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‘Just a delivery job’ said £5million-a-month money launderer caught out with van full of cash

Read here: https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/money-launderer-caught-out-van-5693761

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United States Sells Unique Wu-Tang Clan Album Forfeited by Convicted Hedge Fund Manager Martin Shkreli

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/united-states-sells-unique-wu-tang-clan-album-forfeited-convicted-hedge-fund-manager

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Regional Report – Europe: In aggressive AML overhaul, EU unsheathes new fincrime compliance authority, stronger rules to illumine crypto, stamp out ownership opacity

Read here: https://www.acfcs.org/regional-report-europe-in-aggressive-aml-overhaul-eu-unsheathes-new-fincrime-compliance-authority-stronger-rules-to-illumine-crypto-stamp-out-ownership-opacity/

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Co-Owner of Shady Beverly Hills Vault Business Accused of ‘Extensive’ Criminal Empire

Read here: https://www.thedailybeast.com/co-owner-of-shady-beverly-hills-business-us-private-vaults-had-extensive-criminal-empire-feds-allege

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Robinhood Under Investigation for FINRA Registration Violation

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/robinhood-under-investigation-for-finra-registration-violation

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Cryptocurrencies: What are they good for? – U.S. Committee Hearing

Watch here: https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/cryptocurrencies-what-are-they-good-for

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EU: Review of dual-use export controls

Read here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2016/589832/EPRS_BRI(2016)589832_EN.pdf

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Ex-Glencore trader pleads guilty in oil bribery case

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/ex-glencore-trader-pleads-guilty-in-oil-bribery-case-/46820338

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A Muddled Mosaic: The UK Still Lacks a Coherent International Illicit Finance Strategy

Read here: https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/muddled-mosaic-uk-still-lacks-coherent-international-illicit-finance-strategy

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Cryptoassets as National Currency? A Step Too Far

Read here: https://blogs.imf.org/2021/07/26/cryptoassets-as-national-currency-a-step-too-far/

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Secret Network Adds Private Governance to Its DeFi Project

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/secret-network-adds-private-governance-to-its-defi-project

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Canada: Money laundering is pervasive, but little is done about it

Read here: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/money-laundering-is-pervasive-but-little-is-done-about-it-experts

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Argentina Spares Mother Who Served as Drug Mule to Save Son

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/argentinian-woman-acquitted-for-drug-trafficking-precedent-breaking-case/

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Rule of Law Report: Concerns in Several EU States, Progress in Others

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/14910-rule-of-law-report-concerns-in-several-eu-states-progress-in-others

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SWIFT Go Launches Low-Cost Network With 7 Major Banks

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/swift-go-launches-low-cost-network-with-7-major-banks

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Swiss close decade-long Russian money laundering probe

Read here: https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-europe-business-russia-money-laundering-ea5018d1b3dfb47be5865c900df492fe

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UAE Central Bank issues new guidelines on implementing sanctions

Read here: https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/banking/2021/07/26/uae-central-bank-issues-new-guidelines-on-implementing-sanctions/

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Rare Cuneiform Tablet Bearing Portion of Epic of Gilgamesh Forfeited to United States: Auction House Sold the “Gilgamesh Dream Tablet” to Hobby Lobby Using a False Provenance

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/rare-cuneiform-tablet-bearing-portion-epic-gilgamesh-forfeited-united-states

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Organised criminals are ‘trusted insiders’ in some of Australia’s biggest freight firms

Read here: https://www.theage.com.au/national/organised-criminals-are-trusted-insiders-in-some-of-australia-s-biggest-freight-firms-20210727-p58dcm.html

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Iran’s Secret Cyber Files: On how cargo ships and petrol stations could be attacked

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/irans-secret-cyber-files-on-how-cargo-ships-and-petrol-stations-could-be-attacked-12364871

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Tether Execs Facing Department of Justice Probe For Alleged Bank Fraud

Read here: https://decrypt.co/76875/tether-execs-facing-department-justice-probe-alleged-bank-fraud

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Department of Defense (DOD) Announces AI Competition to Detect, Defeat Illegal Fishing

Read here: https://www.defense.gov/Explore/News/Article/Article/2703739/dod-announces-ai-competition-to-detect-defeat-illegal-fishing/

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Chat logs show how Egregor, an $80 million ransomware gang, handled negotiations with little mercy

Read here: https://www.cyberscoop.com/egregor-chat-logs-ibm-ransomware-negotiations/

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Laundering $1 Million With Very Little Risk

Read here: https://kyc360.riskscreen.com/news/laundering-1-million-with-very-little-risk/

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NCA warns furloughed port and airport workers could be exploited by organised criminal groups

Read here: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/nca-warns-furloughed-port-and-airport-workers-could-be-exploited-by-organised-criminal-groups

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How to launder $1 million easily, quickly and quietly – and without catching the attention of global authorities: a view into global AML vulnerabilities through the eyes of ‘The Infiltrator’

Read here: https://www.acfcs.org/how-to-launder-1-million-easily-quickly-and-quietly-and-without-catching-the-attention-of-global-authorities-a-view-into-global-aml-vulnerabilities-through-the-eyes-of-the-infilt/

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Fishrot, the global stench of scandal

Read here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/03064220211033797 Link to PDF: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/03064220211033797

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Multi-million cash courier who thought she would be living a “perfect life” sentenced to 34 months in jail

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/multi-million-cash-courier-who-thought-she-would-be-living-a-perfect-life-sentenced-to-34-months-in-jail

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How Unemployment Insurance Fraud Exploded During the Pandemic

Read here: https://www.propublica.org/article/how-unemployment-insurance-fraud-exploded-during-the-pandemic

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286 arrested in global human trafficking and migrant smuggling operation

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2021/286-arrested-in-global-human-trafficking-and-migrant-smuggling-operation

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PayPal Partners with ADL to Fight Extremism and Protect Marginalized Communities

Read here: https://www.adl.org/news/press-releases/paypal-partners-with-adl-to-fight-extremism-and-protect-marginalized

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Russian central bank asks exchanges to avoid cryptocurrency firms

Read here: https://www.fintechfutures.com/2021/07/russian-central-bank-asks-exchanges-to-avoid-cryptocurrency-firms/

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Kingpins in Channel smuggling operation ‘living and working freely’ in the UK

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jul/24/kingpins-in-channel-smuggling-operations-living-freely-in-the-uk-say-migrants

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The three stages of AML failure

Read here: https://www.effectiveaml.org/three-stages-of-aml-failure/

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Danske’s Bank sees long-term cost of money laundering

Read here: https://www.luxtimes.lu/en/business-finance/money-laundering-danske-s-bank-sees-long-term-cost-of-money-laundering-60fd24b7de135b9236ea192b

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Law firms in Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) firing line over AML failures

Read here: https://www.todaysconveyancer.co.uk/main-news/law-firms-sra-firing-line-aml-failures/

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The U.S. to Consider Naming Kleptocrats and Human Rights Abusers

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/14902-the-u-s-to-consider-naming-kleptocrats-and-human-rights-abusers

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Bizarre arrest of FBI agent spotlights accusations of bureau corruption

Read here: https://nypost.com/2021/07/24/bizarre-arrest-of-fbi-agent-spotlights-accusations-of-bureau-corruption/

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Three interview questions for Police chiefs to ask financial crime investigators (2)

Read here: https://www.effectiveaml.org/police-chief-questions-2/

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Facing the world’s most serious crimes: What are these crimes? What is their impact?

Read here: https://www.icc-cpi.int/humanity-against-crimes/pages/facing-most-serious-crimes.aspx

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