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Covid: Swiss private banks ‘got off relatively lightly’

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/covid–swiss-private-banks–got-off-relatively-lightly-/47028418

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Almost Hijacked? Officials Dispute Scare Amid Ongoing Afghanistan Evac

Read here: https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/10/afghanistan-evac-flight-was-almost-hijacked-air-force-reveals/186081/

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UK: Remote or hybrid working expectations for firms

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/remote-hybrid-working-expectations

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Google Threat Analysis Group: Countering threats from Iran

Read here: https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/countering-threats-iran/

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15 NFT Use Cases That Could Go Mainstream: Art and collectibles were just the start

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/10/14/15-nft-use-cases-that-could-go-mainstream/

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How the UK’s financial regulator was led a merry dance by shifty savings firms

Read here: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/how-uks-financial-regulator-led-25211012

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‘I feel humiliated, depressed and angry’: the devastating impact of pension scams

Read here: https://www.which.co.uk/news/2021/10/i-feel-humiliated-depressed-and-angry-the-devastating-impact-of-pension-scams/

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NYDFS Announces The Return Of A Nazi Looted Drawing To The Heirs Of Dr. Arthur Feldmann

Read here: https://www.dfs.ny.gov/reports_and_publications/press_releases/pr202110141

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Sanctioned South Sudanese Businessmen Are Potentially Skirting US Sanctions

Read here: https://thesentry.org/reports/south-sudanese-skirting-sanctions/ PDF of full report here: https://cdn.thesentry.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/SouthSudaneseSkirtingSanctions_Alert_TheSentry.pdf

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Money is becoming many different things – here’s what’s at stake

Read here: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/digitaliberties/money-is-becoming-many-different-things-heres-whats-at-stake/

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The Price of Fish: It’s time for consumers to take more notice of where their food comes from

Read here: https://interactives.stuff.co.nz/2021/10/price-of-fish-albatross-extinction/

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Who suffers fraud? Understanding the fraud victim landscape

Read here: https://victimscommissioner.org.uk/published-reviews/who-suffers-fraud/

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Ripple and British firm collaborating in country’s futuristic CBDC project

Read here: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/ripple-and-digital-pound-foundation/?&utm_source=followit&utm_medium=email

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New Operation To Protect Next Generation EU Recovery Funds

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/new-operation-to-protect-next-generation-eu-recovery-funds

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Justice Department Anticorruption Task Force Launches New Measures to Combat Corruption in Central America

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-anticorruption-task-force-launches-new-measures-combat-corruption-central

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AQ Khan is Dead – Long Live the Proliferation Network

Read here: https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/aq-khan-dead-long-live-proliferation-network

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Kazakhstan’s Light Rail Corruption Case Drags on

Read here: https://thediplomat.com/2021/10/kazakhstans-light-rail-corruption-case-drags-on/

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Pakistan’s spy agency gets shaken, but not stirred

Read here: https://asiatimes.com/2021/10/pakistans-spy-agency-gets-shaken-but-not-stirred/?amp_markup=1

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Truly decentralized finance will be beyond siloed blockchains

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/truly-decentralized-finance-will-be-beyond-siloed-blockchains

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Collapsing Real Estate Conglomerate Evergrande Owns Shares in Over 8,000 Companies

Read here: https://sayari.com/resources/collapsing-real-estate-conglomerate-evergrande-owns-shares-in-over-8000-companies/

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The Star executives may yet face public grilling

Read here: https://www.afr.com/companies/games-and-wagering/the-star-executives-may-yet-face-public-grilling-20211013-p58zsp

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A new study finds that dirty money remains easy to hide

Read here: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2021/10/16/a-new-study-finds-that-dirty-money-remains-easy-to-hide

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Three face court after police smash multimillion-dollar money laundering ring

Read here: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/student-money-mules-police-smash-australia-s-biggest-money-laundering-ring-20211015-p5907i.html

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Switzerland Tells Refiners to Get Strict on UAE Gold

Read here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-15/switzerland-tells-refiners-to-tighten-audits-of-uae-gold

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Dutch drug gang leader arrested – Spanish police say they boarded a sailboat carrying thousands of kilos of coke [translated from Dutch]

Read here: https://www.ad.nl/buitenland/nederlandse-drugsbendeleider-aangehouden-aan-spaanse-costa-en-pas-ook-al-twee-moordverdachten~a24a140d/

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UK Serious Fraud Office closes Speciality Steels investigation

Read here: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/finance/news/uk-serious-fraud-office-closes-131532579.html

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The Intimate Relationship Between Cocaine and Illegal Timber in Brazil’s Amazon

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/intimate-relationship-between-cocaine-illegal-timber-brazil-amazon/

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Left to rot: Collapsed condo born of botched construction and evidence of money laundering

Read here: https://eu.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2021/10/14/money-laundering-evident-collapsed-surfside-condo-building/5798385001/

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Human Trafficking Trends in Canada (2019-2020)

Read here: https://www.canadiancentretoendhumantrafficking.ca/human-trafficking-trends-in-canada-2019-2020/ Link to report here: https://www.canadiancentretoendhumantrafficking.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ENG-Human-Trafficking-Trends-in-Canada-–-2019-20-Report-Final-1.pdf

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Hong Kong Customs detects largest smuggling case on record

Read here: https://www.customs.gov.hk/en/publication_press/press/index_id_3303.html

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Operation Venetic: Two men arrested in investigation linked to the recovery of £1.6m in cash

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operation-venetic-two-men-arrested-in-investigation-linked-to-the-recovery-of-1-6m-in-cash

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Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe directs banks to detect currency abusers

Read here: https://www.herald.co.zw/rbz-directs-banks-to-detect-currency-abusers/

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Former Dubai Financial Services Authority Director Joins Binance as Chief Regulatory Liaison Officer

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/former-dubai-financial-services-authority-120000413.html

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Vatican warns of use of cryptocurrency in migrant smuggling

Read here: https://bitcoinpress.co.uk/vatican-warns-of-use-of-cryptocurrency-in-migrant-smuggling/

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Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Payment Processing Fraud Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/florida-man-pleads-guilty-payment-processing-fraud-scheme

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Canada: Police investigation probes landlord’s taxes, casino activities

Read here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/police-investigation-probes-landlord-s-taxes-casino-activities-1.6196901

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South Korea unregulated digital currency forex transfers hit record high at $677M

Read here: https://coingeek.com/south-korea-unregulated-digital-currency-forex-transfers-hit-record-high-at-677m/

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Switzerland: Global tax deal approval ‘to take at least a year’, says president

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/global-tax-deal-approval–to-take-at-least-a-year—says-president/47028282

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UK: Laundering trial collapses after disclosure blunders

Read here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/laundering-trial-collapses-after-disclosure-blunders-0lv0rxj6x

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