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Methamphetamine Taking Over Mexico’s Domestic Drug Market

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/methamphetamine-mexico-drug-market/

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Combating Ransomware – A Comprehensive Framework for Action: Key Recommendations from the Ransomware Task Force

Read here: https://securityandtechnology.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/IST-Ransomware-Task-Force_Final_Report.pdf

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Ex-roads ministry worker ‘paid CHF2,000 a month’ to rig emissions data

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/ex-roads-ministry-worker–paid-chf2-000-a-month–to-rig-emissions-data/46565946

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New Zealand’s measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Read here: https://www.fatf-gafi.org/publications/mutualevaluations/documents/mer-new-zealand-2021.html

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Malta: Tumas Gaming slapped with €233,156 money laundering fine

Read here: https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/109305/tumas_gaming_slapped_with_233156_money_laundering_fine#.YI0SZy1Q1di

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Hotbit crypto exchange shuts down for maintenance after attempted hack

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/hotbit-crypto-exchange-shuts-down-for-maintenance-after-attempted-hack

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Iraqis Blame Deadly Fire on Negligence and Corruption

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/14322-iraqis-blame-deadly-fire-on-negligence-and-corruption

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Spelinspektionen (Swedish gambling regulator) Issued SEK2M Fines to LeoVegas and ATG

Read here: https://www.gamblingnews.com/news/spelinspektionen-issued-sek2m-fines-to-leovegas-and-atg/

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Two Queens Men Plead Guilty to Multi-Million Dollar Bank Fraud and Identity Theft Conspiracy

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/two-queens-men-plead-guilty-multi-million-dollar-bank-fraud-and-identity-theft

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Deutsche Bank AG: BaFin expands special representative´s mandate

Read here: https://www.bafin.de/SharedDocs/Veroeffentlichungen/EN/Massnahmen/60b_KWG/meldung_210430_57_GwG_60b_KWG_Deutsche-Bank_Sonderbeauftragter_en.html

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One Colombian Gang Laundered $100 Million in a Year

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/colombian-brokers-offer-money-laundering-service/

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Danish Prosecutors Drop Money Laundering Charges Against Former Danske Bank CEO

Read here: https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2021-04-29/danish-prosecutors-drop-money-laundering-charges-against-former-danske-bank-ceo

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Three in court charged over €6m ‘ghost broker’ fraud

Read here: https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2021/0429/1212873-ghost-broker-six-million-charge/

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Illegal Wildlife Trade and Financial Investigations in West Africa

Read here: https://rusi.org/publication/occasional-papers/illegal-wildlife-trade-and-financial-investigations-west-africa

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Nigerian politicians own 800 properties worth $400m in London, Dubai – Chatham House Expert

Read here: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/458063-nigerian-politicians-own-800-properties-worth-400m-in-london-dubai-chatham-house-expert.html

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Argentina’s Franco Macri Had Secret Deal with Disgraced Austrian Bank over Postal Service Insolvency

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/argentinas-franco-macri-had-secret-deal-with-disgraced-austrian-bank-over-postal-service-insolvency

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France sanctions Lebanese figures ‘for preventing crisis exit’

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/29/france-to-bar-entry-to-some-lebanese-officials-hindering-progress

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US tax plan proposes massive overhaul to audit high earners and corporations for tax evasion

Read here: https://www.icij.org/inside-icij/2021/04/us-tax-plan-proposes-massive-overhaul-to-audit-high-earners-and-corporations-for-tax-evasion/

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Swiss anti-terror law: more police powers for more security?

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/votations-13-juin-_swiss-anti-terror-law–more-police-powers-for-more-security-/46535962

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Ex Florida Tax Collector Offered Roger Stone Bitcoin in Hopes of a Trump Pardon

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/ex-florida-tax-collector-offered-roger-stone-bitcoin-in-hopes-of-a-trump-pardon

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Poultrygeist – How Mexican Chickens Are Smuggled into Guatemala

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/poultrygeist-mexican-chickens-smuggled-guatemala/

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Dark web drug dealers paid more than £3.5m in Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in massive cocaine operation

Read here: https://news.met.police.uk/news/two-men-jailed-for-drugs-offences-426362

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Scam Theater: Inside an Online Trading Crime Ring That Grifted Millions from Mom-and-Pop Investors

Read here: https://gizmodo.com/scam-theater-inside-an-online-trading-crime-ring-that-1846761863

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Brazil’s Cheaper Exotic Fish Still Targeted by Traffickers

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/us-brazil-authorities-dive-into-illicit-killifish-trade/

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NCA issues warning to maritime industry over organised crime links to small boats

Read here: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/nca-issues-warning-to-maritime-industry-over-organised-crime-links-to-small-boats

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Australia: Suspicious Matter Reporting – Reference Guide. How to submit more effective suspicious matter reports (SMRs)

Read here: https://www.austrac.gov.au/sites/default/files/2021-04/AUSTRAC_suspicious%20matter%20reporting_reference%20guide.pdf

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How mangrove forests helped stall environmental crime

Read here: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210423-kenyas-unusual-solution-to-illegal-poaching-and-logging

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SAP Admits to Thousands of Illegal Exports of its Software Products to Iran and Enters into Non-Prosecution Agreement with DOJ

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/sap-admits-thousands-illegal-exports-its-software-products-iran-and-enters-non-prosecution

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UK – Strengthening our financial promotion rules for high-risk investments and firms approving financial promotions

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/discussion-papers/dp21-1-strengthening-financial-promotion-rules-high-risk-investments-firms-approving-financial-promotions

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Insights from the 2020 Cyber Coordination Groups

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/research/insights-cyber-coordination-groups-2020

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Victims of Ponzi scheme call for reopening of probe into offshore money transfers

Read here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/victims-fraud-reopen-inquiry-finance-committee-1.5999494

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Four arrests as PCTF (Paramilitary Crime Task Force) investigates drug importations in the post

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/four-arrests-as-pctf-investigates-drug-importations-in-the-post

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Investors ‘unlikely to recover funds’ in billion-dollar Singapore nickel fraud case

Read here: https://www.gtreview.com/news/asia/investors-unlikely-to-recover-funds-in-billion-dollar-singapore-nickel-fraud-case/

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How Afghanistan’s President Helped His Brother Secure Lucrative Mining Deals with a U.S. Contractor

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/how-afghanistans-president-helped-his-brother-secure-lucrative-mining-deals-with-a-us-contractor

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Government and industry push bitcoin regulation to fight ransomware scourge

Read here: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/28/government-and-industry-push-bitcoin-regulation-to-fight-ransomware.html

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Danske Bank may have to look into Estonia dirty money case again

Read here: https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2021/0428/1212529-danske-bank-money-laundering/

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FinCEN Reissues Real Estate Geographic Targeting Orders for 12 Metropolitan Areas

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-reissues-real-estate-geographic-targeting-orders-12-metropolitan-areas-3

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Indicted Paraguay-Based Money Launderer Linked to Broader Illicit Finance Schemes in South America’s Tri-Border Area

Read here: https://sayari.com/blog/indicted-paraguay-based-money-launderer-linked-to-broader-illicit-finance-schemes-in-south-americas-tri-border-area/

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Opinion of the European Banking Authority on the risks of money laundering and terrorist financing affecting the European Union’s financial sector

Read here: https://www.plenitudeconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/EBA-Opinion-for-Money-Laundering-Terrorist-Financing-Risk-for-Banking-Institutions.pdf

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South Africa Ranked as 3rd Most Targeted Country by Ransomware

Read here: https://www.itnewsafrica.com/2021/04/south-africa-ranked-as-3rd-most-targeted-country-by-ransomware/

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