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Former Home Office employee jailed for bribery – For granting asylum applications for money

Read here: https://www.cps.gov.uk/north-west/news/former-home-office-employee-jailed-bribery

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EU Financial Intelligence Units exchange on growing money laundering and terrorist financing risks related to crypto-assets and decentralised finance

Read here: https://www.coe.int/en/web/corruption/-/eu-financial-intelligence-units-exchange-on-growing-money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing-risks-related-to-crypto-assets-and-decentralised-finance

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Gambling Firm 1XBet Branded ‘The Wagner Group Of Sports Betting’

Read here: https://bylinetimes.com/2025/06/20/1xbet-sports-betting-investigation/

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Cyprus steps up pursuit of Abramovich’s €14m unpaid taxes: Court order revives wound-up company at the centre of yacht-hire scam

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-06-19/cyprus-steps-up-pursuit-of-abramovichs-14m-unpaid-taxes

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OFSI publishes ‘Art Market Participants and High Value Dealers Threat Assessment’

Read here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6852a572235ba1380b6aa684/OFSI_Art_Market_Participants_and_High_Value_Dealers_Threat_Assessment_1.pdf

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FATF Report highlights major gaps in global response to Proliferation Financing and Sanctions Evasion

Read here: https://www.fatf-gafi.org/en/publications/Financingofproliferation/complex-proliferation-financing-sanction-evasion-schemes.html Report: https://www.fatf-gafi.org/content/dam/fatf-gafi/reports/Complex-PF-Sanctions-Evasions-Schemes.pdf

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New INTERPOL report warns of sharp rise in cybercrime in Africa

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2025/New-INTERPOL-report-warns-of-sharp-rise-in-cybercrime-in-Africa

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FCA secures convictions for insider dealing and money laundering worth £1 million

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-secures-convictions-insider-dealing-and-money-laundering-worth-1-million

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Bulgaria: EPPO conducts searches in investigation into corruption involving EU fisheries funds

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/bulgaria-eppo-conducts-searches-investigation-corruption-involving-eu-fisheries-funds

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Former boss of a City of London foreign exchange company has been ordered to pay back £64 million after large scale fraud convictions

Read here: https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/former-boss-city-london-foreign-exchange-company-has-been-ordered-pay-back-ps64-million

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On its 50th anniversary, ‘Jaws’ continues to provoke shark conservationists

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/on-its-50th-anniversary-jaws-continues-to-provoke-shark-conservationists/

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Employees at firm that supplied grape-pickers for champagne on trial for human trafficking

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/19/grape-pickers-trial-human-trafficking-france

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North Korea Targets Crypto Professionals With New Malware in Hiring Scams

Read here: https://decrypt.co/326187/new-malware-crypto-job-scams-north-korea

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The evidence that Russia sanctions evasion has intensified

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/the-evidence-that-russia-sanctions-evasion-has-intensified-13388096

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8 arrests for migrant smuggling and drug trafficking across the Mediterranean

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/8-arrests-for-migrant-smuggling-and-drug-trafficking-across-mediterranean

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Alleged misuse of EU agricultural funds: EPPO submits information to Hellenic Parliament

Read here: https://euroweeklynews.com/2025/06/18/spanish-economic-president-quits-after-bribery-claims-surface/

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Teenagers recruited as hitmen: Denmark and Sweden strike back at violence-as-a-service

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/teenagers-recruited-hitmen-denmark-and-sweden-strike-back-violence-service

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Alleged misuse of EU agricultural funds: EPPO submits information to Hellenic Parliament

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/alleged-misuse-eu-agricultural-funds-eppo-submits-information-to-hellenic-parliament

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Child soldiers of Europe: Why is organized crime increasingly recruiting minors?

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/child-soldiers-of-europe-why-is-organized-crime-increasingly-recruiting-minors/

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The UK Government must act now to ensure that UK Overseas Territories deliver on their committments to financial transparency

Read here: https://www.transparency.org.uk/news/uk-government-must-act-now-ensure-uk-overseas-territories-deliver-their-committments-financial

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Organized crime & gold trade are increasingly connected, report shows

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/organized-crime-gold-trade-are-increasingly-connected-report-shows/

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FATF urges stronger global action to address Illicit Finance Risks in Virtual Assets

Read here: https://www.fatf-gafi.org/en/publications/Fatfrecommendations/targeted-update-virtual-assets-vasps-2025.html Report: https://www.fatf-gafi.org/content/dam/fatf-gafi/recommendations/2025-Targeted-Upate-VA-VASPs.pdf

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Cash totalling more than £2.6 million seized as man bailed

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/man-arrested-and-cash-seized-in-nca-money-laundering-operation

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FCA fines Monzo £21m for failings in financial crime controls

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-fines-monzo-21m-failings-financial-crime-controls Final Notice here: https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/final-notices/monzo-bank-limited.pdf

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Largest Ever Seizure of Funds Related to Crypto Confidence Scams

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/largest-ever-seizure-funds-related-crypto-confidence-scams

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What Iceland’s Cocaine Surge Says About Europe’s Saturated Drug Market

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/what-icelands-cocaine-surge-says-about-europes-saturated-drug-market/

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Yemen Seizes 1.5 Million Captagon Pills, Alleges Houthis Fueling War Through Drug Trade

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/yemen-seizes-15-million-captagon-pills-alleges-houthis-fueling-war-through-drug-trade

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Billion-dollar money laundering case: Jail for personal driver who lied about 4 luxury cars out of greed

Read here: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/billion-money-laundering-personal-driver-lied-luxury-cars-5211411

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Meta’s Suit Against Hong Kong Firm Was Just the Beginning – More Companies Linked to CrushAI ‘Nudify’ Apps

Read here: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2025/06/18/meta-crushai-crushmate-deepfake-nudify-apps/

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Serial Hacker “IntelBroker” Charged For Causing $25 Million In Damages To Victims

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/serial-hacker-intelbroker-charged-causing-25-million-damages-victims Indictment: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/media/1404621/dl?inline Complaint: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/media/1404616/dl?inline

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Mexican president demands proof after US accuses banks of laundering drug money

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/26/mexican-president-sheinbaum-banks-sanctions

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Slovakia: EPPO probes alleged misappropriation of €7.4 million destined for military aid to Ukraine

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/slovakia-eppo-probes-alleged-misappropriation-eu74-million-destined-military-aid-to

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United States Files Civil Forfeiture Complaint Against $225M in Funds Involved in Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud Money Laundering

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-files-civil-forfeiture-complaint-against-225m-funds-involved-cryptocurrency

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Syria completes first global SWIFT transfer since war, governor says

Read here: https://www.yahoo.com/news/syria-expects-first-transfer-u-074324043.html

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Ex-employee of Bank Pictet convicted of money laundering

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/various/ex-employee-of-bank-pictet-convicted-of-money-laundering/89530767

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Can Argentina Face Its Growing Money Laundering Challenges?

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/can-argentina-face-its-growing-money-laundering-challenges/

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Croatia: Nine individuals and a company indicted for subsidy fraud and document forgery related to pig farming

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/croatia-nine-individuals-and-company-indicted-subsidy-fraud-and-document-forgery

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Fake Facebook Sales Scam Spreads in Slovenia

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/fake-facebook-sales-scam-spreads-in-slovenia

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Monitoring online illegal wildlife trade: Focus on the maritime and marine dimensions

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/monitoring-online-illegal-wildlife-trade-focus-on-the-maritime-and-marine-dimensions/

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