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Asia: Sextortion ring dismantled by police

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/News-and-Events/News/2022/Asia-Sextortion-ring-dismantled-by-police

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Mayor Among Nearly 200 ‘Ndrangheta Suspects Arrested in Italy

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16737-mayor-among-nearly-200-ndrangheta-suspects-arrested-in-italy

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Lawyer of alleged crypto launderer urges Russia to discuss prisoner swap

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/lawyer-of-alleged-crypto-launderer-urges-russia-to-discuss-prisoner-swap—letter/47877874

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Are Bitcoin transactions anonymous and traceable?

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/explained/are-bitcoin-transactions-anonymous-and-traceable

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Can the government track Bitcoin?

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/explained/can-the-government-track-bitcoin

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Switzerland Ill-Equipped in Fight Against Money-Laundering

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16734-report-switzerland-ill-equipped-in-fight-against-money-laundering

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Australian Federal Police strips more than half a billion dollars from criminals

Read here: https://www.afp.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/afp-strips-more-half-billion-dollars-criminals

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Human Trafficking: U.S. Agencies’ International Efforts to Fight a Global Problem

Read here: https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-22-106029 Link to report: https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-22-106029.pdf

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Bitcoiner sentenced to federal prison warns users involved in OTC trading

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoiner-sentenced-to-federal-prison-warns-users-involved-in-otc-trading

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Spotlight falls on payments group Revolut after regulators flag up major flaws in key audit

Read here: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-11182443/Spotlight-falls-Revolut-regulators-flag-flaws-audit.html

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OneCoin Cryptocurrency Scam Suspect Faces Extradition to US

Read here: https://www.databreachtoday.com/onecoin-cryptocurrency-scam-suspect-faces-extradition-to-us-a-19961

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Inside Fog Data Science, the Secretive Company Selling Mass Surveillance to Local Police

Read here: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/08/inside-fog-data-science-secretive-company-selling-mass-surveillance-local-police Alternate article: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/09/cops-wanted-to-keep-mass-surveillance-app-secret-privacy-advocates-refused/

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31 Hong Kong men fall victim to mainland China naked-chat blackmailing, with one losing as much as HK$220,000

Read here: https://coconuts.co/hongkong/news/31-hong-kong-men-fall-victim-to-mainland-china-naked-chat-blackmailing-with-one-losing-as-much-as-hk220000/

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Harnessing big data to uncover corruption in the forestry sector

Read here: https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/tnrc-event-harnessing-big-data-to-uncover-corruption-in-the-forestry-sector

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How Religious Militias and Warrior Mentalities Mix in Rio de Janeiro

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/religious-militias-warrior-masculinities-mix-rio-de-janeiro/

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Cybercrime Investigators Probing Oligarch Use of Crypto to Dodge Sanctions

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16726-cybercrime-investigators-probing-oligarch-use-of-crypto-to-dodge-sanctions

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Metaverse Scammers Have a Bridge to Sell You. This Alabama Regulator Is Fighting Back

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/01/metaverse-scammers-have-a-bridge-to-sell-you-this-financial-regulator-is-fighting-back/

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Company Where Afghan President’s Brother Held Secret Stake Received Valuable Mineral Shipments, Documents Show

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/company-where-afghan-presidents-brother-held-secret-stake-received-valuable-mineral-shipments-documents-show

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Saudi Arabia seizes record 47 million amphetamine pills hidden in flour shipment

Read here: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/01/middleeast/saudi-arabia-amphetamine-intl-scli/index.html

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Price Differences Keep Peru’s Coca Flowing Illegally Into Bolivia

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/price-differences-keep-perus-coca-flowing-illegally-bolivia/

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Fed ends decade-long enforcement action against HSBC

Read here: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/u-fed-terminates-enforcement-action-002936202.html

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Hackers try to sell NFT of Belarusian leader’s supposed stolen passport

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/hackers-try-to-sell-nft-of-belarusian-leader-s-supposed-stolen-passport

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Co-Founder And Chief Investment Officer Of London-Based Hedge Fund Charged With FX Market Manipulation And Fraud

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/co-founder-and-chief-investment-officer-london-based-hedge-fund-charged-fx-market

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A Bipartisan US Senate Bill Takes on Illegal Fishing

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16725-a-bipartisan-us-senate-bill-takes-on-illegal-fishing

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Revolut Needs To Address AML Lapses, Says Japanese Regulators

Read here: https://financefeeds.com/revolut-needs-to-address-aml-lapses-says-japanese-regulators/

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Designer Drug Markets Get Boost From Crypto

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/sinweek/2022/09/02/designer-drug-markets-get-boost-from-crypto/

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£1.1bn of COVID small business loans identified as fraud, claims government source

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/1-1bn-of-covid-small-business-loans-identified-as-fraud-claims-government-source-12688393

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Crazy outcomes when current laws applied to NFTs and the metaverse

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/2022/09/02/laws-taxes-apply-nfts-metaverse

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UK forces crypto exchanges to report suspected sanction breaches

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/sep/04/crypto-exchanges-suspected-sanction-breaches-russia

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CZ hits back at claims Binance is a Chinese company

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/cz-hits-back-at-claims-binance-is-a-chinese-company

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Police find cocaine worth £1.2m hidden in wheelchair at Milan airport

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/police-find-cocaine-worth-1-2m-hidden-in-wheelchair-at-milan-airport-12687883

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Cryptocurrencies key to tackling organised crime – Europol and Basel Institute on Governance

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/cryptocurrencies-key-to-tackling-organised-crime-–-europol-and-basel-institute-governance

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High seas deception: How shady ships use GPS to evade international law, sanctions

Read here: https://buffalonews.com/high-seas-deception-how-shady-ships-use-gps-to-evade-international-law-sanctions/article_72f963ff-14f8-5883-89c9-bb25f901b642.html

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SFO’s ‘unique skillset’ will be needed to tackle UK’s worsening fraud epidemic, Lisa Osofsky says

Read here: https://www.cityam.com/city-exclusive-sfos-unique-skillset-will-be-needed-to-tackle-uks-worsening-fraud-epidemic-lisa-osofsky-says/?amp=1

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Terror groups may turn to NFTs to raise funds and spread messages

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/terror-groups-may-turn-to-nfts-to-raise-funds-and-spread-messages-wsj

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HMRC issues winding up petition against PPE firm linked to Tory peer

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/sep/01/michelle-mone-hmrc-winding-up-petition-against-ppe-firm

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UK: The next prime minister should declare war on dirty money

Read here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-next-prime-minister-should-declare-war-on-dirty-money-cfrsfqdjk

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FBI and French officials arrive in Montenegro to investigate ransomware attack

Read here: https://therecord.media/fbi-and-french-officials-arrive-in-montenegro-to-investigate-ransomware-attack/

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Conflict In Ukraine: Key Evidence On Risks Of Trafficking In Persons And Smuggling Of Migrants

Read here: https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/tip/Conflict_Ukraine_TIP_2022.pdf

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Crypto Developer Brothers Leave VC Firm After CoinDesk Exposé

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/01/crypto-developer-brothers-leave-vc-firm-after-coindesk-expose/

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