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Scammers, spies and triads: Inside cyber-crime’s $15tn global empire

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Five arrested over plot to steal ‘tonnes’ of charity clothes to fund crime

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/five-arrested-over-plot-to-steal-tonnes-of-charity-clothes-to-fund-crime-13484492

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Law enforcement challenges major cocaine supply chains into Europe

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/law-enforcement-challenges-major-cocaine-supply-chains-europe

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Fraudulent call centres in Ukraine rolled up

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/fraudulent-call-centres-ukraine-rolled

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Eurojust supports seizure of mafia assets worth EUR 40 million

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/eurojust-supports-seizure-mafia-assets-worth-eur-40-million

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AML Risk Management in Gaming & Gambling Masterclass: Use Discount Code ‘LAUNDRY10’ For a 10% Discount

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2025 was a good year…for white-collar criminals

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/dec/21/trump-white-collar-criminals

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Foreign Workers, Local Sponsors: Inside Palau’s Hotel Scam Centers

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/foreign-workers-local-sponsors-inside-palaus-hotel-scam-centers

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‘Help! I need money. It’s an emergency’: Your child’s voicemail that could be a scam

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/dec/21/ai-cloned-voicemail-scam-criminals-fraud

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21 years and six months behind bars for woman with 85kg of Pakistani heroin in her bedroom

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/21-years-and-six-months-behind-bars-for-woman-with-85kg-of-pakistani-heroin-in-her-bedroom

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APRA and AUSTRAC take action in response to risk management deficiencies at Bendigo and Adelaide Bank

Read here: https://www.austrac.gov.au/news-and-media/media-release/apra-and-austrac-take-action-response-risk-management-deficiencies-bendigo-and-adelaide-bank

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FinCEN Announces Data-Driven Border Operation to Address Potential Money Laundering

Read here: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0344

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SFO to secure over £900,000 from fraudster

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/sfo-to-secure-over-900000-fromfraudster-david-kennedy

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Multiple Identities Reveal Ties Between Chinese Businessman and Alleged Cambodian ‘Criminal’ Conglomerate

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/scoop/multiple-identities-reveal-ties-between-chinese-businessman-and-cambodian-criminal-conglomerate

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Human trafficking: The crime that turns people into illegal merchandise

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/en/Resources/INTERPOL-Spotlight/Spotlight-Issue-3-Defending-human-dignity/Focus-Human-trafficking-the-crime-that-turns-people-into-illegal-merchandise

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These 81 Investment Platforms Were Part of a Scam Network. Here’s What We Learned About Them

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/project/scam-empire/call-center-brands-design-test

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Balkan criminal networks are gaining ground in Australia’s drug market

Read here: https://riskbulletins.globalinitiative.net/see-obs-022/01-balkan-criminal-networks-gaining-in-austria-drug-market.html

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Svea Bank receives a remark and administrative fine for AML failings

Read here: https://www.fi.se/en/published/sanctions/financial-firms/2025/svea-bank-receives-a-remark-and-administrative-fine/?language=en

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Level Up: Gaming and Violent Extremism in Africa

Read here: https://www.unicri.org/Publication-Level-Up-Gaming-and-Violent-Extremism-in-Africa

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Paraguay Banks Pledging Sustainability Financed Companies Owned By Businessman With Record of Environmental Crime

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/scoop/brazilian-deforester-got-millions-in-loans-of-paraguayan-banks-pledging-green-investments

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Behind the blockchain: Cryptocurrency and criminal capture in the Central African Republic

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/behind-the-blockchain-cryptocurrency-and-criminal-capture-in-the-central-african-republic/

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Parents of sextortion victim sue Meta for alleged wrongful death

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/17/parents-of-sextortion-victim-sue-meta-for-alleged-wrongful-death

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US drops bid to preserve FIFA bribery convictions

Read here: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251210-us-drops-bid-to-preserve-fifa-bribery-convictions

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Firm stand against migrant smuggling: Global alliance convened in Brussels

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/firm-stand-against-migrant-smuggling-global-alliance-convened-in-brussels

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Europol-supported operation takes down key figures of ‘Balkan Cartel’ in Germany

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/europol-supported-operation-takes-down-key-figures-of-balkan-cartel-in-germany

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France: €113,000 seized in investigation into suspected fraud involving EU research and innovation funds

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/france-eu113-000-seized-investigation-suspected-fraud-involving-eu-research-and

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Inside Italy’s Fight to Break the Mafia’s Grip on Families

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/feature/inside-italys-fight-to-break-the-mafias-grip-on-families

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FCA launches Firm Checker to fight financial crime

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-launches-firm-checker-fight-financial-crime

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Man with serious organised crime links jailed over money laundering plot

Read here: https://www.copfs.gov.uk/about-copfs/news/man-with-serious-organised-crime-links-jailed-over-money-laundering-plot/

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Meta tolerates rampant ad fraud from China to safeguard billions in revenue

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-tolerates-rampant-ad-fraud-china-safeguard-billions-revenue-2025-12-15/

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How a £46 billion criminal enterprise made the UK its second home: What the Prince Group shows us about the UK’s dirty money problem

Read here: https://www.transparency.org.uk/news/how-ps46-billion-criminal-enterprise-made-uk-its-second-home

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Tracing firms say Binance’s claims of improving financial crime left out key stats

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/coin-laundry/tracing-firms-say-binances-clean-up-claims-left-out-key-crime-stats/

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Assad family live in Russian luxury as Bashar ‘brushes up on ophthalmology’

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/15/assad-family-live-in-russian-luxury-as-bashar-brushes-up-on-ophthalmology

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Operational Taskforce GRIMM: 193 arrests in 6 months tackling violence-as-a-service networks

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/operational-taskforce-grimm-193-arrests-in-6-months-tackling-violence-service-networks

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U.S. Authorities Shut Down Major China-Linked AI Tech Smuggling Network

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-authorities-shut-down-major-china-linked-ai-tech-smuggling-network

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New report explores use of robotics and unmanned systems in the fight against crime

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/new-report-explores-use-of-robotics-and-unmanned-systems-in-fight-against-crime

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‘Seizure’ premiere draws global attention to the criminal networks driving wildlife trafficking

Read here: https://wildlifejustice.org/seizure-premiere-draws-global-attention/ Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDWBzIlAbqY

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