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Robinhood Crypto to Pay $15M Fine Over Security, Anti-Money Laundering Issues

Read here: https://decrypt.co/75402/robinhood-crypto-nydfs-fine

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The World Health Organisation’s [WHO] Fraudulent Procurement of Chinese PPE Holds Important Lessons for U.S.

Read here: https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2021/07/07/whos-fraudulent-procurement-chinese-ppe/

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Los Angeles police make record $1.6b black market cannabis bust

Read here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-08/los-angeles-black-market-cannabis-bust-record-illegal-dope-grows/100276498

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Urgent changes needed to tackle dirty money in British politics, says new report

Read here: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/urgent-changes-needed-tackle-dirty-money-british-politics-says-new-report/ Link to report here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/999636/CSPL_Regulating_Election_Finance_Review_Final_Web.pdf

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EU Aims To Create Anti-Money Laundering Authority

Read here: https://www.pymnts.com/aml/2021/eu-aims-to-create-anti-money-laundering-authority/

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Investigation into the British Business Bank’s accreditation of Greensill Capital

Read here: https://www.nao.org.uk/report/investigation-into-the-british-business-banks-accreditation-of-greensill-capital/ Link to full report here: https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Investigation-into-the-British-Business-Banks-accreditation-of-Greensill-Capital.pdf Link to Summary here: https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Investigation-into-the-British-Business-Banks-accreditation-of-Greensill-Capital-Summary.pdf

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Silver Spoon Oligarchs: How America’s 50 Largest Inherited-Wealth Dynasties Accelerate Inequality

Read here: https://ips-dc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Silver-Spoon-Oligarchs-Americas-Wealth-Dynasties-2021-Full-Report.pdf

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Fishy Business: Illegal fishing in Somalia and the capture of state institutions

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/GITOC-ESAObs-Fishy-Business-Illegal-fishing-in-Somalia-and-the-capture-of-state-institutions.pdf

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Leader Of “Mike’s Candyshop” Drug Delivery Service Pleads Guilty To Narcotics Distribution

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/leader-mike-s-candyshop-drug-delivery-service-pleads-guilty-narcotics-distribution

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Automatic Detection of Potentially Illegal Online Sales of Elephant Ivory Via Data Mining

Read here: https://www.counteringcrime.org/automatic-detection-of-potentially-illegal-online-sales-of-elephant-ivory-via-data-mining

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A Letter from Binance CEO, CZ: Reflecting on Progress and the Road Ahead

Read here: https://www.binance.com/en/blog/421499824684902301/A-letter-from-our-CEO-Reflecting-on-Progress-and-the-Road-Ahead

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Haiti President Assassinated in Port-au-Prince

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/haiti-president-assassinated-port-au-prince/

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Massage schools across the US are suspected of ties to prostitution and selling fake diplomas. Many remain open

Read here: https://sports.yahoo.com/massage-schools-across-us-suspected-100107791.html

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UK: Primary Market Technical Note – Listing applicants with cannabis-related businesses

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/ukla/fca-tn-104.1.pdf

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Victor Babariko: Opponent of Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko jailed for 14 years

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/victor-babariko-opponent-of-belarus-president-alexander-lukashenko-jailed-for-14-years-12350122

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Venezuela’s Maduro blows hot and cold in bid for sanctions relief

Read here: https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/venezuelas-maduro-blows-hot-and-cold-in-bid-for-sanctions-relief/

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Crypto lobbyists put DeFi proposals to FATF in open letter

Read here: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/110506/crypto-lobbyists-put-defi-proposals-to-fatf-in-open-letter

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Windward launches first-of-its-kind Company Risk Insights

Read here: https://seanews.co.uk/news/windward-launches-first-of-its-kind-company-risk-insights/

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London solicitor jailed for £380k stamp duty fraud

Read here: https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/hm-revenue-customs-hmrc/pressreleases/london-solicitor-jailed-for-ps380k-stamp-duty-fraud-3115398

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Fraud scheme of at least EUR 120 million in Italy halted

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/fraud-scheme-least-eur-120-million-italy-halted

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A Brief History of ‘Rachadinha’ – The Corruption Scheme Haunting Brazil’s Bolsonaro

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/rachadinha-corruption-scheme-haunting-bolsonaro-brazil/

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Settling with kleptocracy – do the UK’s civil recovery settlements let money laundering suspects off the hook?

Read here: https://www.spotlightcorruption.org/settling-with-kleptocracy-do-the-uks-civil-recovery-settlements-let-money-laundering-suspects-off-the-hook/

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€14.2 Million Seized From Cross-Border Vat Fraudsters In Hungary

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/€142-million-seized-cross-border-vat-fraudsters-in-hungary

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Australia: Halifax auditor pleads guilty to criminal charges over audit quality

Read here: https://www.afr.com/companies/professional-services/halifax-auditor-pleads-guilty-to-criminal-charges-over-audit-quality-20210707-p587ju

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The donor, the Russian deals and the Conservative money machine

Read here: https://www.ft.com/content/5dab0a3e-687a-446f-8e55-58c999d4321f

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FinCEN Welcomes First-Ever Chief Digital Currency Advisor and First Director of Strategic Communications

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-welcomes-first-ever-chief-digital-currency-advisor-and-first-director

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Report: FBI Says Online Cookies Hold Keys To Preventing Financial Crimes

Read here: https://www.pymnts.com/fraud-prevention/2021/report-fbi-says-online-cookies-hold-keys-to-preventing-financial-crimes/

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How ‘Narco-Highway’ in Honduras Became National News

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/narco-highway-honduras-national-news/

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Thailand seizes 315 kilograms of heroin bound for Australia

Read here: https://apnews.com/article/thailand-australia-40ddb82c6f43fe4fc49730b66c4b56d5

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Interpol Arrests Hacker in Morocco Who Has Committed Multiple Cyberattacks

Read here: https://thecybersecurity.news/general-cyber-security-news/interpol-arrests-hacker-in-morocco-who-has-committed-multiple-cyberattacks-10857/

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Duo jailed for more than 30 years after £19 million cocaine seizure

Read here: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/duo-jailed-for-more-than-30-years-after-19-million-cocaine-seizure

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Wild Crimes: A Natural History Museum podcast

Read here: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/wild-crimes.html

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Pet lion returned to owner after Cambodian PM’s intervention

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-57726617

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Keeping up with money laundering risks: updates to this year’s Basel AML Index methodology

Read here: https://baselgovernance.org/news/keeping-money-laundering-risks-updates-years-basel-aml-index-methodology

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Virginia Firm Settles Case Of ‘Jetboots’ Sales To Russian Military End-User

Read here: https://brief.kharon.com/updates/virginia-firm-settles-case-of-jetboots-sales-to-russian-military-end-user/

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Google, Facebook and other tech companies threaten to quit Hong Kong over privacy law

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/06/google-facebook-and-other-tech-companies-threaten-to-quit-hong-kong-over-privacy-law

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Fate of Pension Funds a Mystery in Latin America

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/14770-fate-of-pension-funds-a-mystery-in-latin-america

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Sales consultant guilty of Bitcoin Islamic State terrorism funding

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-57737304

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Congo Lifts Former Prime Minister’s Immunity Over Corruption Allegations

Read here: https://von.gov.ng/2021/07/06/congo-lifts-former-prime-ministers-immunity-over-corruption-allegations/

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