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UK: Director banned after each of his four companies wrongly claimed Bounce Back Loans

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/director-banned-after-each-of-his-four-companies-wrongly-claimed-bounce-back-loans

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American appeals money laundering conviction in UAE, lawyer says

Read here: https://news.yahoo.com/american-appeals-money-laundering-conviction-112544123.html

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FCA calls on victims of individual, connected to transnational organised crime group, to come forward ahead of confiscation hearing

Reda here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-calls-victims-richard-faithfull-come-forward-ahead-confiscation-hearing

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ISIS ‘Beatle’ Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Hostage-Taking Scheme that Resulted in the Deaths of American, British, and Japanese Citizens

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/isis-beatle-sentenced-life-imprisonment-hostage-taking-scheme-resulted-deaths-american

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Canada: Manitoba expands Criminal Property Forfeiture unit to combat money laundering

Read here: https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/practice-areas/criminal/manitoba-expands-criminal-property-forfeiture-unit-to-combat-money-laundering/369119

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FCA warns Buy Now Pay Later firms about misleading adverts

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-warns-buy-now-pay-later-firms-about-misleading-adverts

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How the exploitation of Antarctic krill for dietary supplements poses a big threat to whales

Read here: https://eia-international.org/blog/how-the-exploitation-of-antarctic-krill-for-dietary-supplements-poses-a-big-threat-to-whales/

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The Ballad Of Razzlekhan And Dutch, Bitcoin’s Bonnie And Clyde

Read here: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/08/the-ballad-of-razzlekhan-and-dutch-bitcoins-bonnie-and-clyde

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Mid-year Crypto Crime Update: Illicit Activity Falls With Rest of Market, With Some Notable Exceptions

Read here: https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/crypto-crime-midyear-update-2022/

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Coinbase CEO Suggests Exchange Won’t Censor Transactions on Ethereum

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/08/18/coinbase-ceo-suggests-exchange-wont-censor-transactions-on-pos-ethereum/

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Alleged Russian Money Launderer Extradited from the Netherlands to U.S.

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/alleged-russian-money-launderer-extradited-netherlands-us

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India Freezes Peter Thiel-Backed Vauld’s Crypto and Bank Assets Worth $46 Million

Read here: https://news.bitcoin.com/india-freezes-peter-thiel-backed-vaulds-crypto-and-bank-assets-worth-46-million/

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‘I Confess to All the Crimes’: A Russian Soldier Admits to Executing a Civilian and Denounces His Commanders

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/i-confess-to-all-the-crimes-a-russian-soldier-admits-to-executing-a-civilian-and-denounces-his-commanders

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Law enforcement should give up trying to access everyone’s data, says legal expert

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/law-enforcement-should-give-up-trying-to-access-everyone-s-data-says-legal-expert

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Big in Japan: The Story of Carlos Ghosn

Read here: https://whalehunting.projectbrazen.com/big-in-japan/

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UK and US launch innovation prize challenges in privacy-enhancing technologies to tackle financial crime and public health emergencies

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-us-launch-innovation-prize-challenges-in-privacy-enhancing-technologies-to-tackle-financial-crime-and-public-health-emergencies

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What Can Be Learned from Mexico’s Latest Wave of Attacks?

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/outbreak-violence-mexico-criminal-landscape/

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It’s a Wrap: Reflections on the UK’s Economic Crime Plan (2019–2022)

Read here: https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/its-wrap-reflections-uks-economic-crime-plan-2019-2022

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UK: Criminals targeted Luton Borough Council in £3.2m fraud attempt

Read here: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-62605579.amp

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Civil Money Penalty Order: John Ryan – Former Chief Executive Officer Rabobank

Read here: https://www.occ.gov/static/enforcement-actions/ea2022-025.pdf

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Defendant in ‘Grandparent Scam’ Network Sentenced for RICO Conspiracy Targeting Elderly Americans

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/defendant-grandparent-scam-network-sentenced-rico-conspiracy-targeting-elderly-americans

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London landmark tax avoidance scheme named: Tax avoidance promoter based in The Shard has been exposed by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/london-landmark-tax-avoidance-scheme-named

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Dallas Attorney Sentenced to Five Years for Laundering Purported Drug Money

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/dallas-attorney-sentenced-five-years-laundering-purported-drug-money

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Europe: Licensing of crypto-asset activities

Read here: https://www.bankingsupervision.europa.eu/press/publications/newsletter/2022/html/ssm.nl220817_2.en.html

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Insider trading occurs in 10% to 25% of cryptocurrency listings, says study

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/study-insider-trading-occurs-in-10-to-25-of-cryptocurrency-listings

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Sicpa: The Hidden Cost of Selling Trust

Read here: https://stories.swissinfo.ch/sicpa-the-hidden-cost-of-selling-trust

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Judges who sent children to for-profit jails for kickbacks ordered to pay more than $200 million in damages

Read here: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judges-sent-children-profit-jails-kickbacks-ordered-pay-200-million-da-rcna43538

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Four more people in Singapore charged over Wirecard case, taking total tally to seven

Read here: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/wirecard-case-4-more-people-charged-singapore-2885511

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Fake Manchester United token soars 3,000% after Elon Musk jokes about buying team

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/fake-manchester-united-token-soars-3-000-after-elon-musk-jokes-about-buying-team

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Fake ‘Made in the USA’ cases have increased dramatically since 2016. Here’s why.

Read here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/08/14/lions-not-sheep-made-usa-clothing-label-fraud-case/10278302002/

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Sri Lankans make crypto Ponzi scam claims

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/8/15/sri-lankans-make-crypto-ponzi-scam-claims

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SEC Sues Three Entities [Dragonchain] and Their Founder for Unregistered Crypto Asset Securities Offerings

Read here: https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2022/lr25468.htm?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

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Former US Rep. TJ Cox indicted on federal money laundering and wire fraud charges

Read here: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/16/politics/tj-cox-indicted-federal-money-laundering/index.html

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Entain to pay £17 million for regulatory failures

Read here: https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/news/article/entain-to-pay-gbp17-million-for-regulatory-failures

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As HMRC reveals almost half of those falling foul of AML regulations are property firms, estate agents are urged to get their compliance in order or face the consequences

Read here: https://www.estateagenttoday.co.uk/sponsored-content/2022/8/as-hmrc-reveals-almost-half-of-those-falling-foul-of-aml-regulations-are-property-firms-estate-agents-are-urged-to-get-their-compliance-in-order-or-face-the-consequences

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Three arrests and cash seized in cannabis farm human trafficking investigation

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/three-arrests-and-cash-seized-in-cannabis-farm-human-trafficking-investigation

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Why The U.S. Fed Will Require Banks To Report Crypto-Related Activity

Read here: https://bitcoinist.com/us-fed-require-banks-report-crypto-related-activity/

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Federal Reserve Board announces it has fined EagleBank $9.5 million for violation of the Board’s insider lending regulation

Read here: https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/enforcement20220816a.htm

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Progress Towards a New International Agreement to Combat Trafficking in Wildlife

Read here: https://www.iucn.org/story/202208/progress-towards-new-international-agreement-combat-trafficking-wildlife

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Colombia to prevent tax evasion with national digital currency

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/colombia-to-prevent-tax-evasion-with-national-digital-currency-report

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