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How Credit Suisse rolled the dice on risk management – and lost

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/how-credit-suisse-rolled-the-dice-on-risk-management—and-lost/46548906

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Europe’s appetite for cocaine triggers brutal battle for lucrative routes through Venezuela

Read here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/19/europes-appetite-cocaine-triggers-brutal-battle-lucrative-routes/

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Can The FCA Be A Regulator And Law Enforcer For Money Laundering?

  It’s all in the timing but can the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) simultaneously perform as a regulator and enforce the criminal law?  This particular timing references four recent publications/broadcasts: […]

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The Derring-Do of a Bolivian Drug Trafficking Warhorse

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/derringdo-bolivian-drug-trafficking-warhorse/

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The Coming AI Hackers

Read here: https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/coming-ai-hackers

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US Companies Are Helping Mexican Cartels Get Rich Kidnapping Migrants

Read here: https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7bwdz/us-mexico-cartel-kidnapping-migrant-money

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The Metamorphosis of Ali Khalil Merhi: How a One-Time Fugitive Found Fortune in South Sudan

Read here: https://thesentry.org/reports/metamorphosisofmerhi/

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Financial investigators link cases to smash cash courier gang

Read here: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/financial-investigators-link-cases-to-smash-cash-courier-gang

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‘Memo Fantasma’ Initiates Criminal Proceeding Against InSight Crime Director

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/memo-fantasma-criminal-proceeding/

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Torpedo: The Double Life of an Accused US-Albanian Drug Trafficker

Read here: https://balkaninsight.com/2021/04/20/torpedo-the-double-life-of-an-accused-us-albanian-drug-trafficker/

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National Crime Agency wins £1.6m cash forfeiture order in Operation Venetic investigation

Read here: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/national-crime-agency-wins-1-6m-cash-forfeiture-order-in-operation-venetic-investigation

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Spain dismantles Chinese gang selling cannabis across Europe

Read here: https://apnews.com/article/europe-spain-police-reform-de7e12adbcef140ee89feac93b00c4d7

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Louis Vuitton, Cartier, Prada to Use Bespoke Blockchain to Tackle Counterfeit Goods

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/louis-vuitton-cartier-prada-aura-blockchain-consortium

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Two Senior Managers in Italy Charged with Conspiracy to Cheat U.S. Emissions Tests and Defraud U.S. Consumers

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-senior-managers-italy-charged-conspiracy-cheat-us-emissions-tests-and-defraud-us

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(Jersey – Channel Islands) Island a ‘medium to low’ terrorist financing risk

Read here: https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2021/04/20/island-a-medium-to-low-terrorist-financing-risk/

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Two Companies and Nine Individuals Indicted for Alleged Large-Scale Visa Fraud Employment Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-companies-and-nine-individuals-indicted-alleged-large-scale-visa-fraud-employment-scheme

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Facebook-backed Diem aims to launch digital currency pilot later this year

Read here: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/20/facebook-backed-diem-aims-to-launch-digital-currency-pilot-in-2021.html

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UK Freeports: Fourth Report of Session 2019-21

Read here: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/5490/documents/54870/default/

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Portuguese Authorities Arrest Members of Montenegrin Mafia

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/14261-portuguese-authorities-arrests-members-of-montenegrin-mafia

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U.S. House of Representatives approves cannabis banking bill

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/business/us-house-representatives-approves-cannabis-banking-bill-2021-04-19/

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Hong Kong’s zealous anti-doxxing campaign could make it even easier to hide dirty money in the city

Read here: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/19/business/hong-kong-companies-registry-dst-intl-hnk/index.html

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EU hits Myanmar junta members and two military companies with sanctions

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/eu-hits-myanmar-junta-members-two-military-companies-with-sanctions-2021-04-19/

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India’s Adani Faces Scrutiny for Port Deal in Myanmar

Read here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/indias-adani-faces-scrutiny-for-port-deal-in-myanmar-11618824601

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UK: Businesses that have not complied with the regulations, and suspensions and cancellations of registration (2020 to 2021)

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/businesses-not-complying-with-money-laundering-regulations-in-2018-to-2019/list-of-businesses-for-tax-year-2019-to-2020-that-have-not-complied-with-the-2017-money-laundering-regulations

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Police probe bond scam as HSBC, Vanguard, PIMCO are hijacked

Read here: https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/police-probe-bond-scam-as-hsbc-vanguard-pimco-are-hijacked-20210420-p57kq6

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ABN AMRO pays EUR 480 million on account of serious shortcomings in money laundering prevention

Read here: https://www.prosecutionservice.nl/latest/news/2021/04/19/abn-amro-pays-eur-480-million-on-account-of-serious-shortcomings-in-money-laundering-prevention

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The Incredible Rise of North Korea’s Hacking Army

Read here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/26/the-incredible-rise-of-north-koreas-hacking-army

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Bank of England statement on Central Bank Digital Currency

Read here: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/news/2021/april/bank-of-england-statement-on-central-bank-digital-currency

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Danske Bank CEO resigns after being named a suspect in Dutch probe

Read here: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/19/danske-bank-ceo-resigns-after-being-named-a-suspect-in-dutch-probe.html

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Ambitious plans to boost UK fintech and financial services set out by Chancellor

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ambitious-plans-to-boost-uk-fintech-and-financial-services-set-out-by-chancellor

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German regulator files criminal complaint against Deutsche Bank board member over Wirecard

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/wirecard-accounts-deutsche-bank/german-regulator-files-criminal-complaint-against-deutsche-bank-board-member-over-wirecard-ft-idUSL1N2MC1K8

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Expert: Italian Mafia has Mastered Complex Economic Schemes

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/14254-expert-italian-mafia-has-mastered-complex-economic-schemes

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Rise in production of synthetic drugs poses legal challenges for prosecutors

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/rise-production-synthetic-drugs-poses-legal-challenges-prosecutors

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Eurojust Report on Drug trafficking

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/eurojust-report-drug-trafficking

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Growth in Illicit Crypto Finance ‘Inevitable’: CipherTrace

Read here: https://decrypt.co/66948/growth-in-illicit-crypto-finance-inevitable-ciphertrace

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SEC Charges Binary Options Trading Platform and Two Top Executives with Fraud

Read here: https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2021-66

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Morrison money laundering visas strand Aussies overseas

Read here: https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2021/04/morrison-money-laundering-visas-strand-aussies-overseas/

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Money laundering probes shoot up by 200 per cent

Read here: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/money-laundering-probes-shoot-up-by-200-per-cent.865392

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Robinhood calls Massachusetts regulator “elitist” for trying to revoke its licence

Read here: https://www.fintechfutures.com/2021/04/robinhood-calls-massachusetts-regulator-elitist-for-trying-to-revoke-its-licence/

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DEA Announces Culture-based Drug Prevention Tools Now Available to Educators

Read here: https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2021/04/19/dea-announces-culture-based-drug-prevention-tools-now-available-0

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