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‘Project Merciless’: How Qatar spied on the world of football in Switzerland

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/-project-merciless—how-qatar-spied-on-the-world-of-football-in-switzerland/48022952

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U.S. imposes sanctions on oil smuggling network backing Iran’s Quds Force, Hezbollah

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/u-s–imposes-sanctions-on-oil-smuggling-network-backing-iran-s-quds-force–hezbollah/48029342

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Canada Releases Latest National Cyber Threat Assessment

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16975-canada-releases-latest-national-cyber-threat-assessment Link to report: https://cyber.gc.ca/sites/default/files/ncta-2023-24-web.pdf

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Millions in Crypto Recovered Back From Forex Trading Platform Crooks By DPS Cyber Security Crypto Recovery Firm

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/millions-crypto-recovered-back-forex-231800111.html

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Commission warns Bulgaria not to circumvent EU oil sanctions

Read here: https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/commission-warns-bulgaria-not-to-circumvent-eu-oil-sanctions/

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UK sanctions Russian steel and petrochemical tycoons funding Putin’s war

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-sanctions-russian-steel-and-petrochemical-tycoons-funding-putins-war

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Australia: Call to extend laundering laws to estate agents, lawyers, accountants

Read here: https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/call-to-extend-laundering-laws-to-estate-agents-lawyers-accountants-20221103-p5bv6p

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Glencore to pay £280 million for ‘highly corrosive’ and ‘endemic’ corruption – Flew cash bribes to officials in Africa via private jet

Read here: https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2022/11/03/glencore-energy-uk-ltd-will-pay-280965092-95-million-over-400-million-usd-after-an-sfo-investigation-revealed-it-paid-us-29-million-in-bribes-to-gain-preferential-access-to-oil-in-africa/ Sentencing remarks: https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Sentencing-Remarks-Glencore.pdf

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Websites offering cryptocurrency payment for child sexual abuse images ‘doubling every year’

Read here: https://www.iwf.org.uk/news-media/news/websites-offering-cryptocurrency-payment-for-child-sexual-abuse-images-doubling-every-year/

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The Missing CryptoQueen Has Friends in (Very) High Places

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/11/02/the-missing-cryptoqueen-has-friends-in-very-high-places/

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Reporters Who Broke 1MBD Corruption Scandal on Setting up Project Brazen, Getting Subpoenaed for ‘Fat Leonard’ and Jho Low’s Whereabouts

Read here: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/project-brazen-podcast-1mdb-corinna-king-fat-leonard-1235253693/

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Documents Reveal Wagner’s Golden Ties to Sudanese Military Companies

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/documents-reveal-wagners-golden-ties-to-sudanese-military-companies

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Ethereum Merge Scams: How Scammers Took Advantage of The Ethereum Merge to Make Millions

Read here: https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/ethereum-merge-scams/

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James Stunt tells court he is too ostentatious to be a money launderer

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-63492047

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Canada: Woman shot, 3D printed firearm seized

Read here: https://halifax.citynews.ca/police-beat/woman-shot-3d-printed-firearm-seized-in-east-preston-6005749

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Shark finning rampant across Chinese tuna firm’s fleet

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2022/11/exclusive-shark-finning-rampant-across-chinese-tuna-firms-fleet/

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$4m Bordeaux wine fraudsters go on trial in France

Read here: https://www.securingindustry.com/food-and-beverage/-4m-bordeaux-wine-fraudsters-go-on-trial-in-france/s104/a14877/

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Former Apple Employee Admits Defrauding Apple Of More Than $17 Million

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/former-apple-employee-admits-defrauding-apple-more-17-million

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Crypto Exchange Deribit Loses $28M in Hot Wallet Hack

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/11/02/crypto-exchange-deribit-loses-28m-in-hot-wallet-hack/

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Judge orders probe to investigate whether Celsius was a Ponzi

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/judge-orders-probe-to-investigate-whether-celsius-was-a-ponzi

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EU: Proposed Gun Laws Addresses Claims That Ukraine War is Leaking Illegal Arms

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16971-eu-proposed-gun-laws-addresses-claims-that-ukraine-war-is-leaking-illegal-arms

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Money-Laundering Case Against Jailed Nephew Of Former Kazakh President Continues

Read here: https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-corruption-satybaldy-nazarbaev/32112206.html

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Australia: Financial watchdog launches investigation into Sportsbet and Bet365 over money laundering suspicions

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/03/financial-watchdog-launches-investigation-into-sportsbet-and-bet365-over-money-laundering-suspicions

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How Illegal Logging Became National Security Crisis in Chile

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/how-illegal-logging-became-national-security-crisis-chile/

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It’s time we got serious about the hacker-for-hire industry

Read here: https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/opinion/mollyits-time-we-got-serious-about-the-hacker-for-hire-industry/

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Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord

Read here: https://omny.fm/shows/surviving-el-chapo-the-twins-who-brought-down-a-dr/playlists/podcast

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Watchdog granted licence to a business used by ‘money launderers’

Read here: https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/watchdog-granted-licence-to-a-business-used-by-money-launderers-20221018-p5bqvw.html

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Russian Oil Is Fueling American Cars Via Sanctions Loophole

Read here: https://www.wsj.com/video/series/in-depth-features/russian-oil-is-fueling-american-cars-via-sanctions-loophole/

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DeFi abandons Ponzi farms for ‘real yield’

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/defi-abandons-ponzinomics-real-yield/

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Dubai police arrest notorious drug dealer in stunning 10-day operation

Read here: https://www.arabianbusiness.com/culture-society/dubai-police-arrest-notorious-drug-dealer-in-stunning-10-day-operation

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Why Money Launderers in Honduras May Be Getting Away With It

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/why-money-launderers-honduras-may-be-getting-away-with-it/

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Policing the Metaverse – Law Enforcement’s New Challenge

Read here: https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news-features/policing-metaverse-law-enforcement/

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From the bookshelf: ‘Backfire: how sanctions reshape the world against US interests’

Read here: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/from-the-bookshelf-backfire-how-sanctions-reshape-the-world-against-us-interests/

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The Corruption Files – Episode 12: The Ralph Lauren Bribery Case

Read here: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-corruption-files-episode-12-the-r-82129/

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Key Insights from Feedzai’s Anti-Money Laundering Report

Read here: https://feedzai.com/blog/key-insights-from-feedzais-anti-money-laundering-report/

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Report on the assessment of the risk of money laundering and terrorist financing affecting the internal market and relating to cross-border activities

Read here: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=COM:2022:554:FIN Link to connected working paper: https://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/EU/XXVII/EU/11/77/EU_117768/imfname_11188339.pdf

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The missing ‘political will’ to rein in money laundering

Read here: https://www.tbsnews.net/features/panorama/missing-political-will-rein-money-laundering-524198

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Provinces Pose Threat To Canada’s Bid To Curb Corporate Secrecy, Researchers Warn

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/provinces-pose-threat-to-canadas-bid-to-curb-corporate-secrecy-researchers-warn/

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