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Cocaine trafficking through Dutch flower auction; Criminal gang busted

Read here: https://nltimes.nl/2021/06/23/cocaine-trafficking-dutch-flower-auction-criminal-gang-busted

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Consumer warning on Binance Markets Limited and the Binance Group

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/news-stories/consumer-warning-binance-markets-limited-and-binance-group

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Outcomes FATF Plenary, 20-25 June 2021

Read here: https://www.fatf-gafi.org/publications/fatfgeneral/documents/outcomes-fatf-plenary-june-2021.html

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Revisions to FATF Recommendation 24 (Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal persons) – White Paper for Public Consultation

Read here: https://www.fatf-gafi.org/publications/fatfrecommendations/documents/white-paper-r24.html

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Using VMs to hide ransomware attacks is becoming more popular

Read here: https://therecord.media/using-vms-to-hide-ransomware-attacks-is-becoming-more-popular/

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CEO of South Florida Armored Transport Company Charged in Multimillion Dollar Dirty Gold Money Laundering Conspiracy

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/ceo-south-florida-armored-transport-company-charged-multimillion-dollar-dirty-gold

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Effective AML, oxymoron

Read here: https://www.effectiveaml.org/effective-aml-oxymoron/

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How Tajikistan’s Leading Microlending Organization Allowed a Suspicious Client to Funnel Millions Abroad

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/how-tajikistans-leading-microlending-organization-allowed-a-suspicious-client-to-funnel-millions-abroad

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UK tobacco firms fail in bid to have Malawi child labour case struck out

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jun/25/uk-tobacco-firms-fail-in-bid-to-have-malawi-child-labour-case-struck-out

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A hidden web of policy influence: The pharmaceutical industry’s engagement with UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Read here: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0252551

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Disjointed and under-resourced: cyber security across UK councils

Read here: https://www.redscan.com/media/Disjointed-and-under-resourced-cyber-security-across-UK-councils-A-Redscan-FOI-Analysis-report.pdf

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Sex Trafficking: Online Platforms and Federal Prosecutions

Read here: https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-21-385.pdf

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Binance Helps Take Down Cybercriminal Ring Laundering $500M in Ransomware Attacks

Read here: https://www.binance.com/en/blog/421499824684902240/Binance-Helps-Take-Down-Cybercriminal-Ring-Laundering-%24500M-in-Ransomware-Attacks

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Solicitors fined for not spotting £3.3m fraud

Read here: https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/solicitors-fined-for-not-spotting-33m-fraud-/5108984.article

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Berlin’s No 1 digital detective agency is on the trail of human rights abusers

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2021/jun/27/berlins-no-1-digital-detective-agency-is-on-the-trail-of-human-rights-abusers

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El Salvador bitcoin move opens banks to money laundering, terrorism financing risks: Fitch

Read here: https://www.cnbctv18.com/cryptocurrency/el-salvador-bitcoin-move-opens-banks-to-money-laundering-terrorism-financing-risks-fitch-9788401.htm

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Roll-Your-Own Tobacco Smuggling Network Dismantled In Portugal And Spain With Europol’s Support

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/roll-your-own-tobacco-smuggling-network-dismantled-in-portugal-and-spain-europol’s-support

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EBRD Joins Foreign Investor In Hostile Takeover of Tajikistan’s Leading Microfinance Institution, Pushing Out Founders

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/ebrd-joins-foreign-investor-in-hostile-takeover-of-tajikistans-leading-microfinance-institution-pushing-out-founders

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Algorithm of harm: Facebook amplified Myanmar military propaganda following coup

Read here: https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/digital-threats/algorithm-harm-facebook-amplified-myanmar-military-propaganda-following-coup/

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DOJ Charges Crypto Seller With Operating Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/doj-charges-crypto-seller-for-operating-unlicensed-money-transmitting-business

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After Madoff, There’s Still One Major Ponzi Scheme Causing Investors Misery

Read here: https://www.acfeinsights.com/acfe-insights/after-madoff-theres-still-one-major-ponzi-scheme-causing-investors-misery

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Former Mauritanian president Aziz in jail over corruption charges

Read here: https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20210622-former-mauritanian-president-aziz-in-jail-over-corruption-charges

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The Cyber Blue Line

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/spotlight_report_the_cyber_blue_line.pdf

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FinCEN Recognizes the Significant Impact of Bank Secrecy Act Data on Law Enforcement Efforts

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-recognizes-significant-impact-bank-secrecy-act-data-law-enforcement

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Illegal Wildlife Trafficking: A GIJN Guide

Read here: https://gijn.org/illegal-wildlife-trafficking-a-gijn-guide/

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ttorney General James Reaches $230 Million Settlement for Treatment and Prevention of Opioid Crisis in New York, Johnson & Johnson Ends Sale of Selling Opioids

Read here: https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2021/attorney-general-james-reaches-230-million-settlement-treatment-and-prevention

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Cartel War or General Chaos: Behind the Killing Spree in Reynosa, Mexico

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/cartel-war-or-general-chaos-behind-the-killing-spree-in-reynosa-mexico/

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Loved up selfie that exposed nursery nurse’s double life as a coke dealer

Read here: https://metro.co.uk/2021/06/24/mums-bolton-heroin-dealing-exposed-by-snap-with-drug-baron-boyfriend-14821792/

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Australia’s Non-Bank Lending And Financing Sector – Money Laundering And Terrorism Financing Risk Assessment

Read here: https://www.austrac.gov.au/sites/default/files/2021-06/AUSTRAC_RiskAssessment2021_NonBankLenders.pdf

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A former Ministry of Defence employee, paedophile, moaned about access to children in lockdown and told ‘PedoPub’ chatroom that working from home stopped his walks past school

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/dark-web-paedophile-moaned-about-access-to-children-in-lockdown-and-told-pedopub-chatroom-that-working-from-home-stopped-his-walks-past-school

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Africrypt brothers deny involvement in Bitcoin ‘heist’

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57582805

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Helicopter carrying Colombian president and senior officials hit by gunfire

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/26/helicopter-carrying-colombian-president-and-senior-officials-hit-by-gunfire

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EUROPOL Supports The French Gendarmerie In Taking Down Ivorian Network Behind Scam In Excess Of €13 Million

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/europol-supports-french-gendarmerie-in-taking-down-ivorian-network-behind-scam-in-excess-of-€13-million

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Understanding the Meme Stock Barbarians at Wall Street’s Gates

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/understanding-the-meme-stock-barbarians-at-wall-streets-gates

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Honduran Fugitive More Money Launderer than MS13 Leader

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/honduran-fugitive-money-launderer-ms13/

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The use of CBA contractors raises compliance concerns for financial crimes

Read here: https://sydneynewstoday.com/the-use-of-cba-contractors-raises-compliance-concerns-for-financial-crimes/242747/

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SFO confirms DPA in principle with Amec Foster Wheeler Energy Limited

Read here: https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2021/06/25/sfo-confirms-dpa-in-principle-with-amec-foster-wheeler-energy-limited/

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Associate of Mexico’s Indicted Former Secretary of Public Security Linked to Luxury Property in Texas Via Delaware Shell Company

Read here: https://sayari.com/resources/associate-of-mexicos-indicted-former-secretary-of-public-security-linked-to-luxury-property-in-texas-via-delaware-shell-company/

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Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) warns Monzo over banking transaction history breaches

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-warns-monzo-over-banking-transaction-history-breaches

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