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Fintech founder charged with fraud after ‘AI’ shopping app found to be powered by humans in the Philippines

Read here: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/10/fintech-founder-charged-with-fraud-after-ai-shopping-app-found-to-be-powered-by-humans-in-the-philippines/

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Russian Shadow Fleet Fraudster Blacklisted Across the Globe

Read here: https://danwatch.dk/en/russian-shadow-fleet-fraudster-blacklisted-across-the-globe/

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UK Gambling Commission warns of AI deepfakes in “emerging” money laundering risks

Read here: https://igamingbusiness.com/gaming/gaming-regulation/uk-gambling-commission-warns-of-ai-deepfakes-in-emerging-money-laundering-risks/

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Cambodian ‘blood antiquities’ documentary draws on ICIJ’s Pandora Papers reporting

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/hidden-treasures/cambodian-blood-antiquities-documentary-draws-on-icijs-pandora-papers-reporting/

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Former Ethereum Foundation developer Virgil Griffith released from prison

Read here: https://www.theblock.co/post/350211/former-ethereum-foundation-developer-virgil-griffith-released-from-prison

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Romania: 12 indicted with €9.5 million fraud involving IT projects

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/romania-12-indicted-eu95-million-fraud-involving-it-projects

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Europol signs Working Arrangement with the Arab Republic of Egypt, first agreement with an African country

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/europol-signs-working-arrangement-arab-republic-of-egypt-first-agreement-african-country

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Migrant-smuggling driver cell intercepted in France

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/migrant-smuggling-driver-cell-intercepted-in-france

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What do CITES data tell us about the legal wildcat trade?

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/what-do-cites-data-tell-us-about-the-legal-wildcat-trade/

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In Potential Russia Sanctions Removal, Diamonds Illustrate the Complexities

Read here: https://www.justsecurity.org/110207/russia-sanctions-removal-diamonds/

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QR code ‘quishing’ scams up 14-fold in five years

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq6yznmv3gzo

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Police freeze £1m as high street raids find cannabis farms and evidence of slavery

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/10/police-freeze-1m-high-street-raids-cannabis-farms-evidence-slavery

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Report alleges criminality in Cambodian, Vietnamese monkey trade

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/report-alleges-criminality-in-cambodian-vietnamese-monkey-trade/

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SARs IN ACTION: April 2025

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/749-sars-in-action-issue-31/file

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UK’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) publishes Property and Related Services Threat Assessment

Read here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67f7d42804146682e61bc80f/OFSI_Property_and_Related_Services_Threat_Assessment.pdf

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Crypto exchange eXch to shut down amid money laundering allegations

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/exch-shutting-down-reports-hacked-funds

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Illegal money mule network grinds to a halt with Eurojust support

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/illegal-money-mule-network-grinds-halt-eurojust-support

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Two Men Sentenced in Largest-Ever Bird Mount Trafficking Case

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-men-sentenced-largest-ever-bird-mount-trafficking-case

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MGM agrees to pay $8.5 million fine for money laundering violations

Read here: https://nevadacurrent.com/briefs/mgm-agrees-to-pay-8-5-million-fine-for-money-laundering-violations/

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Operation Machinize: Hundreds of barbershops targeted in NCA-coordinated crackdown

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operation-machinize-hundreds-of-barbershops-targeted-in-nca-coordinated-crackdown

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The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem

Read here: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/libgen-meta-openai/682093/

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Killed, dismembered and scattered: the Honduran father and son who made a stand against illegal logging

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/apr/14/killed-dismembered-and-scattered-the-honduran-father-and-son-who-made-a-stand-against-logging

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Protecting Public Goods: Policy and Technology Solutions to Fight Corruption in Project Financing

Read here: https://regulationinnovation.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Protecting-Public-Goods-White-Paper.pdf

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UK Gambling Commission publishes emerging money laundering and terrorist financing risks from April 2025

Read here: https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/licensees-and-businesses/guide/page/emerging-money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing-risks-from-april-2025/

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Independent review turns to tackling Britain’s biggest crime

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/independent-review-turns-to-tackling-britains-biggest-crime

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Global wildlife trafficking: Endangered felines found in Paris apartments

Read here: https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/down-to-earth/20250407-global-wildlife-trafficking-endangered-felines-found-in-paris-apartments

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Indonesia busts grisly online trade in wildlife skulls

Read here: https://www.traffic.org/news/indonesia-busts-grisly-online-trade-in-wildlife-skulls/

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Illicit arms trafficking ‘persists’ along Pakistan-Afghanistan border

Read here: https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1297857-illicit-arms-trafficking-persists-along-afghanistan-pakistan-border

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Environmental Crime: Five years for the EU to turn the tide

Read here: https://www.traffic.org/news/environmental-crime-five-years-for-the-eu-to-turn-the-tide-1/

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Manager at Hinkley Point C accepted a quad bike as a bribe, tribunal hears

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/07/manager-at-hinkley-point-c-accepted-a-quad-bike-as-a-bribe-tribunal-hears

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Innovate Finance sets out blueprint to make the UK the world leader in tackling fraud

Read here: https://www.innovatefinance.com/announcements/innovate-finance-sets-out-blueprint-to-make-the-uk-the-world-leader-in-tackling-fraud/ Report page: https://www.innovatefinance.com/policy-reports/a-technology-strategy-to-smash-fraud/ Link to report: https://ww2.innovatefinance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a-technology-strategy-to-smash-fraud-04.04.25.pdf

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Leading the way in preventing the abuse of biometric recognition technology

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/leading-way-in-preventing-abuse-of-biometric-recognition-technology

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Over £649m lost to investment fraud in 2024 in UK, with cryptocurrency fraud on the rise

Read here: https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2025/april/city-of-london-police-over-649m-lost-to-investment-fraud-in-2024-with-cryptocurrency-fraud-on-the-rise/

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Thai Authorities Arrest Woman Linked to ‘Dr. Boon’ Investment Fraud Case

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/thai-broker-linked-to-dr-boon-fraud-case-arrested-after-deportation-from-china

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Fentanyl Pipeline: How a Chinese Prison Helped Fuel a Deadly Drug Crisis in the United States

Read here: https://www.propublica.org/article/china-fentanyl-prison-yafeng-illegal-drug-trade

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Seven arrests in hit against Egyptian criminal network smuggling irregular migrants across the Mediterranean

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/seven-arrests-in-hit-against-egyptian-criminal-network-smuggling-irregular-migrants-across-mediterranean

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FinCEN Issues Analysis of Fentanyl-Related Threat Patterns and Trends in Bank Secrecy Act Reports

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-issues-analysis-fentanyl-related-threat-patterns-and-trends-bank-secrecy Link to report: https://www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/shared/FinCEN-FTA-Fentanyl.pdf

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Aviva detected 14% more claims fraud in 2024

Read here: https://www.aviva.com/newsroom/news-releases/2025/04/aviva-detected-14-more-claims-fraud-in-2024/

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