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Discussion paper: New forms of digital money

Read here: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/paper/2021/new-forms-of-digital-money

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The supply chain linking beef to Amazon deforestation, with banks’ backing

Read here: https://www.globalwitness.org/en/blog/the-supply-chain-linking-beef-to-amazon-deforestation-with-banks-backing/

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Court in El Salvador sentences former first lady to 10 years

Read here: https://apnews.com/article/el-salvador-eaae92317a699b990e244042a1ccd271

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Coup de Grâce for El Salvador’s Anti-Corruption Commission

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/coup-de-grace-el-salvador-anti-corruption-commission/

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Chinese Fishing Fleet Still Baits Argentina

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/chinese-fishing-fleet-still-baits-argentina/

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European weightlifting champ accused of doping-test bribery

Read here: https://apnews.com/article/europe-weightlifting-doping-olympic-games-2020-tokyo-olympics-b6f4b4d61cb3ed09982ca18fa02b6ff4

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FBI’s Encrypted Phone Platform Infiltrated Hundreds of Criminal Syndicates; Result is Massive Worldwide Takedown

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/fbi-s-encrypted-phone-platform-infiltrated-hundreds-criminal-syndicates-result-massive

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Under the spotlight: Chinese banks’ risky agribusiness portfolio

Read here: https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/forests/under-spotlight-chinese-banks-risky-agribusiness-portfolio/

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Venezuelan oil, masked as Malaysian, rushes into China before fuel tax

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/venezuelan-oil-masked-malaysian-rushes-into-china-before-fuel-tax-2021-06-04/

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SFO seizes £248k from fraudster with account forfeiture order

Read here: https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2021/06/07/sfo-seizes-248k-from-fraudster-with-account-forfeiture-order/

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Philippine investigators accuse ex-Wirecard COO of fraud, cybercrime

Read here: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210607-philippine-investigators-accuse-ex-wirecard-coo-of-fraud-cybercrime

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Proposed Framework Aims to Guide Regulators in Decisions to Charge Chief Compliance Officers

Read here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/proposed-framework-aims-to-guide-regulators-in-decisions-to-charge-chief-compliance-officers-11622850144

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Let us take on bitcoin gangs, urge police

Read here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/let-us-take-on-bitcoin-gangs-urge-police-02dgmvtfg

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Whistleblower reveals BP link with international network of corruption

Read here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/06/05/whistleblower-reveals-bp-link-international-network-corruption/

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Swiss Banker on Trial With Alleged $2.2 Million Insider Trader

Read here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-04/ex-lazard-banker-alleged-tipster-on-trial-for-insider-trading

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I am not trusted to work for a bank

  I have just read a short piece by my friend BC Tan, in which he commented upon the annual Thomson Reuters publication, The Cost of Compliance.  BC referenced the […]

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El Chapo’s wife, Emma Coronel, could hold the keys to dismantling the world’s most dangerous drug cartel

Read here: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/04/emma-coronel-el-chapo-wife-sinaloa-cartel.html

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The Threat of Open Banking Fraud

Read here: https://www.chargebackgurus.com/blog/open-banking-fraud

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Hinduja Bank’s licence cancelled by Cayman over money laundering

Read here: https://www.dailypioneer.com/2021/page1/hinduja-bank—s-licence-cancelled-by-cayman-over-money-laundering.html

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Large-scale Russian arms trafficking scheme busted in Lithuania

Read here: https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1425297/large-scale-russian-arms-trafficking-scheme-busted-in-lithuania

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Updated CPS Guidance: Money Laundering Offences

Read here: https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/money-laundering-offences

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MONEYVAL: States must improve their effectiveness against money laundering and terrorist financing

Read here: https://www.coe.int/en/web/moneyval/-/moneyval-states-must-improve-their-effectiveness-against-money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing

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G7 Finance Ministers Agree Historic Global Tax Agreement

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/g7-finance-ministers-agree-historic-global-tax-agreement

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G7 global corporate tax deal is far from fair: Oxfam

Read here: https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/g7-global-corporate-tax-deal-far-fair-oxfam

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France opens probe into personal wealth of Lebanon’s central bank chief

Read here: https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20210606-france-opens-probe-into-personal-wealth-of-lebanon-s-central-bank-chief

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Lady admits £5m money laundering offences

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-57350863

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Customs Union: EU steps up its rules on cash controls to fight money laundering and terrorist financing

Read here: https://www.eureporter.co/crime/money-laundering-crime-magazine/2021/06/04/customs-union-eu-steps-up-its-rules-on-cash-controls-to-fight-money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing/

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‘They put €10k in my bank account and I had to get it out. Now’

Read here: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/crime/they-put-10k-in-my-bank-account-and-i-had-to-get-it-out-now-40506649.html

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Fiji: Flying low – Pilot, wife probed for unexplained wealth

Read here: https://www.fijitimes.com/flying-low-pilot-wife-probed-for-unexplained-wealth/

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Citizenship For Sale: Programs that offer passports in return for investment have financial integrity risks that must be managed

Read here: https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2021/06/citizenship-for-sale-fernando-pampolina-sykes.htm

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EIA unveils first-of-its-kind Environmental Crime Tracker to analyse wildlife and forest crime

Read here: https://eia-international.org/news/eia-unveils-first-of-its-kind-environmental-crime-tracker-to-analyse-wildlife-and-forest-crime/

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Attorney General Announces Initiatives to Combat Human Smuggling and Trafficking and to Fight Corruption in Central America

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-announces-initiatives-combat-human-smuggling-and-trafficking-and-fight

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Irish security services tip-off leads to €220m drugs seizure off Canary Islands

Read here: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/irish-security-services-tip-off-leads-to-220m-drugs-seizure-off-canary-islands-1.4584740

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Owners of Underground, International Financial Institutions Sentenced for Operating Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/owners-underground-international-financial-institutions-sentenced-operating-unlicensed

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Australia: NSW Police charge three men over alleged plot to import $900 million of cocaine

Read here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-04/nsw-police-charge-three-men-over-900-million-dollar-cocaine-bust/100189766

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Secrecy around EncroChat cryptophone hack breaches French constitution, court hears

Read here: https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252501921/Secrecy-around-EncroChat-cryptophone-hack-breaches-French-constitution-court-hears

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Russia’s Lukoil ‘happy’ to resume talks on Iranian projects once US sanctions lifted

Read here: https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/oil/060321-russias-lukoil-happy-to-resume-talks-on-iranian-projects-once-us-sanctions-lifted

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The son of former Panamanian president Martinelli files several appeals to avoid extradition to the US

Read here: https://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/mercosur/central-america/the-son-of-the-former-panamanian-president-martinellis-files-several-appeals-to-avoid-extradition-to-the-us/

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U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrorism

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-us-give-ransomware-hacks-similar-priority-terrorism-official-says-2021-06-03/

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