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Combatting insurance fraud together

Read here: https://www.abi.org.uk/news/blog-articles/2025/3/combatting-insurance-fraud-together/

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Deepfakes, cash and crypto: How call centre scammers duped 6,000 people

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/mar/05/deepfakes-cash-and-crypto-how-call-centre-scammers-duped-6000-people

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Owner of ‘illicit’ Farmington Hills massage parlors charged for human trafficking

Read here: https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/owner-illicit-farmington-hills-massage-parlors-charged-human-trafficking

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Spanish Police Dismantle “Rip Deal” Scam Group, Arrest Six

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/spanish-police-dismantle-rip-deal-scam-group-arrest-six

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Georgia Launches Criminal Probe Into Scam Call Center Exposed by Journalists

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/georgia-launches-criminal-probe-into-scam-call-center-exposed-by-journalists

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Warning following cryptocurrency fraud reports across Kent, UK

Read here: https://www.kent.police.uk/news/kent/latest/policing-news/warning-following-cryptocurrency-fraud-reports-across-kent/

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Belgian prosecutor seeks immunity waiver for two more Socialist MEPs over bribery allegations

Read here: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/03/04/belgian-prosecutor-seeks-immunity-waiver-for-two-more-socialist-meps-over-bribery-allegati

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Socialite cleared of money laundering after trial

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxqlq76ev3o

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Czechia: EPPO leads investigation into €14 million VAT fraud in second-hand mobile phone trade

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/czechia-eppo-leads-investigation-eu14-million-vat-fraud-second-hand-mobile-phone-trade

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Greece: EPPO brings 100 suspects to court for €2.9 million fraud involving agricultural funds

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/greece-eppo-brings-100-suspects-to-court-eu29-million-fraud-involving-agricultural-funds

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In search of the South Pacific fugitive who crowned himself king

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/mar/06/in-search-of-the-south-pacific-fugitive-who-crowned-himself-king

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Slovak Ministry of Defense Faces Criticism Over Purchase of Luxury Jets

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/slovak-ministry-of-defense-faces-criticism-over-purchase-of-luxury-jets

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Cash payments to foreign workers start of money laundering chain

Read here: https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/03/cash-payments-to-foreign-workers-start-of-money-laundering-chain/

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Drug traffickers running routes through war zones, top UN official warns

Read here: https://europeansting.com/2025/03/12/drug-traffickers-running-routes-through-war-zones-top-un-official-warns/

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Indonesian fishers file historic human trafficking lawsuit against major US seafood company

Read here: https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/73401/indonesian-fishers-file-historic-human-trafficking-lawsuit-against-major-us-seafood-company/

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Rodrigo Duterte Arrested on ICC Warrant for Crimes Linked to ‘War on Drugs’

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/rodrigo-duterte-arrested-on-icc-warrant-for-crimes-linked-to-war-on-drugs

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Crime Ring Staged Fake Synagogue Attack in Australia

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/crime-ring-staged-fake-synagogue-attack-in-australia

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Targeting scams: Report of the National Anti-Scam Centre on scams data and activity 2024

Read here: https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/research-and-resources/targeting-scams-report/targeting-scams-report-of-the-national-anti-scam-centre-on-scams-data-and-activity-2024 Link to report: https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/system/files/targeting-scams-report-2024.pdf

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Brazil eyes revisiting fintech reporting rules amid money laundering concerns

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/brazil-eyes-revisiting-fintech-reporting-164031349.html

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Ukrainian Police Bust Drug Ring, Arrest 3

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/ukrainian-police-bust-drug-ring-arrest-3

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The hidden stories of the cultural looting of Latin America

Read here: https://memoriarobada.ojo-publico.com/investigaciones/the-hidden-stories-of-the-cultural-lootingof-latin-america/

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World’s ‘largest online black market’ loses banking license

Read here: https://www.rfa.org/english/cambodia/2025/03/06/huione-cambodia-cyberscam-cryptocurrency/

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Mastercard and Visa linked to illegal gambling sites accused of scamming UK customers

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/09/mastercard-and-visa-linked-to-gambling-sites-accused-of-scamming-uk-customers

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New study on the scale and scope of the online trade of endangered species

Read here: https://phys.org/news/2025-03-scale-scope-online-endangered-species.html Link to study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320725000291

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Brazil’s Lava Jato investigation: The biggest corruption scandal of the last decade

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/brazils-lava-jato-investigation-the-biggest-corruption-scandal-of-the-last-decade/

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Cashing in on conflict: Illicit economies and the Myanmar civil war

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/illicit-economies-and-the-myanmar-civil-war/ Link to report: https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Alastair-MacBeath-Cashing-in-on-conflict-Illicit-economies-and-the-Myanmar-civil-war-GI-TOC-March-2025.pdf

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Mexican Cartel Leader Sentenced to Life Plus 30 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking: Defendant Ordered a Mexican Military Helicopter to Be Shot Down

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/notorious-violent-mexican-cartel-leader-sentenced-life-plus-30-years-prison-international

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The Crown Prosecution Service charging statement on alleged Liverpool City Council related bribery and public office misconduct case

Read here: https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/crown-prosecution-service-charging-statement-alleged-liverpool-city-council-related

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Romania: EPPO indicts nine individuals and two companies for misuse of agricultural funds

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/romania-eppo-indicts-nine-individuals-and-two-companies-misuse-agricultural-funds

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Strategic partnerships: Europol boosts cooperation with Latin America

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/strategic-partnerships-europol-boosts-cooperation-latin-america

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A prison break, a £190m cocaine plot & money laundered through gold – Two jailed in latest NCA Operation Venetic case

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/a-prison-break-a-190m-cocaine-plot-money-laundered-through-gold-two-jailed-in-latest-nca-operation-venetic-case

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FATF Publishes Report on Detecting, Disrupting and Investigating Online Child Sexual Exploitation

Read here: https://www.fatf-gafi.org/en/publications/Fatfgeneral/Online-child-sexual-exploitation.html

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Charting the uncharted: The (un)intended consequences of oil sanctions and dark shipping

Read here: https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/charting-uncharted-unintended-consequences-oil-sanctions-and-dark-shipping

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UK sees 63% rise in savings accounts used for fraud

Read here: https://securitybrief.co.uk/story/uk-sees-63-rise-in-savings-accounts-used-for-fraud Link to report: https://www.synectics-solutions.com/state-of-fraud-2025-banks-and-building-societies

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Seized golf course and home up for sale for £19.5m

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj0qm3q50pyo

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France: Director of cultural association convicted of fraud involving Erasmus+ funds

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/france-director-cultural-association-convicted-fraud-involving-erasmus-funds

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Greek Supreme Court Releases Israeli Billionaire Beny Steinmetz

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/greek-supreme-court-releases-israeli-billionaire-beny-steinmetz-blocking-extradition-order-to-romania

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Employee at Multinational DVD Company Charged with Stealing, Selling Pre-Release Commercial DVDs for Blockbuster Films

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/employee-multinational-dvd-company-charged-stealing-selling-pre-release-commercial-dvds

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Italy: Two arrested in €64 million VAT fraud involving Voice over IP

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/italy-two-arrested-eu64-million-vat-fraud-involving-voice-over-ip

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