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Overseas Territories miss another critical deadline for enhanced corporate transparency

Read here: https://www.transparency.org.uk/news/overseas-territories-miss-another-critical-deadline-enhanced-corporate-transparency

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US Sanctions Myanmar Militia Tied to Cyber-Scams, Human Trafficking

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/us-sanctions-myanmar-militia-tied-to-global-scam-empire-human-trafficking

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JBS’s global tax avoidance hub: Luxembourg

Read here: https://www.somo.nl/jbss-global-tax-avoidance-hub-luxembourg/

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Colombian ex-minister accuses the country’s president of drug abuse

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/23/colombian-president-petro-drug-use-awol

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UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) Publishes Corporate Guidance

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfo-corporate-guidance

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Brazil’s ex-President Collor de Mello arrested after corruption sentence

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/25/brazils-ex-president-collor-de-mello-arrested-after-corruption-sentence

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UK says millions of people and businesses protected against debanking

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/millions-of-people-and-businesses-protected-against-debanking

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A masterclass in bureaucratic obstruction’: How Monaco is allegedly protecting Russian criminals

Read here: https://www.ftm.eu/articles/monaco-harbour-russian-money

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‘You don’t expect your own children to do this’: Ray’s shocking tale of elder abuse and the son who stole $230,000

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/23/children-elder-abuse-australia-centrelink-ntwnfb

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Investigation ‘Fuel family’: EPPO seizes €20 million from criminal gang dedicated to VAT fraud

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/investigation-fuel-family-eppo-seizes-eu20-million-criminal-gang-dedicated-to-vat-fraud

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Nadine Menendez found guilty on all counts in bribery trial

Read here: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/verdict-nadine-menendez-bribery-trial-jury/6232296/

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‘China Track’ bank netting system shields Russia-China trade from Western eyes

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-china-track-bank-netting-140841479.html

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Costa Rican Bank Faces Money Laundering Probe Over $100M Transactions

Read here: https://ticotimes.net/2025/04/16/costa-rican-bank-faces-money-laundering-probe-over-100m-transactions

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Spain Busts Weapons Trafficking Ring, Uncovers Underground Shooting Range

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/spain-busts-weapons-trafficking-ring-uncovers-underground-shooting-range

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Peru’s former president and wife sentenced to 15 years in prison for Odebrecht-linked money laundering scheme

Read here: https://www.icij.org/news/2025/04/perus-former-president-and-wife-sentenced-to-15-years-in-prison-for-odebrecht-linked-money-laundering-scheme/

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Fake documents, real deforestation drive global trade in illegal Amazon timber

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/fake-documents-real-deforestation-drive-global-trade-in-illegal-amazon-timber/

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Vietnam tycoon’s jail term cut to 30 years in US$17 billion money laundering case

Read here: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/vietnam-tycoon-truong-my-lan-appeal-verdict-us-177-billion-money-laundering-case-5077456

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Guinea-Bissau Surrenders Four Men to United States to Face Cartel-Linked Cocaine Trafficking Charges

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/guinea-bissau-surrenders-four-men-united-states-face-cartel-linked-cocaine-trafficking

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French Prisons Under “terror attacks” Amid Drug Trafficking Clampdown

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/french-prisons-under-terror-attacks-amid-drug-trafficking-clampdown

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Iranian National Indicted for Operating Online Marketplace Offering Fentanyl and Money Laundering Services

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/iranian-national-indicted-operating-online-marketplace-offering-fentanyl-and-money

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Amid Global Turmoil, Is Change Afoot in the International Drug Regime?

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/amid-global-turmoil-is-change-afoot-international-drug-regime/

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UHRP Investigation Reveals Startling Expansion of International Hotel Chains in the Uyghur Region

Read here: https://uhrp.org/statement/uhrp-investigation-reveals-startling-expansion-of-international-hotel-chains-in-the-uyghur-region/ Link to report: https://uhrp.org/report/it-does-matter-where-you-stay-international-hotel-chains-in-east-turkistan/ PDF link to report: https://uhrp.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/UHRP-Hotels-Report_2025-04-16-1.pdf

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EU Emissions Trading System at risk of money laundering

Read here: https://www.ftm.eu/newsletters/bureau-brussels-eu-ets-money-laundering

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£121 million boost for quantum technology set to tackle fraud, prevent money laundering and drive growth

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/121-million-boost-for-quantum-technology-set-to-tackle-fraud-prevent-money-laundering-and-drive-growth

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Encrypted app intelligence exposes sprawling criminal networks across Europe

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/encrypted-app-intelligence-exposes-sprawling-criminal-networks-across-europe

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‘We’re on a knife edge’: Alex Gibney warns about the dangers of dark money in ‘The Dark Money Game’ documentaries

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/apr/15/alex-gibney-dark-money-documentaries-hbo

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Nearly a million euros in cash seized during traffic stop; Men held for money laundering

Read here: https://nltimes.nl/2025/04/16/nearly-million-euros-cash-seized-traffic-stop-men-held-money-laundering

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Illegal gold mining creeps within a kilometer of Amazon’s second-tallest tree

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/illegal-gold-mining-creeps-within-a-kilometer-of-amazons-second-tallest-tree/

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What Is Behind the Explosion in Grenade Use in Colombia’s Capital City?

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/explosion-grenade-use-colombia-capital-city/

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Organized Crime Cashes In on Record Gold Prices

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/organized-crime-cashes-in-record-gold-prices/

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Cyberfraud in the Mekong reaches inflection point, UNODC reveals

Read here: https://www.unodc.org/roseap/en/2025/04/cyberfraud-mekong-inflection-point/story.html Link to report: https://www.unodc.org/roseap/uploads/documents/Publications/2025/Inflection_Point_2025.pdf

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Queen Elizabeth’s lawyer helped manage millions for alleged war criminal Rifaat al-Assad

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-04-17/queen-elizabeths-lawyer-helped-manage-millions-for-alleged-war-criminal-rifaat-al-assad

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Sky News journalists deepfaked into advertising illegal hidden casinos

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/i-was-deepfaked-into-advertising-an-illegal-casino-hidden-on-the-app-store-13352946

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British firms urged to hold video or in-person interviews amid North Korea job scam

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/20/british-firms-urged-to-hold-video-or-in-person-interviews-amid-north-korea-job-scam

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Smuggling, Inc: Illicit trade between Ukraine’s Transcarpathia and the EU

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/illicit-trade-between-ukraines-transcarpathia-and-the-eu/

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Ex-Peru president Ollanta Humala given 15-year sentence for money laundering

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/15/peru-president-ollanta-humala-money-laundering

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Austrian banker loses fight against extradition to US on money laundering charges

Read here: https://www.yahoo.com/news/austrian-banker-loses-fight-against-151234704.html

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Investigation ‘Nimmersatt’: EPPO clamps down on criminal organisation smuggling hazardous salvage cars from US

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/investigation-nimmersatt-eppo-clamps-down-criminal-organisation-smuggling-hazardous

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Hearings Start in Italy’s Ferry Giant Corruption Probe

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/hearings-starts-in-italys-ferry-giant-corruption-probe

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