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Data overload: UN negotiations on criminal use of ICT take off

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/un-cybercrime-negotiations-ict/ Link to report: https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/UN-Cyber-Paper-22-Aug-PB.pdf

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UK: Over 80% of regulated firms planning switch to electronic verification

Read here: https://www.financialreporter.co.uk/over-80-of-regulated-firms-planning-switch-to-electronic-verification.html

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Israel: CEO of Pegasus Spyware Firm NSO to Step Down

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16684-israel-ceo-of-pegasus-spyware-firm-nso-to-step-down

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Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan Charged for Threatening Police and a Judge

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16683-former-pakistan-pm-imran-khan-charged-for-threatening-police-and-a-judge

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Official Says Nearly 10,000 Cryptocurrency Mining Devices Seized In Iran

Read here: https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-cryptocurrency-mining-devices-seized/31999442.html

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Australia’s crypto industry split on Treasury’s ‘token mapping’ scheme

Read here: https://forkast.news/australias-crypto-industry-split-on-treasurys-new-token-mapping-scheme/

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Crypto Exchange Coinbase Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Lapses in Security

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/08/23/coinbase-faces-class-action-lawsuit-over-alleged-lapses-in-security/

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El Salvador Extends State of Emergency to Fight Organized Crime

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16682-el-salvador-extends-state-of-emergency-to-fight-against-organized-crime

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Banks Start Using Information-Sharing Tools to Detect Financial Crime

Read here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/banks-start-using-information-sharing-tools-to-detect-financial-crime-11658741402

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Arms trafficking and organized crime: Global trade, local impacts

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/arms-trafficking-and-organized-crime/ Link to report: https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GI-TOC-policy-brief_Arms-trafficking-web-1.pdf

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Hackers exploit zero-day bug to steal from General Bytes Bitcoin ATMs

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/hackers-exploit-zero-day-bug-to-steal-from-general-bytes-bitcoin-atms

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Germany plans new financial crime authority in bid to tackle money laundering

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/finance/news/germany-plans-financial-crime-authority-111247273.html

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Colombia Marijuana: This country calls time on the ‘war on drugs’

Read here: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/21/americas/colombia-marijuana-bill-war-on-drugs-intl-cmd/index.html

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Publication of the Wolfsberg Group on Requests For Information (RFIs): Best Practice Guidance

Read here: https://www.wolfsberg-principles.com/articles/publication-wolfsberg-rfi-best-practice-guidance Link to guidance here: https://www.wolfsberg-principles.com/sites/default/files/wb/Wolfsberg%20RFI%20Best%20Practice%20Guidance.pdf

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United States Enters into Agreement with Nigeria to Repatriate Over $23 Million in Assets Stolen by Former Nigerian Dictator General Sani Abacha

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-enters-agreement-nigeria-repatriate-over-23-million-assets-stolen-former

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Building an auditable record of beneficial ownership

Read here: https://www.openownership.org/en/publications/building-an-auditable-record-of-beneficial-ownership/

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Russian tourists’ luxury cars fill up Helsinki airport

Read here: https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/russian-tourists-luxury-cars-fill-up-helsinki-airport/

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What Are The Ethics Of Sharing Scammers’ Real Names?

Read here: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/doxxing-scammers-and-sharing-their-names

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Chinese money laundering scheme boosts drug trafficking in US

Read here: https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/3610774-chinese-money-laundering-scheme-boosts-drug-trafficking-in-us/

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Hundreds of Taiwanese trafficked to Cambodia and held captive by telecom scam gangs

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/23/hundreds-of-taiwanese-trafficked-to-cambodia-and-held-captive-by-telecom-scam-gangs

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South Korea pilots digital assets seizure for traffic fines settlement

Read here: https://coingeek.com/south-korea-pilots-digital-assets-seizure-for-traffic-fines-settlement/

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Uniswap Censors 253 Crypto Addresses Blacklisted for Crime, Sanction Associations

Read here: https://news.bitcoin.com/uniswap-censors-253-crypto-addresses-blacklisted-for-crime-sanction-associations/

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TikTok’s in-app browser can monitor your keystrokes, including passwords and credit cards, researcher says

Read here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-22/tiktok-in-app-browser-can-monitor-keystrokes-researcher-finds/101356198

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Najib Razak: Malaysia’s ex-PM starts jail term after final appeal fails

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-62642643

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Gem Diamonds and Petra downgraded as sanctions having no price impact, says Liberum

Read here: https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/990692/sanctions-prove-ineffective-in-pushing-up-diamond-prices-says-liberum-990692.html

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Trade-Based Terrorist Financing And Sanctions

Read here: https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/news-and-insight/blog/trade-based-terrorist-financing-and-sanctions

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Can my client use bitcoin to purchase property?

Read here: https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/contact-or-visit-us/helplines/practice-advice-service/q-and-as/can-my-client-use-bitcoin-to-purchase-property

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AMM protocol SudoRare disappears from the internet with 519 ETH

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/amm-protocol-sudorare-disappears-from-the-internet-with-519-eth

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CIA unable to corroborate Israel’s ‘terror’ label for Palestinian rights groups

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/22/cia-report-israel-palestinian-rights-groups

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Former Navy Official Convicted on Bribery Charges Tied to Steering Contracts for Cash and Booze

Read here: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/08/22/former-navy-official-convicted-bribery-charges-tied-steering-contracts-cash-and-booze.html

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Failed Crypto Lender Celsius Fires Back, Accusing Ex-Employee of Fraud

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/08/23/failed-crypto-lender-celsius-fires-back-accusing-ex-employee-of-fraud/

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Europe put tax havens in the Caribbean – and now punishes them for it

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/aug/22/europe-put-tax-havens-in-the-caribbean-and-now-punishes-them-for-it

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Ex-OpenSea Executive Files to Dismiss DOJ Case Alleging NFT Insider Trading

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/08/22/ex-opensea-executive-files-to-dismiss-doj-case-over-nft-sales/

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Chinese-Canadian billionaire Xiao sentenced to 13 years in prison

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/8/19/chinese-canadian-billionaire-xiao-sentenced-to-13-years-in-prison

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Can Web3 be hacked? Is the decentralized internet safer?

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/can-web3-be-hacked-is-the-decentralized-internet-safer

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Using Snapchat to Rob Influencers

Read here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYbiFOMzXvM

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Prince William Has Praised The International Collaboration That Defeated An Illegal Wildlife Trade Network

Read here: https://royalfoundation.com/prince-william-has-praised-the-international-collaboration-that-defeated-an-illegal-wildlife-trade-network/

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Reserve Bank Governor confirms greylisting is massive risk for South Africa economy

Read here: https://www.da.org.za/2022/08/reserve-bank-governor-confirms-greylisting-is-massive-risk-for-sa-economy

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Superyacht Alfa Nero Boarded In Antigua, Remains Detained

Read here: https://megayachtnews.com/2022/08/superyacht-alfa-nero-boarded-detained-in-antigua/

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