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FluBot: Guidance for ‘package delivery’ text message scam

Read here: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/flubot-guidance-for-text-message-scam

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How Paraguay Emerged as Major Cocaine Exporter to Europe

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/how-paraguay-became-major-cocaine-exporter-to-europe/

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Five Charged in Offering Fraud, Stock Manipulation, Money Laundering

Read here: https://www.ai-cio.com/news/five-charged-offering-fraud-stock-manipulation-money-laundering/

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How gold trade data could be better used for due diligence

Read here: https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/natural-resource-governance/how-gold-trade-data-could-be-better-used-for-due-diligence/

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China Trademarked Hundreds of South China Sea Landmarks

Read here: https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/philippine/sea-trademarks-04132021172405.html

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Go read this saga of McDonald’s ice cream machines and why they’re out of order all the time

Read here: https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/24/22401150/go-read-this-mcdonalds-ice-cream-machines-wired

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Australia: Feds junk plans to unmask nominee directors

Read here: https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/feds-junk-plans-to-unmask-nominee-directors-20210420-p57kru

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US warns Ireland is a target for cyber-spies due to data storage

Read here: https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/news/us-warns-ireland-is-a-target-for-cyber-spies-due-to-data-storage-40345475.html

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Eurojust assists with halting online investment scam in Italy

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/eurojust-assists-halting-online-investment-scam-italy

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Ph.D. Chemist Convicted of Conspiracy to Steal Trade Secrets, Economic Espionage, Theft of Trade Secrets and Wire Fraud

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/phd-chemist-convicted-conspiracy-steal-trade-secrets-economic-espionage-theft-trade-secrets

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Extortion in Central America – Gender, micro-trafficking, and Panama

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/extortion-central-america-gender-trafficking-panama/

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Global Fraud and Risk Report 2019/20: Mapping the New Risk Landscape

Read here: https://www.kroll.com/en/insights/publications/global-fraud-and-risk-report-2019

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Australian man Craig Wright’s claim he invented bitcoin to be considered by UK court

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/apr/23/australian-man-craig-wrights-claim-he-invented-bitcoin-to-be-considered-by-uk-court

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FCA commences criminal proceedings for fraud and unauthorised business

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-commences-criminal-proceedings-fraud-and-unauthorised-business

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Leader Of International Cocaine Trafficking Organization Indicted

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmi/pr/leader-international-cocaine-trafficking-organization-indicted

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Builder jailed for pistol and ammunition smuggling plot

Read here: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/builder-jailed-for-pistol-and-ammunition-smuggling-plot

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US gives Iran ‘examples’ of sanctions it could lift

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/22/us-tells-iran-sanctions-it-could-lift-for-return-to-nuclear-deal

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Macau’s Digital Yuan Plans Deal Fresh Blow to Casino Junkets

Read here: https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2021-04-22/macaus-digital-yuan-plans-deal-fresh-blow-to-casino-junkets

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US Supreme Court Curbs FTC’s Power to Recoup Ill-gotten Gains

Read here: https://www.voanews.com/usa/us-supreme-court-curbs-ftcs-power-recoup-ill-gotten-gains

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Belfast delivery driver found guilty of importing class A drugs

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/belfast-delivery-driver-found-guilty-of-importing-class-a-drugs

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Turkish police detain 62 over alleged $2B Thodex crypto exchange fraud

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/turkish-police-detain-62-over-alleged-2b-thodex-crypto-exchange-fraud

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Former police officer jailed for darknet arms dealing

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/former-police-officer-jailed-for-darknet-arms-dealing/46557640

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Land Trafficking Fuels Constant Corruption in Bolivia

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/corruption-fuels-land-trafficking-bolivia/

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Seoul Seizes Tax Dodgers’ Crypto From Exchanges

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/south-korea-taxex-seize-crypto-exchanges

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Police seize £15 million haul of fake designer goods

Read here: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/police-greater-manchester-police-city-of-london-police-strangeways-city-of-london-b931255.html

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Treasury deputy chief says reviewing costs, benefits of U.S. sanctions

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-treasury-sanctions/treasury-deputy-chief-says-reviewing-costs-benefits-of-u-s-sanctions-idUSL1N2ME2R1

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Colombia’s Guerrillas Bring Landmines to Venezuela

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/guerrillas-plant-landmines-venezuela-alienating-former-ally/

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The ex-convict’s tale: Germany’s role in Wirecard scandal under microscope

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/ex-convicts-tale-germanys-role-wirecard-scandal-under-microscope-2021-04-23/

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Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Warns of Bogus COVID Vaccines Sold in Mexico, Argentina and Brazil

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/14282-paho-warns-of-bogus-covid-vaccines-sold-in-mexico-argentina-and-brazil

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Transnational Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 26 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl, Heroin, Methamphetamine, Cocaine and for Money Laundering

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edwa/pr/transnational-drug-trafficker-sentenced-26-years-federal-prison-conspiracy-distribute

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Operation Venetic: Man remanded over Skorpion machine gun

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operation-venetic-man-remanded-over-skorpion-machine-gun

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Chairman, directors of Hong Kong listed company among four people arrested in crackdown on syndicate tied to market misconduct, fraud

Read here: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3130706/chairman-directors-hong-kong-listed-company-among-four

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Hackers look to team up with short sellers

Read here: https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/hackers-look-to-team-up-with-short-sellers-20210422-p57lep

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The Gray Market: How a Brazen Hack of That $69 Million Beeple Revealed the True Vulnerability of the NFT Market (and Other Insights)

Read here: https://news.artnet.com/opinion/sleepminting-nftheft-monsieur-personne-1960744

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Revealed: residency loophole in Malta’s cash-for-passports scheme

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/22/revealed-residency-loophole-in-malta-cash-for-passports-scheme

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Billion-Dollar Rug Pull? Turkish Bitcoin Exchange Goes Dark

Read here: https://decrypt.co/68703/billion-dollar-rug-pull-turkish-bitcoin-exchange-goes-dark

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REvil Ransomware Gang Threatens Stolen Apple Blueprint Leak

Read here: https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/revil-ransomware-gang-threatens-stolen-apple-blueprint-leak-a-16441

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Phone Scammers Talked a Woman Into Handing Over $32 Million

Read here: https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgx837/phone-scams-hong-kong

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Money laundering: NatWest calls criminal charges ‘disappointing’ as case moves to court

Read here: https://www.cityam.com/money-laundering-natwest-calls-criminal-charges-disappointing-as-case-moves-to-court/

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Newly Established Rules in UK To Resolve Blockchain and Crypto Disputes

Read here: https://decrypt.co/68709/newly-established-rules-in-uk-to-resolve-blockchain-and-crypto-disputes Linklaters article here: https://www.linklaters.com/en/about-us/news-and-deals/news/2021/april/linklaters-assists-the-uk-jurisdiction-taskforce-on-its-digital-dispute-resolution-rules Includes link to Lawtech UK – UK Jurisdiction Taskforce – ‘Digital Dispute Resolution Rules’ report within Linklaters article.

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