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Cardano (ADA) boss gives his take on NFTs and why money launderers flock to them…but Charles Hoskinson points out that this isn’t a problem exclusive to crypto

Read here: https://cryptoslate.com/cardano-boss-gives-his-take-on-nfts-and-why-money-launders-flock-to-them/

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Man sentenced in $4 million fraud scheme involving boats

Read here: https://apnews.com/article/business-springfield-tax-evasion-michael-david-72bb86b737f2fc0e30d129ca3d9069c6

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CITES Parties can and must do more to address the dire impacts of global illegal pangolin trade

Read here: https://eia-international.org/news/cites-parties-can-and-must-do-more-to-address-the-dire-impacts-of-global-illegal-pangolin-trade/

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Assets Abound: Tracking The Assets Of Congo Brazzaville Kleptocrats

Read here: https://sassoufit.org/2021/09/21/assets-abound-tracking-the-assets-of-congo-brazzaville-kleptocrats/

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How They Did It: Using GPS Trackers to Investigate Where Unwanted Clothing Ends Up

Read here: https://gijn.org/2021/09/21/tracking-clothes/

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Avalanche DeFi Platform Vee Finance Suffers $35M Hack

Read here: https://cryptobriefing.com/avalanche-defi-platform-vee-finance-hit-for-35m/

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Climate crisis leaving ‘millions at risk of trafficking and slavery’

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/sep/20/climate-crisis-leaving-millions-at-risk-of-trafficking-and-slavery

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Truepic raises $26M to fight deepfakes and image fraud

Read here: https://www.biometricupdate.com/202109/truepic-raises-26m-to-fight-deepfakes-and-image-fraud

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Legal proceedings dropped against AFD’s Alice Weidel over alleged donations

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/legal-proceedings-dropped-against-afd-s-alice-weidel-over-alleged-donations/46962818

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Now the SEC is investigating Activision Blizzard too

Read here: https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/20/22684779/activision-blizzard-investigation-sec-activision-bobby-kotick

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OpenSea Scandal Shows Need for More NFT Regulation

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/09/20/opensea-scandal-shows-need-for-more-nft-regulation/

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Counterfeit and substandard chips are penetrating the supply chain, industry insiders warn

Read here: https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4037363/counterfeit-substandard-chips-penetrating-supply-chain-industry-insiders-warn

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OPBAS publishes report on progress and themes from 2020/21

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/opbas-publishes-report-progress-and-themes-2020-21 Link to PDF of report: https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/opbas/supervisory-assessments-progress-themes-2020-21.pdf

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AT&T Sued by Customer After Security Breach Led to Theft of Cryptocurrency

Read here: https://news.bitcoin.com/att-sued-by-customer-security-breach-theft-cryptocurrency/

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Typologies In The Financial Sector: Emerging risks likely to be prevalent across the financial sector in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Read here: https://www.adgm.com/documents/financial-crime-prevention-unit/notices/fsra—fcpu-notice-no-22-of-2021.pdf

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British gangs and international rivals join forces to increase cocaine sales

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/19/british-gangs-and-international-rivals-join-forces-to-increase-cocaine-sales

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New “Elon Musk Club” crypto giveaway scam promoted via email

Read here: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-elon-musk-club-crypto-giveaway-scam-promoted-via-email/

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Spanish Authorities Take on Illegal Mollusk Harvesting

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/15187-spanish-authorities-take-on-illegal-mollusk-harvesting

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Mossad assassinated Iran’s top nuclear scientist using an AI-powered, remote-controlled machine gun, report says

Read here: https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/mossad-assassinated-irans-top-nuclear-110912434.html

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Latest DeFi hack targeting BSC sees $12.7M in Bitcoin stolen from pNetwork

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/latest-defi-hack-targeting-bsc-sees-12-7m-in-bitcoin-stolen-from-pnetwork

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Coinbase Drops Planned ‘Lend’ Program After SEC Warning

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2021/09/20/coinbase-drops-planned-lend-program-after-sec-warning/

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$26.6 Million In Allegedly Illicit Proceeds to Be Used To Fight COVID-19 and Address Medical Needs in Equatorial Guine

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/266-million-allegedly-illicit-proceeds-be-used-fight-covid-19-and-address-medical-needs

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Cyprus: Like a hidden vault

Read here: https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/09/19/like-a-hidden-vault/

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106 Arrested In A Sting Against Online Fraudsters

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/106-arrested-in-sting-against-online-fraudsters

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2 Kuwaitis accused of laundering funds for Hezbollah, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards

Read here: https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/kuwait/2-kuwaitis-accused-of-laundering-funds-for-hezbollah-irans-revolutionary-guards-1.82359540

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Evergrande: Chinese property giant admits to misconduct by executives

Read here: https://www.dw.com/en/evergrande-chinese-property-giant-admits-to-misconduct-by-executives/a-59224432

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Ex-Massachusetts shoe company exec gets nearly 6 years for embezzlement

Read here: https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2021/09/16/ex-mass-shoe-company-exec-gets-nearly-6-years-for-embezzlement/

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Italian Police Seize Millions in Cash from COVID Fraud Against Healthcare Facilities

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/15186-italian-police-seize-millions-in-cash-from-covid-fraud-against-healthcare-facilities

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Inquiry to look at possible leak of documents in Berset blackmail case

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/inquiry-to-look-into-possible-leak-of-documents-in-berset-blackmail-case/46958798

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The International Criminal Court (ICC) Authorizes Investigation Into Philippines’ ‘War on Drugs’

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/15188-icc-authorizes-investigation-into-philippines-war-on-drugs

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ShadowDragon: Inside The Social Media Surveillance Software That Can Watch Your Every Move

Read here: https://theintercept.com/2021/09/21/surveillance-social-media-police-microsoft-shadowdragon-kaseware/

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The Increasingly Busy Cuba-Uruguay Human Smuggling Route

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/increasingly-busy-cuba-uruguay-human-smuggling-route/

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Cocaine, the yuppie drug? Not now, say experts – its lure is crossing all classes

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/19/cocaine-the-yuppie-drug-not-now-say-experts-its-lure-is-crossing-all-classes

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US Authorities Investigate Binance for Insider Trading and Market Manipulation: Report

Read here: https://news.bitcoin.com/us-authorities-investigate-binance-insider-trading-market-manipulation/

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U.S. Homeland Security Signs $1.36M Contract with Coinbase

Read here: https://decrypt.co/81263/u-s-homeland-security-signs-1-36m-contract-with-coinbase

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Telegram has seen a sharp rise in cybercriminal activities, report says

Read here: https://www.engadget.com/telegram-sharp-rise-cybercriminal-activities-072559131.html

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Treasury sanctions Colombian drug trafficking queen ‘La Patrona’

Read here: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/16/treasury-sanctions-colombian-drug-trafficking-queen-la-patrona.html

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Apple reportedly threatened to boot Facebook from the App Store over human trafficking concerns

Read here: https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-threatened-to-kick-facebook-off-app-store-human-trafficking-2021-9

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Can Crypto Save China’s Diamond Market?

Read here: https://jingdaily.com/china-diamond-market-cryptocurrency/

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Crooks hijack bank OTPs (One-Time Passwords) to make fraudulent card payments

Read here: https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/38846/crooks-hijack-bank-otps-to-make-fraudulent-card-payments

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