Laundering Among India’s Top Security Challenges for Next 25 Years

Read here: https://www.news18.com/news/india/exclusive-social-media-terrorism-money-laundering-among-indias-top-security-challenges-for-next-25-years-6485953.html

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Angola’s Isabel Dos Santos Considers Presidential Run From Exile

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/angola-isabel-dos-santos-considers-123841414.html

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Sanctions: Council adds the violation of restrictive measures to the list of EU crimes

Read here: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/11/28/sanctions-council-adds-the-violation-of-restrictive-measures-to-the-list-of-eu-crimes/

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Employee who stole £1.9m ordered to repay victims

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-63787902

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Beyond blood: Gold, conflict and criminality in West Africa

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/gold-conflict-criminality-west-africa/

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Smugglers Leave Haitian Migrants Marooned on Desert Islands Off Puerto Rico

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/smugglers-leave-haitian-migrants-islands-puerto-rico/

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Oligarchs weaken Indonesia’s fight against corruption

Read here: https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/law-order/2267289-oligarchs-weaken-indonesias-fight-against-corruption

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ABB Nears Deal to Resolve Third U.S. Bribery Case Against Company

Read here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/abb-nears-deal-to-resolve-third-u-s-bribery-case-against-company-11669407951

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Tory donor’s firm traded Russian oil after war in Ukraine

Read here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tory-donor-trade-russian-oil-company-ukraine-murtaza-lakhani-2xh756pbc

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National Crime Agency (NCA) secures £50m identified by Barclays as the proceeds of crime

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/nca-secures-50m-identified-by-barclays-as-the-proceeds-of-crime

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Mexico launches online platform for dual-use precursors

Read here: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexico-launches-online-platform-dual-precursors-93882794

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Passively Funding Crimes Against Humanity: How Your Savings May Be Financing Internment Camps and Forced Labor in China

Read here: https://www.shu.ac.uk/-/media/home/research/helena-kennedy-centre/projects/pdfs/patterson-goodman-murphy-geller-passively-investing-nov-2022.pdf

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US eases Venezuela oil sanctions after government and opposition ink deal

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/26/us-eases-venezuela-oil-sanctions-after-govt-opposition-ink-deal

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Transparency International Defence and Security responds to review of UK’s aid investment in Afghanistan

Read here: https://ti-defence.org/transparency-international-defence-and-security-responds-to-review-of-uks-aid-investment-in-afghanistan/

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Lafarge: US prosecution raises alarm bells for terrorist financing compliance

Read here: https://riskscreen.com/blog/lafarge-us-prosecution-raises-alarm-bells-for-terrorist-financing-compliance/

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CEO of NAB supplier found guilty of fraud and bribery

Read here: https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/41367/ceo-of-nab-supplier-found-guilty-of-fraud-and-bribery

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Airbus says reached settlement with French prosecutor on Libya, Kazakhstan bribery probe

Read here: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/airbus-says-reached-settlement-french-153953393.html

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How Organized Crime Profits from Migrant Flow Across Colombia’s Darién Gap

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/organized-crime-profits-migrants-darien-gap/

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Shinhan Financial’s U.S. Unit Ordered to Beef Up Money Laundering Oversight

Read here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/shinhan-financials-u-s-unit-ordered-to-beef-up-money-laundering-oversight-11669417664

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Council of Europe to draft a new global Convention to Protect the Environment through Criminal Law

Read here: https://www.coe.int/en/web/cdpc/home/newsroom/-/asset_publisher/j3Bn8SUnaMxc/content/council-of-europe-to-draft-a-new-global-convention-to-protect-the-environment-through-criminal-law

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Italy: EPPO seizes bank accounts in investigation for fraud of over €70,000

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/news/italy-eppo-seizes-bank-accounts-investigation-fraud-over-eu70-000

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Tackling Tiger Trafficking Framework

Read here: https://tigers.panda.org/?8208466/Tackling-Tiger-Trafficking-Framework

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Our climate guilt is a weapon for fraudsters promising to help us help the environment

Read here: https://www.cityam.com/our-climate-guilt-is-a-weapon-for-fraudsters-promising-to-help-us-help-the-environment/

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FCA concerned about problem behaviours linked to trading app design

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-concerned-about-problem-behaviours-linked-trading-app-design

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