Read here: https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/2021-global-defi-adoption-index
Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/destroying-colombias-rainforest-in-pursuit-of-gold
Read here: https://www.lawfareblog.com/challenges-understanding-taliban-finance
Read here: https://cryptoslate.com/binance-bnb-reacts-to-allegations-of-market-manipulation/
Read here: https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/australians-lose-over-70-million-to-bogus-investment-opportunities
Read here: https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2021/08/24/fruit-fraudsters-with-connections-to-italian-mafia-arrested-in-spains-valencia/
Read here: https://www.irishtimes.com/business/former-santander-employee-accused-of-multimillion-pound-fraud-1.4654297
Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/poll-shows-brits-concerned-over-prospect-of-digital-pound Link to poll/study: https://www.politico.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/19/Britcoin-Cover-Sheet.pdf
Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/u-s–hands-former-tijuana-drug-cartel-boss-to-mexico/46890726
Read here: https://nltimes.nl/2021/08/24/finance-minister-considering-ban-trust-offices-many-hiding-radar
Read here: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/business-registry-and-fiau-to-collaborate-in-bid-to-get-off-fatf-grey.895288
Read here: https://www.cityam.com/uk-company-sued-over-beirut-blast/
Read here: https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2021/Colombian-police-take-down-criminal-group-behind-human-trafficking
Read here: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/08/24/business/economy-business/fsa-stronger-cryptocurrency-regulations/
Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/poly-network-hacker-releases-private-key-for-remaining-looted-141m
Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/how-allies-of-south-africas-infamous-gupta-family-gamed-the-countrys-diamond-trade
Read here: https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/insights/articles/US144337_Blockchain-survey/DI_Blockchain-survey.pdf
Read here: https://www.thenational.scot/news/19529459.trafficked-children-locked-scots-jails-breach-rights-law-activists-say/
Read here: https://www.fma.govt.nz/news-and-resources/media-releases/fma-issues-warning-to-sharesies-for-amlcft-breaches/
Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/google-bans-8-deceptive-crypto-apps-from-play-store
Read here: https://cyberintelmag.com/attacks-data-breaches/nokia-subsidiary-confirms-data-breach-after-conti-ransomware-attack/
Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-58304737
Read here: https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/stumpstatement082321
Read here: https://usa.visa.com/visa-everywhere/blog/bdp/2021/08/18/nfts-mark-a-1629328216374.html PDF of whitepaper: https://usa.visa.com/content/dam/VCOM/regional/na/us/Solutions/documents/visa-nft-whitepaper.pdf
Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/cryptopunk-nfts-break-sales-record-as-visa-sparks-buying-frenzy
Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/aug/23/paypal-uk-buy-sell-cryptocurrencies-bitcoin-ethereum-litecoin
Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/eyes-on-me/46880346
Read here: https://www.jurist.org/news/2021/08/dubai-establishes-specialized-money-laundering-court-to-tackle-financial-crimes/
Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/aug/23/australian-senate-poised-to-pass-bill-banning-imports-made-using-forced-labour
Read here: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/over-165000-in-undeclared-cash-discovered-by-customs-on-one-passenger.895234
Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/chile-loggers-try-educate-population-on-illegal-timber/
Read here: https://vancouversun.com/news/conservatives-ndp-promise-beneficial-land-ownership-registry-to-tackle-money-laundering
Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/mexico-cartels-find-recruitment-target-drug-rehab-centers/
Read here: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/ex-model-airport-policeman-from-dublin-extradited-to-north-over-money-laundering-1.4652276
Read here: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-08-23/ex-mozambique-finance-minister-to-be-extradited-to-home-country-south-african-justice-dept
Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/texas-man-pleads-guilty-wire-fraud-foreign-exchange-investment-fraud-scheme
Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/power-vacuum-among-former-farc-southern-colombia/
Read here: https://www.fenergo.com/press-releases/global-financial-institution-fines-fall-47-in-h1-2021/
Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/idUSKBN2FO0UE
Read here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/08/22/learned-taliban-will-fund-decades-studying-afghanistans-opium/