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How Cybercriminals Stole $1.8 Billion from Unsuspecting Older Americans in 2020

Read here: https://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/info-2021/fbi-cybercrime-report.html

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Gangland drug map shows how cartels using Ireland to flood ‘tsunami of cocaine’

Read here: https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/gangland-map-drugs-cocaine-ireland-20374902

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Corruption Prevention Bureau fails to prove ABLV managers’ involvement in corruption

Read here: https://www.baltictimes.com/corruption_prevention_bureau_fails_to_prove_ablv_managers__involvement_in_corruption/

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Modern Bank Heists: Attackers Go Beyond Account Takeover

Read here: https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/modern-bank-heists-attackers-go-beyond-account-takeover-a-16385

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Brazil: Two arrested in global hunt to catch child predators

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/News-and-Events/News/2021/Brazil-Two-arrested-in-global-hunt-to-catch-child-predators

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Macau casinos menaced by potential digital currency

Read here: https://www.yogonet.com/international/noticias/2021/04/14/57225-macau-casinos-menaced-by-potential-digital-currency

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Three in court over alleged £13.7m pension fraud

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-56730973

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Swiss money laundering probe eyes Lebanon central bank chief: report

Read here: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210413-swiss-money-laundering-probe-eyes-lebanon-central-bank-chief-report

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Libya releases man described as one of world’s most wanted human traffickers

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/13/libya-releases-most-wanted-human-trafficker-bija

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Former Mexican senator hit with criminal charges tied to energy reform

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-corruption/former-mexican-senator-hit-with-criminal-charges-tied-to-energy-reform-idUSKBN2C033O

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Ecuador detains comptroller, ex-minister in Petroecuador probe

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N2M629O

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Venezuela government wants to use funds frozen in the U.S. to pay for vaccines

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2C02V9

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Swiss Custody Firm METACO Primed to Offer DeFi to Banks

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/swiss-custody-firm-metaco-primed-to-offer-defi-to-banks

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Lobbying Industry publishes 6-point Public Confidence Plan for Reform in response to Cameron Inquiry

Read here: https://news.prca.org.uk/lobbying-industry-publishes-6-point-public-confidence-plan-for-reform-in-response-to-cameron-inquiry/

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Design firm laid-off staff due to manager’s £900k fraud

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-56751660

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Lithuanian mafia gang ‘all but gone’ in Ireland following garda clampdown

Read here: https://www.thejournal.ie/lithuanian-mafia-gang-dismantled-5404046-Apr2021/

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Justice Department Announces Court-Authorized Effort to Disrupt Exploitation of Microsoft Exchange Server Vulnerabilities

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-court-authorized-effort-disrupt-exploitation-microsoft-exchange

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Estate agent’s hi-tech house tour exposes personal data

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56718046

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Colombia Sent a Technical Document the U.S. Congress: Glyphosate Spraying has been Ineffective in Combating Illicit Crops and Drug Trafficking

Read here: https://www.pressenza.com/2021/04/colombia-sent-a-technical-document-the-u-s-congress-glyphosate-spraying-has-been-ineffective-in-combating-illicit-crops-and-drug-trafficking/

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Sixteen Hongkongers arrested in police swoop on bookmaking syndicate that laundered over HK$180 million in 10 months

Read here: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3129396/sixteen-hongkongers-arrested-police-swoop-bookmaking

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Investors target booming digital art market despite ‘heist’ fears

Read here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/investors-target-booming-digital-art-market-despite-heist-fears-0cgmg583f

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Underwater Drone Would Have Secretly Delivered Cocaine to Europe

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/underwater-drone-would-have-secretly-delivered-cocaine-to-europe/

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Secure Comms: Cracking the Encrypted Messages of Balkan Crime Gangs

Read here: https://balkaninsight.com/2021/04/12/secure-comms-cracking-the-encrypted-messages-of-balkan-crime-gangs/

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Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community 2021

Read here: https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/ATA-2021-Unclassified-Report.pdf

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Ireland’s Illegal Pubs Turn to Organized Crime to Solve Guinness Shortage

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/14215-ireland-s-illegal-pubs-turn-to-organized-crime-to-solve-guinness-shortage

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Denmark charges six from UK and US with cum-ex fraud

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56731339

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Ransomware attack to blame for Federal Group’s casino pokies outage in Tasmania

Read here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-13/ransomware-attack-hits-federal-group-casino-operator/100064038

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An Analysis of Bitcoin’s Use in Illicit Finance

Read here: https://cryptoforinnovation.org/resources/Analysis_of_Bitcoin_in_Illicit_Finance.pdf

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Cyprus, Ghana and Kenya join growing list of countries to create beneficial ownership registries

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/panama-papers/cyprus-ghana-and-kenya-join-growing-list-of-countries-to-create-beneficial-ownership-registries/

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Malta: Lawyers remain laggards in adopting money laundering risk assessment tools

Read here: https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/108925/lawyers_remain_laggards_in_adopting_money_laundering_risk_assessment_tools#.YHYgui1Q1dg

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Manufacturer Sentenced for Conspiring to Manufacture and Sell Counterfeit Goods

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ri/pr/manufacturer-sentenced-conspiring-manufacture-and-sell-counterfeit-goods

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Turkey’s Halkbank urges end of U.S. prosecution alleging Iran sanctions violations

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/turkeys-halkbank-urges-end-of-us-prosecution-alleging-iran-sanctions-violations-idUSKBN2BZ2QF

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Cool Runnings, commodity traders and global capital – a review of ‘The World for Sale’

Read here: https://www.globalwitness.org/en/blog/cool-runnings-commodity-traders-capital/

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Compliance, Culture and Evolving Regulatory Expectations

Read here: https://wp.nyu.edu/compliance_enforcement/2021/04/12/compliance-culture-and-evolving-regulatory-expectations/

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Honduras Arrests Man who Purchased Useless COVID Mobile Hospitals

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/14227-honduras-arrests-man-who-purchased-useless-covid-mobile-hospitals

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Smuggling Network Connected To Four Deaths At Sea Dismantled In Spain

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/smuggling-network-connected-to-four-deaths-sea-dismantled-in-spain

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ClubsNSW set to drop legal bid to access communications between whistleblower and regulator

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/apr/13/clubsnsw-set-to-drop-legal-bid-to-access-communications-between-whistleblower-and-regulator

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There’s a good chance your cotton T-shirt was made with Uyghur slave labor

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/09/cotton-slave-labor-uyghur-region-china

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NYSE Is Doing NFTs and No One Knows What to Make of It

Read here: https://decrypt.co/66271/nyse-doing-nfts-no-one-knows-what

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Woman ran prostitution business out of her day spa

Read here: https://apnews.com/article/spas-boston-money-laundering-massachusetts-human-trafficking-31b5b575356dfb9dccee55ff73a6d1a4

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