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Hit by ransomware? No More Ransom now offers 136 free tools to rescue your files

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/hit-ransomware-no-more-ransom-now-offers-136-free-tools-to-rescue-your-files

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World Day Against Trafficking in Persons: “Use and abuse of technology”

Read here: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/endht/index.html

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Risk-based Approach Guidance for the Real Estate Sector

Read here: https://www.fatf-gafi.org/publications/fatfrecommendations/documents/guidance-rba-real-estate-sector.html Link to guidance: https://www.fatf-gafi.org/media/fatf/documents/recommendations/RBA-Real-Estate-Sector.pdf

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Czech police turn seized Ferrari into patrol car

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/25/czech-police-turn-seized-ferrari-into-patrol-car

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How the Captagon trade impacts border communities in Lebanon and Syria

Read here: https://www.chathamhouse.org/2022/07/how-captagon-trade-impacts-border-communities-lebanon-and-syria

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CEO of Titanium Blockchain Pleads Guilty in $21 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ceo-titanium-blockchain-pleads-guilty-21-million-cryptocurrency-fraud-scheme

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SEC Probing Coinbase for Allegedly Listing Securities

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/07/26/sec-probing-coinbase-for-allegedly-listing-securities-report/

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‘Narco-drones’ are the newest form of drug trafficking. Our laws aren’t yet ready to combat them

Read here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-26/narco-drones-drug-trafficking-maritime-security-law-not-ready/101267898

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Madagascar: Four Illegal Gold Mines Suspended

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16601-madagascar-four-illegal-gold-mines-suspended

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Now That Bitcoin Is Considered Property In The Uk, Reclaiming Ransomed Assets Sent To Exchanges Is Much Easier

Read here: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/legal/recovering-ransomed-bitcoin-sent-to-exchanges

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Mystery shrouds colossal Brink’s heist at I-5 truck stop: Who stole millions in gems, gold?

Read here: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-07-22/who-stole-millions-in-jewels-in-brinks-heist-5-freeway-truck-stop

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‘Sextortion’ cases against CEOs, celebs explode: ‘I’m going to f–k up your company’

Read here: https://nypost.com/2022/07/25/sextortion-cases-against-ceos-hollywood-celebs-explode/

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Brazil Arrests Airport Gang that Hid Cocaine in Airliners Bulk Cargo

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16602-brazil-arrests-airport-gang-that-hid-cocaine-in-airliners-bulk-cargo

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Portholes: Exploring the maritime Balkan routes

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/balkans-maritime-routes-ports-crime/ Link to report here: https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GITOC-SEE-Obs-Portholes-Exploring-the-maritime-Balkan-routes..pdf

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Stale Thinking and Inaction Threatens G7 Illicit Finance Commitments

Read here: https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/stale-thinking-and-inaction-threatens-g7-illicit-finance-commitments

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Urabeños Ask Colombia’s Incoming Government to Negotiate

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/urabenos-ask-colombias-incoming-government-to-negotiate/

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How Tren de Aragua Controls the Destiny of Migrants from Venezuela to Chile

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/tren-de-aragua-controls-destiny-migrants-venezuela-chile/

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Fake call centre: Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF) to write to Enforcement Directorate (ED) to probe money laundering angle

Read here: https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/dehradun-news/fake-call-centre-uttarakhand-stf-to-write-to-ed-to-probe-money-laundering-angle-101658662117149.html

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Tackling modern slavery in the Australian workplace

Read here: https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/july-2022/tackling-modern-slavery-in-the-australian-workplace

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Ecuador Deals Blow to Narcotrafficking, Crime on Colombian Border

Read here: https://dialogo-americas.com/articles/ecuador-deals-blow-to-narcotrafficking-crime-on-colombian-border/

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Efforts to tackle oligarchs ‘dead on arrival’ after crime fighting agencies asked to cut jobs

Read here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/07/25/efforts-tackle-oligarchs-dead-arrival-crime-fighting-agencies/

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Korean Doomsday Sect Gets Rich in Fiji With Government Help

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/korean-doomsday-sect-gets-rich-in-fiji-with-government-help

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New York bishop and his wife robbed in $400K jewelry heist during livestreamed service

Read here: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-york-bishop-wife-robbed-400k-jewelry-heist-live-streamed-service-rcna39780

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Latvian NFT Artist €8.7 Million Earnings Seized Over Allegations of Money Laundering

Read here: https://beincrypto.com/latvian-nft-artist-8-7-million-earnings-seized-allegations-money-laundering/

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‘Audits Are Not Bulletproof’: How Audius Was Hacked for $6M in Ethereum Tokens

Read here: https://decrypt.co/105913/how-audius-was-hacked-6m-ethereum-tokens

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Karimova wins asset seizure reprieve in Switzerland

Read here: https://eurasianet.org/uzbekistan-karimova-wins-asset-seizure-reprieve-in-switzerland

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UK Establishes New Unit to Combat Kleptocrats & Money Laundering

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16603-uk-establishes-new-unit-to-combat-kleptocrats-money-laundering

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Lessons In Private-Private Financial Information Sharing To Detect And Disrupt Crime

Read here: https://www.future-fis.com/lessons-in-private-private-financial-information-sharing-to-detect-and-disrupt-crime.html Link to report: https://www.future-fis.com/uploads/3/7/9/4/3794525/ffis_survey_-_lessons_in_private-private_financial_information_sharing_to_detect_crime.pdf

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Piggybacking on must-pass annual defense bill, corruption-focused ENABLERS Act targeting graft-gilt gatekeepers limps out of House

Read here: https://www.acfcs.org/piggybacking-on-must-pass-annual-defense-bill-corruption-focused-enablers-act-targeting-graft-gilt-gatekeepers-limps-out-of-house/

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Tanks and Banks: Tanks sent onto the streets to protect banks from angry customers in China

Read here: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1645116/china-news-tanks-street-xi-jinping-bank-crisis-henan-province-mortgage-boycott

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War prompts boardrooms to prioritise tackling financial crime

Read here: https://www.raconteur.net/legal/financial-crime-governance-agenda/

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Finnish Customs Sells Off $47 Million in Seized Bitcoin, Will Donate Proceeds to Ukraine

Read here: https://decrypt.co/105638/finnish-customs-sells-off-47-million-in-seized-bitcoin-will-donate-proceeds-to-ukraine

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Cyber Vulnerabilities in Medical Devices Put Patients at Risk

Read here: https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2022/07/22/cyber-vulnerabilities-in-medical-devices-put-patients-at-risk/

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Could Paraguay’s Untouchable Former President, Horacio Cartes, Finally Fall?

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/paraguay-untouchable-former-president-horacio-cartes-finally-fall/

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Unaoil: Former manager’s oil bribery plot conviction quashed

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-62255934

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Revising the Bank Secrecy Act to Protect Privacy and Deter Criminals

Read here: https://www.cato.org/policy-analysis/revising-bank-secrecy-act-protect-privacy-deter-criminals

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The Rolls-Royce bribery scandal that sent Thai national airline into nosedive

Read here: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/the-rolls-royce-bribery-scandal-that-sent-thai-national-airline-into-nosedive/

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Modern slavery in the Mekong’s casinos

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/modern-slavery-mekong-casinos/

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U.N. rights expert calls for sanctions against Myanmar’s junta after executions

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/u-n–rights-expert-calls-for-sanctions-against-myanmar-s-junta-after-executions/47779466

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