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Revealed: UK’s most secretive think tanks took £14.3m from mystery donors

Read here: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/think-tanks-transparency-funding-who-funds-you/

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Corruption, Cocaine, and Gold: Interview With Suriname’s President Santokhi

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/corruption-cocaine-gold-interview-suriname-president-santokhi/

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‘Heist of the century’: How $2.5bn was plundered from Iraqi state funds

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/20/heist-century-iraq-state-funds-tax-embezzlement

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Two Russian Nationals Charged with Running Massive E-Book Piracy Website

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/two-russian-nationals-charged-running-massive-e-book-piracy-website

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FCA issues Final Notice to former Sonali Bank CEO for AML failings

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/final-notices/mohammad-ataur-rahman-prodhan-2022.pdf

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Iran and Venezuela: The Alex Saab Trans-regional Influence Campaign to Increase Anti-US Sentiment in Latin America

Read here: https://www.recordedfuture.com/iran-and-venezuela-the-alex-saab-trans-regional-influence-campaign Link to report: https://go.recordedfuture.com/hubfs/reports/ta-2022-1117.pdf

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Blockchain Analysis: The Collapse of Alameda and FTX

Read here: https://www.nansen.ai/research/blockchain-analysis-the-collapse-of-alameda-and-ftx

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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes jailed for fraud

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63685131

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In a Landmark Ruling, Mexican Court Upholds U.S. Forfeiture Order Authorizing Seizure of Drug Cartel Leader’s Real Estate

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/landmark-ruling-mexican-court-upholds-us-forfeiture-order-authorizing-seizure-drug

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New Report Details Gaps In Multilateral Use Of Magnitsky Sanctions

Read here: https://humanrightsfirst.org/library/new-report-details-gaps-in-multilateral-use-of-magnitsky-sanctions/ Link to report here: https://humanrightsfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Multilateral-Magnitsky-Sanctions-at-Five-Years_November-2022.pdf

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Combating illicit gold markets in eastern and southern Africa

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/illicit-gold-east-southern-africa-policy-guidance/ Link to report: https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Marcena-Hunter-Combating-illicit-gold-markets-in-eastern-and-southern-Africa-GI-TOC-November-2022.pdf

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To skin a cat: How organised crime capitalises and exploits captive tiger facilities

Read here: https://wildlifejustice.org/new-report-on-tiger-farms-how-organised-crime-exploits-captive-tiger-facilities/ Link to here: https://wildlifejustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/To-Skin-A-Cat-Report-SPREADS-V06.pdf

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Ecuador Prison Quietly Released Top Albanian Cocaine Kingpin

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/ecuador-prison-quietly-released-top-european-cocaine-kingpin/

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G7 Ministers – INTERPOL tools essential in tackling transnational threats

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/News-and-Events/News/2022/G7-Ministers-INTERPOL-tools-essential-in-tackling-transnational-threats

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Pillagers in paradise: The trafficking dynamics of the Palawan pangolin

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/trafficking-palawan-pangolin-philippines/ Link to report: https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Alastair-MacBeath-et-al-Pillagers-in-paradise-The-trafficking-dynamics-of-the-Palawan-pangolin-GI-TOC-November-2022.pdf

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Remarks by Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Rosenberg at the Crypto Council for Innovation

Read here: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1119

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UK fight against international wildlife crime stepped up

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/fight-against-international-wildlife-crime-stepped-up

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Duplicity and Destitution: How Sierra Leone’s Artisanal Diamonds Fail to Benefit Local Communities

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/37-ccblog/ccblog/17046-duplicity-and-destitution-how-sierra-leones-artisanal-diamonds-fail-to-benefit-local-communities

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‘Social casino’ apps: the games exempt from Australia’s gambling laws – because no one can win

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/17/social-casino-apps-the-games-exempt-from-australias-gambling-laws-because-no-one-can-win

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Chainalysis Among Long List of FTX Creditors

Read here: https://blockworks.co/news/chainalysis-among-ftx-creditors

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The bogus companies exploiting Britain’s registration rules

Read here: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-bogus-companies-exploiting-britains-registration-rules/

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Should more wildlife trade be legal and regulated? It’s complicated, say scientists

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2022/11/should-more-wildlife-trade-be-legal-and-regulated-its-complicated-say-scientists/

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Iranian hackers compromise US government network in cryptocurrency generating scheme, officials say

Read here: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/16/politics/iran-hackers-us-government-network/index.html

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UK: One million potentially deadly pills seized by Greater Manchester Police

Read here: https://www.mancunianmatters.co.uk/news/17112022-one-million-potentially-deadly-pills-seized-by-greater-manchester-police/

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An “Ultra Violent Cult” Is Stealing Cars & Using Canadian Real Estate To Launder

Read here: https://betterdwelling.com/an-ultra-violent-cult-is-stealing-cars-using-canadian-real-estate-to-launder-fintrac/

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Nigerian athletes convicted for fraud after FBI investigation

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/africa/63653817

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US offers $5m for information on Paraguayan prosecutor’s killers

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/17/us-offers-5m-for-information-on-paraguayan-prosecutors-killers

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Treasury Targets Network Supporting Iranian Petrochemical and Petroleum Sales

Read here: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1115

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Mass Email Extortion Campaign Claims Server Hack

Read here: https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/mass-email-extortion-claims-server/

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Some Pilatus Bank crimes already time-barred, Constitutional Court told

Read here: https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_and_police/119854/some_pilatus_bank_crimes_already_timebarred_constitutional_court_told

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World-Check: What to do if I’m wrongly listed?

Read here: https://www.farrer.co.uk/news-and-insights/world-check-what-to-do-if-im-wrongly-listed/

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Jailed document forger hit with £290,000 confiscation order

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/jailed-document-forger-hit-with-290-000-confiscation-order

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Privacy-Enhancing Crypto Coins Could Be Banned Under Leaked EU Plans

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/11/15/privacy-enhancing-crypto-coins-could-be-banned-under-leaked-eu-plans/

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Probe Agency Freezes 80 Bank Accounts In Karnataka Online Part-Time Job Scam

Read here: https://www.ndtv.com/karnataka-news/probe-agency-freezes-80-bank-accounts-in-karnataka-online-part-time-job-scam-3530681

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Brothel ‘client’ laundered thousands of pounds of dirty money to China

Read here: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/brothel-client-laundered-thousands-pounds-25539439

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Brazil Federal Police raid FGV think tank amid fraud, graft probe

Read here: https://www.yahoo.com/now/brazil-federal-police-raid-fgv-151354492.html

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Eurojust support to joint investigation team MH17: Three suspects sentenced to life imprisonment

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/eurojust-support-joint-investigation-team-mh17-three-suspects-sentenced-life-imprisonment

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Two High-Ranking Los Zetas Cartel Members Latest Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edtx/pr/two-high-ranking-los-zetas-cartel-members-latest-sentenced-federal-prison-drug

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