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UK Gambling Commission Reminds Casinos Providing Money Service Business Activities to Register with HMRC

Read here: https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/licensees-and-businesses/notice/casinos-providing-money-service-business-activities-hmrc-registration

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C4ADS Publishes Annual Report

Read here: https://c4ads.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/C4ADS-2024-Annual-Report.pdf

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AUSTRAC publishes guidance on tipping off offence

Read here: https://www.austrac.gov.au/new-tipping-offence-now-effect

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Police seize £500k illegal cash in barbershop raids

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2kv0gvjnneo

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Serious Fraud Office sets out next steps in ambitious plan

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/serious-fraud-office-sets-out-next-steps-in-ambitious-plan Link to plan: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67ee4e86199d1cd55b48c6e8/SFO_2025-26__Business_Plan.pdf

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Arrest for terrorist financing with bitcoins [Translated from Dutch]

Read here: https://www.fiod.nl/aanhouding-vanwege-terrorismefinanciering-met-bitcoins/

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Metro Bank launches first AI scam detection tool with Ask Silver

Read here: https://www.metrobankonline.co.uk/about-us/press-releases/news/metro-bank-launches-first-ai-scam-detection-tool–with-ask-silver/

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Scammers Shifting to ‘Secure’ Encrypted Apps WhatsApp & Telegram, Reports Revolut; Meta Still Biggest Overall Source of Scams

Read here: https://www.revolut.com/en-HR/news/scammers_shifting_to_secure_encrypted_apps_whatsapp_telegram_reports_revolut_meta_still_biggest_overall_source_of_scams/

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UK Legal Services Threat Assessment 2025

Read here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67ee635698b3bac1ec299c3e/OFSI_Legal_Services_Threat_Assessment.pdf Main page: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ofsi-threat-assessment-reports#full-publication-update-history

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Why the fight for beneficial ownership transparency isn’t over

Read here: https://taxjustice.net/2025/04/07/new-article-explores-why-the-fight-for-beneficial-ownership-transparency-isnt-over/

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UK police chiefs draw up plans for national counter-terrorism force

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/05/uk-police-chiefs-draw-up-plans-for-national-counter-terrorism-force

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Lithuania fines Revolut 3.5 million euros for money-laundering prevention failures

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/lithuania-fines-revolut-3-5-120531871.html

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UK ministers need to ask why they are offered freebies – and who loses out

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/28/uk-ministers-need-to-ask-why-they-are-offered-freebies-and-who-loses-out

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VIP lane: Arrest in fraud investigation

Read here: https://goodlawproject.org/vip-lane-arrest-in-fraud-investigation/

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UK Companies House starts to verify identities

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/companies-house-starts-to-verify-identities

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Inside a romance scam compound – and how people get tricked into being there

Read here: https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/27/1113782/scam-compound-meta-facebook-pig-butchering-wechat/

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Proceeds of crime: Crypto scam recovery

Read here: https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/practice-points/proceeds-of-crime-crypto-scam-recovery/5122806.article

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Latest study on Europe’s ecstasy market reveals new trends in production and trafficking

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/latest-study-europes-ecstasy-market-reveals-new-trends-in-production-and-trafficking

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Regulation loopholes fuel illegal wildlife trade from Latin America to Europe

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/regulation-loopholes-fuel-illegal-wildlife-trade-from-latin-america-to-europe/

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Croatia: Two individuals and one company convicted in connection with project for waste-sorting plant

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/croatia-two-individuals-and-one-company-convicted-connection-project-waste-sorting-plant

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Ericsson Cuts Relationship With Israeli Firm That Provided Tech Used by Scammers

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/ericsson-cuts-relationship-with-israeli-firm-that-provided-tech-used-by-scammers

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Online gangs of teenage boys sharing extreme material are ‘emerging threat’ in UK

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/25/online-gangs-teenage-boys-sharing-extreme-material-emerging-threat-uk

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Don’t Get Scammed! Tips For Spotting AI-Generated Fake Products Online

Read here: https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2025/03/25/detecting-ai-products/

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How Trump’s Anti-Money Laundering Rollback Could Help LatAm Criminals

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/how-trumps-anti-money-laundering-rollback-could-help-latam-criminals/

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UK education secretary orders inquiry into allegations of student loan fraud

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/mar/23/education-secretary-orders-inquiry-into-allegations-of-student-loan

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How a Pro Athlete–Targeting Crime Ring Finally Got Caught

Read here: https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/how-a-pro-athlete-targeting-crime-ring-finally-got-caught

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12 members of an Irish high-risk criminal network arrested

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/12-members-of-irish-high-risk-criminal-network-arrested

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Central London firm hit with maximum Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) fine over checks on risky foreign client

Read here: https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/sra-hits-central-london-firm-with-maximum-fine/5122784.article

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Slovakia: Arrests and seizures in €8.75 million EU subsidy fraud investigation

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/slovakia-arrests-and-seizures-eu875-million-eu-subsidy-fraud-investigation

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Thai officers intercept Starlink transmitters allegedly headed for Myanmar scam centers

Read here: https://therecord.media/thai-officers-intercept-starlink-transmitters-myanmar-cyber-scam-compounds

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Western Banks Sent Billions in Cash to Russia on Eve of Ukraine Invasion, Data Shows

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/scoop/western-banks-sent-billions-in-cash-to-russia-on-eve-of-ukraine-invasion-data-shows

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FBI recovers $8 million swindled from failed bank’s small-town investors

Read here: https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/fbi-recovers-8-million-swindled-from-failed-kansas-banks-small-town-investors

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Russian-owned shell company provider loses Seychelles licence following Finance Uncovered investigation

Read here: https://www.financeuncovered.org/stories/russian-owned-shell-company-provider-loses-seychelles-licence-following-finance-uncovered-investigation

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MPs think they may have been targets of ‘disinformation’ over Bangladesh inquiry

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/24/mps-think-they-may-have-been-targets-of-disinformation-over-bangladesh-inquiry

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Bulgaria: Mayor of Petrich accused of fraud involving cultural heritage museum

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/bulgaria-mayor-petrich-accused-fraud-involving-cultural-heritage-museum

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Proposed Law Would Attract Dirty Money to Northern Cyprus, Experts Warn

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/proposed-law-would-attract-dirty-money-to-northern-cyprus-experts-warn

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Libya Arrests 4 Human Trafficking Suspects Believed to Have Tortured and Killed Migrants

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/libya-arrests-4-human-trafficking-suspects-believed-to-have-tortured-and-killed-migrants

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Italy: 13 arrests in €100 million VAT fraud investigation involving the trade of plastics products

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/italy-13-arrests-eu100-million-vat-fraud-investigation-involving-trade-plastics-products

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