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Sextortion campaign expanded to protect young people from online blackmail

Read here: https://crimestoppers-uk.org/news-media/news/2025/feb/sextortion-campaign-expanded-to-protect-young-people-from-online-blackmail

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Child criminal exploitation and cuckooing to be criminal offences

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/child-criminal-exploitation-and-cuckooing-to-be-criminal-offences

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INTERPOL and African Development Bank to cooperate on combating financial crime and corruption

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/News-and-Events/News/2025/INTERPOL-and-African-Development-Bank-to-cooperate-on-combating-financial-crime-and-corruption

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Smoke and mirrors: Afghanistan’s illicit drug economy after the opium ban

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/afghanistans-illicit-drug-economy-after-the-opium-ban/

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More than 1,000 rescued from cyber scam centres near Thailand

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/more-than-1-000-rescued-from-cyber-scam-centres-near-thailand-13311317

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Tens of thousands could be held in illegal scam compounds in Myanmar, Thai police general says

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/21/myanmar-scam-call-centre-compounds

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One of NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ alleged ‘straw donors’ linked to energy mogul with high-level Russia ties

Read here: https://www.icij.org/news/2025/02/one-of-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-alleged-straw-donors-linked-to-energy-mogul-with-high-level-russia-ties/

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The US led the charge against global corruption. Now Trump is clearing the way for kleptocrats

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/17/donald-trump-us-corruption-kleptocracy-britain-corruption-law-oligarchs

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Tomorrow’s fire: Future trends in arms trafficking from the Ukraine conflict

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/future-trends-in-arms-trafficking-from-the-ukraine-conflict/ Link to report: https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Tomorrows-Fire_conference-report.v1-MR-PB-MR-18-Feb-PB-PG-MR-PB2.pdf

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Myanmar adopts law for foreign firms to provide armed security

Read here: https://www.rfa.org/english/myanmar/2025/02/19/law-private-armed-security-china/

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Q&A: Europe Steps Up Work with Latin America Against Criminal Networks

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/qa-europe-steps-up-work-with-latin-america-against-criminal-networks/

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OLAF completes investigation into suspected serious irregularities in EU-funded procurement of power generators for Ukraine

Read here: https://anti-fraud.ec.europa.eu/media-corner/news/olaf-completes-investigation-suspected-serious-irregularities-eu-funded-procurement-power-generators-2025-02-18_en

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From Suriname, Bosnia to Uganda: Why Kampala is now the world’s gold laundering capital

Read here: https://observer.ug/news/from-suriname-bosnia-to-uganda-why-kampala-is-now-the-worlds-gold-laundering-capital/

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Building resilience: How to counter organized crime in the Pacific islands

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Virginia-Comolli-Building-resilience-How-to-counter-organized-crime-in-the-Pacific-Islands-GI-TOC-February-2025.pdf

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Traffickers use Polish-flagged yachts to move drugs across Atlantic

Read here: https://www.ft.com/content/ba93ed0d-23cf-4950-8cdc-cd8bb3f3938f

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Major US trader StoneX bought illicit gold from the Amazon rainforest

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-02-20/stonex-bought-illicit-gold-from-the-amazon-rainforest

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Workshop producing fake Picassos and Rembrandts found in Rome

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/19/fake-art-workshop-forged-picassos-and-rembrandts-discovered-rome

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Fake journeys, fake customers: inside Roman Abramovich’s yacht rental scam

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-02-19/fake-journeys-fake-customers-inside-roman-abramovichs-yacht-rental-scam

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Bank manager and friend sentenced for £7.3 million fraud scheme

Read here: https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/news-and-insight/press-release/bank-manager-and-friend-sentenced-ps73-million-fraud-scheme

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Belgium Blocked $270B Due To Russian Sanctions. Much of It Belongs to Unsanctioned Investors.

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/scoop/belgium-blocked-270b-due-to-russian-sanctions-much-of-it-belongs-to-unsanctioned-investors

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Owner Of Las Vegas Company Indicted In $24 Million Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-nv/pr/owner-las-vegas-company-indicted-24-million-cryptocurrency-ponzi-scheme

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Five Iraqi banks to be banned from U.S. dollar transactions

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-five-iraqi-banks-banned-142703134.html

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Founder of Miami-Based Cryptocurrency Token CluCoin Sentenced for Wire Fraud

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/founder-miami-based-cryptocurrency-token-clucoin-sentenced-wire-fraud

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MONEYVAL Delegation takes part in ‘No Money for Terror’ Conference

Read here: https://www.coe.int/en/web/moneyval/-/moneyval-delegation-takes-part-in-no-money-for-terror-conference

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Joint advisory on unauthorised card transactions made using contactless payment methods in Singapore

Read here: https://www.mas.gov.sg/news/media-releases/2025/joint-news-release-by-spf-csa-and-mas

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Lloyds told it must publish ‘in full’ report on £1bn HBOS fraud

Read here: https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/lloyds-told-it-must-publish-in-full-a-report-on-1bn-hbos-fraud-wv3xhznlg

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Cosa Nostra’s Encrypted Platform of Choice: Number 1BC

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/cosa-nostras-encrypted-platform-of-choice-number-1bc

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Unmasking the Shadows: The Tale of Malaysia’s Hidden Wildlife Trafficker

Read here: https://bigcatrescue.org/conservation-news/unmasking-the-shadows-the-tale-of-malaysias-hidden-wildlife-trafficker

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Boeing and Airbus shipments passed on to Russia via India, despite sanctions

Read here: https://www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/boeing-airbus-russia-sanctions-aircraft-parts-india-intermediaries

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The Shadow of El Dorado: Podcast on Colombia’s billion-dollar black market gold

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/audio-from-the-ground-up/the-shadow-of-el-dorado-podcast/

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Thailand’s Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry will consider case of scammers using low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites

Read here: https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/2963051/ministry-tackles-leo-satellite-misuse

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The Women Working the Streets

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/investigations/women-working-streets/

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13 persons arrested for illegally disposing 35,000 tonnes of hazardous waste

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/13-persons-arrested-for-illegally-disposing-35000-tonnes-of-hazardous-waste

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Bulgaria: Five individuals indicted in €6 million construction machinery fraud

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/bulgaria-five-individuals-indicted-eu6-million-construction-machinery-fraud

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3 arrested in Moldova for links with the Wagner Group

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/3-arrested-in-moldova-for-links-wagner-group

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Heathrow passenger charged following £400,000 cash find in suitcase

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/heathrow-passenger-charged-following-400-000-cash-find-in-suitcase

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The Coming Golden Age of Crime: Artificial intelligence and other technologies are turbocharging cartels, mafias, and other illicit networks

Read here: https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/17/drug-cartels-organized-crime-mafia-cybercrime-money-laundering-corruption-smuggling/

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Rape under wraps: How Tinder, Hinge and their corporate owner chose profits over safety

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/13/tinder-hinge-match-investigation

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Inside the Scam: North Korea’s IT Worker Threat

Read here: https://www.recordedfuture.com/research/inside-the-scam-north-koreas-it-worker-threat Link to report: https://go.recordedfuture.com/hubfs/reports/cta-nk-2025-0213.pdf

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