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Prince Charles accepted £1m from family of Osama bin Laden

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jul/30/prince-charles-accepted-1m-from-family-of-osama-bin-laden-report-claims

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Metaverse: A Cyber-Sandbox for Terrorists?

Read here: https://intpolicydigest.org/the-platform/metaverse-a-cyber-sandbox-for-terrorists/

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Men behind bungled $184m Abrolhos Islands drug smuggling mission to spend decades behind bars

Read here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-29/men-jailed-over-bungled-abrolhos-islands-drug-smuggling-attempt/101025684

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London’s High Court rules against Venezuela’s Maduro in $1 billion gold battle

Read here: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/finance/news/britains-high-court-rules-against-115043099.html

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Australian Federal Police to share coding of AN0M app used in Operation Ironside arrests

Read here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-29/police-to-share-coding-of-an0m-app/101281212

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US lawmaker calls for Apple and Google to provide info on fake crypto apps

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-lawmaker-calls-for-apple-and-google-to-provide-info-on-fake-crypto-apps

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Sky Mavis Denies Wrongdoing After YouTube Sleuth Links Unusual Transaction to Company’s CEO

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/07/28/sky-mavis-denies-wrongdoing-after-youtube-sleuth-links-unusual-transaction-to-companys-ceo-report/

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Mother whose son was driven to brink of death by loan sharks warns of dangers

Read here: https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2022-07-28/violent-loan-sharks-cashing-in-on-the-cost-of-living-crisis

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South Africa Requests the Extradition of the Gupta Brothers from UAE

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16623-south-africa-requests-the-extradition-of-the-gupta-brothers-from-uae

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Colombian cocaine worth £40m smuggled with batch of bananas on Thames port

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/colombian-cocaine-worth-40m-smuggled-with-batch-of-bananas-on-thames-port-12661972

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Solana DeFi Protocol Nirvana Drained of Liquidity After Flash Loan Exploit

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2022/07/28/solana-defi-protocol-nirvana-drained-of-liquidity-after-flash-loan-exploit/?outputType=amp

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Australia: Property, luxury goods and cash seized in international money laundering investigation

Read here: https://www.afp.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/property-luxury-goods-and-cash-seized-international-money-laundering

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$10 million reward offered for information on foreign government-linked malicious hackers

Read here: https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/government/10-million-reward-offered-for-information-on-foreign-government-linked-malicious-hackers/

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British Virgin Islands: Money laundering scheme targeting banks & hotels

Read here: https://bvinews.com/money-laundering-scheme-targeting-banks-hotels-fia-warns/

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Shakira could face eight years in jail if convicted in Spanish tax fraud case

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/shakira-could-face-eight-years-in-jail-if-convicted-in-spanish-tax-fraud-case-12661486

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Statement Of US Attorney Damian Williams On The Conviction Of “Lottery Lawyer” Jason Kurland: Scheme to Defraud his own Lottery Winner Clients

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/statement-us-attorney-damian-williams-conviction-lottery-lawyer-jason-kurland

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Beyond bored apes: Blockchain polarizes wildlife conservation community

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2022/07/beyond-bored-apes-blockchain-polarizes-wildlife-conservation-community/

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Asian roulette: Criminogenic casinos and illicit trade in environmental commodities in South East Asia

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/casino-crime-south-east-asia/ Link to report: https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GITOC-APA-Obs-Asian-roulette-Criminogenic-casinos-and-illicit-trade-in-environmental-commodities-in-South-East-Asia.pdf

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US court finds Libya’s Khalifa Haftar liable for war crimes

Read here: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-court-finds-libyas-khalifa-haftar-liable-war-crimes

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UK: ASOS, Boohoo and Asda investigated over fashion ‘green’ claims

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/asos-boohoo-and-asda-investigated-over-fashion-green-claims

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Pain ahead for algorithmic and non-cash backed stablecoins

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/pain-ahead-for-algorithmic-and-non-cash-backed-stablecoins-imf-director

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Turning Off Congo’s Looting Machine

Read here: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/congo-history-of-foreign-pillagiing-of-natural-resources-by-john-prendergast-2022-07

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UK sanctions British blogger over videos from Ukraine

Read here: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/27/uk/uk-sanctions-british-blogger-over-videos-from-ukraine-intl/index.html

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CFPB Fines U.S. Bank $37.5 Million for Illegally Exploiting Personal Data to Open Sham Accounts for Unsuspecting Customers

Read here: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-fines-us-bank-37-5-million-for-illegally-exploiting-personal-data-to-open-sham-accounts-for-unsuspecting-customers/

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Foreign Office admits multiple errors in UK’s exit from Afghanistan

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/29/foreign-office-admits-multiple-errors-in-uks-exit-from-afghanistan

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American Porn Shooter Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16617-american-porn-shooter-pleads-guilty-to-sex-trafficking

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Ukraine issued ruling to seize Syrian vessel docked in Lebanon

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/ukraine-issued-ruling-to-seize-syrian-vessel-docked-in-lebanon—statement-to-reuters/47791018

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No Smoke Without Fire: Inside the Investigation into Paraguay’s Horacio Cartes

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/paraguay-inside-investigation-horacio-cartes/

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Qatar tackles corruption with new ban on cash transactions over QAR 50,000

Read here: https://dohanews.co/qatar-tackles-corruption-with-new-ban-on-cash-transactions-over-qar-50000/

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Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) orders banks to close Flutterwave, Chipper Cash accounts

Read here: https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/corporate/technology/cbk-orders-banks-to-close-flutterwave-chipper-cash-accounts-3896534

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What to Know About Sanctions on North Korea

Read here: https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/north-korea-sanctions-un-nuclear-weapons

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UAE Central Bank imposes sanctions on six banks for compliance failure

Read here: https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/banking/2022/07/28/central-bank-of-uae-imposes-sanctions-on-six-banks-for-compliance-failure/

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Haiti Migrants Dying Off Bahamas, Puerto Rico in Human Smuggling Disasters

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/haiti-migrants-dying-bahamas-puerto-rico-human-smuggling/

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UK member of Parliament, Chris Bryant, to admit billionaire money-laundering claims were wrong

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/27/chris-bryant-admit-billionaire-money-laundering-claims-wrong

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South Korea says North to face cyber sanctions if it conducts nuclear test

Read here: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/south-korea-says-north-face-095708985.html

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Latvian Prosecutors Charge Bankers with Laundering €2.1 billion

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16627-latvian-prosecutors-charge-bankers-with-laundering-2-1b-euro

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With Killings, Urabeños Send Colombia Police Message in Blood

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/killing-police-officers-colombia-another-urabenos-strategy/

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UK: Caution warning as register of overseas entities comes into force

Read here: https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/contact-or-visit-us/press-office/press-releases/caution-warning-as-register-of-overseas-entities-comes-into-force

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