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FATF votes to greylist Malta

Read here: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/fatf-votes-to-greylist-malta.881531

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UK regulator warns against 111 unregistered crypto companies… and FOMO

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/uk-regulator-warns-against-111-unregistered-crypto-companies-and-fomo

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People Smugglers in Syria Take to TikTok

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/37-ccblog/ccblog/14699-people-smugglers-in-syria-take-to-tiktok

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John McAfee: antivirus entrepreneur found dead in Spanish prison

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/23/john-mcafee-dead-spain-prison-extradition

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The Front Lines – The Investigations Series Part One, ‘The Suspicious Mind’

Read here: https://www.acfcs.org/special-acfcs-report-the-front-lines-the-investigations-series-part-one-the-suspicious-mind/

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How Cyber Sleuths Cracked an ATM Shimmer Gang

Read here: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/06/how-cyber-sleuths-cracked-an-atm-shimmer-gang/

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Six Arrested For Siphoning €12 Million In Fraudulent COVID-19 Unemployment Payments From France

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/six-arrested-for-siphoning-€12-million-in-fraudulent-covid-19-unemployment-payments-france

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Why Does Iran Have U.S. F-4 Phantom Fighters?

Read here: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/why-does-iran-have-us-f-4-phantom-fighters-188460

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Podcast – Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/deep-dive-podcast/

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‘There’s every opportunity that the U.S. will’ regulate crypto mining because of energy concerns: Ollie Leech

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/video/every-opportunity-u-regulate-crypto-204844594.html

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World Drug Report 2021

Read here: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/wdr2021.html Booklet 1 PDF: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/wdr-2021_booklet-1.html Booklet 2 PDF: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/wdr-2021_booklet-2.html Booklet 3 PDF: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/wdr-2021_booklet-3.html Booklet 4 PDF: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/wdr-2021_booklet-4.html Booklet 5 PDF: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/wdr-2021_booklet-5.html

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Shareholders of firm backed by Matt Hancock have donated to the Tories

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jun/22/shareholders-of-firm-backed-by-matt-hancock-have-donated-to-the-tories

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A Fake Shipping Container Leads to Chinese Cigarettes – and Italy’s Camorra Crime Group

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/loosetobacco/china-tobacco-goes-global/a-fake-shipping-container-leads-to-chinese-cigarettes-and-italys-camorra-crime-group

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The controversial lucrative business of Swiss arms deals

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/the-controversial-lucrative-business-of-swiss-arms-deals/46725694

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Iran Seizes 7,000 Crypto Miners Amid Bitcoin Energy Crackdown

Read here: https://decrypt.co/74207/iran-seizes-bitcoin-crypto-miners

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Illegal Chinese Cigarettes Flooding Latin America Flow Through Panama

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/loosetobacco/china-tobacco-goes-global/illegal-chinese-cigarettes-flooding-latin-america-flow-through-panama

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UK: Stockport accountant with alleged organised crime links agrees to hand over £1.9m

Read here: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/stockport-accountant-alleged-organised-crime-20875930

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The Robber Barons of Beijing: Can China Survive Its Gilded Age?

Read here: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/asia/2021-06-22/robber-barons-beijing

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China’s State Tobacco Company is Massive at Home. Now it’s Ready to Take Over the World

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/loosetobacco/china-tobacco-goes-global/chinas-state-tobacco-company-is-massive-at-home-now-its-ready-to-take-over-the-world

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Businessman Ziegler sentenced for insider trading

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/businessman-ziegler-sentenced-for-insider-trading/46726652

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China Tobacco Goes Global

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/loosetobacco/china-tobacco-goes-global/

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Treasury Nominees Pledge to Enforce New Crypto Regulations

Read here: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/treasury-nominees-pledge-to-enforce-new-crypto-regulations-2021-06-22

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United States Seizes Websites Used by the Iranian Islamic Radio and Television Union and Kata’ib Hizballah

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-seizes-websites-used-iranian-islamic-radio-and-television-union-and-kata-ib

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China Tobacco ‘Very Discreetly’ Becomes Leaf-Buying Powerhouse in Brazil

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/loosetobacco/china-tobacco-goes-global/china-tobacco-very-discreetly-becomes-leaf-buying-powerhouse-in-brazil

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Fake Perfumes Assembly Site Dismantled In Italy

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/fake-perfumes-assembly-site-dismantled-in-italy

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CBDCs: an opportunity for the monetary system

Read here: https://www.bis.org/publ/arpdf/ar2021e3.htm

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Call for Papers: The human trafficking – organized crime nexus: Overlaps, vulnerabilities, and responses

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/JIED_Call-for-Papers_Human-Trafficking_Organized-Crime-Nexus.pdf

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Money laundering is a virus and it kills

  “Stop money laundering, save lives” 1 “Stay at home, save lives” 2 Proposition  Here’s the thing, Covid-19 and money laundering are both killers, which spread rapidly when unchecked and present differing […]

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The power of money: how autocrats use London to strike foes worldwide

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2021-06-18/the-power-of-money-how-autocrats-use-london-to-strike-foes-worldwide

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Terrorists Attempted To Take Advantage Of The Pandemic, Says Europol’s New EuUTerrorism Situation And Trend Report 2021

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/terrorists-attempted-to-take-advantage-of-pandemic-says-europol’s-new-eu-terrorism-situation-and-trend-report-2021

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Sotheby’s will accept cryptocurrency for first time as payment for rare diamond

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/sothebys-will-accept-cryptocurrency-for-first-time-as-payment-for-rare-diamond-12338270

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$61M in drugs seized, 20 arrested by Toronto Police in large international bust

Read here: https://toronto.citynews.ca/2021/06/22/toronto-police-project-brisa-drug-bust/

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Elliptic Completes Cryptoasset Pilot with Santander

Read here: https://www.elliptic.co/media-center/elliptic-completes-crypto-asset-pilot-with-santander

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EXCLUSIVE: Six more VIP-lane companies revealed

Read here: https://goodlawproject.org/update/vip-lane-companies-revealed/

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Greenpeace slams ‘sham’ sustainable investment funds

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/greenpeace-slams–sham–sustainable-investment-funds/46722412

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North Korea Likely Behind Hack Targeting South Korean Nuclear Submarine

Read here: https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2021/06/22/north-korea-likely-behind-hack/

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Venezuela, under sanctions, asks local banks to make vaccine payments

Read here: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/venezuela-under-sanctions-asks-local-banks-to-make-vaccine-payments/ar-AALhpqt

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Gabon is first African country paid to protect its rainforest

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-57567829

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SEC Obtains Asset Freeze Against Offshore Fund and Its Operators

Read here:https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2021-107

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Andrew Dornbierer’s quick guide to illicit enrichment (updated)

Read here: https://baselgovernance.org/blog/andrew-dornbierers-quick-guide-illicit-enrichment-updated

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