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U.S. Treasury official warns Russia trying to bypass Western sanctions via Turkey

Read here: https://www.euronews.com/2022/08/21/us-ukraine-crisis-usa-turkey

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Australian police find ‘extraordinary’ fentanyl stash, enough for 5 million doses

Read here: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/22/asia/australia-largest-fentanyl-seizure-intl-hnk/index.html

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Ethereum advances with standards for smart contract security audits

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-advances-with-standards-for-smart-contract-security-audits

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Scottish Power chief earned over £11m despite facing fraud and bribery probe

Read here: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scottishpower-chairman-earned-over-11million-27792895

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Netherlands: Fall-out from hospital bribery inquiry ‘putting heart patients at risk’

Read here: https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2022/08/squabbles-at-isala-heart-hospital-is-putting-patients-at-risk-volkskrant/

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Australia: Work underway on crypto asset reforms

Read here: https://ministers.treasury.gov.au/ministers/stephen-jones-2022/media-releases/work-underway-crypto-asset-reforms

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Australia: NSW man jailed following $47 million cocaine investigation

Read here: https://www.afp.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/nsw-man-jailed-following-47-million-cocaine-investigation

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Why Ambulances Remain Convenient Way to Move Drugs in Colombia

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/narco-ambulances-trafficking-method-revived-colombia/

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Consultation Opened on Review of Australia’s Modern Slavery Act 2018

Read here: https://consultations.ag.gov.au/crime/modern-slavery-act-review/

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FCA fines Citigroup’s international broker-dealer £12.6m for failures relating to the detection of market abuse

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-fines-citigroups-international-broker-dealer-failures-detection-market-abuse Link to FCA Final Notice: https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/final-notices/citigroup-global-markets-limited-2022.pdf

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Nonprofits and associations temporarily barred from opening an ING account

Read here: https://nltimes.nl/2022/08/19/nonprofits-associations-temporarily-barred-opening-ing-account

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Bulgarian Authorities were Telling Cryptoqueen Ruja Ignatova When it was Safe to Return

Read here: https://www.novinite.com/articles/216358/Bulgarian+Authorities+were+Telling+Cryptoqueen+Ruja+Ignatova+When+it+was+Safe+to+Return

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What Web3 and the blockchain revolution mean for law enforcement

Read here: https://gcn.com/emerging-tech/2022/08/what-web3-and-blockchain-revolution-mean-law-enforcement/376041/

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A first (quick) look at the verification mechanism of the new UK Register of Overseas Entities

Read here: https://www.openownership.org/en/blog/a-first-quick-look-at-the-verification-mechanism-of-the-new-uk-register-of-overseas-entities/

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OFAC Sanctions & Ethereum PoS (Proof of Stake) – Some Technical Nuances

Read here: https://blog.bitmex.com/ofac-sanctions-ethereum-pos-some-technical-nuances/

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Russia Fights Efforts to Declare It an Exporter of ‘Blood Diamonds’

Read here: https://news.yahoo.com/russia-fights-efforts-declare-exporter-175003314.html

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What is ‘rainbow fentanyl?’ Nationwide, officials report ‘deadly’ colorful pills, powder

Read here: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/what-is-rainbow-fentanyl-nationwide-officials-see-spread-of-deadly-colorful-pills-powder/ar-AA10StJp

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Former HP Planning Manager Sentenced To Three Years In Prison In $5+ Million Wire Fraud Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/former-hp-planning-manager-sentenced-three-years-prison-5-million-wire-fraud-scheme

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Thirty arrested over corruption in Three-runway System Project

Read here: https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/193650/Thirty-arrested-over-corruption-in-Three-runway-System-Project

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Seized £63m Russian superyacht Axioma to be sold at Gibraltar auction

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62615958

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Ecclestone Expected In Court Monday For Hiding $480-Million Assets

Read here: https://www.grandprix247.com/2022/08/18/ecclestone-in-court-for-allegedly-hiding-480-million-assets/

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Does the United States Have More Financial Regulators than Other Countries?

Read here: https://www.cato.org/blog/does-united-states-have-more-financial-regulators-other-countries

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UK’s Law Commission to carry out scoping study into Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs)

Read here: https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/decentralised-autonomous-organisations-daos/

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A man embezzled $4.8 million from his employer and spent $1 million of it on the mobile app ‘Game of War’

Read here: https://www.insider.com/guy-embezzles-48-million-spends-1-million-game-of-war-2022-8

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South African Banking Regulator: ‘De-risking’ Crypto Firms Potentially Creates ‘Opacity in Financial Conduct’

Read here: https://news.bitcoin.com/south-african-banking-regulator-de-risking-crypto-firms-potentially-creates-opacity-in-financial-conduct/

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Teenager clones UK’s largest transport firms – and it’s all legal

Read here: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/20677151.teenager-clones-uks-largest-transport-firms—legal/

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She was 69. He Was Young, Hunky – and a Fraud

Read here: https://www.thedailybeast.com/a-romance-scammer-took-her-life-savings-in-crypto-this-firm-is-trying-to-get-it-back

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Wife of arrested Tornado Cash dev forbidden to speak with him – Rally organized

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/wife-of-arrested-tornado-cash-dev-forbidden-to-speak-with-him-rally-organized

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Tehran’s $1 Trillion Deal: An Updated Forecast of Iran’s Financial Windfall From a New Nuclear Agreement

Read here: https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2022/08/19/tehrans-1-trillion-deal/

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Korean financial watchdog to block tens of unregistered exchange websites

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/korean-financial-watchdog-to-block-tens-of-unregistered-exchange-websites

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Maltese Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) raises ‘dirty money’ influx concerns in South Korea

Read here: https://theshiftnews.com/2022/08/19/tax-havens-maltese-fdi-raises-dirty-money-influx-concerns-in-south-korea/

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Prosecutors in Ecuador Become Latest Victims of Targeted Assassinations

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/ecuadorian-prosecutors-latest-victims-targeted-assassinations/

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Congo-Brazzaville: President’s Son Suspected of Money Laundering in France

Read here: https://allafrica.com/stories/202208190467.html

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Huawei CEO Secures Bail From Delhi Court In Tax Evasion Probe

Read here: https://inc42.com/buzz/local-court-grants-conditional-bail-to-huawei-ceo-asks-to-share-fdr-and-2-indian-sureties/

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How the Cullen report is attempting to clean house

Read here: https://www.cpacanada.ca/en/news/pivot-magazine/aml-cullen-report

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BitConnect Founder Under Investigation For Allegedly Losing 220 Bitcoin

Read here: https://bitcoinist.com/bitconnect-founder-investigation-losing-220-bitcoin/

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Leading grain traders ‘sourcing soy beans from Brazilian farm linked to abuse’

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/19/leading-grain-traders-sourcing-soy-beans-from-brazilian-farm-linked-to-abuse

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Celer Network shuts down bridge over potential DNS hijacking

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/celer-network-shuts-down-bridge-over-potential-dns-hijacking

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Japan makes arrests on bribery suspicions in Tokyo Olympics

Read here: https://www.espn.co.uk/olympics/story/_/id/34411298/japan-makes-arrests-bribery-suspicions-tokyo-olympics

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Canada: Calgary man convicted in multimillion dollar Ponzi scheme to be sentenced

Read here: https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-man-convicted-in-multimillion-dollar-ponzi-scheme-to-be-sentenced-1.6033709

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