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British national indicted in organized multi-state fraud and money laundering scheme

Read here: https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/british-national-indicted-organized-multi-state-fraud-and-money-laundering-scheme

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Listening in on a $35m phone scam

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2025/mar/06/exposed-listening-in-on-a-35m-phone-scam-podcast

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Nike, StockX counterfeit lawsuit will head to trial

Read here: https://www.fashiondive.com/news/nike-stockx-counterfeit-lawsuit-trial/742154/

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Street Vendor Arrested in Spain for Importing 10,000 Fake Euro Coins from China

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/street-vendor-arrested-in-spain-for-importing-10000-fake-euro-coins-from-china

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The Life and ‘Death’ of the Sinaloa Cartel’s Dutch Emissary: Is This Time for Real?

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/life-death-sinaloa-cartel-dutch-emissary/

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Human Rights Council: Significant increase in child victims of trafficking

Read here: https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/03/1161061

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Hollywood Woman Found Guilty of Running Tech-Savvy Drug Delivery Business that Caused Three Near-Fatal Fentanyl Overdoses

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/hollywood-woman-found-guilty-running-tech-savvy-drug-delivery-business-caused-three

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Lithuania: Investigation into Baltcap Infrastructure Fund widens

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/lithuania-investigation-baltcap-infrastructure-fund-widens

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Honduras Sees Record Number of Municipalities Growing Coca

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/honduras-sees-record-number-municipalities-growing-coca/

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Chinese Nationals with Ties to the PRC Government and “APT27” Charged in a Computer Hacking Campaign for Profit, Targeting Numerous U.S. Companies, Institutions, and Municipalities

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/chinese-nationals-ties-prc-government-and-apt27-charged-computer-hacking-campaign-profit

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The EBA consults on new rules related to the anti- money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism package

Read here: https://www.eba.europa.eu/publications-and-media/press-releases/eba-consults-new-rules-related-anti-money-laundering-and-countering-financing-terrorism-package

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Italy: Up to €71 million frozen in crackdown against Chinese criminal network behind illicit consumer goods imports

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/italy-to-eu71-million-frozen-crackdown-against-chinese-criminal-network-behind-illicit

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EU and Brazil sign international agreement to fight organised crime and terrorism

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/eu-and-brazil-sign-international-agreement-to-fight-organised-crime-and-terrorism

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Germany: New indictment in large-scale VAT fraud investigation Huracán

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/node/1011

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Young people urged to ‘Think Fraud’ over rent offers

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/young-people-urged-to-think-fraud-over-rent-offers

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Millions in Covid relief funds went to shadowy companies registered at a Wyoming storefront that hundreds of thousands of firms used as an address

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/millions-in-covid-relief-funds-went-to-shadowy-companies-at-a-wyoming-storefront-that-hundreds-of-thousands-of-firms-used-as-an-address/

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Scammers Behind Marshall Islands Bribery Scheme Stuck in Philippines Airport After Entry Bans

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/scammers-behind-marshall-islands-bribery-scheme-stuck-in-philippines-airport-after-entry-bans

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Russia Smuggling US Plane Parts As Sanctions Ground Airliners

Read here: https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-flight-dangers-sanctions-war-aviation/33323526.html

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FCA bans former Credit Suisse executives following US criminal convictions

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-bans-former-credit-suisse-executives-corrupt-loans-mozambique

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FinTech’s fight against $12.5bn fraud

Read here: https://ibsintelligence.com/ibsi-news/the-deep-dive-fintechs-fight-against-12-5bn-fraud/

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Indonesia’s $12B Gasoline Import Fraud Extends to Shipping

Read here: https://maritime-executive.com/article/indonesia-s-12b-gasoline-import-fraud-extends-to-shipping

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DeFi user loses over $700K USDC in a sandwich attack that experts suggest could be money laundering

Read here: https://www.fxstreet.com/cryptocurrencies/news/defi-user-loses-over-700k-usdc-in-a-sandwich-attack-that-experts-suggest-could-be-money-laundering-202503130610

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OFAC Designates Iran-based Darknet Marketplace Administrator with 49 Cryptocurrency Addresses for Facilitating Fentanyl Sales

Read here: https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/OFAC-designation-iran-darknet-markets-bitcoin-fentanyl-march-2025/

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Mum-in-law inspires new tech to tackle online fraud

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0d7el812yo

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Big Moves and Illusions of Reform in Southeast Asia’s Scam Industry

Read here: https://thediplomat.com/2025/03/big-moves-and-illusions-of-reform-in-southeast-asias-scam-industry/

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A prosecutor’s perspective: What is it like to work on human trafficking and migrant smuggling cases?

Read here: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/frontpage/2025/January/a-prosecutors-perspective_-what-is-it-like-to-work-on-human-trafficking-and-migrant-smuggling-cases.html

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Lebanon seizes funds bound for Hezbollah at Beirut airport

Read here: https://www.fdd.org/analysis/op_eds/2025/03/02/lebanon-seizes-funds-bound-for-hezbollah-at-beirut-airport/

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UK risks becoming dumping ground for goods from exploited workers, MPs say

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/mar/03/uk-risks-becoming-dumping-ground-for-goods-from-exploited-workers-mps-say

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The Costs of Crime – And How to Reduce Them

Read here: https://policyexchange.org.uk/publication/the-costs-of-crime-and-how-to-reduce-them/ Link to report: https://policyexchange.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/The-Costs-of-Crime-–-And-How-to-Reduce-Them.pdf

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2024 Annual Report: EPPO leading the charge against EU fraud

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/2024-annual-report-eppo-leading-charge-against-eu-fraud

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Former TV show actor sentenced to jail over sham modelling agencies

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/01/former-brookside-actor-sentenced-to-jail-over-sham-modelling-agencies

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Prosecutor: “The FBI mentioned Serbian NGOs about money laundering”

Read here: https://vreme.com/en/vesti/tuzilac-stefanovic-fbi-pomenuo-srpske-ngo-oko-pranja-novca/

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That’s not me’: Blatter and Platini restate innocence in Swiss fraud case

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/03/thats-not-me-blatter-and-platini-restate-innocence-in-swiss-case

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UK and United Arab Emirates strengthen co-operation on illicit finance

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-uk-uae-strengthen-their-cooperation-on-illicit-finance

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Shady Bets: How Europe’s gambling industry spun out of control

Read here: https://www.investigate-europe.eu/themes/investigations/shady-bets-europe-gambling-industry

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Drug kingpin Daniel Kinahan was paid millions ‘under the table’ to be boxing promoter’s exclusive agent, court complaint alleges

Read here: https://www.icij.org/inside-icij/2025/03/drug-kingpin-daniel-kinahan-was-paid-millions-of-dollars-under-the-table-to-be-top-promoters-exclusive-agent-court-complaint-alleges/

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The Many Lives of Caro Quintero’s Criminal Career

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/many-lives-rafael-caro-quintero-mexico/

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The scammers who conned savers out of $35m using fake celebrity ads

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/mar/05/revealed-the-scammers-who-conned-savers-out-of-35m-using-fake-celebrity-ads

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Four Men Jailed For Combined 43 Years For £266 Million Money-Laundering Plot

Read here: https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/news-appeals/four-men-jailed-combined-43-years-ps266-million-money-laundering-plot CPS press release here: https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/four-people-convicted-one-largest-money-laundering-prosecutions-uk

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Real-time payments, real-time risk: Fighting financial crime in a faster world

Read here: https://www.electronicpaymentsinternational.com/comment/real-time-payments-real-time-risk-fighting-crime-in-a-faster-world/

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