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UK: National Strategic Assessment of Serious and Organised Crime 2025

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/nsa-2025 Link to report: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/images/campaign/NSA/2024/NSA%202025%20Website%20-%20PDF%20Version%20v1.0.pdf

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“I’m Not Super Familiar with Children’s Ecosystems Online”: Expert Assessments on the Effects of Early Childhood Exposure to Extremism Online

Read here: https://pt.icct.nl/article/im-not-super-familiar-childrens-ecosystems-online-expert-assessments-effects-early Link to report: https://pt.icct.nl/sites/default/files/2025-03/Hutchinson%20et%20al_I%27m%20Not%20Super%20Familiar%20with%20Children%27s%20Ecosystems%20Online_Vol%20XIX_Issue%201_2025.pdf

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Schemes employed to circumvent sanctions

Read here: https://www.kleptotrace.com/schemes-employed-to-circumvent-sanctions/ Link to report: https://www.transcrime.it/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/KLEPTOTRACE-report_sanctions-circumvention.pdf

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Opacity in Real Estate Ownership Index: Assessing Data Transparency and Anti-Money Laundering Rules in Global Markets

Read here: https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/opacity-in-real-estate-ownership-index-2025 Link to report: https://images.transparencycdn.org/images/2025-Report-OREO-Index-English.pdf

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Under pressure: Generations that grew up with the internet aren’t immune to online fraud schemes

Read here: https://www.acfe.com/fraud-magazine/all-issues/issue/article?s=2025-marapr-under-pressure-cover

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Estonia: Investigation into WOW Experience Centre leads to eight indictments for €1.6 million subsidy fraud

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/estonia-investigation-wow-experience-centre-leads-to-eight-indictments-eu16-million

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Two former managers convicted of bribery in Swatch trial

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/multinational-companies/two-former-managers-convicted-in-swatch-trial/89058073

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VIC woman charged over alleged money laundering linked to luxury watches, gold bullion and cash

Read here: https://www.afp.gov.au/news-centre/media-release/vic-woman-charged-over-alleged-money-laundering-linked-luxury-watches

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More than 300 arrests as African countries clamp down on cyber threats

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2025/More-than-300-arrests-as-African-countries-clamp-down-on-cyber-threats

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Huge Ecosystem of Unregulated Payment Providers Helps Scammers Collect Victims’ Money

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/project/scam-empire/huge-ecosystem-of-unregulated-payment-providers-helps-scammers-collect-victims-money

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UK: Informal money transfer businesses must act against criminality

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/informal-money-transfer-businesses-must-act-against-criminality

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Nowhere to Run: The Online Footprint of an Alleged Kinahan Cartel Associate

Read here: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/03/22/nowhere-to-run-the-online-footprint-of-an-alleged-kinahan-cartel-associate/

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Network smuggling migrants between Spain and France busted in Marseille

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/network-smuggling-migrants-between-spain-and-france-busted-in-marseille

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Romania: EPPO charges entrepreneur for subsidy fraud involving construction equipment

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/romania-eppo-charges-entrepreneur-subsidy-fraud-involving-construction-equipment

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Holding Antiquities Traffickers Accountable: An Exclusive Interview with Think Tank Author Rick St. Hilaire

Read here: https://acthinktank.scholasticahq.com/post/3055-holding-antiquities-traffickers-accountable-an-exclusive-interview-with-think-tank-author-rick-st-hilaire

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Italy: Assets worth over €160,000 frozen in investigation into agricultural funding fraud

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/italy-assets-worth-over-eu160-000-frozen-investigation-agricultural-funding-fraud

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These young men were being blackmailed. Then, they lost more money

Read here: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/03/20/sextortion-recovery-services-stolen-nude-photos/81339804007/

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This company (Digital Forensics Corporation) is taking advantage of sextortion victims, some customers say

Read here: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/03/20/digital-forensics-sexortion-blackmail-recovery-services/81934584007/

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Los Angeles Director And Writer Charged With $11 Million Fraud In Connection With Streaming Science Fiction Television Show

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/los-angeles-director-and-writer-charged-11-million-fraud-connection-streaming-science

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Operators of shuttered Russian crypto exchange Garantex appear to move customer funds to a new trading platform

Read here: https://www.theblock.co/post/347154/operators-of-shuttered-russian-crypto-exchange-garantex-appear-to-move-customer-funds-to-a-new-trading-platform

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Man charged in NCA investigation after £1m seized by Border Force at Heathrow Airport

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/man-charged-in-nca-investigation-after-1m-seized-by-border-force-at-heathrow-airport

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International law enforcement strike against multimillion-euro healthcare fraud network

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/international-law-enforcement-strike-against-multimillion-euro-healthcare-fraud-network

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Two charged over Essex airfield cocaine seizure

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/nca-investigation-sees-two-arrested-after-border-force-recover-cocaine-from-plane

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UK sanctions freeze £25bn of Russian assets

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-sanctions-freeze-25bn-of-russian-assets Link to report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67dc3abcc5528de3aa671215/OFSI_Annual_Review_2023-24.pdf

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Germany: EPPO arrests suspects and carries out searches and seizures in €10 million VAT carousel fraud

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/germany-eppo-arrests-suspects-and-carries-out-searches-and-seizures-eu10-million-vat

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EU Sanctions Alert: High risk of circumvention – Import of plywood

Read here: https://finance.ec.europa.eu/document/download/80ab8c2a-1ac5-44dd-9532-76a95942deb4_en?filename=250314-sanctions-alert-plywood-import_en.pdf

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UK, France and Switzerland announce new anti-corruption alliance

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-france-and-switzerland-announce-new-anti-corruption-alliance

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Germany: First conviction in EPPO investigation cluster Midas

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/germany-first-conviction-eppo-investigation-cluster-midas

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7 arrested for facilitating migrant smuggling across the English Channel

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/7-arrested-for-facilitating-migrant-smuggling-across-english-channel

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Russia’s ghost ships haunt Libya

Read here: https://www.icij.org/news/2025/03/russias-ghost-ships-haunt-libya/

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Arms Dealer Dadak Indicted in New York for Fraud

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/arms-dealer-dadak-indicted-in-new-york-for-fraud

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Operation Henhouse: 422 arrests and £7.5m seized in national crackdown on fraud

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operation-henhouse-422-arrests-and-7-5m-seized-in-national-crackdown-on-fraud

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Convicted Fraudsters Stranded Abroad After Marshall Islands Revokes Their Passports

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/convicted-fraudsters-stranded-abroad-after-marshall-islands-revokes-their-passports

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Updates to the Land Conversion and Financial Crime Risk Assessment

Read here: https://www.wwf.org.uk/articles/land-conversion-and-financial-crime-risk-assessment

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National Crime Agency launches online campaign to tackle ‘sextortion’ among young teenage boys

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/national-crime-agency-launches-online-campaign-to-tackle-sextortion-among-young-teenage-boys

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Former Art Advisor Lisa Schiff Sentenced To 30 Months In Prison For Defrauding Clients

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/former-art-advisor-lisa-schiff-sentenced-30-months-prison-defrauding-clients

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Court Sentences Hino Motors Ltd., a Toyota Subsidiary, and Imposes Over $1.6B in Penalties for Emissions Fraud Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/court-sentences-hino-motors-ltd-toyota-subsidiary-and-imposes-over-16b-penalties-emissions

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Ukrainians Linked to $13M International Crypto Fraud Scheme

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/ukrainians-linked-to-13m-international-crypto-fraud-scheme

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