News and Blogs

US-Brazil investigation leads to disruption of transnational cryptocurrency fraud ring

Read here: https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/us-brazil-investigation-leads-disruption-transnational-cryptocurrency-fraud-ring

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Get your money back: The weird world of crypto litigation

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/2022/10/07/money-back-crypto-litigation

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Ex-JPMorgan banker on trail for fraud against Libya sovereign wealth fund

Read here: https://libyaupdate.com/ex-jpmorgan-banker-on-trail-for-fraud-against-libya-sovereign-wealth-fund/

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New UK Property Ownership Register Displays Early Signs of Weakness

Read here: https://www.moneylaundering.com/news/new-uk-property-ownership-register-displays-early-signs-of-weakness/

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Threat actor hacks cryptocurrency scam sites to steal funds

Read here: https://www.itworldcanada.com/post/threat-actor-hacks-cryptocurrency-scam-sites-to-steal-funds

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South Korean foreign ministry orders Do Kwon to return his passport

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/south-korean-foreign-ministry-orders-do-kwon-to-return-his-passport

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Singapore’s National Strategy for Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT)

Read here: https://www.mas.gov.sg/publications/monographs-or-information-paper/2022/national-strategy-for-countering-the-financing-of-terrorism Link to report here: https://www.mas.gov.sg/-/media/MAS-Media-Library/publications/monographs-or-information-paper/AMLD/2022/National-Strategy-for-Countering-the-Financing-of-Terrorism.pdf

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Asset seizure was possible in original Bitcoin

Read here: https://coingeek.com/asset-seizure-was-possible-in-original-bitcoin/

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1MDB: MAS and SPF take action against former BSI Bank Deputy CEO Raj Sriram

Read here: https://www.mas.gov.sg/regulation/enforcement/enforcement-actions/2022/mas-and-spf-take-action-against-former-bsi-bank-deputy-ceo-raj-sriram

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Marijuana farmer, sister sentenced for attempted $1 million bribery of Northern California sheriff

Read here: https://news.yahoo.com/marijuana-farmer-sister-sentenced-attempted-192021454.html

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Reversible blockchain transactions are key to fighting crime in crypto

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/reversible-blockchain-transactions-are-a-great-idea-for-improving-cryptocurrency

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In China’s latest Wildlife Protection Law revision, conservation once again gives way to exploitation

Read here: https://eia-international.org/news/in-chinas-latest-wildlife-protection-law-revision-conservation-once-again-gives-way-to-exploitation/

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American Bankers Association’s anti-phishing campaign

Read here: https://www.banksneveraskthat.com

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Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council’s 2022 Cybersecurity Resource Guide for Financial Institutions

Read here: https://www.ffiec.gov/press/pdf/FFIECCybersecurityResourceGuide2022ApprovedRev.pdf

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Military Arsenals Provide Convenient Source of Weapons for Latin American Gangs

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/military-arsenals-provide-convenient-source-weapons-latin-american-gangs/

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Sanctions School Podcast

Read here: https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/podcasts/sanctions-school

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AUSTRAC’s guidance on Source of Funds and Source of Wealth

Read here: https://www.austrac.gov.au/business/how-comply-and-report-guidance-and-resources/customer-identification-and-verification/source-funds-and-source-wealth

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Nearly half of world’s terror victims are African, with organised crime increasingly entrenched

Read here: https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/law-order/2205039-nearly-half-of-worlds-terror-victims-are-african-with-organised-crime-increasingly-entrenched

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High-Profile Venezuela-US Prisoner Swap Comes at Opportune Moment

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/high-profile-venezuela-us-prisoner-swap-opportune-moment/

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Global Sanctions Index

Read here: https://www.castellum.ai/global-sanctions-index

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Sanctioned Russian Billionaire’s Superyacht Turns Up in Hong Kong

Read here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-06/sanctioned-billionaire-s-superyacht-nord-sails-from-russia-to-hong-kong

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Desperation in the Desert: The Industrialization of Migrant Smuggling on the US-Mexico Border

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/desperation-desert-migrant-smuggling-us-mexico-border/

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Tax agent who crossed the line ends up in jail

Read here: https://www.ato.gov.au/Media-centre/Media-releases/Tax-agent-who-crossed-the-line-ends-up-in-jail/

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MEPs call for an end to all illegal trade in wildlife by 2025

Read here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20220930IPR41929/meps-call-for-an-end-to-all-illegal-trade-in-wildlife-by-2025

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Australia: Wealth of dead gangster confiscated

Read here: https://www.crimecommission.nsw.gov.au/media/nsw-crime-commission-confiscates-wealth-of-dead-gangster-mejid-hamzy

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Ukraine: EU agrees on eighth package of sanctions against Russia

Read here: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_5989

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Qatar and Europol sign arrangement to combat cross-border serious organised crime

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/qatar-and-europol-sign-arrangement-to-combat-cross-border-serious-organised-crime

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Colombo-Venezuelan Guerrillas Pose Challenge for Colombia’s ‘Total Peace’: InSight Crime Panel

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/colombo-venezuelan-guerrillas-pose-challenge-colombias-total-peace-insight-crime/

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Biden Readies Sanctions Cut Granting Socialist Venezuela Oil Windfall

Read here: https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2022/10/06/report-biden-readies-sanctions-cut-granting-socialist-venezuela-oil-windfall/

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Europol Excellence Awards in Innovation 2022

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/europol-excellence-awards-in-innovation-2022

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The west must return Africa’s stolen assets, as well as its artefacts

Read here: https://www.ft.com/content/0e44894f-18ec-4c48-b4f4-d234beb76204

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At Serbia’s “Legalization Secretariat,” Developers Paid Cash to Have Their Construction Violations Excused

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/the-pandora-papers/at-serbias-legalization-secretariat-developers-paid-cash-to-have-their-construction-violations-excused

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Facilitating Fraud: How Consumers Defrauded on Zelle are Left High and Dry by the Banks that Created It

Read here: https://www.warren.senate.gov/oversight/reports/new-report-by-senator-warren-zelle-facilitating-fraud-based-on-internal-data-from-big-banks Link to report here: https://www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/ZELLE%20REPORT%20OCTOBER%202022.pdf

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The cartel, the journalist and the gangland killings that rocked the Netherlands

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/oct/06/cartel-journalist-gangland-killings-netherlands-peter-r-de-vries

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Korean police reportedly arrest first person involved in Terra collapse

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/korean-police-reportedly-arrest-first-person-involved-in-terra-collapse

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Rancher Sentenced for Running $244 Million “Ghost Cattle” Scam

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/rancher-sentenced-running-244-million-ghost-cattle-scam

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Former hacker sentenced for stealing computer power to mine cryptocurrency and stealing the personal information of more than 100 million people

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/former-hacker-sentenced-stealing-computer-power-mine-cryptocurrency-and-stealing

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Australia: Perth man jailed over meth import plot – Methamphetamine hidden behind a painting sent from Canada

Read here: https://www.afp.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/perth-man-jailed-over-meth-import-plot

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EU Seals Text of Landmark Crypto Law MiCA, Fund Transfer Rules

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/10/05/eu-seals-text-of-landmark-crypto-law-mica-fund-transfer-rules/

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