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Ireland: Officials seize large consignment of methamphetamine concealed in cargo package from Malaysia

Read here: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/crime/revenue-seize-crystal-meth-wine-and-prosecco-at-dublin-airport-and-rosslare-harbour-40765814.html

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Watchdog Group Links Rubin-Ladd Foundation, a Prolific Museum Benefactor, to Jailed Antiquities Dealer Subhash Kapoor

Read here: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/rubin-ladd-foundation-linked-to-jailed-subhash-kapoor-2000039

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Outcry as UK government lifts sanctions from Assad-linked Syrian businessman

Read here: https://www.arabnews.com/node/1913121/middle-east

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Cockfighting Traffickers Operating in New Mexico Despite Felony Status for Staged Animal Fights and Trafficking

Read here: https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/549285363/cockfighting-traffickers-operating-in-new-mexico-despite-felony-status-for-staged-animal-fights-and-trafficking Link to PDF report here: http://animalwellnessaction.org/pdf/NewMexicoCockfightingReport2108.pdf

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Solana’s Luna Yield Goes Dark With Some Fearing a ‘Rug Pull’ Involving $6.7M

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/solana-luna-yield-solpad

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Binance Tightens Customer Verification Requirements

Read here: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/binance-tightens-customer-verification-requirements-2021-08-20

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Hezbollah Says Iranian Fuel Tanker to Sail to Lebanon Soon

Read here: https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/hezbollah-says-iranian-fuel-tanker-sail-lebanon-soon

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Uganda suspends 54 NGOs in clampdown

Read here: https://www.dw.com/en/uganda-suspends-54-ngos-in-clampdown/a-58924792

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Urabeños vs. Pachenca – The Fight for Colombia’s Port of Santa Marta

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/street-violence-criminal-control-northern-colombia/

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Suspected money launderer extradited from Republic of Ireland to face charges

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/suspected-money-launderer-extradited-from-republic-of-ireland-to-face-charges

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Spain’s Civil Guard Arrest Dangerous Irish Mobster Accused of Murder

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/15035-spain-s-civil-guard-arrest-dangerous-irish-mobster-accused-of-murder

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Back to the Drawing Board on Iran

Read here: https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2021/08/20/back-to-the-drawing-board-iran/

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Thematic sanctions: What do they mean for sanctions compliance?

Read here: https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/news-and-insight/blogs/thematic-sanctions-what-do-they-mean-sanctions-compliance?

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Bank-Averse Taliban Leave U.S. Struggling for Financial Edge

Read here: https://www.bloombergquint.com/politics/u-s-grapples-with-financial-pressure-on-taliban-to-gain-wins

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Suspected fraud at OSB was isolated case, inquiry says

Read here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/suspected-fraud-at-osb-was-isolated-case-inquiry-says-k5vptpr9t

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More than $90 million in cryptocurrency stolen after a top Japanese exchange [Liquid] is hacked

Read here: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/19/liquid-cryptocurrency-exchange-hack.html

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IMF suspends Afghanistan’s access to funds

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58263525

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SEC Charges Netflix Insider Trading Ring

Read here: https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2021-158

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Where is the world’s most expensive painting?

Read here: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210819-where-is-the-worlds-most-expensive-painting

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One Italy’s most wanted international drug barons arrested in Dubai

Read here: https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2021/0819/1241783-drug-trafficker-arrest-dubai/

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Malta’s Businessman Indicted for Daphne Caruana Galizia’s Murder

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/15034-malta-s-businessman-indicted-for-daphne-caruana-galizia-s-murder

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Huawei vows to return to the smartphone ‘throne’ despite U.S. sanctions crippling its business

Read here: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/18/huawei-vows-to-return-to-the-smartphone-throne-despite-us-sanctions.html

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Taking the green crime fight online

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/taking-the-green-crime-fight-online/

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Fall of Afghanistan Leaves US Officials Scrambling Over Taliban Funding Streams

Read here: https://www.moneylaundering.com/news/fall-of-afghanistan-leaves-us-officials-scrambling-over-taliban-funding-streams/

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Salvadoran Finance Minister States Bitcoin Use Will Be Optional

Read here: https://news.bitcoin.com/salvadoran-finance-minister-states-bitcoin-use-will-be-optional/

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FinCEN Releases SAR Filings Data by Industry

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/reports/sar-stats/sar-filings-industry

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JPMorgan reportedly shuts down bank accounts of Bitcoin mining firm, Compass Mining

Read here: https://coinscreed.com/jpmorgan-reportedly-shuts-down-bank-accounts-of-compass-mining-firm.html

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DeFi Not Immune to SEC Oversight, Gensler Says

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/defi-not-immune-to-sec-oversight-gensler-says-report

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T-Mobile Breach Exposed Social Security Numbers/Dates Of Birth of 40M+ People

Read here: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/08/t-mobile-breach-exposed-ssn-dob-of-40m-people/

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Canada needs U.S.-style racketeering laws, current organized crime laws failing, B.C. AG tells Feds

Read here: https://globalnews.ca/news/8122106/canada-needs-u-s-style-racketeering-laws-current-organized-crime-laws-failing-b-c-ag-tells-feds/

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Binance hires former US Treasury staffer Greg Monahan to clear up money laundering issues

Read here: https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/38671/binance-hires-former-us-treasury-staffer-greg-monahan-to-clear-up-money-laundering-issues

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Banks urged to study teenagers’ cash flow for drug gang signs

Read here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/banks-urged-to-study-teenagers-cash-flow-for-drug-gang-signs-kh5365rlj

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Ohio Resident Pleads Guilty to Operating Darknet-Based Bitcoin ‘Mixer’ That Laundered Over $300 Million

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ohio-resident-pleads-guilty-operating-darknet-based-bitcoin-mixer-laundered-over-300-million

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The rise and fall of the oligarch-maker

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/8/17/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-man-who-helped-to-create-the-oligarchs

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Afghanistan braces for even greater financial disaster

Read here: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/afghanistan-braces-even-greater-financial-disaster-n1277032

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Miami man who serviced Russian jets in Venezuela denied bail

Read here: https://apnews.com/article/europe-business-russia-venezuela-caribbean-af98151e00d98c4b18ebef2c4dc6b76b

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Cultivating Atrocities: French Sugar and Beverage Giant Linked to the Funding of Brutal Militias in Central African Republic

Read here: https://thesentry.org/reports/cultivating-atrocities/ PDF link to report: https://cdn.thesentry.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/CultivatingAtrocities-TheSentry-Aug2021.pdf

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The Scale of Illegal Coltan Trafficking in Colombia and Venezuela

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/colombia-backdoor-for-venezuelan-coltan/

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The side-hustle helping North Korea avoid sanctions

Read here: https://www.policyforum.net/the-side-hustle-helping-north-korea-avoid-sanctions/

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