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H-2 Cartel Lieutenant Extradited from Mexico to Face Narcotics Trafficking and Firearms Charges

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/h-2-cartel-lieutenant-extradited-mexico-face-narcotics-trafficking-and-firearms-charges

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44 arrested in Europe-wide crackdown against high-risk criminal network

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/44-arrested-in-europe-wide-crackdown-against-high-risk-criminal-network

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Why Was Israel’s Most Wanted Mobster Hiding Out in South Africa?

Read here: https://www.vice.com/en/article/88q7x5/yaniv-ben-simon-south-africa

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Thailand’s Cannabis Industry Clouded as Legal Threats Emerge

Read here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-24/thailand-s-cannabis-tourism-industry-clouded-as-legal-threats-emerge

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Nigeria launches new banknotes to help curb corruption

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/24/nigeria-launches-new-banknotes-to-help-curb-corruption

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Barbados Attorney jailed on theft and money laundering charges

Read here: https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/news/caribbean-news/barbados-attorney-jailed-on-theft-and-money-laundering-charges/

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Delaware man sentenced to 45 years in federal prison for trafficking over 150 kilograms of cocaine and laundering the proceeds

Read here: https://www.irs.gov/compliance/criminal-investigation/delaware-man-sentenced-to-45-years-in-federal-prison-for-trafficking-over-150-kilograms-of-cocaine-and-laundering-the-proceeds

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How Greek Companies and Ghost Ships Are Helping Russia

Read here: https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/11/23/how-greek-companies-and-ghost-ships-are-helping-russia/

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Australia’s ANZ Bank Exits Myanmar Due to Post-Coup Turmoil

Read here: https://thediplomat.com/2022/11/australias-anz-bank-exits-myanmar-due-to-post-coup-turmoil/

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Nirav Modi seeks permission to appeal extradition to India in UK top court

Read here: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/nirav-modi-seeks-permission-to-appeal-extradition-in-uk-top-court/articleshow/95725567.cms

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MONEYVAL acknowledges Slovakia’s steady improvements in measures to prevent money laundering: New follow-up report

Read here: https://www.coe.int/en/web/human-rights-rule-of-law/-/moneyval-report-on-slovakia-steady-improvements-in-measures-to-prevent-money-laundering

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The UK as the world’s money-laundering playground – and how it can be cleaned up

Read here: https://www.globalbankingandfinance.com/the-uk-as-the-worlds-money-laundering-playground-and-how-it-can-be-cleaned-up/

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SEC Publishes FY22-26 Strategic Plan

Read here: https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2022-210

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LaundroGraph: Using deep learning to support anti-money laundering efforts

Read here: https://techxplore.com/news/2022-11-laundrograph-deep-anti-money-laundering-efforts.html

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New crypto website: ‘CipherCrime’ helps compliance staff stay up to date on crypto crime

Read here: https://thelaundrynews.com/new-crypto-website-ciphercrime-helps-compliance-staff-stay-up-to-date-on-crypto-crime

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Action against criminal website that offered ‘spoofing’ services to fraudsters: 142 arrests

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/action-against-criminal-website-offered-‘spoofing’-services-to-fraudsters-142-arrests

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Police text 70,000 victims in UK’s biggest anti-fraud operation

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63736573

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JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank Sued by Epstein Accusers in New York

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jpmorgan-deutsche-bank-sued-epstein-140226866.html

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UK: Tory peer Michelle Mone secretly received £29m from ‘VIP lane’ PPE firm

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/23/revealed-tory-peer-michelle-mone-secretly-received-29m-from-vip-lane-ppe-firm

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Humanitarian exemptions in unilateral sanctions regimes ineffective and inefficient: UN experts

Read here: https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements/2022/11/humanitarian-exemptions-unilateral-sanctions-regimes-ineffective-and-inefficient

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Cyber-enabled financial crime: $130 million intercepted in global INTERPOL police operation

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2022/Cyber-enabled-financial-crime-USD-130-million-intercepted-in-global-INTERPOL-police-operation

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Sanctioned Croatian Businessman Secretly Bankrolled Croatian Tourist Developer

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17075-sanctioned-croatian-businessman-secretly-bankrolled-croatian-tourist-developer

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Indigenous community in Peru losing forests to timber, drug, land trafficking

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2022/11/indigenous-community-in-peru-losing-forests-to-timber-drug-land-trafficking/

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Slovakia central bank governor Kazimir faces renewed bribery charges

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63744283

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Ex-Pilatus bank risk manager asks to intervene in Repubblika’s nolle prosequi case

Read here: https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_and_police/120005/expilatus_bank_risk_manager_asks_to_intervene_in_repubblikas_nolle_prosequi_case

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Hong Kong Seizes 64 Million Suspected Illicit Cigarettes

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17077-hong-kong-seizes-64-million-suspected-illicit-cigarettes

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Guyana: Gold smuggling one of highest money laundering threats here

Read here: https://www.stabroeknews.com/2022/11/24/news/guyana/gold-smuggling-one-of-highest-money-laundering-threats-here/

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International Sanctions Seek to Weaken Haiti’s Patronage System Between Politicians, Gangs

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/international-sanctions-seek-to-weaken-haitis-patronage-system-between-politicians-gangs/

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Why casinos are still failing to crack down on money laundering and how they can tackle it

Read here: https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/23284/why-casinos-are-still-failing-to-crack-down-on-money-laundering-and-how-they-can-tackle-it

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Probe finds Vietnam faltering in bid to curb wildlife trade, animal suffering

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2022/11/probe-finds-vietnam-faltering-in-bid-to-curb-wildlife-trade-animal-suffering/

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African Nations Win Un Tussle Over Paving The Way For Global Tax Reforms

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/paradise-papers/african-nations-win-un-tussle-over-paving-the-way-for-global-tax-reforms/

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Germany: Heist of Ancient Celtic Treasure Trove the Work of Organized Crime

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17080-germany-heist-of-ancient-celtic-treasure-trove-the-work-of-organized-crime

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Cocaine Brokers: The ‘Ndrangheta in South America

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/investigations/cocaine-brokers-ndrangheta-south-america/

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UN adopts historic decision to take on new tax leadership

Read here: https://taxjustice.net/press/un-adopts-historic-decision-to-take-on-new-tax-leadership/

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FAQ: What is Correspondent Banking?

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/troikalaundromat/faq-what-is-correspondent-banking

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‘Project Collector’ Halts Cross-Canada Money Laundering

Read here: https://alert-ab.ca/project-collector-halts-cross-canada-money-laundering/

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U.S. Charges Cambodian Officials, Others in Monkey Smuggling Scheme

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17070-u-s-charges-cambodian-officials-others-in-monkey-smuggling-scheme

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AUSTRAC accepts enforceable undertaking from ING

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

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Colombia’s military trafficking arms for guerrillas: Prosecution

Read here: https://colombiareports.com/colombia-investigating-military-arms-trafficking-for-guerrillas/

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I Pretend to Be 13 Years Old to Catch Online Paedophiles

Read here: https://www.vice.com/en/article/akevk4/i-pretend-to-be-13-years-old-to-catch-online-paedophiles

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