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Poor pushed aside as corporates pocket pandemic funds in developing countries

Read here: https://www.taxjustice.net/2021/04/22/poor-pushed-aside-as-corporates-pocket-pandemic-funds-in-developing-countries/ Link to report here: https://financialtransparency.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/FTC-Tracker-Report-FINAL.pdf

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Fishrot Whistleblower Jóhannes Stefánsson Receives Prestigious Gothenburg Award

Read here: https://whistleblowersblog.org/2021/04/articles/featured-story/fishrot-whistleblower-johannes-stefansson-receives-prestigious-gothenburg-award

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Concern Over Corruption Red Flags In 20% Of UK’s PPE Procurement

Read here: https://www.transparency.org.uk/track-and-trace-uk-PPE-procurement-corruption-risk-VIP-lane Link to full report here: https://www.transparency.org.uk/sites/default/files/pdf/publications/Track%20and%20Trace%20-%20Transparency%20International%20UK.pdf

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Fintech CEO Pleads Guilty To Multiple Fraud Schemes, Including $7 Million COVID-19 Pandemic Loan Fraud And Securities Fraud

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/fintech-ceo-pleads-guilty-multiple-fraud-schemes-including-7-million-covid-19-pandemic

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Mind the gap: Bridging the anti-money laundering (AML) and conservation communities to better address conservation crime and corruption

Read here: https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/tnrc-blog-mind-the-gap-bridging-the-anti-money-laundering-aml-and-conservation-communities-to-better-address-conservation-crime-and-corruption

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Greensill: Treasury publishes emails amid lobbying row

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56843359 HM Treasury communications with Greensill: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-treasury-communications-with-greensill Doc 1: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/979872/FOI_v29_FOI2021_11880.pdf Doc 2: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/979867/Information_in_scope_FOI2021_11880_with_redactions_Final.pdf

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15% of All Ransomware Payments Made in 2020 Carried a Risk of Sanctions Violations

Read here: https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/ransomware-sanctions-risk-2021

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Downing Street launches inquiry into Boris Johnson’s leaked texts with Sir James Dyson

Read here: https://www.cityam.com/cabinet-office-launches-leak-inquiry-into-boris-johnsons-texts-with-sir-james-dyson/

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Western Sydney fraud syndicate dismantled, six charged

Read here: https://www.afp.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/western-sydney-fraud-syndicate-dismantled-six-charged

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Brazil crime: One of world’s biggest arms traffickers recaptured

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-56843269

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2021: A Critical Year for RegTech

Read here: https://www.theglobalcity.uk/PositiveWebsite/media/Research-reports/2021-A-Critical-Year-for-RegTech-final.pdf

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UK: Government to consult on online fraud measures ‘later this year’

Read here: https://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/news/government-to-consult-on-online-fraud-measures-later-this-year/

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JMLSG publishes proposed revisions to Sector 15 (Trade Finance) in Part II of its Guidance

Read here: https://jmlsg.org.uk/latest-news/jmlsg-publishes-proposed-revisions/ Link to consultation draft: https://jmlsg.org.uk/consultations/consultation-part-ii-sector-15/

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Iranian Banks Allowed to Issue Business Debit Cards

Read here: https://financialtribune.com/articles/business-and-markets/108299/iranian-banks-allowed-to-issue-business-debit-cards

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228 Arrests After 70,000 Individuals Checked Across Europe To Tackle Mobile Criminality

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/228-arrests-after-70-000-individuals-checked-across-europe-to-tackle-mobile-criminality

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Sanctions are now a central tool of governments’ foreign policy

Read here: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2021/04/22/sanctions-are-now-a-central-tool-of-governments-foreign-policy

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Pupil hacked into school’s system to change their grades as GCHQ roll out cyber security training for teachers

Read here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/21/gchq-roll-cyber-security-training-teachers/

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Wirecard employees removed millions in cash using shopping bags

Read here: https://www.ft.com/content/31a8ed93-f602-47f0-9120-4b4f152ec7bc

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Private Jets Laden With Cocaine Travel from Brazil to Europe

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/brazil-private-jets-cocaine-trafficking-europe/

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Cuba Adopts Cryptocurrency as Part of Communist Party Agenda

Read here: https://decrypt.co/68676/cuba-cryptocurrency-communist-party-agenda

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UAE goes live with ‘Trade Connect’, a blockchain-based trade finance platform, to counter fraud risks

Read here: https://gulfnews.com/business/markets/uae-goes-live-with-trade-connect-a-blockchain-based-trade-finance-platform-to-counter-fraud-risks-1.1618817132293

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Diamonds: Investigation into bankruptcy of former industry number one

Read here: https://www.brusselstimes.com/news/business/165918/diamonds-investigation-into-bankruptcy-of-former-industry-number-one/

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US House Passes Bill to Require Financial Regulators to Set Up Digital Assets Working Group

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/cftc-sec-us-house-representatives

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The Canine Connection: Europe’s Illegal Dog Trade

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/37-ccblog/ccblog/14263-the-canine-connection-europe-s-illegal-dog-trade

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6 Abalone Poaching Syndicate Members Cut Deals With State

Read here: https://ewn.co.za/2021/04/20/perlemoen-plea-deal-6-abalone-poaching-syndicate-members-cut-deals-with-state

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Warrington brothers behind record £20m cocaine haul jailed

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-56819088

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Forger ran fake passport factory from his attic

Read here: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/forger-ran-fake-passport-factory-from-his-attic

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Three Brooklyn Residents Charged in Money Laundering Scheme with Stealing Over $30 Million from Foreign Banks

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/three-brooklyn-residents-charged-money-laundering-scheme-stealing-over-30-million

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Former B.C. premier says government didn’t alert her to rise in money laundering until 2015

Read here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/christy-clark-testimoney-money-laundering-inquiry-2021-1.5993354

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People smuggling gang leader tried to charge migrants £10k to reach UK in small boats

Read here: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/people-smuggling-gang-leader-tried-to-charge-migrants-10k-to-reach-uk-in-small-boats

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Restaurant owner ‘paid’ illegal workers with diners’ leftovers

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-56815659

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Regulating the UK as a global financial centre

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/speeches/regulating-uk-global-financial-centre

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South Africa’s anti-graft panel says offices burgled, fired on

Read here: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210419-s-africa-s-anti-graft-panel-says-offices-burgled-fired-on

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Former fisheries minister of Indonesia charged in bribery case

Read here: https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-trade/former-fisheries-minister-of-indonesia-charged-in-bribery-case

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Holding companies to account – a blueprint for European legislation

Read here: https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/holding-corporates-account/holding-companies-to-account-a-blueprint-for-european-legislation/

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Hundreds of NGOs Reject Venezuelan Rule Obliging the Disclosure of Beneficiaries

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/14268-hundreds-of-ngos-reject-venezuelan-rule-obliging-the-disclosure-of-beneficiaries

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Allianz reveals £65.8m worth of insurance fraud in 2020

Read here: https://www.insurancetimes.co.uk/news/allianz-reveals-658m-worth-of-insurance-fraud-in-2020/1437188.article

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NatWest will refuse to serve business customers who accept cryptocurrencies

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/apr/21/natwest-will-refuse-to-serve-business-customers-who-accept-cryptocurrencies

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Swedish police warn gambling under “highest threat” from money laundering

Read here: https://igamingbusiness.com/swedish-police-warn-gambling-under-highest-threat-from-money-laundering/

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Swiss digital asset trading network expands

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-digital-asset-trading-network-expands/46544022

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