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Prepaid Financial Services (PFS) to pay €500,000 to clean up laundering

Read here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pfs-to-pay-500-000-to-clean-up-laundering-d0pjrbw28

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CEO of Saygus smartphone company that never released a phone charged with fraud

Read here: https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/21/22635779/ceo-saygus-smartphone-company-fraud

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What I Learned While Eavesdropping on the Taliban

Read here: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/08/what-i-learned-while-eavesdropping-on-the-taliban/619807/

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Can a Crypto Wallet Ever Be 100% Safe From Hacks? – Liquid Exchange Attack

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/liquid-exchange-attack-can-a-crypto-wallet-ever-be-100-unhackable

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India’s External Affairs Minister claims ISIS is using Bitcoin to ‘reward killings’

Read here: https://ambcrypto.com/indias-external-affairs-minister-claims-isis-is-using-bitcoin-to-reward-killings/ Link to speech: https://www.mea.gov.in/Speeches-Statements.htm?dtl/34195/Statement_by_External_Affairs_Minister_at_UNSC_Briefing_on_Threats_to_International_Peace_and_Security_caused_by_Terrorist_Acts

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Money Reimagined: Afghan Activist Roya Mahboob on Crypto

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/money-reimagined-afghan-activist-roya-mahboob-on-crypto

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Record-Breaking Bitcoin Seizure Lead Australian Police Back to Silk Road

Read here: https://decrypt.co/79011/record-breaking-bitcoin-seizure-lead-australian-police-back-silk-road

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Inside Afghanistan’s cryptocurrency underground as the country plunges into turmoil

Read here: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/21/bitcoin-afghanistan-cryptocurrency-taliban-capital-flight.html

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Sweden’s Government Forced to Return $1.5M in Bitcoin to Drug Dealer

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/swedens-government-forced-to-return-1-5m-in-bitcoin-to-drug-dealer-report

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Assessing online wildlife marketing: A tool for monitoring illegality

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/online-wildlife-marketing/ Link to PDF: https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Assessing-Online-Wildlife-Marketing.pdf Link to Checklist: https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Online-wildlife-trade-legality-checklist.pdf

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Buying and selling extremism: New funding opportunities in the right-wing extremist online ecosystem

Read here: https://www.aspi.org.au/report/buying-and-selling-extremism

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U.S.-made weapons seized by Taliban could lead to regional arms bazaar

Read here: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/19/us-weapons-seized-taliban-506313

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“Nets Cast from the Earth to the Sky”: China’s Hunt for Pakistan’s Uyghurs

Read here: https://uhrp.org/report/nets-cast-from-the-earth-to-the-sky-chinas-hunt-for-pakistans-uyghurs/

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Netherlands: Banks and insurers can share personal details to prevent fraud

Read here: https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2021/08/banks-and-insurers-can-share-personal-details-to-prevent-fraud-ap/

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Weak controls fuel surge in wildlife trafficking by air across Latin America

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2021/08/weak-controls-fuel-surge-in-wildlife-trafficking-by-air-across-latin-america/

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Twitter faces claim it benefited from child sex trafficking

Read here: https://www.news24.com/fin24/companies/twitter-faces-claim-it-benefited-from-child-sex-trafficking-20210822

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Homicides Pile Up in Ecuador in Revenge for Key Drug Seizure

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/homicides-pile-up-in-ecuador-in-revenge-for-key-drug-seizure/

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Mexican National Sentenced for Toxic Marijuana Cultivation Operation [causing environmental damage] in National Forest

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr/mexican-national-sentenced-toxic-marijuana-cultivation-operation-stanislaus-national

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Only action against corruption can solve the world’s biggest problems

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/19/action-against-corruption-russian-sanctions-oligarchs-alexei-navalny

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Couple ordered to pay back just £8,000 of £2.4m mortgage fraud

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-58287331

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Why Did the Afghan Army Evaporate?

Read here: https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/why-did-afghan-army-evaporate

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Dubai convicts eight people and three companies for cyber fraud and money laundering

Read here: https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/2021/08/21/dubai-convicts-eight-people-and-three-companies-for-cyber-fraud-and-money-laundering/

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Bank Reyl Turns Up in PDVSA Scandal: Arrested businessman uses $21 million from Swiss account to pay $50 million bond

Read here: https://www.finews.com/news/english-news/47538-reyl-pdvsa-switzerland-banco-intesa-naman-wakil-venezuela

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Drug dealer busted by birthday blunder

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/op-venetic-drug-dealer-busted-by-birthday-blunder

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Cambridge academic ordered to pay £1.3 million or face another 8.5 years in prison

Read here: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/cambridge-academic-ordered-to-pay-1-3-million-or-face-another-8-5-years-in-prison

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Court allows PNB to sell Nirav Modi’s properties worth ₹440 crore

Read here: https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/court-allows-pnb-to-sell-nirav-modi-s-properties-worth-440-crore-101629398040111.html

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Overseas galleries and art advisors listen up: you are not immune to new money laundering laws at UK fairs this autumn

Read here: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/international-galleries-watch-out-you-need-to-comply-with-new-anti-money-laundering-laws-at-uk-fairs-this-autumn

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Far-right extremists raise money through Buy Me A Coffee, YouTube

Read here: https://bitcoinpress.co.uk/far-right-extremists-raise-money-through-buy-me-a-coffee-youtube/

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Brazilian government discloses National Treasury ransomware attack

Read here: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/brazilian-government-discloses-national-treasury-ransomware-attack/

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When an ex-student aims for a near-record Vancouver mansion deal, maybe it’s time for some enhanced due diligence

Read here: https://biv.com/article/2021/08/ex-student-aims-near-record-vancouver-mansion-deal

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How trafficked cheetah cubs move from the wild and into your Instagram feed

Read here: https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/animals/2021/08/how-trafficked-cheetah-cubs-move-from-the-wild-and-into-your-instagram-feed

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Google says ‘geofence’ warrants make up one-quarter of all US demands

Read here: https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/supplemental_information_geofence_warrants_united_states.pdf Full report here: https://transparencyreport.google.com/user-data/overview?hl=en&user_requests_report_period=series:requests,accounts;authority:US;time:&lu=user_requests_report_period

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The Taliban are sitting on $1 trillion worth of minerals the world desperately needs

Read here: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/18/business/afghanistan-lithium-rare-earths-mining/index.html

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Authoritarianism And Resistance In Myanmar

Read here: https://warontherocks.com/2021/08/totalitarianism-and-resistance-in-myanmar/

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Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) warns against trading crypto-asset related financial products through unlicensed entities

Read here: https://asic.gov.au/about-asic/news-centre/news-items/warning-trading-crypto-asset-related-financial-products-through-unlicensed-entities/

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Irish lorry driver charged over heroin and cocaine hidden in chocolates

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/irish-lorry-driver-charged-over-heroin-and-cocaine-hidden-in-chocolates

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UAE Central Bank issues new guidance to hawala providers and financial institutions

Read here: https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/economy/2021/08/18/uae-central-bank-issues-new-guidance-to-hawala-providers-and-financial-institutions/

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How Human Trafficking Worsened in Mexico During COVID-19

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/human-trafficking-worsened-mexico-covid/

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Malta: Timeframes for prosecution of tax crimes set to be extended

Read here: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/timeframes-for-prosecution-of-tax-crimes-set-to-be-extended

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