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What Mexico Gets Wrong About Its Fentanyl Problem

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/mexico-wrong-about-fentanyl-problem/

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Faces of Financial Crime: Suffering Caused by the Financial Sector

Read read: https://www.transparencytaskforce.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Faces-of-Financial-Crime.pdf

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Express Extortion: Easy Credit Apps Come at a High Cost In Mexico

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/express-extortion-easy-credit-apps-come-at-a-high-cost-in-mexico/

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UAE sentences ex-lawyer of Jamal Khashoggi to three years in prison

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/17/uae-sentences-ex-lawyer-of-jamal-khashoggi-to-three-years-in-prison

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Palm Beach Art Dealer Indicted on Charges Related to Art Fraud Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/palm-beach-art-dealer-indicted-charges-related-art-fraud-scheme

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Statement from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on Capture of Rafael Caro-Quintero

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/statement-attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-capture-rafael-caro-quintero

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Mysterious gold dealers turn out to be scam suspects

Read here: https://www.shine.cn/news/metro/2207147959/

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Dark Web Vendor of Illegal Narcotics Indicted for Distributing Heroin and Cocaine in Exchange for Bitcoin

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/dark-web-vendor-illegal-narcotics-indicted-distributing-heroin-and-cocaine-exchange

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Australian Federal Police confiscates cash, jewellry and luxury homes in three separate WA investigations

Read here: https://www.afp.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/afp-confiscates-cash-jewellry-and-luxury-homes-three-separate-wa

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Latvia wins International Competition for Best Anti-Money Laundering Case 2022

Read here: https://egmontgroup.org/news/news-release-latvia-wins-the-international-competition-for-best-anti-money-laundering-case-2022/

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Boris Johnson and the Lebedevs: How I exposed the prime minister’s defining scandal

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/16/carole-cadwalladr-boris-johnson-lebedevs-prime-ministers-defining-scandal

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Compliance Harmony: How North Korean Cryptocurrency Abuse Is Expanding

Read here: https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/compliance-harmony-how-north-korean-cryptocurrency-abuse-expanding

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CoinPayments to shut down in US – 5 days left to withdraw funds

Read here: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/coinpayments-to-shut-down-in-us-5-days-left-to-withdraw-funds/

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Seychelles’ missing $50m: Prime suspects plead not guilty to money laundering charges

Read here: http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/17078/Seychelles%27+missing+m+Prime+suspects+plead+not+guilty+to+money+laundering+charges

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Jury Convicts Man of $600 Million Health Care Fraud, Wire Fraud, and ID Theft Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/jury-convicts-man-600-million-health-care-fraud-wire-fraud-and-id-theft-scheme

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Coal scam case: ED (Enforcement Directorate) probes money trail

Read here: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/coal-scam-case-ed-probes-money-trail/articleshow/92864641.cms

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Is El Salvador Willing to Extradite MS13 Leaders to US or Just Playing for Time?

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/el-salvador-extradition-ms13-bukele/

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Two Nigerian companies deny $51 million money laundering allegations in Kenya

Read here: https://techcabal.com/2022/07/14/two-nigerian-companies-deny-51-million-money-laundering-allegations-in-kenya/

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NSE illegal phone tapping: Money laundering case against ex bourse brass

Read here: https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/nse-illegal-phone-tapping-money-laundering-case-against-ex-bourse-brass-122071400642_1.html

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India: Crypto exchanges allowed transactions from overseas without complying with KYC, anti-money laundering rules

Read here: https://www.timesnownews.com/cryptonow/crypto-exchanges-allowed-transactions-from-overseas-without-complying-with-kyc-anti-money-laundering-rules-report-article-92882281

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Operation Bush: Police sting on money laundering scheme involving Northland

Read here: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/operation-bush-police-sting-on-money-laundering-scheme-involving-northland/MI3V7L5OTUKDGGTBYEUEPFOUXA/

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North Korean and Russian gangs using ‘mixers’ to wash dirty crypto

Read here: https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/north-korean-and-russian-gangs-using-mixers-to-wash-dirty-crypto-20220714-p5b1mj

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514 employers linked to labour infringements identified across the EU

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/514-employers-linked-to-labour-infringements-identified-across-eu

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Grappling with dirty money

Read here: https://www.cityam.com/letters-grappling-with-dirty-money/

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Why Ukraine’s richest oligarch gave up his media empire

Read here: https://news.yahoo.com/why-ukraine-richest-oligarch-gave-140100114.html

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Inside the World of a Scam-Busting YouTuber

Read here:https://www.aarp.org/podcasts/the-perfect-scam/info-2022/scammer-payback.html

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Four jailed for 24 years over money laundering, smuggling in Saudi Arabia

Read here: https://www.arabnews.com/node/1911236/saudi-arabia

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China detains alleged bank fraud ‘gang’ after rare mass protests

Read here: https://sports.yahoo.com/news/china-detains-alleged-bank-fraud-051834732.html

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Former Herbalife China Executive Ordered to Pay Fine After Defaulting in SEC Case

Read here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-herbalife-china-executive-ordered-to-pay-fine-after-defaulting-in-sec-case-11657650322

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Can Armenia and Georgia be sanctioned for helping Russia bypass international restrictions?

Read here: https://jam-news.net/op-ed-can-armenia-and-georgia-be-sanctioned-for-helping-russia-bypass-international-restrictions/

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Over half of people in Belgium think corruption is still widespread

Read here: https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/254583/more-than-half-of-people-in-belgium-think-corruption-is-still-widespread

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Working Group meeting to discuss the review of the legislative framework regarding financing of terrorism for compliance with international standards in North Macedonia

Read here: https://www.coe.int/en/web/skopje/-/working-group-meeting-to-discuss-the-review-of-the-legislative-framework-regarding-financing-of-terrorism-for-compliance-with-international-standards-

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From Industrial-Scale Scam Centers, Trafficking Victims Are Being Forced to Steal Billions

Read here: https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7zb5d/pig-butchering-scam-cambodia-trafficking

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TikTok prank based on real fraud scheme: How cybercriminals are convincing victims to call them

Read here: https://www.kaspersky.com/about/press-releases/2022_tiktok-prank-based-on-real-fraud-scheme-how-cybercriminals-are-convincing-victims-to-call-them

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Terror expert claims extremists exploit luxury markets to generate funds for atrocities

Read here: https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2022/07/14/terror-expert-claims-extremists-exploit-luxury-markets-to-generate-funds-for-atrocities/

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Bank of America fined $225 million over unemployment benefits program

Read here: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/14/-bank-of-america-fined-225-million-over-unemployment-benefits-program.html

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New South Park Movie Absolutely Rips Into Celebrities Who Tried To Promote Cryptocurrency

Read here: https://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/latest-new-south-park-movie-rips-into-celeb-over-crypto-promotions-20220714

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Five Problems with Economic Crime Policing – and How to Solve Them

Read here: https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/five-problems-economic-crime-policing-and-how-solve-them

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Report Alleges Wirecard Forged Client Data to Obtain €900M SoftBank Investment

Read here: https://www.pymnts.com/news/security-and-risk/2022/report-alleges-wirecard-forged-client-data-to-obtain-e900m-softbank-investment/

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