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India: Bollywood actors Jacqueline Fernandez, Nora Fatehi summoned by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in money laundering case

Read here: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bollywood-actors-jacqueline-fernandez-nora-fatehi-summoned-by-ed-in-money-laundering-case-report-101634191401434.html

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Phone Extortion in Mexico Continuing to Rise Despite Low Success Rate

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/phone-extortion-mexico-continuing-rise-despite-low-hit-rate/

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Spanish Police Arrests 5 Jihadists On Suspicion Of Preparing A Terrorist Attack

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/spanish-police-arrests-5-jihadists-suspicion-of-preparing-terrorist-attack

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Closing submissions in B.C.’s money laundering inquiry to start today

Read here: https://energeticcity.ca/2021/10/15/closing-submissions-in-b-c-s-money-laundering-inquiry-to-start-today/

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UK now being termed as the bank scam capital of the world, here is why

Read here: https://www.wionews.com/world/uk-now-being-termed-as-the-bank-scam-capital-of-the-world-here-is-why-420806

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Summons in hawala case sent to key suspect in UK

Read here: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/summons-in-hawala-case-sent-to-key-suspect-in-uk/articleshow/87002549.cms

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Is ‘crypto’ a financial stability risk? – speech by Jon Cunliffe

Read here: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/speech/2021/october/jon-cunliffe-swifts-sibos-2021

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Ghana: Remote Deposit Capture in the Hands of a Criminal

Read here: https://www.modernghana.com/news/1111168/remote-deposit-capture-in-the-hands-of-a-criminal.html

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Moldova Changes Law to End Secrecy Surrounding Offshores

Read here: https://balkaninsight.com/2021/10/14/moldova-changes-law-to-end-secrecy-surrounding-offshores/

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The Church Blasts the Mafia After Wave of Murders in Italy’s Naples

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/15326-the-church-blasts-the-mafia-after-wave-of-murders-in-italy-s-naples

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Sinaloa Cartel Money Launderer Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/sinaloa-cartel-money-launderer-sentenced-10-years-prison

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UK: Cash forfeiture order success for National Crime Agency – total of total of €559,705 found inside suitcase

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/cash-forfeiture-order-success-for-national-crime-agency

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The government has missed the mark in tackling fraud

Read here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-government-has-missed-the-mark-in-tackling-fraud-h7f7gmv7x

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Iranian National Arrested: Charged with Conspiring to Sell Multi-Hundred Kilogram Quantities of Heroin

Read here: https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2021/10/13/iranian-national-arrested

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‘Hiding the Ball’: Hunter Biden Complicates White House Anti-Corruption Push

Read here: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/10/12/hunter-biden-corruption-515583

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Fact Sheet: Ongoing Public U.S. Efforts to Counter Ransomware

Read here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/10/13/fact-sheet-ongoing-public-u-s-efforts-to-counter-ransomware/

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Compendium of Promising Practices: on public-private partnerships to prevent and counter trafficking in persons

Read here: https://www.unodc.org/documents/NGO/PPP/UNODC-PPP-Interactive.pdf

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Narcos: Mexico – Season 3, Second Trailer

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhZBDO0CKJo

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British supermarket cheese linked to catastrophic deforestation in Brazil

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2021-10-13/british-cheese-dairy-deforestation-brazil

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Estonia’s New Anti-Money Laundering Chief Wants to Revoke All Crypto Licenses

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/10/13/estonias-new-anti-money-laundering-chief-wants-to-revoke-all-crypto-licenses/

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Sportradar Integrity Services Highlight The Scale Of Match Fixing In Sport Over The Last 18 Months

Read here: https://www.sportradar.com/news-archive/sportradar-integrity-services-highlight-the-scale-of-match-fixing-in-sport-over-the-last-18-months/

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Gang member flown back to the UK and jailed over £2.8m cigarette fraud

Read here: https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/gang-member-flown-back-uk-6040182

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Algerian whistleblower imprisoned after Spain deportation

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/12/algeria-whistleblower-fears-for-life-after-spanish-deportation

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“Hacker X” – the American who built a pro-Trump fake news empire unmasks himself

Read here: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/10/hacker-x-the-american-who-built-a-pro-trump-fake-news-empire-unmasks-himself/

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OpenSea Says It Patched an NFT Phishing Vulnerability

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/10/13/opensea-says-its-patched-an-nft-phishing-vulnerability/

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Notorious wildlife market, largest in Peruvian Amazon, back in business after pandemic hiatus

Read here: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/notorious-wildlife-market-largest-in-peruvian-amazon-back-in-business-after-pandemic-hiatus Link to World Animal Protection investigation paper ‘Characterizing trade at the largest wildlife market of Amazonian Peru’: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989421001815

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Founders of Crypto ICO Plead Guilty to Tax Evasion After Raising $24 Million from Investors

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/founders-crypto-ico-plead-guilty-tax-evasion-after-raising-24-million-investors

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‘Unnecessary complexity’: the crypto industry’s continuing efforts to avoid regulation

Read here: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2021/10/13/unnecessary-complexity-the-crypto-industrys-continuing-efforts-to-avoid-regulation/

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Designed to avoid regulation – the real roots of bitcoin

Read here: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2021/09/28/designed-to-avoid-regulation-the-real-roots-of-bitcoin/

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Are your anti-bribery procedures adequate? Guidance for SMEs

Read here: https://globalcompact.at/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/UN-GCNA-Are-your-anti-bribery-procedures-adequate-October-2021.pdf

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UK ‘colluding in torture’ by leaving women and children in Syria camps

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/13/uk-colluding-torture-leaving-women-children-syria-camps Link to report by Rights & Security International: https://www.rightsandsecurity.org/assets/downloads/Abandoned_to_Torture_-_Final_Report.pdf

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Jailed: Cryptocurrency trader stole electricity worth £32,000 to power ‘bitcoin mining’ machines

Read here: https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/jailed-cryptocurrency-trader-stole-electricity-6054392

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ECB policymaker Kazimir charged with bribery, denies wrongdoing

Read here: https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/10/12/us-ecb-kazimir-corruption

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Senior Executive of Oil-Services Company Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud Scheme that Caused Over $886 Million in Shareholder Losses

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/senior-executive-oil-services-company-pleads-guilty-securities-fraud-scheme-caused-over-886

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The Battle for Apure: Chavismo and the ex-FARC

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/investigations/battle-apure-chavismo-ex-farc/ Link to full report: https://insightcrime.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/The-Battle-for-Apure-Chavismo-and-the-ex-FARC-InSight-Crime.pdf

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U.S. SEC opens inquiry into Wall Street banks’ staff communications – sources

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/exclusive-us-sec-opens-inquiry-into-wall-street-banks-staff-communications-2021-10-12/

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Wall Street, Companies May Have to Give Up More to Settle With SEC

Read here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/sec-to-seek-admissions-of-wrongdoing-in-some-enforcement-actions-11634139229

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After years in hiding, a North Korean ship shows its true colors

Read here: https://www.nknews.org/pro/after-years-in-hiding-a-north-korean-ship-shows-its-true-colors/

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Former Chief Executive Officer of Petrochemical Company Sentenced to 20 Months in Prison for Foreign Bribery Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-chief-executive-officer-petrochemical-company-sentenced-20-months-prison-foreign

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