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Amec Foster Wheeler Energy Limited Agrees to Pay Over $18 Million to Resolve Charges Related to Bribery Scheme in Brazil

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/amec-foster-wheeler-energy-limited-agrees-pay-over-18-million-resolve-charges-related-bribery

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Singapore Terrorism Threat Assessment Report 2021

Read here: https://www.mha.gov.sg/docs/default-source/default-document-library/singapore-terrorism-threat-assessment-report-2021.pdf

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Japan’s Financial Services Watchdog Issues Binance Warning

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/japans-financial-services-watchdog-issues-binance-warning

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SEC Obtains Final Judgment Against Former Executive of Financial Services Company

Read here: https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2021/lr25121.htm

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New Zealand: Police seize $500 million cash and assets from gangs and criminals

Read here: https://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/police-seize-500-million-cash-and-assets-gangs-and-criminals

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Upcoming report on the EU efforts to fight money laundering in the banking sector

Read here: https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/NewsItem.aspx?nid=15503

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Fishing Village Caught in Crosshairs of Ecuador Drug Gangs

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/fishing-village-caught-crosshairs-ecuador-drug-gangs/

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Swiss turning to new payment methods, but cash is still king

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-turning-to-new-payment-methods–but-cash-is-still-king/46728064

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Crown executive ‘had private detective follow Age journalist’

Read here: https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/crown-executive-had-private-detective-follow-age-journalist-20210624-p583zc.html

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Unsolved murder of ‘diligent’ financier chills Lebanese bankers

Read here: https://www.ft.com/content/77264265-bb30-49cb-b90b-3f96c40b0613

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Russia Detains Senior S7 Airlines Staff for Selling Pilot Jobs – Reports

Read here: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/06/24/russia-detains-senior-s7-airlines-staff-for-selling-pilot-jobs-reports-a74318

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High-Profile Corruption Probe Tests Costa Rica’s Justice System

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/corruption-probe-costa-rica-justice-system/

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Robinhood’s Planned IPO Faces Delays From SEC Over Crypto Business: Report

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/robinhood-ipo-sec-crypto-business-delays

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Belgium Takes Steps to Curb Money Laundering

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/14713-belgium-takes-steps-to-curb-money-laundering

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New four-part series spotlights green corruption risks and what to do about them

Read here: https://baselgovernance.org/news/new-four-part-series-spotlights-green-corruption-risks-and-what-do-about-them

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Archegos’s Banks Facing DOJ Antitrust Probe Into Collapse

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/archegos-s-banks-facing-doj-antitrust-probe-into-collapse/46733656

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‘Blue’: The Story of MS13’s First ‘Terrorist’

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/blue-story-ms13-first-terrorist/

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Inquiry: The adequacy and efficacy of Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) regime

Read here: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs/AUSTRAC

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Global Banks Preparing to Leverage SWIFT’s New Platform for International Payments Flows

Read here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210624005197/en/Global-Banks-Preparing-to-Leverage-SWIFT’s-New-Platform-for-International-Payments-Flows

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India: Three top fashion designers summoned by Enforcement Directorate in money laundering probe

Read here: https://www.india.com/lifestyle/bollywood-news-manish-malhotra-sabyasachi-ritu-kumar-summoned-by-ed-in-money-laundering-case-details-inside-4762792/

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The house mafia: the scandal of new builds

Read here: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-house-mafia-the-scandal-of-new-builds

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The art of money laundering

Read here: https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/the-art-of-money-laundering-20210623-p583fk

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Wirecard: a record of deception, disarray and mismanagement

Read here: https://www.ft.com/content/15bb36e7-54dc-463a-a6d5-70fc38a11c81

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Two Brothers Vanish With $4.75 Billion Of Bitcoin In History’s Biggest Crypto Heist

Read here: https://www.bosshunting.com.au/hustle/africrypt-ameer-raees-cajee-crypto-heist/

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UK: Met makes one of world’s largest cryptocurrency seizures

Read here: https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-makes-one-of-worlds-largest-cryptocurrency-seizures-430249

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Hashish: New Player in Brazil Drug Markets

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/hashish-brazil-drug-markets/

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Deutsche Bank overhauls anti-financial crime operations

Read here: https://www.livemint.com/industry/banking/deutsche-bank-overhauls-anti-financial-crime-operations-11624553059616.html

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High-Level Member of Hacking Group [FIN7] Sentenced to Prison for Scheme that Compromised Tens of Millions of Debit and Credit Cards

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/high-level-member-hacking-group-sentenced-prison-scheme-compromised-tens-millions-debit-and

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Hackers Use Fake Call Center to Trick Victims Into Installing Ransomware

Read here: https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvzd8v/hackers-use-fake-call-center-to-trick-victims-into-installing-ransomware

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Five Brits arrested after a tonne of cocaine seized from sailing yacht

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/five-brits-arrested-after-a-tonne-of-cocaine-seized-from-sailing-yacht

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Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) audits of ultra-wealthy Canadians yield zero prosecutions, convictions

Read here: https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/cra-audits-of-ultra-wealthy-canadians-yield-zero-prosecutions-convictions-1.5480248

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Family Affair: Relatives sentenced for bogus insurance claims in ‘Crash for Cash’ plot

Read here: https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2021/family-affair-relatives-sentenced-for-bogus-insurance-claims-in-crash-for-cash-plot/

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Three arrests in London in connection with half-tonne Australian cocaine haul shipped from Heathrow

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/three-arrests-in-london-in-connection-with-half-tonne-australian-cocaine-haul-shipped-from-heathrow

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Brazil environment minister quits amid inquiry into illegal Amazon logging

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/24/brazil-environment-minister-quits-amid-inquiry-into-amazon-logging

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Public sector banks get hold of Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi’s seized assets worth Rs 9,371 crore

Read here: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indian-banks-recover-nearly-1-billion-from-vijay-mallya-2470773

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Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) begins money laundering clampdown with six firms fined

Read here: https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/sra-begins-money-laundering-clampdown-with-six-firms-fined/5108953.article

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Corruption in marine wildlife trafficking: Wildlife crime – understanding risks, avenues for action

Read here: https://learn.baselgovernance.org/course/view.php?id=86

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Europol Helps Belgian And Swiss Authorities Unravel Vitae Ponzi Scheme

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/europol-helps-belgian-and-swiss-authorities-unravel-vitae-ponzi-scheme

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London Capital saga: MPs want shake-up at watchdog

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57582262

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Anti-money laundering expert convicted of siphoning criminal money abroad

Read here: https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/anti-money-laundering-expert-convicted-siphoning-criminal-money-abroad

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