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Inside the Global Online Betting Empire of a Slain Turkish Cypriot Businessman

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/inside-the-global-online-betting-empire-of-a-slain-turkish-cypriot-businessman

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Slapped With Sanctions, Georgian Oligarch Ivanishvili Brings Assets Home

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/scoop/slapped-with-sanctions-georgian-oligarch-ivanishvili-brings-assets-home

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Unchecked illegal trawling pushes Indonesia’s small-scale fishers to the brink

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/02/unchecked-illegal-trawling-pushes-indonesias-small-scale-fishers-to-the-brink/

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Romania: Six indicted for €1.7 million fraud involving irrigation systems

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/romania-six-indicted-eu17-million-fraud-involving-irrigation-systems

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US releases Russian cybercriminal as part of exchange for teacher Marc Fogel

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/13/russian-alexander-vinnik-marc-fogel

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Update on UK Syria sanctions regime: Minister Doughty statement

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/update-on-uk-syria-sanctions-regime-minister-doughty-statement

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Founder of Purported Artificial Intelligence-Driven Hedge Fund Pleads Guilty to Investment Adviser Fraud

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/founder-purported-artificial-intelligence-driven-hedge-fund-pleads-guilty-investment

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Premier League clubs claim millions in tax relief meant for ‘science and tech’

Read here: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/premier-league-clubs-claim-millions-in-tax-relief-for-science-and-tech-zdhclkr3m

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Catatumbo’s cocaine war: Violence over coca crops threatens Colombia’s peace process

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/catatumbo-cocaine-war/

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As The Azerbaijani Laundromat Scandal Reaches German Court, Will There Finally Be Some Accountability?

Read here: https://www.transparency.org/en/blog/azerbaijani-laundromat-scandal-reaches-german-court

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Leveraging Transparency for Collaboration in the Wake of Record-Breaking Bybit Theft

Read here: https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/bybit-exchange-hack-february-2025-crypto-security-dprk/

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Mexican president blasts US for harboring drug cartels

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/13/claudia-sheinbaum-us-drug-cartel

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‘That is how you clean the money’: Murdered businessman used Malta as ‘base’

Read here: https://timesofmalta.com/article/that-clean-money-murdered-businessman-used-malta-base.1105136

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Ex-Tory worker’s £1m VAT and money laundering scam

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62qy6gzvxlo

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China’s pangolin scale trade declines, study shows, but smuggling persists

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/02/chinas-pangolin-scale-trade-declines-study-shows-but-smuggling-persists-2/

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UK announces largest sanctions package against Russia since 2022

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-announces-largest-sanctions-package-against-russia-since-2022

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EU adopts its 16th package of economic and individual measures on Russia

Read here: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2025/02/24/three-years-of-russia-s-full-scale-invasion-and-war-of-aggression-against-ukraine-eu-adopts-its-16th-package-of-economic-and-individual-measures/

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Chainalysis publishes 2025 Crypto Crime Report

Read here: https://go.chainalysis.com/2025-Crypto-Crime-Report.html

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Amazon, Nintendo seek $7M judgment in counterfeit amiibo lawsuit

Read here: https://www.polygon.com/gaming/522449/amazon-nintendo-counterfeit-amiibo-cartridge-lawsuit

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Community Leaders Killed as Cocaine War Rages in Colombia

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/community-leaders-killed-as-cocaine-war-rages-in-colombia

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Mastercard Launches Tool to Help Firms Trace Money Laundering

Read here: https://www.pymnts.com/mastercard/2025/mastercard-launches-tool-help-firms-trace-money-laundering/

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Montenegro Will Extradite Convicted Money Launderer to China

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/exclusive-montenegro-will-extradite-convicted-money-launderer-to-china

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PNG Central Bank Chief Appointed Amid Money Laundering Investigation

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/scoop/pngs-central-bank-chief-appointed-amid-money-laundering-investigation

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UK guidance on the failure to prevent fraud offence (Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023)

Read here: https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/policy-and-guidance/guidance/guidance-failure-prevent-fraud-offence-eccta-2023 Link to guidance: https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/system/files/2025-02/UK%20Finance%20Failure%20to%20Prevent%20Fraud%20industry%20guidance.pdf

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Crime and Religion in Brazil: The Expansion of Rio’s Pure Third Command

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/crime-and-religion-in-brazil-the-expansion-of-rios-pure-third-command/

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Former George W. Bush aide says an Uzbek businessman hired him to lobby for U.S. sanctions on a local business rival

Read here: https://www.icij.org/news/2025/02/former-george-w-bush-aide-says-an-uzbek-businessman-hired-him-to-lobby-for-u-s-sanctions-on-a-local-business-rival/

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Call for action: Urgent plan needed to transition to post-quantum cryptography together

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/call-for-action-urgent-plan-needed-to-transition-to-post-quantum-cryptography-together

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The Women Ensnared in Tren de Aragua’s Criminal Web in Peru

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/investigations/women-ensnared-tren-de-aragua-criminal-web-peru/

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Scientists make disturbing discovery in US import records of crocodiles, tigers, and other wildlife – here’s what it means

Read here: https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/wildlife-trafficking-animal-imports-us-economy/

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INTERPOL Washington And Canada Sign Historic Partnership To Combat Tren De Aragua

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/interpol-washington/pr/interpol-washington-and-canada-sign-historic-partnership-combat-tren-de

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Why is this snake one of the most trafficked species in the world?

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/video/2025/01/why-is-this-snake-one-of-the-most-trafficked-species-in-the-world-wild-targets/

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Rescued from virtual slavery in online scam centers, 260 foreigners repatriated

Read here: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/rescued-virtual-slavery-myanmars-online-scam-centers-260-118777271

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FBI asks node operators, exchanges to block transactions tied to Bybit hackers

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/fbi-urges-crypto-private-sector-block-bybit-lazarus-laundering

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The ‘Crypto Wizard’ vs. Nigeria

Read here: https://www.npr.org/2025/02/12/1230862333/tigran-gambarian-crypto-binance-nigeria-prison

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Former Bangladesh Securities Commission Chair Denied Bail in Corruption Case

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/former-bangladesh-securities-commission-chair-denied-bail-in-corruption-case

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The new snake oil: Antivenoms that are as useless as water

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-02-13/the-new-snake-oil-antivenoms-that-are-as-useless-as-water/

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Trafficked and Tortured: Shocking Report Links EU Aid to Migrant Exploitation

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/trafficked-and-tortured-shocking-report-links-eu-aid-to-migrant-exploitation

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Kazakh billionaire reportedly in talks on making $1B payout to state

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/caspian-cabals/kazakh-billionaire-reportedly-in-talks-on-making-1b-payout-to-state/

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