News and Blogs

An overview of the use of cryptocurrencies in terrorist financing

Read here: https://blog.coinbase.com/an-overview-of-the-use-of-cryptocurrencies-in-terrorist-financing-235df6049bc7

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Live cheetahs: Black Market Brief

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/GITOC-ESAObs-Live-Cheetahs-Black-Market-Brief.pdf

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A Year After The FinCEN Files, The Biggest Change Is Still A Work In Progress

Read here: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/scottpham/fincen-files-money-laundering-a-year-later

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Enduring Italians, Ambitious Albanians – How Cocaine is Changing Europe’s Criminal Landscape

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/enduring-italians-ambitious-albanians-cocaine-changing-europe-criminal-landscape/

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As reforms sparked by FinCEN Files roll out a year on, key source is behind bars

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/fincen-files/as-reforms-sparked-by-fincen-files-roll-out-a-year-on-key-source-is-behind-bars/

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Behind Suex.io: the first sanctioned cryptocurrency exchange

Read here: https://www.trmlabs.com/post/behind-suex-io-the-first-sanctioned-cryptocurrency-exchange

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Mastermind of Zimbabwean Bitcoin Pyramid Scheme Vanishes With $6 Million

Read here: https://news.bitcoin.com/mastermind-of-zimbabwean-bitcoin-pyramid-scheme-vanishes-with-6-million/

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UK government spent half a million pounds on lawyers to fight Freedom of Information (FOI) disclosures

Read here: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/freedom-of-information/government-spends-hundreds-of-thousands-of-pounds-blocking-information-requests/

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U.S. Political Aids Indicted for Illicit Campaign Contributions

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/15206-u-s-political-aids-indicted-for-illicit-campaign-contributions

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Top El Salvador Officials Embroiled in Food Aid Theft Investigation

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/scrapped-food-theft-investigation-points-top-officials-el-salvador/

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How Coinbase is making compliance a driver of innovation

Read here: https://blog.coinbase.com/how-coinbase-is-making-compliance-a-driver-of-innovation-b33cfec84bb2

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UK: Government-coordinated action needed as fraud losses rise by 30 per cent

Read here: https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/press/press-releases/government-coordinated-action-needed-fraud-losses-rise-30-cent

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Greenwashing: Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) puts businesses on notice

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/greenwashing-cma-puts-businesses-on-notice

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Venezuela Kidnappers Posing as Car Sellers to Lure Victims

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/venezuela-police-stations-safe-havens-e-commerce-crooks/

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U.S. Attorney Seeking Victims Advertised on CityXGuide.com

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/us-attorney-seeking-victims-advertised-cityxguidecom

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UK: 2021 Half Year Fraud Update

Read here: https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/system/files/Half-year-fraud-update-2021-FINAL.pdf

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Iran’s president denounces US sanctions as ‘crimes against humanity’

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/21/iran-claims-it-will-be-ready-for-nuclear-deal-talks-in-next-few-weeks

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Anti-money laundering: A lesson from modern wars

Read here: https://www.effectiveaml.org/lesson-from-modern-wars/

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Stop serious organized crime, G7 demands

Read here: https://www.effectiveaml.org/stop-crime-g7-says/

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OFAC takes first action against cryptocurrency exchange and issues updated ransomware advisory

Read here: https://www.trmlabs.com/post/ofac-takes-first-action-against-cryptocurrency-exchange-and-issues-updated-ransomware-advisory

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Trump CFO’s lawyer says he suspects more charges in NY tax case

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/20/trump-cfos-lawyer-says-he-suspects-more-charges-in-ny-tax-case

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PDVSA begins U.S. trial over claim sanctions prevented debt payments

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/pdvsa-begins-us-trial-over-claim-sanctions-prevented-debt-payments-2021-09-21/

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Regulating The Enablers: Prioritizing Imposing Rules on Professionals Who Endanger National Security by Handling Dirty Money

Read here: https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/regulating-the-enablers/ Link to PDF of report: https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Enablers.pdf

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Updated Advisory on Potential Sanctions Risks for Facilitating Ransomware Payments

Read here: https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/126/ofac_ransomware_advisory.pdf Press release: https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20210921

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U.S. Treasury Takes Robust Actions to Counter Ransomware

Read here: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0364

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Balenciaga launches on Fortnite: What it means for luxury

Read here: https://www.voguebusiness.com/technology/balenciaga-launches-on-fortnite-what-it-means-for-luxury

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Leaked Slides Show How Chainalysis Flags Crypto Suspects for Cops

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/09/21/leaked-slides-show-how-chainalysis-flags-crypto-suspects-for-cops/

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The FINTRAIL 5: Catch up on the latest FinCrime items of interest

Read here: https://fintrail.com/fintrail-5

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‘Millions of pounds’ of legal marijuana diverted to underground market, California lawsuit alleges

Read here: https://mjbizdaily.com/millions-of-pounds-of-legal-marijuana-diverted-to-illicit-market-california-lawsuit-alleges/

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Biggest Bank in Venezuela Suffers 5 Day Outage After Hack Attempt

Read here: https://news.bitcoin.com/biggest-bank-in-venezuela-suffers-5-day-outage-after-hack-attempt/

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How did America end up with the world’s largest tiger population?

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/21/tiger-trafficking-america

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Digital Assets: From Fringe to Future

Read here: https://www.bnymellon.com/us/en/insights/all-insights/digital-assets-from-fringe-to-future.html PDF link to report: https://www.bnymellon.com/content/dam/bnymellon/documents/pdf/insights/digital-assets-from-fringe-to-future.pdf.coredownload.pdf

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New Zealand: Pair caught at Auckland border with $100k and a ‘boot full’ of KFC

Read here: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300411509/covid19-pair-caught-at-auckland-border-with-100k-and-a-boot-full-of-kfc

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Coinbase to Propose Crypto Regulations to US Officials: Sources

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/09/21/coinbase-to-propose-crypto-regulations-to-us-officials-sources/

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“Zero Tolerance” For Corruption – Indian Government To Probe Amazon Bribe Charge

Read here: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/government-on-amazon-bribery-allegations-zero-tolerance-policy-towards-corruption-2547954

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‘What the hell is an NFT?’: How Anchorage helps Visa and the US marshals navigate crypto

Read here: https://www.protocol.com/fintech/crypto-nft-anchorage-blockchain-banking

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To Combat Gambling Epidemic, Britain Turns to AML Rulebook

Read here: https://www.moneylaundering.com/news/exclusive-to-combat-gambling-epidemic-britain-turns-to-aml-rulebook/

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Binance suspends futures, options trading in Australia amidst regulatory troubles

Read here: https://cryptoslate.com/binance-suspends-futures-options-trading-in-australia-amidst-regulatory-troubles/

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Australia: Scott Morrison has announced Christian Porter’s resignation from Cabinet following blind trust scandal

Read here: https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/scott-morrison-has-announced-christian-porters-resignation-from-cabinet-following-blind-trust-scandal/news-story/a31473b3a963aa48febc8c3c4c6759a8

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