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Four Defendants Indicted for Laundering Target Gift Cards Purchased by Fraud Victims

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-defendants-indicted-laundering-target-gift-cards-purchased-fraud-victims

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Paraguay: US Capture Leader of International Money Laundering Network

Read here: https://dialogo-americas.com/articles/paraguay-us-capture-leader-of-international-money-laundering-network/#.YVOfzy8w1dg

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Position on the upcoming publication of a fine issued to N26 Bank GmbH by the BaFin for the years of 2019 and 2020

Read here: https://n26.com/en-de/press/press-release/position-on-the-upcoming-publication-of-a-fine-issued-to-n26-by-the-bafin

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UBS tax evasion appeal verdict delayed in Paris

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/ubs-tax-evasion-appeal-verdict-delayed-in-paris/46982010

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330 Arrests During EU-Wide Joint Action Days

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/330-arrests-during-eu-wide-joint-action-days

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Brazil’s Santa Catarina Becoming Country’s MDMA Hub

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/brazil-santa-catarina-becoming-country-mdma-hub/

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Migrant Smuggling Routes, Hideouts Through Colombia’s Indigenous Lands

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/migrant-smuggling-routes-hideouts-through-colombias-indigenous-lands/

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Art Collectors Swoon Over NFTs at Elite Basel Gathering

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/09/25/art-collectors-swoon-over-nfts-at-elite-basel-gathering/

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Panama to stay on EU tax-haven blacklist

Read here: https://euobserver.com/world/153058

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UK: Warning to students not to fall victim to criminals looking to launder their ill-gotten gains

Read here: https://www.yhrocu.org.uk/news/warning-to-students-not-to-fall-victim-to-criminals-looking-to-launder-their-ill-gotten-gains/

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UK: New 159 fraud hotline launched to counter threat

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58722201

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Six Individuals and Foreign Financial Service Firm Indicted for Tax Evasion Conspiracy – Used ‘Singapore Solution’ to Enable U.S. Clients to Evade Taxes on Over $60 Million Hidden Offshore

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/indictment-unsealed-against-six-individuals-and-foreign-financial-service-firm-tax-evasion

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Saudi Arabia’s money-laundering efforts now cover car lease

Read here: https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/saudi/saudi-arabias-money-laundering-efforts-now-cover-car-lease-1.82570449

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Syria and U.S. Policy

Read here: https://sgp.fas.org/crs/mideast/IF11930.pdf

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Over 50 victims of labour exploitation brought to safety with Eurojust support

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/labour-exploitation-victims-brought-to-safety-with-eurojust-support

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World’s biggest corporates are hit hard by crime

Read here: https://www.ftadviser.com/companies/2021/09/28/world-s-biggest-corporates-are-hit-hard-by-crime/

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Peru Ex-President Toledo to Be Extradited by US, Judge Rules

Read here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-28/extradition-of-peru-s-ex-president-toledo-approved-by-u-s-judge

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North Korean Sanctions Evasion Techniques

Read here: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA1537-1.html Link to PDF of Report: https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RRA1500/RRA1537-1/RAND_RRA1537-1.pdf

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Podcast: Fat Leonard – The Man Who Corrupted the U.S. Navy

Read here: https://fatleonardpodcast.com

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How Art Dealers, Real Estate Agents, and Hedge Funds Enable Corruption

Read here: https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/09/26/corruption-regulation-professions-art-real-estate-hedge-funds/

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Rio Tinto being investigated by Financial Conduct Authority over claims it misled market about its sprawling £5bn copper mine in Mongolia

Read here: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-10030687/Rio-Tinto-investigated-Financial-Conduct-Authority.html

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Dutch PM given extra security amid fears of drug gang attack

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/27/dutch-pm-mark-rutte-given-extra-security-amid-fears-of-drug-gang-attack

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The Tinder Swindler: this million-dollar scam might be Netflix’s juiciest true crime yet

Read here: https://www.stylist.co.uk/entertainment/the-tinder-swindler-netflix/569042

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Over 60 Charged In Crackdown On Balkan Cartel Behind Cocaine Pipeline To Europe

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/over-60-charged-in-crackdown-balkan-cartel-behind-cocaine-pipeline-to-europe

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Falcon Private Bank facing money laundering trial in Switzerland in connection to 1MDB scandal

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/falcon-first-bank-to-face-money-laundering-trial-in-switzerland/46981906

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7 Nights in Pyongyang: Inside the North Korean Trip That Got Ethereum’s Virgil Griffith Arrested

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/09/27/7-nights-in-pyongyang-inside-the-north-korean-trip-that-got-ethereums-virgil-griffith-arrested/

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Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy Charge in North Korea Sanctions Case

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/09/27/ethereum-developer-virgil-griffith-pleads-guilty-to-conspiracy-charge-in-north-korea-sanctions-case/

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Environmental Crime: Amazon slaughterhouses eye greater share of American pie as Brazil beef sales surge

Read here: https://www.earthsight.org.uk/news/analysis-amazon-slaughterhouses-eye-greater-share-of-american-pie-as-brazil-beef-sales-surge

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Home Office planned speedy removal of Vietnamese trafficking victims

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/sep/27/home-office-planned-speedy-removal-of-vietnamese-trafficking-victims

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UK: Warning about bailiff email scam

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/warning-about-bailiff-email-scam

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AUSTRAC: Illicit Tobacco Taskforce tackles the illicit tobacco trade

Read here: https://www.austrac.gov.au/illicit-tobacco-taskforce-tackles-illicit-tobacco-trade

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Corrupt oligarchs escape as McMafia law left unused for two years

Read here: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/corrupt-oligarchs-escape-as-mcmafia-law-left-unused-for-two-years-b957364.html

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AUSTRAC: Our regulatory and intelligence functions explained

Read here: https://www.austrac.gov.au/our-regulatory-and-intelligence-functions-explained

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Managing seized and frozen assets – what are international norms?

Read here: https://baselgovernance.org/blog/managing-seized-and-frozen-assets-what-are-international-norms

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Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BPS) warns play-to-earn gamers on potential illicit activities

Read here: https://www.bworldonline.com/bsp-warns-play-to-earn-gamers-on-potential-illicit-activities/

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Fowl Play – How Contraband Chicken is Flooding Paraguay

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/fowl-play-how-contraband-chicken-is-flooding-paraguay/

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Facebook Files: 5 things leaked documents reveal

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58678332

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UKFIU publish the latest version of the ‘Introduction to SARs’ document

Read here: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/570-introduction-to-sars/file

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