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Canada: Lawyers say they should be excluded from money-laundering policies in B.C.

Read here: https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/lawyers-say-they-should-be-excluded-from-money-laundering-policies-in-b-c

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The ENABLERS Act Seeks to Impose BSA/AML Requirements on an Array of “Middlemen” Professionals

Read here: https://www.moneylaunderingnews.com/2021/10/the-enablers-act-seeks-to-impose-bsa-aml-requirements-on-an-array-of-middlemen-professionals/ Read the press release here: https://malinowski.house.gov/media/press-releases/representatives-malinowski-salazar-cohen-and-wilson-introduce-bipartisan

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Protecting consumers from risks and scams: 5 questions to ask before you invest

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/investsmart/5-questions-ask-you-invest

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Fed to ban policymakers from owning individual stocks, restrict trading following controversy

Read here: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/21/fed-to-ban-policymakers-from-owning-individual-stocks-restrict-trading-following-controversy.html

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Massachusetts Woman Sentenced to Prison on Tax and Drug Charges Arising from Multimillion-Dollar Black Market Marijuana Enterprise

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/massachusetts-woman-sentenced-prison-tax-and-drug-charges-arising-multimillion-dollar-black

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Ecuadorean indigenous communities sue to halt oil development

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ecuadorean-indigenous-communities-sue-halt-oil-development-2021-10-18/

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Australia: Select Committee on Australia as a Technology and Financial Centre

Read here: https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/committees/reportsen/024747/toc_pdf/Finalreport.pdf

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Cocaine worth 200million euros seized from sailing yacht off the coast of Portugal

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/cocaine-worth-200million-euros-seized-from-sailing-yacht-off-the-coast-of-portugal

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Credit Suisse Resolves Fraudulent Mozambique Loan Case in $547 Million Coordinated Global Resolution

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/credit-suisse-resolves-fraudulent-mozambique-loan-case-547-million-coordinated-global

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Biggest Marijuana Plantation In Europe Raided By Police

Read here: https://mixmag.net/read/largest-ever-raid-of-marijuana-toledo-spain-news

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Attorney General James Directs Unregistered Crypto Lending Platforms to Cease Operations In New York, Announces Additional Investigations

Read here: https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2021/attorney-general-james-directs-unregistered-crypto-lending-platforms-cease

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KOK’s new report on human trafficking data collection fills law enforcement information gaps

Read here: https://freedomcollaborative.org/newsletter-archive/koks-new-report-on-human-trafficking-data-collection-fills-law-enforcement-information-gaps-ff33a Link to report: https://www.kok-gegen-menschenhandel.de/fileadmin/user_upload/medien/Publikationen_KOK/KOK_Data_Report_2021_englisch_web.pdf

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The FINTRAIL 5: Catch up on the latest FinCrime items of interest

Read here: https://fintrail.com/fintrail-5

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Cultural property crime thrives throughout pandemic says new INTERPOL survey

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2021/Cultural-property-crime-thrives-throughout-pandemic-says-new-INTERPOL-survey Link to report: https://www.interpol.int/en/content/download/16751/file/2020%20Assessing%20Crimes%20Against%20Cultural%20Property.pdf

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Exceptive Relief for Casinos from Certain Customer Identity Verification Requirements

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/administrative_ruling/2021-10-19/Casino%20Exceptive%20Relief%20101921.pdf

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Demographics of Cybercrime Report

Read here: https://www.malwarebytes.com/resources/2021-demographics-of-cybercrime-report/index.html

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Myanmar’s illicit timber: Flows, drivers and actors

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/myanmar-illicit-timber-flows/ Link to report here: https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Myanmars-illicit-timber-Flows-drivers-and-actors.pdf

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Signs of possible terrorist activity

Read here: https://www.met.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/t/terrorism-in-the-uk/signs-of-possible-terrorist-activity/

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CEO of Major Defense Contractor Charged with Bribery

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ceo-major-defense-contractor-charged-bribery

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New algorithm hunts down money launderers

Read here: https://bond.edu.au/news/69450/new-algorithm-hunts-down-money-launderers

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Bitcoin Money Transmitters And Launderers Plead Guilty

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/Usao-wdmi/pr/2021_1018_Boden

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Ex-leader of The Geek Group pleads guilty in Bitcoin money-laundering scheme

Read here: https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2021/10/ex-leader-of-the-geek-group-pleads-guilty-in-bitcoin-money-laundering-scheme.html

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Bitcoin Scammers Targeting iPhone Users via Dating Apps Like Tinder, Bumble

Read here: https://gadgets.ndtv.com/cryptocurrency/news/bitcoin-scammers-cryptocurrency-iphone-users-bumble-tinder-sophos-cybersecurity-2579581

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F-Gases Worth More Than €10Million Seized In A Week

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/f-gases-worth-more-€-10-million-seized-in-week

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Department of Justice Issues Annual Report to Congress on its Work to Combat Elder Fraud and Abuse

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-issues-annual-report-congress-its-work-combat-elder-fraud-and-abuse-0

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Man jailed for kidnapping boy who was said to have made money from bitcoin

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/18/man-jailed-for-kidnapping-boy-who-was-said-to-have-made-money-from-bitcoin

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Fake YouTube Apple event stream draws 30k viewers before turning into crypto scam

Read here: https://9to5mac.com/2021/10/18/fake-apple-event-crypto-scam/

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DOJ’s New Crypto Team Will Build on Past Joint Actions

Read here: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/analysis-dojs-new-crypto-team-will-build-on-past-joint-actions

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Federal Judges or Their Brokers Traded Stocks of Litigants During Cases

Read here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/federal-judges-brokers-traded-stocks-of-litigants-during-cases-walmart-pfizer-11634306192

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The mystery of the missing £50bn: Why does no one care where most of our banknotes are?

Read here: https://www.economist.com/1843/2021/10/18/the-mystery-of-the-missing-ps50bn

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Mexico Moves to Seize American Assets

Read here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexico-american-assets-obrador-amlo-energy-11634496785

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NCA Targets Chinese Students In £1.65M AML Case

Read here: https://www.law360.com/financial-services-uk/articles/1431797/nca-targets-chinese-students-in-1-65m-aml-case

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Former CIA Analyst on Crypto Regulation

Read here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2021-10-19/former-cia-analyst-on-crypto-regulation-video

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Every company should have access to a bitcoin account

Read here: https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/96329-every-company-should-have-access-to-a-bitcoin-account

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Apple’s plan to scan images will allow governments into smartphones

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/16/apples-plan-to-scan-images-will-allow-governments-into-smartphones Link to paper ‘Bugs in our Pockets: The Risks of Client-Side Scanning’: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/bugs21.pdf

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Alex Saab: Charged with Money Laundering Extradited to the United States from Cabo Verde

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/colombian-businessman-charged-money-laundering-extradited-united-states-cabo-verde

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U.S. Department of the Treasury Releases 2021 Sanctions Review

Read here: https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/Treasury-2021-sanctions-review.pdf Press release here: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0413

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