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Who Benefits from Italian Wildfires? As Always – the Mafia

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/15031-who-benefits-from-italian-wildfires-as-always-the-mafia

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Hong Kong officially includes illegal wildlife trade in Organised and Serious Crimes Ordinance to better curb smuggling activities

Read here: https://www.wwf.org.hk/en/news/?24683/Hong-Kong-officially-includes-illegal-wildlife-trade-in-Organised-and-Serious-Crimes-Ordinance-The-legislation-will-curb-illicit-smuggling-activities-effectively

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De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) warns against Binance, similar to regulators from Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia and the U.K.

Read here: https://www.dnb.nl/en/actueel/dnb/news-2021/dnb-warns-against-binance/

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Initiative wants to stop the demise of ‘unfashionable’ cash

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/initiative-wants-to-stop-the-demise-of–unfashionable–cash/46874812

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Virginia Man Sentenced for Role in Multimillion-Dollar Investment-Fraud Scheme Involving a Company from UK

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/virginia-man-sentenced-role-multimillion-dollar-investment-fraud-scheme

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Ex Azerbaijani Ambassador Accused of Embezzling Millions

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/15010-ex-azerbaijani-ambassador-accused-of-embezzling-millions

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Brazilian Federal Police Launch Nationwide Operation Against Crypto-Related Money Laundering

Read here: https://news.bitcoin.com/brazilian-federal-police-launch-nationwide-operation-against-crypto-related-money-laundering/

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Barclays fraud investigator lures fraud victim to invest in turmeric business

Read here: https://www.easterneye.biz/barclays-adviser-lures-fraud-victim-to-invest-in-turmeric-business/

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‘Irish FBI for white collar crime’ to be established in coming weeks

Read here: https://www.irishtimes.com/business/irish-fbi-for-white-collar-crime-to-be-established-in-coming-weeks-1.4649452

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EML Payments sets aside €7m for Central Bank investigation into Prepaid Financial Services

Read here: https://www.businesspost.ie/financial-services/eml-payments-sets-aside-eur7m-for-central-bank-investigation-into-prepaid-financial-services-30f2716b

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Serious Fraud Office (SFO) charges five persons with bribery and money laundering

Read here: https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2021/08/17/serious-fraud-office-charges-five-persons-with-bribery-and-money-laundering/

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How deepfakes are impacting our vision of reality

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/how-deepfakes-are-impacting-our-vision-of-reality/46862004

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High Court sanctions scheme of arrangement despite FCA objections

Read here: https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/legal-updates/high-court-sanctions-scheme-of-arrangement-despite-fca-objections

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Interpol issues arrest warrant for Mexican airline co-founder

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/interpol-issues-arrest-warrant-mexican-airline-co-founder-sources-2021-08-18/

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PNG bank money laundering concerns grow

Read here: https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/png-bank-money-laundering-concerns-grow-20210818-p58jqk

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Shanghai Special: Crypto crackdown fallout and what happens next

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/2021/08/17/man-in-shanghai-special-the-industry-fall-out-from-chinas-crypto-crackdown-and-what-happens-next

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SARs Reporter Booklet: August 2021 – Case Studies

Read here: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/567-sars-reporter-booklet-august-2021/file

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Brazil Cattle Linked to Accused Drug Trafficker Sold to Major Companies

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/brazil-cattle-linked-drug-trafficker-sold-to-major-companies/

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Microsoft wants to use blockchain to tackle software piracy

Read here: https://www.techradar.com/news/microsoft-wants-to-use-blockchain-to-tackle-software-piracy PDF of report here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2021/08/Argus_SRDS_Camera.pdf

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The FINTRAIL 5: Catch up on the latest FinCrime items of interest

Read here: https://fintrail.com/fintrail-5

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Researcher says a US terrorist watchlist was exposed online for three weeks

Read here: https://www.engadget.com/terrorist-screening-center-data-exposure-224352475.html

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Crypto Exchanges See 10X Increase In Phishing Attacks Says New Report

Read here: https://decrypt.co/78715/crypto-exchanges-see-10x-increase-phishing-attacks-says-new-report

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Rat poison is just one of the potentially dangerous substances likely to be mixed into illicit drugs

Read here: https://news.yahoo.com/rat-poison-just-one-potentially-122911190.html

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Balkan Gangs Supervise Cocaine Trade from Colombia and Across Europe

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/balkan-gangs-supervise-cocaine-trade-from-colombia-and-across-europe/

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Poly Network offers to on board ‘Mr. White Hat’ as chief security advisor

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/poly-network-offers-to-on-board-mr-white-hat-as-chief-security-advisor

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Australia: 264 tonnes of illicit tobacco destroyed by the Illicit Tobacco Taskforce (ITTF) since 2018

Read here: https://newsroom.abf.gov.au/releases/264-tonnes-of-illicit-tobacco-destroyed-by-the-ittf

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Argentinian Police Carry Out Drug Raids In Cartel Hotspots

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/15009-argentinian-police-carry-out-drug-raids-in-cartel-hotspots

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US freezes billions in Afghanistan assets as it blocks Taliban from seizing country’s wealth

Read here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/afghanistan-money-taliban-us-reserves-b1903511.html

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Bank of Butterfield faces Cayman lawsuit

Read here: https://www.royalgazette.com/international-business/business/article/20210816/bank-faces-cayman-lawsuit/

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High stakes: Is the UK finally clearing a pathway for cannabis investments?

Read here: https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/high-stakes-is-the-uk-finally-clearing-a-pathway-for-cannabis-investments/

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Meng did not cause HSBC to risk violating U.S. sanctions on Iran, defence says

Read here: https://biv.com/article/2021/08/meng-wanzhou-defence-hsbc-chose-itself-clear-iran-transactions-through-us

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AML: is the UK art market complying?

Read here: https://www.apollo-magazine.com/anti-money-laundering-uk-art-market-impact/

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Profits and poppy: Afghanistan’s illegal drug trade a boon for Taliban

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/profits-poppy-afghanistans-illegal-drug-trade-boon-taliban-2021-08-16/

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‘Ambiguity’ of Hong Kong’s anti-sanctions law will ensure flexibility for banks, government insiders say

Read here: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3145259/will-hong-kongs-anti-sanctions-law-contain-enough-latitude

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Outwitting crypto criminals: Why exchanges have to go the extra mile

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/outwitting-crypto-criminals-why-exchanges-have-to-go-the-extra-mile

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US Government To Offer Dark Web Informants Bounties In Crypto

Read here: https://decrypt.co/78609/us-government-offer-dark-web-informants-bounties-crypto

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ACFCS Exclusive Report: The Fall of Afghanistan – The Past is Prologue, a Preview of Terror 3.0

Read here: https://www.acfcs.org/acfcs-exclusive-report-the-fall-of-afghanistan-the-past-is-prologue-a-preview-of-terror-3-0/

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Social media fraud: The influencers promoting criminal scams

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58223499

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Poly Network To Offer $500,000 Bug Bounty After $600 Million Hack

Read here: https://decrypt.co/78635/poly-network-offer-500000-bug-bounty-after-600-million-hack

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Cyberattackers Embrace CAPTCHAs to Hide Phishing, Malware

Read here: https://threatpost.com/cyberattackers-captchas-phishing-malware/168684/

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