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Central bank digital currencies: system design and interoperability

Read here: https://www.bis.org/publ/othp42_system_design.pdf

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Getting Serious? The UK-UAE Illicit Finance Partnership Holds Promise

Read here: https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/getting-serious-uk-uae-illicit-finance-partnership-holds-promise

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MAS and Financial Industry to Use New Digital Platform to Fight Money Laundering

Read here: https://www.mas.gov.sg/news/media-releases/2021/mas-and-financial-industry-to-use-new-digital-platform-to-fight-money-laundering Consultation paper: https://www.mas.gov.sg/-/media/MAS/News-and-Publications/Consultation-Papers/1-Oct-2021-FI-FI-Information-Sharing-Platform-for-AMLCFT/Consultation-Paper-on-FI-FI-Information-Sharing-for-AMLCFT.pdf Annex B – Proposed Provisions for FI-FI Information Sharing Platform for AMLCF: https://www.mas.gov.sg/-/media/MAS/News-and-Publications/Consultation-Papers/1-Oct-2021-FI-FI-Information-Sharing-Platform-for-AMLCFT/Annex-B—Proposed-Provisions-for-FI-FI-Information-Sharing-Platform-for-AMLCFT.pdf

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Dallas Attorney Pleads Guilty to Laundering Purported Drug Money

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/dallas-attorney-pleads-guilty-laundering-purported-drug-money

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DEA Seizes Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities

Read here: https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2021/09/30/dea-seizes-historic-amounts-deadly-fentanyl-laced-fake-pills-public

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Treasury Department Focusing on Art Trade to Combat Money Laundering

Read here: https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/art-money-laundering

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Coincidence or Insider Trading? Price Pops Before Incentive Announcements Raise Questions

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2021/09/30/coincidence-or-insider-trading-price-pops-before-incentive-announcements-raise-questions/

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Norway charges professor with violating nuclear sanctions on Iran

Read here: https://www.timesofisrael.com/norway-charges-professor-with-violating-nuclear-sanctions-on-iran/

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Morgan Stanley, Interactive Brokers face probe by the SEC and FBI into $100 million in suspicious money from a former Venezuelan oil minister

Read here: https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/morgan-stanley-interactive-brokers-venezuela-money-laundering-probe-fbi-sec-2021-09

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Suspected ATM bombers arrested after ‘gang member’ blew himself up during test run

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/suspected-atm-bombers-arrested-after-gang-member-blew-himself-up-during-test-run-12422542

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‘Switzerland failing to tackle money laundering’, former head of Switzerland’s anti-money laundering office says

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/-switzerland-failing-to-tackle-money-laundering—thelesklaf/46047196  

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SEC Charges Webcast Host for Role in Market Manipulation Scheme

Read here: https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2021-206

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Football clubs, Argentine Football Association (AFA) headquarters raided as part of money-laundering probe

Read here: https://batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/football-clubs-afa-headquarters-raided-as-part-money-laundering-probe.phtml

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Diego Costa investigated by police over gambling website

Read here: https://www.marca.com/en/football/international-football/2021/09/30/6155faf446163fe00a8b45df.html

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Fed’s Powell has no intent to ban Bitcoin or crypto

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/fed-s-powell-has-no-intent-to-ban-bitcoin-or-crypto

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Accusations against Mexico’s Former Top Cop Grow in US Courts

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/mexico-takes-aim-us-assets-former-top-cop/

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Billionaire Wise co-founder fined nearly $500,000 by UK tax collectors

Read here: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/28/billionaire-wise-co-founder-fined-nearly-500000-by-uk-tax-collectors.html

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Fed Chair Powell Says He Has ‘No Intention’ of Banning Crypto

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/09/30/fed-chair-powell-says-he-has-no-intention-of-banning-crypto/

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Billion-dollar Bitcoin mining industry resumes in Iran after three-month ban

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/billion-dollar-bitcoin-mining-industry-resumes-in-iran-after-three-month-ban

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How half-hearted sanctions put the future of Belarus at risk

Read here: https://ecfr.eu/article/how-half-hearted-sanctions-put-the-future-of-belarus-at-risk/

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North Korea hypersonic missile shows neither sanctions nor diplomacy can end Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions

Read here: https://inews.co.uk/news/analysis/north-korea-hypersonic-missile-shows-neither-sanctions-nor-diplomacy-can-end-pyongyangs-nuclear-ambitions-1225599

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UK is still a global hub for money laundering

Read here: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1498988/uk-money-laundering-city-of-london

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Interpol, bribery claims, Suriname’s ‘Robin Hood’ and the incredible story that has shaken CONCACAF

Read here: https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/interpol-bribery-suriname-robin-hood-shaken-concacaf/y1p55jm4f0zt1rnmmndynen1h

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New Australian crypto legislation likely in 2022, Senator Bragg tells NFT Fest

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/senator-bragg-tells-nft-fest-new-australian-crypto-legislation-likely-in-2022

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UK: An introduction to the new SAR Online portal – NCA

Read here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DOKebuhrCA

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Wizz Air CEO Knocks Sustainable Fuel, Offsets as ‘Greenwashing’

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/wizz-air-ceo-knocks-sustainable-fuel–offsets-as–greenwashing-/46993274

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Nigerian National Charged with Money Laundering for Investment Fraud Conspiracies

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/nigerian-national-charged-money-laundering-investment-fraud-conspiracies

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Afghan central bank drained dollar stockpile before Kabul fell

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/exclusive-afghan-central-bank-drained-dollar-stockpile-before-kabul-fell-2021-09-29/

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Is Stock Market Rigged? Insider Trading by Executives Is Pervasive, Critics Say

Read here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-09-29/is-stock-market-rigged-insider-trading-by-executives-is-pervasive-critics-say

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The Business of Fraud: Laundering Funds in the Criminal Underground

Read here: https://go.recordedfuture.com/hubfs/reports/cta-2021-0928.pdf

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Researchers find Apple Pay, Visa contactless hack

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58719891

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Kraken Reveals Security Vulnerabilities in Bitcoin ATMs

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2021/09/30/kraken-reveals-security-vulnerabilities-in-bitcoin-atms/

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North and West Africa: INTERPOL report highlights human trafficking for organ removal

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/News-and-Events/News/2021/North-and-West-Africa-INTERPOL-report-highlights-human-trafficking-for-organ-removal PDF link to report: https://www.interpol.int/content/download/16690/file/Project%20ENACT%20-%20THBOR%20report%20-%20public.pdf

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U.S. Sanctions Blamed As Venezuela Laments Frozen Order For Medicine

Read here: https://theintercept.com/2021/09/29/vaccine-venezuela-sanctions-novo-banco/

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Nine taken into custody over ATM attack tutorials and string of explosive attacks

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/nine-taken-custody-over-atm-attack-tutorials-and-string-explosive-attacks

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$73 Million Is Missing From South Sudan’s Coffers: Corruption or Conspiracy?

Read here: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/73-million-missing-south-sudan’s-coffers-corruption-or-conspiracy-194551

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Can Bitcoin style validation solve financial statement fraud?

Read here: https://www.cityam.com/can-bitcoin-style-validation-solve-financial-statement-fraud/

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New Zealand: Financial Market Authority (FMA) taking harder line on anti-money laundering rule breaches

Read here: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/452624/fma-taking-harder-line-on-anti-money-laundering-rule-breaches

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UK: Unexplained Wealth Orders – Briefing Paper – Oct 2021

Read here: https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-9098/CBP-9098.pdf

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