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India: Government asks for suggestions on draft anti-trafficking bill

Read here: https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/jul/04/government-asks-for-suggestions-on-draft-anti-trafficking-bill-2325461.html

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More Fleecing of Nigeria By UK Firm In Billion Pound Lawsuit?

Read here: https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00078656.html

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Victoria Police To Investigate Links Between Racing And Organised Crime

Read here :https://www.sen.com.au/news/2021/07/06/victoria-police-to-investigate-links-between-racing-and-organised-crime/

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Deepfakes: Ghosts in machines and their effect on the financial world

Read here :https://www.arachnys.com/deepfakes-ghosts-in-machines-and-their-effect-on-the-financial-world/

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Bitcoin Gang Has Its Luxury Cars Seized by Brazil Police

Read here: https://u.today/bitcoin-gang-has-its-luxury-cars-seized-by-brazil-police

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Second 12-Month Review Of The Revised FATF Standards On Virtual Assets And Virtual Asset Service

Read here: https://www.fatf-gafi.org/media/fatf/documents/recommendations/Second-12-Month-Review-Revised-FATF-Standards-Virtual-Assets-VASPS.pdf

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Azerbaijani Couple, Including President’s Cousin, Owns Properties Worth Millions in London and Ibiza

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/azerbaijanilaundromat/azerbaijani-couple-including-presidents-cousin-owns-properties-worth-millions-in-london-and-ibiza

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Long-term investigation via Eurojust culminates in arrest of 38 Albanian drug smugglers in cooperation with Italy

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/long-term-investigation-eurojust-culminates-arrest-38-albanian-drug-smugglers-cooperation-italy

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Watching the Crown: The untold story of five casino inspectors who knew Crown’s dirty secrets but say they were stonewalled and silenced

Read here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-06/crown-casino-gambling-regulator-inspectors-speak-out/100231722

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UK Bank Barclays Blocks Payments to Binance

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/u-k-bank-barclays-blocks-payments-to-binance

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The Netherlands and the United States on the trail of gold smuggled from Venezuela

Read here: https://www.curacaochronicle.com/post/main/the-netherlands-and-the-united-states-on-the-trail-of-gold-smuggled-from-venezuela/

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Fugitive extradited to Turkey to face Ponzi scheme charges

Read here: https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-europe-turkey-fugitives-technology-22b3d0c411cbbabc61046acd76bc259d

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Italian police discover money transfers totaling €1m to fund terror

Read here: https://www.arabnews.com/node/1888841/world

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NSO Group Releases Transparency Report; Amnesty Says its Too Little, Too Late

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/14749-nso-group-releases-transparency-report-amnesty-says-its-too-little-too-late

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Corruption allegations increase pressure on Bolsonaro

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/05/corruption-allegations-increase-pressure-on-bolsonaro

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Two ex-Shell employees jailed over S$200m marine fuel heist at Pulau Bukom refinery

Read here: https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/2-ex-shell-employees-jailed-over-s200m-marine-fuel-heist-pulau-bukom-refinery

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Ohio DoJ Auctions $19.2 Million in Bitcoin Seized in 2018

Read here: https://cryptobriefing.com/us-bitcoin-ohio-seizure-auction/

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Jersey jeweller jailed for more than seven years for money laundering

Read here: https://www.itv.com/news/channel/2021-07-05/jersey-jeweller-jailed-for-more-than-7-years-for-money-laundering

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How blockchain can help dismantle corruption in government services

Read here: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/07/blockchain-for-government-systems-anti-corruption/

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MTI placed in final liquidation, 8 000 more bitcoin traced

Read here: https://www.moneyweb.co.za/moneyweb-crypto/mti-placed-in-final-liquidation-8-000-more-bitcoin-traced/

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Companies House: ‘Enabler of illegal activity’

Read here: https://www.punchline-gloucester.com/articles/aanews/companies-house-enabler-of-illegal-activity-money-laundering-according-to-investigation

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Days Before EU Sanctions, Belarusian Oligarch’s Family Sells its Firm and Bank

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/14767-days-before-eu-sanctions-belarusian-oligarch-s-family-sells-its-firm-and-bank

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Vatican indicts Cardinal and nine others on money laundering and fraud charges

Listen here: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/vatican-indicts-cardinal-and-nine-others-financial-crimes/13431524

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Airwallex boss shrugs off doubts and puts foot down for growth

Read here: https://www.afr.com/technology/airwallex-boss-shrugs-off-doubts-and-puts-foot-down-for-growth-20210705-p586zh

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SFO enters into £103m DPA with Amec Foster Wheeler Energy Limited

Read here: https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2021/07/02/sfo-enters-into-103m-dpa-with-amec-foster-wheeler-energy-limited-as-part-of-global-resolution-with-us-and-brazilian-authorities/

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South Korean Crypto Exchange Execs Arrested Amid USD 2B Fraud Fears

Read here: https://cryptonews.net/en/946781/

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An Xbox engineer used gift cards to fuel a $10 million fraud spree

Read here: https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/384519/An_Xbox_engineer_used_gift_cards_to_fuel_a_10_million_fraud_spree.php

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Keep watching: The tax avoidance structures of ViacomCBS

Read here: https://www.somo.nl/keep-watching/

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REvil ransomware gang executes supply chain attack via malicious Kaseya update

Read here: https://therecord.media/revil-ransomware-executes-supply-chain-attack-via-malicious-kaseya-update/

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Mysterious Bitcoin Maximalist Mircea Popescu Allegedly Found Dead

Read here: https://news.bitcoin.com/mysterious-bitcoin-maximalist-mircea-popescu-allegedly-found-dead/

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Crypto Experts Weigh In on Scotland Yard $158M Bitcoin Seizure

Read here: https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2021/07/177373-crypto-experts-weigh-in-on-scotland-yard-158m-bitcoin-seizure/

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“Academics think (Theory), Practitioners do (Reality)”

Read here: https://www.effectiveaml.org/academics-practitioners/

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Fishermen Fight Off Pirate Attacks in Ecuador

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/fishermen-fight-pirate-attacks-ecuador/

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Greensill Used Taxpayer Loans to Cut Exposure to Gupta, FT Says

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/greensill-used-taxpayer-loans-cut-111349011.html

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Dolfin falls into admin net after FCA probe

Read here: https://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/news/dolfin-falls-into-admin-net-after-fca-probe/

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Denmark’s biggest bank sells Lux wealth arm amid police market abuse charges

Read here: https://www.internationalinvestment.net/news/4033821/denmark-biggest-bank-sells-lux-wealth-arm-amid-police-market-abuse-charges

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Northern Ireland: Tonnes of tobacco seized at ‘illicit’ cigarette factory

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-57699686

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Money Reimagined: United States of Stablecoin

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/money-reimagined-united-states-stablecoin

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Swiss court orders son of Gadaffi’s oil chief to pay $1.5m in bribery case

Read here: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210702-swiss-court-orders-son-of-gadaffis-oil-chief-to-pay-1-5m-in-bribery-case/

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