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Brazilian Company Charged for Building Power Lines for Land Grabbers

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16618-brazilian-company-charged-for-building-power-lines-for-land-grabbers

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Dublin solicitor accused of deception and money laundering in an alleged insurance fraud case

Read here: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/dublin-solicitor-accused-of-deception-and-money-laundering-in-an-alleged-insurance-fraud-case-41877574.html

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Plundered Oceans: Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing in Central American and Caribbean Waters

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/investigations/plundered-oceans-iuu-fishing-central-america-caribbean/

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Sanctioned Russian Banker Andrei Kostin, Head of ‘Putin’s Piggy Bank,’ Uses Canadian Man as Proxy For Vast Holdings

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/asset-tracker/sanctioned-russian-banker-andrei-kostin-head-of-putins-piggy-bank-uses-canadian-man-as-proxy-for-vast-holdings

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El Salvador Arrests Thousands but Gangs Keep Their Guns

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/el-salvador-arrests-thousands-gangs-keep-guns/

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German city to shut all betting shops amid money-laundering allegations

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/28/germany-bremen-shut-all-betting-shops-money-laundering-allegations

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Crooked Crook Ltd: Company registration scandals on the Tax Justice Network podcast, the Taxcast

Read here: https://taxjustice.net/2022/07/28/crooked-crook-ltd-company-registration-scandals-on-the-tax-justice-network-podcast-the-taxcast/

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Cuban NFT artists say they face censorship within the crypto market

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/cuban-nft-artists-say-they-face-censorship-within-the-crypto-market

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Independent Review into the Serious Fraud Office’s handling of the Unaoil Case

Read here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1092872/DCS_report_-__FINAL_-_21_July_08.31_.pdf

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Law reforms proposed for digital assets, including NFTs and other crypto-tokens

Read here: https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/law-commission-proposes-reforms-for-digital-assets-including-crypto-tokens-and-nfts/

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Multi-million pound cash courier conspiracy dismantled by NCA

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/multi-million-pound-cash-courier-conspiracy-dismantled-by-nca

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Artificial intelligence supporting cross-border cooperation in criminal justice

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/publication/artificial-intelligence-supporting-cross-border-cooperation-criminal-justice Link to report: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/sites/default/files/assets/artificial-intelligence-cross-border-cooperation-criminal-justice-report.pdf

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South Korea: $3 billion of suspicious transactions found

Read here: https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2022/07/27/business/finance/korea-fss-financial-supervisory-service/20220727165549756.html

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Remittance And AML Innovation: Four Top Challenges For 2022

Read here: https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/news-and-insight/blog/remittance-and-aml-innovation-four-top-challenges-2022

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Close to a hundred arrested in Hungary over multi-million euro invoice fraud

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/close-to-hundred-arrested-in-hungary-over-multi-million-euro-invoice-fraud

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Royal Bank ordered to reveal who’s behind 97 offshore accounts

Read here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/royal-bank-cra-bahamas-offshore-court-1.6533070

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Investigating Ties Between the US Deportation Industry and Sports Travel

Read here: https://gijn.org/2022/07/27/investigating-ties-between-the-us-deportation-industry-and-sports-travel/

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Spain & Romania Shut Down Online Scam Operation

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16614-spain-romania-shut-down-online-scam-operation

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The British boats helping Putin’s Russia avoid oil sanctions

Read here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/russian-oil-sanctions-embargo-uk-suffolk-putin-b2111228.html

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Treasury’s OFAC is investigating Kraken for violating US sanctions

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/treasury-s-ofac-is-investigating-kraken-for-violating-us-sanctions-report

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Pilot Charged in Cocaine Trafficking Scheme Extradited from Paraguay

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ct/pr/pilot-charged-cocaine-trafficking-scheme-extradited-paraguay

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Direct Blockchain Scrutiny Can Spot Financial Hacks, but Not Easily, German Study Says

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/07/27/direct-blockchain-scrutiny-can-spot-financial-hacks-but-not-easily-german-study-says/

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‘Death Weapons’: Inside a Teenage Terrorist Network

Read here: https://www.politico.eu/article/inside-teenage-terrorist-network-europe-death-weapons/

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NFT Projects Lost $22M to Largely the Same Hackers on Discord

Read here: https://decrypt.co/106024/nft-projects-lost-22m-to-hackers-in-one-month-via-discord-report

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South Africa’s Biggest Banks at Risk for Money Laundering

Read here: https://www.pymnts.com/news/banking/2022/report-south-africas-biggest-banks-at-risk-for-money-laundering/

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Arrest warrants, Interpol notices issued for couple who allegedly failed to deliver luxury watches, bags

Read here: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/arrest-warrants-interpol-red-notices-couple-singapore-luxury-watches-bags-police-2822741

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UK’s National Crime Agency seized £27m in cryptocurrency assets in past year as businesses warned to be vigilant

Read here: https://legaltechnology.com/2022/07/25/uks-national-crime-agency-seized-27m-in-cryptocurrency-assets-in-past-year-as-businesses-warned-to-be-vigilant/

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Former Clifford Chance partner writes to SRA (Solicitors Regulatory Authority) over chancellor of the exchequer, Nadhim Zahawi, ‘threat’ letter

Read here: https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/former-cc-partner-writes-to-sra-over-zahawi-threat-letter/5113226.article

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Indigenous Communities Employing Drones to Monitor Amazon Deforestation

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/indigenous-employing-drones-monitor-amazon-deforestation-brazil/

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Vatican Court Rejects Disgraced Bankers’ Appeal

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16610-vatican-court-rejects-disgraced-bankers-appeal

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Myanmar court rules Suu Kyi bribery trial can continue

Read here: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/myanmar-court-rules-suu-kyi-bribery-trial-continue-87366848

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UK money laundering landscape needs less talk and more action

Read here: https://www.ftadviser.com/investments/2022/07/25/uk-money-laundering-landscape-needs-less-talk-and-more-action/

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Policymakers Must Consider Bold Policy Proposals to Counter Multiplying Money Laundering Threats from Environmental Crimes

Read here: https://thefactcoalition.org/policymakers-must-consider-bold-policy-proposals-to-counter-multiplying-money-laundering-threats-from-environmental-crimes/

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Swiss victims of Next-Gen scam to be reimbursed

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-victims-of-next-gen-scam-to-be-reimbursed/47778406

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Production of fake pesticides on the rise in the EU

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/production-of-fake-pesticides-rise-in-eu

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Randox Contracts Investigation Highlights Need For Lobbying And Procurement Reform

Read here: https://www.transparency.org.uk/Randox-UK-government-COVID-contracts-Commons-Public-Accounts-Committee

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Crypto: Unravelling a world wide web of lies

Read here: https://aplusmag.goodbarber.app/topics/c/0/i/66352010/unravelling-world-wide-web-lies

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Graft Accusation Against Indian Opposition Leader Sparks Protests Nationwide

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16611-graft-accusation-against-indian-opposition-leader-sparks-protests-nationwide

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