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Defence failed to properly investigate bribery allegations against Australian navy contractor officials, audit finds

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/03/defence-failed-to-properly-investigate-bribery-allegations-against-australian-navy-contractor-officials-audit-finds

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Croatia: Two indicted for subsidy fraud involving agricultural funds

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/croatia-two-indicted-subsidy-fraud-involving-agricultural-funds

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Investigation ‘Vortex’: EPPO targets €100 million VAT carousel fraud linked to luxury cars sales across Europe

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/investigation-vortex-eppo-targets-eu100-million-vat-carousel-fraud-linked-to-luxury-cars

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Ex-NCA officer jailed for theft of 50 Bitcoin now worth £4.4m during investigation into crime on dark web

Read here: https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/ex-nca-officer-jailed-theft-50-bitcoin-now-worth-ps44m-during-investigation-crime-dark-web

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California Joins $4.2 Million Multistate Enforcement Action Against Wise US, Inc. for BSA/AML Violations

Read here: https://dfpi.ca.gov/press_release/california-joins-4-2-million-multistate-enforcement-action-against-wise-us-inc-for-bsa-aml-violations/ Main page here: https://dfpi.ca.gov/enforcement_action/wise-us-inc/ Consent order: https://dfpi.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Consent-Order-Wise-US-Inc.pdf Multi state consent order: https://dfpi.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Consent-Order-Wise-US-Inc.-Multi-State.pdf

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MAS Takes Regulatory Actions against 9 Financial Institutions for AML-Related Breaches

Read here: https://www.mas.gov.sg/regulation/enforcement/enforcement-actions/2025/mas-takes-regulatory-actions-against-9-financial-institutions-for-aml-related-breaches

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Lawyer, who was also a former political candidate, to face trial over money laundering

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjrlpe83yn5o

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Mistakes happen in anti-trafficking work. We must learn from them

Read here: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/mistakes-happen-in-anti-trafficking-work-we-must-learn-from-them/

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Probe into alleged bribery and fraud at university

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdx58d1l2r1o

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Doc Antle, Owner of Myrtle Beach Safari, Sentenced for Federal Wildlife Trafficking and Money Laundering Charges

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/doc-antle-owner-myrtle-beach-safari-sentenced-federal-wildlife-trafficking-and-money

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National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in 324 Defendants Charged in Connection with Over $14.6 Billion in Alleged Fraud

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/gallery/national-health-care-fraud-takedown-results-324-defendants-charged-connection-over-146

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UK Publishes ‘National risk assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing 2025’

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-risk-assessment-of-money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing-2025 Link to report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6877be59760bf6cedaf5bd4f/National_Risk_Assessment_of_Money_Laundering_and_Terrorist_Financing_2025_FINAL.pdf

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Seven crypto ATMs seized and two arrested on suspicion of running illegal cryptoasset exchange

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/seven-crypto-atms-seized-two-arrested-suspicion-illegal-cryptoasset-exchange

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SFO freezes over 10K in crypto assets from Arena TV’s CEO

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/sfo-freezes-over-10k-in-crypto-assets-from-arena-tvs-ceo

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FCA fines Barclays £42 million for poor handling of financial crime risks

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-fines-barclays-42-million-poor-handling-financial-crime-risks Barclays Bank UK plc: https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/final-notices/barclays-bank-uk-plc-2025.pdf Barclays Bank plc: https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/final-notices/barclays-bank-plc-2025.pdf

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AUSTRAC unveils 2025-26 priorities to crack down on financial crime

Read here: https://www.austrac.gov.au/news-and-media/media-release/austrac-unveils-2025-26-priorities-crack-down-financial-crime

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Southeast Asia strengthens regional cooperation to combat trafficking for forced criminality

Read here: https://www.unodc.org/roseap/en/2025/07/southeast-asia-combat-trafficking/story.html

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HM Treasury Publishes Consultation Response on ‘Improving the effectiveness of the Money Laundering Regulations’

Read here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6878c1b42bad77c3dae4dd25/MLRs_Consultation_Response.pdf

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How Tether became money-launderers’ dream currency

Read here: https://www.economist.com/1843/2025/07/04/how-tether-became-money-launderers-dream-currency

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Czechia: Director of care facility for people with disabilities convicted of subsidy fraud

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/czechia-director-care-facility-people-disabilities-convicted-subsidy-fraud

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Key witness in ex-Peru mayor’s corruption case found dead

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg11dg3312o

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Justice Department Announces Coordinated, Nationwide Actions to Combat North Korean Remote Information Technology Workers’ Illicit Revenue Generation Schemes

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-coordinated-nationwide-actions-combat-north-korean-remote

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Romania: EPPO indicts key suspects in €100 million mafia-linked fraud case

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/romania-eppo-indicts-key-suspects-eu100-million-mafia-linked-fraud-case

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Crypto investment fraud ring dismantled in Spain after defrauding 5,000 victims worldwide

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/crypto-investment-fraud-ring-dismantled-in-spain-after-defrauding-5-000-victims-worldwide

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British overseas territories miss final deadline to crack down on ‘dirty money’

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/01/british-overseas-territories-miss-final-deadline-to-crack-down-on-dirty-money

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US charges 11 people in Russia-based scheme to bilk Medicare of $10bn

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/28/us-charges-11-people-in-russia-based-scheme-to-bilk-medicare-of-10bn

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Wealthy Gen Z Russian laundered money in luxury properties, claimed ADHD caused offending

Read here: https://www.compliancecorylated.com/news/wealthy-gen-z-russian-laundered-money-in-luxury-properties-claimed-adhd-caused-offending/

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Romania: EPPO conducts searches in probe into Sibiu International airport modernisation project

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/romania-eppo-conducts-searches-probe-sibiu-international-airport-modernisation-project

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A new Protocol for the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC)?

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/new-protocol-untoc-crimes-that-affect-the-environment/

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Greek PM vows to investigate €290m ‘fake’ farmer fraud scandal

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/30/greece-farming-fraud-subsidy-scandal-investigation

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Cultural Heritage Smuggling and the Nexus with Terrorism

Read here: https://unicri.org/cultural-heritage-smuggling-and-nexus-terrorism-july-2024 Report: https://unicri.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/Cultural%20Heritage%20Smuggling%20and%20the%20Nexus%20with%20Terrrorism.pdf

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Global crime network behind QR code car-park scam: A sprawling fraud operation, a Dubai-based millionaire – and a £4bn company looking the other way

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-06-27/revealed-global-crime-network-behind-qr-code-car-park-scam

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Telegram dark markets expand to fill the gap left by Huione Guarantee

Read here: https://www.elliptic.co/blog/telegram-dark-markets-expand-to-fill-the-gap-left-by-huione-guarantee

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How Foreign Scammers Use U.S. Banks to Fleece Americans

Read here: https://www.propublica.org/article/pig-butchering-scam-cybercrime-us-banks-money-laundering

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EU remains major wildlife trafficking hub, report finds

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/eu-remains-major-wildlife-trafficking-hub-report-finds/

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Romanian criminals stealing fertilisers and pesticides in western France stopped in tracks

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/romanian-criminals-stealing-fertilisers-and-pesticides-western-france-stopped-tracks

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Former Venezuelan Spy Chief ‘El Pollo’ Pleads Guilty to US Narco-Terrorism Charges

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/former-venezuelan-spy-chief-el-pollo-pleads-guilty-to-us-narco-terrorism-charges

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Crime Gangs Exploit EU Ports to Smuggle Record Drug Loads

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/crime-gangs-exploit-eu-ports-to-smuggle-record-drug-loads

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