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Suriname’s corruption and money laundering challenges

Read here: https://theglobalamericans.org/2021/03/surinames-corruption-and-money-laundering-challenges/

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French judges will decide UBS tax evasion appeal in September

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/french-judges-will-decide-ubs-tax-evasion-appeal-in-september/46476226

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MPs call for more sanctions as report reveals China’s ‘cultural erasure’ in Tibet

Read here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/24/uk-mps-call-sanctions-report-reveals-chinas-cultural-erasure/

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China imposes sanctions on UK MPs, lawyers and academic in Xinjiang row

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/26/china-sanctions-uk-businesses-mps-and-lawyers-in-xinjiang-row

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UK Confirms Launch of Corruption Sanctions Regime in 2021

Read here: https://www.natlawreview.com/article/uk-confirms-launch-corruption-sanctions-regime-2021

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Open Letter to President Tshisekedi: Nullify death sentence of Congolese whistleblowers

Read here: https://whistleblowingnetwork.org/News-Events/News/News-Archive/Open-Letter-to-President-Tshisekedi

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Men cloned MP’s bank card to buy luxury clothes

Read here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/mp-nadine-dorries-bank-card-fraud-b1822241.html

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Fraud – the Facts 2021 report

Read here: https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/policy-and-guidance/reports-publications/fraud-facts-2021

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Popular Instagram Personality Known as “Jay Mazini” Charged with Wire Fraud

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/popular-instagram-personality-known-jay-mazini-charged-wire-fraud

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Mexican Lifestyle Magazine Run By Relatives Of Cartel Associates

Read here: https://brief.kharon.com/updates/mexican-lifestyle-magazine-run-by-relatives-of-cartel-associates/

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UK’s anti-corruption tsar accused of defending COVID ‘cronyism’

Read here: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/uk-anti-corruption-john-penrose-sinister-defence-government-covid-cronyism/

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How Asian Drug-Trafficking Networks Operate in Europe

Read here: https://thediplomat.com/2021/03/how-asian-drug-trafficking-networks-operate-in-europe/

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Data for 7.3 million Dutch car owners sold on hacking forum

Read here: https://therecord.media/data-for-7-3-million-dutch-car-owners-sold-on-hacking-forum/

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LBMA responsible gold not ‘free of human rights abuses’ and ‘conflict trade’

Read here: https://www.etfstream.com/news/lbma-responsible-gold-not-free-of-human-rights-abuses-and-conflict-trade/

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Catalytic converter thefts: Surge in cases reported to Met Police

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-56502390

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German Attorney Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/german-attorney-pleads-guilty-money-laundering

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Brothers accused of forging $3 million of fake stamps released on bail

Read here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-25/court-grants-bail-to-brothers-accused-of-postage-stamp-forgery/100029434

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Criminals exploit Covid-19 pandemic with rise in scams targeting victims online

Read here: https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/press/press-releases/criminals-exploit-covid-19-pandemic-rise-scams-targeting-victims-online

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Getting Serious? Illicit Finance Is Finally a UK Foreign Policy Issue

Read here: https://rusi.org/commentary/getting-serious-illicit-finance-finally-uk-foreign-policy-issue

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Moneyval evaluation expected over the coming days

Read here: https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2021-03-22/local-news/Moneyval-evaluation-expected-over-the-coming-days-6736231954

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Former Oil Trader Pleads Guilty to Commodities Price Manipulation Conspiracy

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-oil-trader-pleads-guilty-commodities-price-manipulation-conspiracy

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Five Arrests In Hit Against Investment Fraudsters

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/five-arrests-in-hit-against-investment-fraudsters

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Revived Drug Routes, Evolving Street Gangs in El Salvador

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/drug-routes-gangs-elsalvador/]

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Bankrupt Crypto Lending Platform Cred Had UK Fugitive in Charge of Funds

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/bankrupt-crypto-lending-platform-cred-had-uk-fugitive-in-charge-of-funds

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Turkish Tycoon, Trump Fundraiser and Ex-CIA Chief Involved in 2018 Attempt to Free U.S. Pastor Held in Turkey

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/turkish-tycoon-trump-fundraiser-and-ex-cia-chief-involved-in-2018-attempt-to-free-us-pastor-held-in-turkey

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Cryptocurrency Scams in Canada Jump 400%

Read here: https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/news/cryptocurrency-scams-in-canada-jump-400/

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Cashing in on Guns: Identifying the Nexus between Small Arms, Light Weapons and Terrorist Financing

Read here: https://www.projectcraaft.eu/projectupdates/new-publications-from-icct

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Swiss banker’s sentence slashed in alleged $1B Venezuelan money laundering scheme

Read here: https://therealdeal.com/national/2021/03/24/swiss-bankers-sentence-slashed-in-alleged-1b-venezuelan-money-laundering-scheme/

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Cook Islands-flagged tankers scrubbed for alleged sanctions-busting

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/24/cook-islands-flagged-tankers-scrubbed-for-alleged-sanctions-busting

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They Exposed an Alleged Money Laundering Network. Then They Were Sentenced to Death.

Read here: https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3gyng/democratic-republic-of-congo-afriland-drc

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Merchant Crypto Payments: A New National Security Frontier

Read here: https://www.lawfareblog.com/merchant-crypto-payments-new-national-security-frontier

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Six arrested in connection with Bitcoin ATM money laundering

Read here: https://www.atmmarketplace.com/news/six-arrested-in-connection-with-bitcoin-atm-money-laundering/

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Russia to Track Bitcoin Cash-Outs: Report

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/russia-ttrack-bitcoin-cash-outs

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Temporary pause on recruiting new UK customers, Wirex has announced

Read here: https://wirexapp.com/blog/post/temporary-pause-on-recruiting-new-uk-customers-0291

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Tax agency launches probes into offshore tax evasion

Read here: https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20210324003300320

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FCA launches campaign to encourage individuals to report wrongdoing

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-launches-campaign-encourage-individuals-report-wrongdoing

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Moroccan judge orders provisional release of dissident historian

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-morocco-human-rights/moroccan-judge-orders-provisional-release-of-dissident-historian-idUSKBN2BG0VF

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Man accused of laundering money through spending at Dublin hotel

Read here: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/man-accused-of-laundering-money-through-spending-at-dublin-hotel-1.4517057

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TransferWise, Others Top Players Left Out of Central Bank of Nigeria’s Approved List of Foreign Remittances Operators

Read here: https://technext.ng/2021/03/24/transferwise-others-top-players-left-out-of-central-bank-of-nigerias-approved-list-of-foreign-remittances-operators/

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