News and Blogs

Prosecutor insists Najib was ‘shadow director’, ‘puppeteer’ of former 1MDB unit’s board

Read here: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2021/04/19/src-appeal-prosecutor-insists-najib-was-shadow-director-puppeteer-of-former/1967657

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Syndicate member behind S$2.5m cross-border investment scam gets jail, squandered millions at casino

Read here: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/syndicate-investment-scam-jail-china-national-shell-companies-14652086

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Man jailed for seven years over €3.7m cash seizures

Read here: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtandcrime/arid-40267274.html

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South Korea to Combat ‘Illegal’ Bitcoin Transactions

Read here: https://decrypt.co/66979/south-korea-to-combat-illegal-bitcoin-transactions

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COVID-19 has transformed Somaliland’s remittance lifeline

Read here: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/covid-19-has-transformed-somalilands-remittance-lifeline/

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Senior WHO official under investigation by Italian judiciary

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/senior-who-official-under-investigation-by-italian-judiciary/46537310

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Blacklist audit firms for failure to root out fraud, urges Pirc

Read here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/blacklist-audit-firms-for-failure-to-root-out-fraud-urges-pirc-3vx3tq9zn

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Wirecard inquiry: Germany’s political and financial elite exposed

Read here: https://www.ft.com/content/6e0c6b5f-3461-463d-b49b-f572dbc39c26

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IRS is probing the dark web to look for cryptocurrency and NFT tax evasion, says IRS commissioner

Read here: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/14/irs-is-probing-the-dark-web-to-look-for-cryptocurrency-nft-tax-evasion.html

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Can European AML Laws Reveal Who Owns Huawei?

Read here: https://chinaobservers.eu/can-european-aml-laws-reveal-who-owns-huawei/

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Data Brokers Are a Threat to Democracy

Read here: https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-data-brokers-are-a-threat-to-democracy/ Link to quoted Senate report here: https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/bd5dad8b-a9e8-4fe9-a2a7-b17f4798ee5a

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Iranian Opposition Group Members Charged In Denmark With Financing Terrorist Activity

Read here: https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-opposition-charged-denmark-financing-terrorism/31205348.html

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What Cameron and the Greensill app tells us about NHS digital privatisation

Read here: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/what-cameron-and-greensill-app-tells-us-about-nhs-digital-privatisation/

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Medicinal Cannabis Companies begin to list on London Stock Exchange

Read here: https://sites-twobirds.vuture.net/141/2149/plc-update-april-2021/2.-medicinal-cannabis-companies-begin-to-list-on-london-stock-exchange.pdf

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Bank of England tells firms to promote own ‘RegTech’ products

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/city-london-calls-paradigm-shift-tech-banks-2021-04-15/

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Dallas Attorney Charged in Narcotics Money Laundering Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/dallas-attorney-charged-narcotics-money-laundering-scheme

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Most Cyprus passports issued in investment scheme were ‘illegal’

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/16/half-of-cyprus-passports-in-cash-scheme-were-illegal-inquiry

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Lebanon-Syria: Smuggling and sanctions, the new front line

Read here: https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/reporters/20210416-lebanon-syria-smuggling-and-sanctions-the-new-front-line

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How to enhance integrity during crises: lessons from behavioural science

Read here: https://baselgovernance.org/blog/how-enhance-integrity-during-crises-lessons-behavioural-science

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Haunted by shame: victims of bank transfer scams tell of lasting trauma

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/apr/17/bank-transfer-scams-fraud-victims

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Slovenia’s lack of enforcement against foreign bribery remains serious concern

Read here: https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/short_news/slovenias-lack-of-enforcement-against-foreign-bribery-remains-serious-concern/

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The credibility of corruption statistics: A critical review of ten global estimates

Read here: https://www.u4.no/publications/the-credibility-of-corruption-statistics Link to report: https://www.u4.no/publications/the-credibility-of-corruption-statistics.pdf

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The Royal Court restaurant, the oil insider, and the $100,000 bribe

Read here: https://www.iraqoilreport.com/news/the-royal-court-restaurant-the-oil-insider-and-the-100000-bribe-43661/

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Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) – under-used and under-valued?

Read here: https://www.grcworldforums.com/financial-crime/unexplained-wealth-orders-uwos-under-used-and-under-valued/1304.article

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Philippines seizes illegally harvested giant clam shells worth $25m

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/17/philippines-seizes-illegally-harvested-giant-clam-shells-worth-25m

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The Many Faces of Malware: A Tour of Real-World Samples

Read here: https://uk.pcmag.com/antivirus/132859/the-many-faces-of-malware-a-tour-of-real-world-samples

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The Impressive Tunnelling Skills of Mexico’s Gas Thieves

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/underground-tunnels-discovered-mexico-reveal-sophistication-oil-theft-networks/

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Counterfeit Goods Series: Shareable Dataset on Seizures in Hotspot Shenzhen, China

Read here: https://sayari.com/blog/counterfeit-goods-series-shareable-dataset-on-seizures-in-hotspot-shenzhen-china/

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Treasury Sanctions Russia with Sweeping New Sanctions Authority

Read here: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0127

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High-Level Organizer of Notorious Hacking Group [FIN7 aka Carbanak Group and Navigator Group] Sentenced to Prison for Scheme that Compromised Tens of Millions of Debit and Credit Cards

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/high-level-organizer-notorious-hacking-group-sentenced-prison-scheme-compromised-tens

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Behind the scenes of the Panama Papers story that brought down Iceland’s PM

Listen here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/panama-papers/behind-the-scenes-of-the-panama-papers-story-that-brought-down-icelands-pm/

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Cocaine Spike Puts Spotlight on Honduras Atlantic

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/cocaine-spike-puts-spotlight-on-honduras-atlantic/

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Pfizer backs down over “unreasonable” terms in South Africa vaccine deal

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2021-04-19/pfizer-backs-down-over-asset-seizing-clause-in-south-africa-vaccine-deal

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Magic Millions, money laundering and a $4b crypto scam

Read here: https://www.afr.com/companies/sport/magic-millions-money-laundering-and-a-4b-crypto-scam-20210415-p57jeo

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Methamphetamine developments in South Asia: the situation in Iran and the implications for the EU and its neighbours

Read here: https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/system/files/publications/13703/EU4MD_Methamphetamine-situation-in-Iran_final.pdf  

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Investors File Class Action Lawsuit Before the National Court of Spain Over an Alleged $298M Crypto Scam

Read here: https://news.bitcoin.com/investors-file-class-action-lawsuit-before-the-national-court-of-spain-over-an-alleged-298m-crypto-scam/

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Chinese police arrest EOS gambling dApp team, seize $3.8 million in crypto

Read here: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/101788/china-police-arrest-eos-gambling-dapp

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Canada: Money laundering reports were broad and apolitical, says Peter German

Read here: https://www.coastreporter.net/bc-news/money-laundering-reports-were-broad-and-apolitical-says-peter-german-3633113

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Fentanyl Seizures Explode Across United States

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/fentanyl-seizures-explode-united-states/

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Matt Hancock received shares in family shredding firm that won lucrative NHS contract

Read here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/hancock-topwood-shares-contract-nhs-b1832263.html

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