News and Blogs

Airborne Axis: Inside the Deal That Brought Iranian Drone Production to Russia

Read here: https://c4ads.org/reports/airborne-axis/

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Experts Warn US Treasury Rule Will Aid Criminal Shell Firms

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/experts-warn-us-treasury-rule-will-aid-criminal-shell-firms

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The world sanctioned Xinjiang cotton. China turned it into chicken feed

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-05-30/the-world-sanctioned-xinjiang-cotton.-china-turned-it-into-chicken-feed

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Cocaine Cartel with Global Links Hit in EU Crackdown

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/cocaine-cartel-with-global-links-hit-in-eu-crackdown

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Half of fraud now comes from customers ripping off companies

Read here: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/beatthescammers/article-14727763/amp/Half-fraud-comes-customers-ripping-companies.html

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80 arrests and more than 37,700 cultural goods seized in major art trafficking bust

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/80-arrests-and-more-37-700-cultural-goods-seized-in-major-art-trafficking-bust

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Main organisers of large-scale drug transports to Nordic countries arrested in Serbia

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/main-organisers-large-scale-drug-transports-nordic-countries-arrested-serbia

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Ex-Goldman banker Tim Leissner sentenced to 2 years in prison in 1MDB scandal

Read here: https://nypost.com/2025/05/29/business/ex-goldman-banker-tim-leissner-sentenced-to-2-years-in-prison-in-1mdb-scandal/

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The War on Trees: How Illegal Logging Funds Cartels, Terrorists, and Rogue Regimes

Read here: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/war-trees

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Europol coordinates operation against terrorist content online targeting minors

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/europol-coordinates-operation-against-terrorist-content-online-targeting-minors

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SARs Reporter Booklet: May 2025

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/750-sars-reporter-booklet-may-2025/file

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Casino operators under scrutiny as AUSTRAC orders compliance audits

Read here: https://www.austrac.gov.au/news-and-media/media-release/casino-operators-under-scrutiny-austrac-orders-compliance-audits

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Scams, fraud and other illicit activity: AUSTRAC puts crypto ATM operators on notice

Read here: https://www.austrac.gov.au/news-and-media/media-release/scams-fraud-and-other-illicit-activity-austrac-puts-crypto-atm-operators-notice

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FATF and MONEYVAL to partner on joint June 2025 Plenary meeting

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

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FCA publishes finalised revisions to our Enforcement Guide: Our Enforcement Guide and greater transparency of our enforcement investigations (PS25/5)

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/policy-statements/ps25-5-enforcement-guide-greater-transparency-enforcement-investigations

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18 arrested in series of strikes against cash machine robbers

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/18-arrested-in-series-of-strikes-against-cash-machine-robbers

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All Roads Lead to China: North Korean hackers, fentanyl, cartel money laundering, and global organized crime

Read here: https://www.trmlabs.com/resources/reports/all-roads-lead-to-china

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The Uber of the underworld: Amateur crooks are using plug-and-play hacking kits

Read here: https://www.economist.com/international/2025/05/29/the-uber-of-the-underworld

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£2m fine for online operator Spreadex Limited

Read here: https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/news/article/gbp2m-fine-for-online-operator-spreadex-limited/

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Greece: EPPO probes OPEKEPE officials over alleged organised agricultural subsidy fraud and corruption

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/greece-eppo-probes-opekepe-officials-over-alleged-organised-agricultural-subsidy-fraud

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Romania: Over 300 searches in €1.32 million EU subsidy fraud involving beekeeping

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/romania-over-300-searches-eu132-million-eu-subsidy-fraud-involving-beekeeping

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Migrant Smuggling Ring Dismantled in Bosnia Operation

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/migrant-smuggling-ring-dismantled-in-bosnia-operation

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‘Free hamper – just pay P&P’: The scam offers that target your bank details

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/may/18/youve-been-chosen-what-to-do-replied-fake-email-advert-scammer

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Additional 12 Defendants Charged in RICO Conspiracy for over $263 Million Cryptocurrency Thefts, Money Laundering, Home Break-Ins

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/additional-12-defendants-charged-rico-conspiracy-over-263-million-cryptocurrency-thefts

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Roman Abramovich Company Closed Without Paying €14M Tax Bill in Cyprus

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/roman-abramovich-company-closed-without-paying-eur14m-tax-bill-in-cyprus

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Former footballers claim ‘financial grooming’ took them to ‘hell and back’

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/may/14/former-footballers-claim-financial-grooming-took-them-to-hell-and-back

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270 arrested in global dark web crackdown targeting online drug and criminal networks

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/270-arrested-in-global-dark-web-crackdown-targeting-online-drug-and-criminal-networks

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Monetary Authority of Singapore Publishes ‘Industry Perspectives on Best Practices for Source of Wealth Due Diligence’

Read here: https://www.mas.gov.sg/regulation/external-publications/industry-perspectives-on-best-practices-for-source-of-wealth-due-diligence Link to paper: https://www.abs.org.sg/docs/library/acip-bpp-on-source-of-wealth-due-diligence.pdf

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Europol and Microsoft disrupt world’s largest infostealer Lumma

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/europol-and-microsoft-disrupt-world’s-largest-infostealer-lumma

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Police arrest 12 in HK$118m cross-border money laundering bust

Read here: https://www.thestandard.com.hk/hong-kong-news/article/302680/Police-arrest-12-in-HK118m-cross-border-money-laundering-bust

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States push WeChat for answers over money laundering allegations

Read here: https://therecord.media/states-push-wechat-for-money-laundering-answers

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Using Stolen Identities, Balkan Gangsters Armed Themselves With Bosnian Passports

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/using-stolen-identities-balkan-gangsters-armed-themselves-with-bosnian-passports

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How machine learning is used to find passports and unlock one key to offshore secrecy

Read here: https://www.icij.org/inside-icij/2025/05/how-we-use-machine-learning-to-find-passports-and-unlock-one-key-to-offshore-secrecy/

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The shadow constellation: How Starlink devices are shaping conflict and crime in the Sahel.

Read here: https://riskbulletins.globalinitiative.net/wea-obs-012/02-how-starlink-devices-are-shaping-conflict-and-crime-in-Sahel.html

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Mexican National and Alleged Alien Smuggler Indicted on First Material Support of Terrorism Charges Against CJNG Member

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/mexican-national-and-alleged-alien-smuggler-indicted-first-material-support-terrorism

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Crime group used light aircraft to smuggle cocaine haul to UK

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/crime-group-used-light-aircraft-to-smuggle-cocaine-haul-to-uk

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U.K. Supreme Court Limits the Extra-Territorial Reach of Substantive Money Laundering Offences

Read here: https://complianceconcourse.willkie.com/articles/u-k-supreme-court-limits-the-extra-territorial-reach-of-substantive-money-laundering-offences/

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As Equatorial Guinea burned through oil riches, millions were funneled to a company owned by its ‘playboy prince’

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/2025/05/as-equatorial-guinea-burned-through-oil-riches-millions-were-funneled-to-a-company-owned-by-its-playboy-prince/

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Lithuania Investigates Crypto Startup Bankera Over €100M Token Sale

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/lithuania-investigates-crypto-startup-bankera-over-eur100m-token-sale

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