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UK crime gangs rake in millions through supported housing, say police

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/oct/16/crime-gangs-raking-in-millions-supported-housing-say-police

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Drugs worth £4.3m seized and 230 arrested in county lines crackdown

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/drugs-worth-4-3m-seized-and-230-arrested-in-county-lines-crackdown-12719267

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October Becomes Worst Month for Crypto Hacks With Two Weeks to Go

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2022/10/13/october-becomes-worst-month-for-crypto-hacks-with-two-weeks-to-go/

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Why Leonardo DiCaprio Has Been Called as a Witness in Pras Michel’s Money Laundering Trial

Read here: https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/leonardo-dicaprio-among-witnesses-in-pras-michel-money-laundering-trial

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Police Complaints in This Indian District Are Going on the Polygon Blockchain

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/10/13/police-complaints-in-this-indian-district-are-going-on-the-polygon-blockchain/

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Feds set up fake money-laundering ring to catch real money-laundering and drug ring

Read here: https://www.universalhub.com/2022/feds-set-bogus-money-laundering-ring-catch-real

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Men Who Received Monthly Wages For Their Roles In A Money Laundering Operation For A Criminal Gang Are Jailed

Read here: https://dublinpeople.com/news/court/articles/2022/10/13/75473-2/

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Online casino NSUS Limited fined £672,000

Read here: https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/news/article/online-casino-nsus-limited-fined-gbp672-000

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Russian individuals and companies turning to crypto to avoid sanctions

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tactic-russians-using-avoid-sanctions-crypto-050005250.html

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Criminal proceedings resumed in Panama for Lava Jato case

Read here: https://www.plenglish.com/news/2022/10/12/criminal-proceedings-resumed-in-panama-for-lava-jato-case/

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Colombia’s Petro wants to rip up old drug war playbook

Read here: https://www.axios.com/2022/10/13/colombia-petro-drug-war-coca-eradication-blinken

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Swiss government to track corporate ownership in bid to curb money laundering

Read here: https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/swiss-govt-track-corporate-ownership-104131906.html

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Reversibility on Ethereum: The Benefits and Pitfalls

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/10/11/reversibility-on-ethereum-the-benefits-and-pitfalls/

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Eleven Charged in International Money Laundering and Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/eleven-charged-international-money-laundering-and-drug-trafficking-conspiracy

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Billionaire film producer robbed of $11 million by a Georgia inmate from inside a maximum security prison

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/billionaire-film-producer-robbed-11-104502394.html

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European Commission’s Report Says Albania Must Shelve Golden Passports, Fight Money Laundering

Read here: https://exit.al/en/2022/10/13/ec-albania-must-shelve-golden-passports-fight-money-laundering/

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Indian Police Unearths INR 903 Cr Money Laundering Racket Involving Chinese Investment App

Read here: https://inc42.com/buzz/police-unearths-inr-903-cr-money-laundering-racket-involving-chinese-investment-app/

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Cybercrime, Inc.: How the bad guys adopted the business model

Read here: https://www.scmagazine.com/resource/application-security/cybercrime-inc-how-the-bad-guys-adopted-the-business-model

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US Chip Sanctions ‘Kneecap’ China’s Tech Industry

Read here: https://www.wired.com/story/us-chip-sanctions-kneecap-chinas-tech-industry/

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Ex-Credit Suisse Trader Says ‘Den of Thieves’ Chat Was Banter

Read here: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/ex-credit-suisse-forex-trader-defends-chats-with-rival-banks

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How Companies House became a haven for oligarchs

Read here: https://www.newstatesman.com/business/2022/10/companies-house-haven-for-oligarchs

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Major Seizure of Approximately 300,000 “Rainbow Fentanyl” Pills and Over 20 Pounds of Powdered Fentanyl in the Bronx

Read here: https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2022/10/12/major-seizure-approximately-300000-rainbow-fentanyl-pills-and-over-20

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Hundreds of firearms and 12.6 tonnes of drugs seized in Caribbean operation

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2022/Hundreds-of-firearms-and-12.6-tonnes-of-drugs-seized-in-Caribbean-operation

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UK Home Office reclassifies modern slavery as illegal immigration issue

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/13/home-office-reclassifies-modern-slavery-as-immigration-issue

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UK’s HMRC cracks down on unlawful estate agents

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hmrc-cracks-down-on-unlawful-estate-agents

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Making financial investigations into environmental crimes the norm

Read here: https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/tnrc-blog-making-financial-investigations-into-environmental-crimes-the-norm

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Swiss want more transparency in fight against money laundering

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-want-more-transparency-in-fight-against-money-laundering/47975468

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Coin Center files lawsuit against US Treasury over Tornado Cash sanctions

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/coin-center-files-lawsuit-against-us-treasury-over-tornado-cash-sanctions

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Jail for gang who ran firearms conversion workshop

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/jail-for-gang-who-ran-firearms-conversion-workshop

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Scientist Convicted for Helping Russia Spy on US Had High-Level Mexican Political Connections

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/37-ccblog/ccblog/16871-scientist-convicted-for-helping-russia-spy-on-us-had-high-level-mexican-political-connections

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Medical rehabilitation centre in Romania: businessman and company indicted for fraud and money laundering, damages of over €3 million in EU funds

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/news/medical-rehabilitation-centre-romania-businessman-and-company-indicted-fraud-and-money

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Made in China: China’s Role in Transnational Crime & Illicit Financial Flows

Read here: https://gfintegrity.org/event/made-in-china-chinas-role-in-transnational-crime-illicit-financial-flows/

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UK, Spain Dismantle Human Smuggling Ring

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16876-uk-spain-dismantle-human-smuggling-ring

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Lukashenko’s Serbian associates evade Western sanctions

Read here: https://www.euractiv.com/section/europe-s-east/news/investigation-lukashenkos-serbian-associates-evade-western-sanctions/

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Pakistani court acquits PM, son in money laundering case

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/12/pakistani-court-acquits-pm-son-in-money-laundering-case

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World Bank Group Issues FY22 Sanctions System Annual Report

Read here: https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/unit/sanctions-system/sanctions-board/brief/world-bank-group-issues-fy22-sanctions-system-annual-report

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US Sanctions Burmese Arms Dealers Supplying Myanmar’s Junta

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16877-us-sanctions-burmese-arms-dealers-supplying-myanmar-s-junta

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How a Chinese American Gangster Transformed Money Laundering for Drug Cartels

Read here: https://www.propublica.org/article/china-cartels-xizhi-li-money-laundering

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Robert Mazur: “I’ve seen first-hand how an understaffed IRS has trouble catching major tax cheats”

Read here: https://kyc360.riskscreen.com/article/ive-seen-first-hand-how-an-understaffed-irs-has-trouble-catching-major-tax-cheats/

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U.K. Businessman Graham Bonham-Carter Indicted for Sanctions Evasion Benefitting Russian Oligarch Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/uk-businessman-graham-bonham-carter-indicted-sanctions-evasion-benefitting-russian-oligarch

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