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U.S. Treasury Blocks Over $1 Billion in Suleiman Kerimov Trust

Read here: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0841

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‘Delaware is everywhere’: How a little-known tax haven made the rules for corporate America

Read here: https://www.icij.org/inside-icij/2022/06/delaware-is-everywhere-how-a-little-known-tax-haven-made-the-rules-for-corporate-america/

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Former cop accused of handling €4.2 million in money laundering scheme

Read here: https://nltimes.nl/2022/07/01/former-cop-accused-handling-eu42-million-money-laundering-scheme

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UK: Charity Commission opens inquiry into The Potanin Foundation as founder sanctioned

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/commission-opens-inquiry-into-the-potanin-foundation-as-founder-sanctioned

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Memo Fantasma to Walk, Thanks to Colombian Prosecutor

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/memo-fantasma-walk-thanks-colombian-prosecutor/

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Designation of Former Colombian Senator Luis Alberto Gil Castillo for Involvement in Significant Corruption

Read here: https://www.state.gov/designation-of-former-colombian-senator-luis-alberto-gil-castillo-for-involvement-in-significant-corruption/

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Monero’s Ricardo ‘Fluffypony’ Spagni to Surrender to US Marshals on July 5

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/06/30/moneros-ricardo-fluffypony-spagni-to-surrender-to-us-marshals-on-july-5/

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Green Energy’s Dirty Secret: Its Hunger for African Resources

Read here: https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/06/30/africa-congo-drc-ev-electric-vehicles-batteries-green-energy-minerals-metals-mining-resources-colonialism-human-rights-development-china/

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Chile Receiving Synthetic Drugs Galore From Netherlands, Belgium

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/ecstasy-seizures-highlight-emerging-european-chilean-trafficking-connection/

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Arrests, thousands of seizures in African clampdown on firearms trafficking

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/News-and-Events/News/2022/Arrests-thousands-of-seizures-in-African-clampdown-on-firearms-trafficking

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Thirteen arrested over German cashpoint explosions that netted gang over EUR 1.6 million

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/thirteen-arrested-over-german-cashpoint-explosions-netted-gang-over-eur-16-million

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Over EUR 4 million seized from Italian organised crime

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/over-eur-4-million-seized-italian-organised-crime

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Justice Department Announces Additional Distribution of Approximately $92 Million to Victims in FIFA Corruption Case

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-additional-distribution-approximately-92-million-victims-fifa

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U.S. Citizen Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Provide Electronic Equipment and Technology to the Government of Iran

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-citizen-pleads-guilty-conspiring-provide-electronic-equipment-and-technology-government

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Doping crackdown in cycling

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/doping-crackdown-in-cycling

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North Korea slams global anti-money laundering body over ‘high-risk’ blacklist

Read here: https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2022/06/103_331912.html

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Swiss gold refiners pledge to avoid Brazilian Amazon gold

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/-swiss-gold-refiners-pledge-to-avoid-brazilian-amazon-gold/47715664

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Nigeria: Customs Intercepted a Massive Shipment of Donkey Skins

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16522-nigeria-customs-intercepted-a-massive-shipment-of-donkey-skins

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Politicians and Police Linked to Colombian Child Sex Ring

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/politicians-and-police-linked-to-colombian-child-sex-ring/

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Eurojust supports action against use of illegal emission devices in South Korean cars

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/eurojust-supports-action-against-use-illegal-emission-devices-south-korean-cars

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FCA resolves High Court proceedings in relation to unauthorised deposit taking

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-resolves-high-court-proceedings-relation-unauthorised-deposit-taking

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Operation Weka II: Nearly 700 human trafficking victims rescued

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2022/Operation-Weka-II-Nearly-700-human-trafficking-victims-rescued

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Large-scale operation in Germany and Romania against organised abuse of social benefits

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/large-scale-operation-germany-and-romania-against-organised-abuse-social-benefits

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Swiss court upholds ban on foreign online betting operators

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-court-upholds-ban-on-foreign-online-betting-operators/47709932

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Europol’s amended Regulation enters into force

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/europols-amended-regulation-enters-force

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Three arrests after police action against religious extremist propaganda in Germany

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/three-arrests-after-police-action-against-religious-extremist-propaganda-in-germany

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SEC Charges Empires Consulting Corp. with Fake Trading Scheme

Read here: https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2022-119

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Major Israeli Crime Boss Sentenced to More than Three Lifetimes

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16521-major-israeli-crime-boss-sentenced-to-more-than-three-lifetimes

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Eight arrested in Bulgaria for fraud relating to agricultural funds

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/news/eight-arrested-bulgaria-fraud-relating-agricultural-funds

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“Morally bankrupt billionaires using the UK as a safe deposit box”

Read here: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/78/foreign-affairs-committee/news/171796/morally-bankrupt-billionaires-using-the-uk-as-a-safe-deposit-box/

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A ‘Bloody’ Trade: Inside the Murky Supply Chain Bringing Syrian Phosphates Into Europe

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/a-bloody-trade-inside-the-murky-supply-chain-bringing-syrian-phosphates-into-europe

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Targeted Update on Implementation of FATF’s Standards on VAs and VASPs

Read here: https://www.fatf-gafi.org/publications/fatfrecommendations/documents/targeted-update-virtual-assets-vasps.html Link to guidance here: https://www.fatf-gafi.org/media/fatf/documents/recommendations/Targeted-Update-Implementation-FATF%20Standards-Virtual%20Assets-VASPs.pdf

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Ruja Ignatova Added to FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List: ‘Cryptoqueen’ allegedly defrauded investors of billions

Read here: https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/ruja-ignatova-added-to-fbis-ten-most-wanted-fugitives-list

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Pfizer reportedly sponsored Miami yacht party for failed Colombian presidential contender Rodolfo Hernández

Read here: https://thegrayzone.com/2022/06/19/pfizer-miami-yacht-colombia-presidential-rodolfo-hernandez/

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Justice Department Announces Enforcement Action Charging Six Individuals with Cryptocurrency Fraud Offenses in Cases Involving Over $100 Million in Intended Losses

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-enforcement-action-charging-six-individuals-cryptocurrency-fraud

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Sinaloa Cartel Leader Hunted After Killing Priests, Baseball Players and US Tourist

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/sinaloa-cartel-leader-hunted-mexico/

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Empire of Ink: A very powerful and secretive company with tentacles across the world

Read here: https://whalehunting.projectbrazen.com/empire-of-ink/

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Major Russian Donor Funds Conservative Member Of Intelligence Committee

Read here: https://bylinetimes.com/2022/06/29/major-russian-donor-funds-conservative-member-of-intelligence-committee/

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The cost of complacency: Illicit finance and the war in Ukraine

Read here: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmselect/cmfaff/168/report.html PDF link to report: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/22862/documents/167820/default/

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