News and Blogs

Celsius denies allegations of Alex Mashinsky trying to flee US

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/celsius-denies-allegations-on-alex-mashinsky-trying-to-flee-us

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How A Car Wrap Scam Works

Read here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUKinzHQGB0

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FBI warns Asian business owners in New Jersey of ‘sophisticated criminal enterprises’ targeting them

Read here: https://news.yahoo.com/fbi-warns-asian-business-owners-003345772.html

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G7 Leaders’ Communiqué

Read here: https://www.bundesregierung.de/resource/blob/974430/2057828/77d5804dd1ab3047bf0f5f74c1139066/2022-06-28-abschlusserklaerung-eng-web-data.pdf

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LockBit 3.0 introduces the first ransomware bug bounty program

Read here: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lockbit-30-introduces-the-first-ransomware-bug-bounty-program/

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Gambling pastor imprisoned for begging fraud

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/gambling-pastor-imprisoned-for-begging-fraud/47707214

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Nigeria: Dozens of Underage Girls Rescued From a ‘Baby Factory’

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16488-nigeria-dozens-of-underage-girls-rescued-from-a-baby-factory

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How Russian Cybercrime Group, Conti, Terrorized Latin America and Vanished

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/how-russian-cybercrime-group-conti-terrorized-latin-america-and-vanished/

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New EU Authority for Anti-money laundering: Council agrees its partial position

Read here: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/06/29/new-eu-authority-for-anti-money-laundering-council-agrees-its-partial-position/

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Culture, Language, and Transaction Monitoring Keywords

Read here: https://fintrail.com/news/2022/6/14/culture-language-and-transaction-monitoring-keywords

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MONEYVAL calls on Bulgaria to improve use of financial intelligence, investigation and prosecution and the confiscations regime

Read here: https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/moneyval-calls-on-bulgaria-to-improve-use-of-financial-intelligence-investigation-and-prosecution-confiscations-regime-and-other-measures

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Sterling Asset Management seeks judicial review of $300,000 AML fine

Read here: https://www.caymancompass.com/2022/06/27/sterling-asset-management-seeks-judicial-review-of-300000-aml-fine/

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Credit Suisse found guilty in money-laundering case

Read here: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/27/credit-suisse-found-guilty-in-money-laundering-case.html

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What we know about the dirty business of environmental crime in the age of climate change

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/what-we-know-about-dirty-business-of-environmental-crime-in-age-of-climate-change Link to report: https://www.europol.europa.eu/cms/sites/default/files/documents/Environmental_Crime_in_the_Age_of_Climate_Change_threat_assessment_2022.pdf

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FCA investigates Wise cofounder after tax default

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jun/27/fca-investigates-wise-kristo-kaarmann

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Hardware Worth $1.9 Million Stolen in Russia’s Crypto Mining Capital

Read here: https://news.bitcoin.com/hardware-worth-1-9-million-stolen-in-russias-crypto-mining-capital/

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Dangerous games: Football hooliganism, politics and organized crime in the Western Balkans

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/hooligans-crime-balkans/ Link to report: https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Football-hooliganism-politics-and-organized-crime-in-the-Western-Balkans-GITOC-SEEObs.pdf

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Law firm fined after wrongly saying it had proper AML risk assessment

Read here: https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/firm-fined-after-wrongly-saying-it-had-proper-aml-risk-assessment/5112926.article

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United States Seizes Six Websites Providing Illegal Access to Copyrighted Music

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-seizes-six-websites-providing-illegal-access-copyrighted-music

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Scottish firms linked to gas tycoon sanctioned over Russia

Read here: https://theferret.scot/firms-scottish-gas-tycoon-sanctioned-russia/

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World Drug Report 2022

Read here: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/world-drug-report-2022.html

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Illicit Chrome Mining Economy Thriving in South Africa

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16489-illicit-chrome-mining-economy-thriving-in-south-africa

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Wall Street Banks Quietly Test Cyber Defenses at Treasury’s Direction

Read here: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/us-banks-band-together-shield-090001723.html

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Ethereum liquidity provider XCarnival negotiates return of 50% stolen ETH

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-liquidity-provider-xcarnival-negotiates-return-of-50-stolen-eth

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‘Smear campaign’: Nexo responds to accusations of stealing donations, siphoning funds from charity

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/smear-campaign-nexo-responds-to-accusations-of-stealing-donations-siphoning-funds-from-charity

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U.S. Advances Legislation to Stop Enablers of Money Laundering

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16487-u-s-advances-legislation-to-stop-enablers-of-money-laundering

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AML and CTF gatekeeper reform: what could ‘Tranche 2’ reforms look like in Australia?

Read here: https://www.corrs.com.au/insights/aml-and-ctf-gatekeeper-reform-what-could-tranche-2-reforms-look-like-in-australia

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SRA reports £161m of suspect transactions by law firms to NCA

Read here: https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/sra-reports-161m-of-suspect-transactions-by-law-firms-to-nca

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Traders with Swiss links continue to buy and sell Russian oil

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/traders-with-swiss-links-continue-to-buy-and-sell-russian-oil/47704254

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Two men sentenced for scam campaign that targeted millions of Australians

Read here: https://www.afp.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/two-men-sentenced-scam-campaign-targeted-millions-australians

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Kazakh MPs Question Government Aid Given to Bank Related to ex President

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16490-kazakh-mps-question-government-aid-given-to-bank-related-to-ex-president

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Swiss gold imports come under scrutiny as G7 targets Russia

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/-swiss-gold-imports-come-under-scrutiny-as-g7-targets-russia/47707048

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Swiss appeals court convicts ex-FIFA official Valcke of bribery

Read here: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sport/former-fifa-secretary-general-jerome-valcke-guilty-bribery-2768726

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Meta Failed To Protect Instagram’s Child Models From Pedophiles

Read here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/06/25/meta-is-having-a-tough-time-keeping-pedophiles-off-instagram/

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Harmony’s $100M Hack Was Due to a Compromised Multi-Sig Scheme, Says Analyst

Read here: https://news.bitcoin.com/harmonys-100m-hack-was-due-to-a-compromised-multi-sig-scheme-says-analyst/

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China Explains Role of Crypto in Drug Trafficking in Latest Report

Read here: https://beincrypto.com/china-explains-role-crypto-drug-trafficking-latest-report/

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The Channel Tunnel: Cocaine Bridge from Europe to UK

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/uk-channel-tunnel-cocaine-bridge-for-europe/  

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UK sanctions Russian gold exports

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-sanctions-russian-gold-exports

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Concerns grow that India is ‘back door’ into Europe for Russian oil

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jun/26/concerns-india-back-door-into-europe-for-russian-oil

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Memo Fantasma May Walk Out of Prison: Corruption or Incompetence?

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/investigations/memo-fantasma-out-prison-corruption-incompetence/

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