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Fraudster’s Bank Not Liable For Monies Lost In Authorised Pushed Payment Fraud – Implications For Banks And Victims

Read here: https://www.stevens-bolton.com/site/insights/articles/fraudsters-bank-not-liable-for-monies-lost

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ACFCS highlights tips to counter fraudsters targeting country’s most vulnerable, aging population

Read here: https://www.acfcs.org/elder-abuse-awareness-day-2022-acfcs-highlights-tips-to-counter-fraudsters-targeting-countrys-most-vulnerable-aging-population/

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Fake crypto exchanges duped Indian investors of $128 million

Read here: https://www.business-standard.com/article/markets/fake-crypto-exchanges-led-to-indian-investors-losing-rs-1-000-cr-report-122062100428_1.html

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Inside the wild world of DeFi, where ‘bribes’ rule and protocols fight for dominance

Read here: https://www.protocol.com/amp/curve-wars-defi-2657548721

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Two Sleuths From a Small-Town Historical Society Tracked Down Two Paintings Stolen 50 Years Ago. Now, They’re Going Back on View

Read here: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/stolen-new-paltz-paintings-returned-after-50-years-2133806

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Beware of scams using INTERPOL’s name

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/en/What-you-can-do/Stay-safe/Beware-of-scams-using-INTERPOL-s-name

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Phishing gang behind several million euros worth of losses busted in Belgium and the Netherlands

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/phishing-gang-behind-several-million-euros-worth-of-losses-busted-in-belgium-and-netherlands

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Italy’s New Museum Highlights Illegal Antiquities Trade

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16471-italy-s-new-museum-highlights-illegal-antiquities-trade

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Sudanese trafficking victims must stay in detention, judge rules

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/20/sudanese-trafficking-victims-must-stay-in-detention-judge-rules

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Emerging Risks Interview Series: Human trafficking, brothels and laundering models, unique red flags from Latin America to Asia

Read here: https://www.acfcs.org/emerging-risks-interview-series-human-trafficking-brothels-and-laundering-models-unique-red-flags-from-latin-america-to-asia/

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China oil imports from Russia surge amid Ukraine war sanctions

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/6/20/china-oil-imports-from-sanctioned-russia-skyrocket-surpass-saudi

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KPMG claims it has been ‘cleared’ by CRA probe of offshore tax scheme

Read here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/kpmg-investigation-offshore-scheme-1.6494913

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Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco Delivers Keynote Remarks at 2022 GIR Live: Women in Investigations

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/deputy-attorney-general-lisa-o-monaco-delivers-keynote-remarks-2022-gir-live-women

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HM Treasury changes course on collecting data around unhosted crypto wallets

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/hm-treasury-changes-course-on-collecting-data-around-unhosted-crypto-wallets

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Mysterious Group of Companies Tied to Bank Rossiya Unites Billions of Dollars in Assets Connected to Vladimir Putin

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/asset-tracker/mysterious-group-of-companies-tied-to-bank-rossiya-unites-billions-of-dollars-in-assets-connected-to-vladimir-putin

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More Australian prosecutions needed, financial intelligence agency warns

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jun/20/money-laundering-more-australian-prosecutions-needed-financial-intelligence-agency-warns

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Woman pleads guilty to role in laundering $4 billion via Danske Bank in Estonia

Read here: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/woman-pleads-guilty-role-laundering-103749962.html

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No Chicken, No Tortillas – How Mexican Cities Are Deprived of Staple Foods

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/mexican-cities-deprived-staple-foods/

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QAnon influencers are now reportedly defrauding their followers via cryptocurrency scams

Read here: https://mashable.com/article/qanon-influencers-crypto-scams

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Russian billionaire launches legal action against Australia’s foreign minister over sanctions

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jun/18/russian-billionaire-launches-legal-action-against-australias-foreign-minister-over-sanctions

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UK accounting firms must prepare for crypto “tidal wave”

Read here: https://www.accountancyage.com/2022/06/14/uk-accounting-firms-must-prepare-for-crypto-tidal-wave/

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Credit Suisse: Fresh legal worries linked to former rogue banker

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/credit-suisse–fresh-legal-worries-linked-to-former-rogue-banker/47685892

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Vietnamese flight attendants questioned over suspected money laundering

Read here: https://vietnamnews.vn/society/1251496/vietnamese-flight-attendants-questioned-over-suspected-money-laundering.html

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Netherlands wants another EU agency based in The Hague with Anti Money Laundering Authority proposal

Read here: https://nltimes.nl/2022/06/19/netherlands-wants-another-eu-agency-based-hague-anti-money-laundering-authority-proposal

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Five Security Challenges for Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s Next President

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/five-security-challenges-for-gustavo-petro-colombias-next-president/

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Noteworthy Unveils Groundbreaking Physical Cryptonotes at Consensus 2022

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/video/recent-videos/noteworthy-unveils-groundbreaking-physical-cryptonotes-at-consensus-2022/

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UK’s revenue and customs agency begins handing out fines to art market players

Read here: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/06/20/uks-revenue-and-customs-agency-begins-handing-out-fines-to-art-market-players

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Narcoboat and money laundering gang broken up in Costa Blanca and Almeria areas of Spain

Read here: https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2022/06/20/narcoboat-and-money-laundering-gang-broken-up-in-costa-blanca-and-almeria-areas-of-spain/

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Long shadow of Russian money raises tricky questions for Swiss bankers

Read here: https://www.ft.com/content/2c7128d0-b5fc-4d1b-bf95-49a886e28d17

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Jersey Tax Shelter Leak Exposes Wall Street Trading Activities of Ghislaine Maxwell’s Family

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/jersey-tax-shelter-leak-exposes-wall-street-trading-activities-of-ghislaine-maxwells-family

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Inside the Secretive World of Irish Limited Partnerships

Read here: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2022/06/18/inside-the-secretive-world-of-irish-limited-partnerships/

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Outcomes FATF Plenary, 14-17 June 2022

Read here: https://www.fatf-gafi.org/publications/fatfgeneral/documents/outcomes-fatf-plenary-june-2022.html

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FBI says fraud on LinkedIn a ‘significant threat’ to platform and consumers

Read here: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/17/fbi-says-fraud-on-linkedin-a-significant-threat-to-platform-and-consumers.html

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Tax office and federal police conduct raids over billion-dollar tax scam spread on TikTok and Facebook

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jun/17/tax-office-and-federal-police-conduct-raids-over-billion-dollar-tax-scam-spread-on-tiktok-and-facebook

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Deutsche Bank investors can sue in U.S. over Epstein, Russian oligarch ties

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/deutsche-bank-must-face-lawsuit-213808641.html

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Granit Xhaka yellow card investigated by National Crime Agency

Read here: https://metro.co.uk/2022/06/17/granit-xhaka-yellow-card-investigated-by-national-crime-agency-16849513/

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£16m Harrods big spender ‘should be given her jewels back’

Read here: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/16m-harrods-big-spender-given-101243096.html

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Kenyan authorities arrest student hackers converting stolen money to bitcoin

Read here: https://techcabal.com/2022/06/17/kenyan-authorities-arrest-student-hackers-converting-stolen-money-to-bitcoin/

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Honduras Sentences Ex-Official to Over 10 Years for Buying Useless Mobile Hospitals

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16455-honduras-sentences-ex-official-to-over-10-years-for-buying-useless-mobile-hospitals

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