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Founder of Cryptocurrency Payment Company Charged with Evading Sanctions and Export Controls, Defrauding Financial Institutions, and Violating the Bank Secrecy Act

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/founder-cryptocurrency-payment-company-charged-evading-sanctions-and-export-controls

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Man who tried to smuggle £1.2m in suitcases out of UK jailed

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/man-who-tried-to-smuggle-1-2m-in-suitcases-out-of-uk-jailed

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Serious Fraud Office launches investigation into Thurrock fraud claims

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-06-03/serious-fraud-office-launches-investigation-into-thurrock-fraud-claims

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Keeping The Lights On: Uncovering the Networks Enabling the Distant Water Squid Fleet

Read here: https://c4ads.org/reports/keeping-the-lights-on/

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Garantex Cryptocurrency Exchange Disrupted in International Operation

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/garantex-cryptocurrency-exchange-disrupted-international-operation

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Bargain Hunt expert jailed for selling art to suspected Hezbollah financier

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7539vd0wepo

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50 arrested and 4 tonnes of cocaine seized in major hit against drug trafficking in Spain

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/50-arrested-and-4-tonnes-of-cocaine-seized-in-major-hit-against-drug-trafficking-in-spain

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France: Yacht sales agent convicted of customs fraud in import scheme from US

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/france-yacht-sales-agent-convicted-customs-fraud-import-scheme-us

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FBI Warns That Home Internet Connected Devices Facilitate Criminal Activity

Read here: https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2025/PSA250605

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Investigation Cuba: EPPO secures two more convictions in €100 million VAT fraud involving Voice over IP

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/investigation-cuba-eppo-secures-two-more-convictions-eu100-million-vat-fraud-involving

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Syria Moves to End Captagon Empire Built Under Assad

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/syria-moves-to-end-captagon-empire-built-under-assad

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The furniture fraud that hoodwinked the Palace of Versailles

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3wd52lqqe8o

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Alleged ‘Albanian Mafia Leader’ in Ecuador Accused of Laundering Cocaine Cash Via UAE Firms

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/exclusive-alleged-albanian-mafia-leader-in-ecuador-accused-of-laundering-cocaine-cash-via-uae-firms

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After outpacing a European naval mission, cargo ship remains stranded in Libya

Read here: https://www.icij.org/news/2025/06/after-outpacing-a-european-naval-mission-cargo-ship-remains-stranded-in-libya/

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Crime boss ‘Don Car-Leone’ has over £3.6m taken off him by the CPS

Read here: https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/crime-boss-don-car-leone-has-over-ps36m-taken-him-cps

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Czech bitcoin scandal sparks fears of state role in money laundering

Read here: https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/czech-bitcoin-scandal-sparks-fears-of-state-role-in-money-laundering/

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Bulgarian authorities arrest 18 for smuggling migrants across its southern border

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/bulgarian-authorities-arrest-18-for-smuggling-migrants-across-its-southern-border

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Portugal: EPPO carries out searches on suspicion of fraud in Bragança’s industrial zone

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/portugal-eppo-carries-out-searches-suspicion-fraud-bragancas-industrial-zone

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Did coerced labour build your car? Chinese factories tied to Xinjiang forced labour feed supply chains for practically every major carmaker

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-05-31/did-coerced-labour-build-your-car

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Sweden urged to stop international adoptions after probe finds abuses and fraud

Read here: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/06/02/sweden-urged-to-stop-international-adoptions-after-probe-finds-abuses-and-fraud

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UK crime agency freezes assets of disgraced Sheikh Hasina ally

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/11/uk-crime-agency-freezes-assets-of-disgraced-sheikh-hasina-ally

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Bullion For Bullets: The Role of Mining in Sudan’s Conflict Economy

Read here: https://c4ads.org/reports/bullion-for-bullets/

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Is Venezuela Using Criminals to Provoke Guyana?

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/investigations/venezuela-using-criminals-provoke-guyana/

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74 handguns and automatic rifles seized, 11 firearms traffickers arrested

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/74-handguns-and-automatic-rifles-seized-11-firearms-traffickers-arrested

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Netherlands: VAT fraudster found guilty in first verdict in Dutch courts

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/netherlands-vat-fraudster-found-guilty-first-verdict-dutch-courts

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City of London Police leads nationwide crackdown on ‘ghost broking’

Read here: https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2025/june/city-of-london-police-leads-nationwide-crackdown-on-ghost-broking/

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Norges Bank puts Toronto-Dominion Bank under observation

Read here: https://europeanpensions.net/ep/Norges-Bank-puts-Toronto-Dominion-Bank-under-observation.php

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Alleged money laundering organisation, run through the armoured transport unit of a security company, dismantled after washing more than $10 million

Read here: https://www.afp.gov.au/news-centre/media-release/alleged-qld-money-laundering-organisation-dismantled-after-washing-more

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Swiss Prosecutors Search Journalist’s Office and Home in Banking Secrecy Probe

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/swiss-prosecutors-search-journalists-office-and-home-in-banking-secrecy-probe

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Corruption and Money Laundering in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Tale of Two Indices

Read here: https://gfintegrity.org/corruption-and-money-laundering-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-a-tale-of-two-indices/

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Cracked and Nulled Marketplaces Disrupted in International Cyber Operation

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/cracked-and-nulled-marketplaces-disrupted-international-cyber-operation

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Eurojust supports successful operation against human traffickers

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/eurojust-supports-successful-operation-against-human-traffickers

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EU Urged to Toughen Anti-Corruption Directive

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/eu-urged-to-toughen-anti-corruption-directive

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Justice Department Disrupts Hamas Terrorist Financing Scheme Through Seizure of Cryptocurrency

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-disrupts-hamas-terrorist-financing-scheme-through-seizure-cryptocurrency

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Ex-Tory donor’s payments company hit by money-laundering crackdown

Read here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/06/09/ex-tory-donors-payments-firm-hit-money-laundering-crackdown/

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US targets Los Chapitos money laundering network in Mazatlán run by a businessman and a makeup artist

Read here: https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-06-16/us-targets-los-chapitos-money-laundering-network-in-mazatlan-run-by-a-businessman-and-a-makeup-artist.html

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FINTRAC’s Operational Alert on Laundering the proceeds of crime from the illegal wildlife trade

Read here: https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/intel/operation/oai-wildlife-eng Link to alert: https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/intel/operation/oai-wildlife-eng.pdf

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FinCEN Issues Advisory Highlighting Iranian Oil Smuggling, Shadow Banking, and Weapons Procurement Typologies

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-issues-advisory-highlighting-iranian-oil-smuggling-shadow-banking-and

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Outcomes Joint FATF-MONEYVAL Plenary, 12-13 June 2025

Read here: https://www.fatf-gafi.org/en/publications/Fatfgeneral/outcomes-FATF-MONEYVAL-plenary-june-2025.html

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