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Antwerp introduces jewel certificate to combat fakes and money-laundering

Read here: https://www.brusselstimes.com/news/business/159704/antwerp-introduces-jewel-certificate-to-combat-fakes-and-money-laundering/

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Limo company owner accused in ‘sophisticated’ fraud, money laundering scheme

Read here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/police-limousine-company-owner-fraud-winnipeg-1.5947535

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Malta introduces €10,000 cash cap on transactions of valuable items

Read here: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/malta-introduces-10000-cash-cap-on-transactions-of-valuable-items.857557

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UK’s accounting watchdog opens investigation into Deloitte’s Lookers audit

Read here: https://www.am-online.com/news/supplier-news/2021/03/12/uk-s-accounting-watchdog-opens-investigation-into-deloitte-s-lookers-audit

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‘Hilarious joke’: Suu Kyi lawyer rejects military bribery claims

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/12/suu-kyi-lawyer-rejects-military-graft-claims-as-groundless

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FIFA President discusses threats to football at UN crime and justice congress

Read here: http://aroundtherings.com/site/A__102796/Title__FIFA-President-discusses-threats-to-football-at-UN-crime-and-justice-congress/292/Articles

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Mauritanian ex-president Aziz charged with corruption

Read here: https://africa.cgtn.com/2021/03/12/mauritanian-ex-president-aziz-charged-with-corruption/

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Launching an Open Source Aircraft Database for Venezuela

Read here: https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/case-studies/2021/03/11/launching-an-open-source-aircraft-database-for-venezuela/

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SEC Charges Recidivist Securities Fraudster with Defrauding Investors

Read here: https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2021/lr25049.htm

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Red Tagging Escalates Violence and Corruption In the Philippines

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/14036-red-tagging-escalates-violence-and-corruption-in-the-philippines

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Norway suspends Rolls-Royce asset sale on security grounds

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-rolls-royce-hldg-norway-russia-idUSKBN2B11EU

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Mexico Attempts To Improve Poor Record On Money Laundering

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/14041-mexico-attempts-to-improve-poor-record-on-money-laundering

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Inside The Battle To Wipe Revenge Porn And Child Abuse From The Net

Read here: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/inside-the-battle-to-wipe-revenge-porn-and-child-abuse-from-the-net

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Latin America Sees Rise in Vaccine-related Crimes

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/vaccine-arrivals-deliver-new-scams-latin-america/

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Portugal: Left calls for complete end of golden visas

Read here: https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2021-03-12/left-calls-for-complete-end-of-golden-visas/58718

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Police in revised statement on Swansea University alleged bribery probe

Read here: https://www.business-live.co.uk/economic-development/police-revised-statement-swansea-university-20122952

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Romanian Suspected of Audacious Cryptocurrency Theft Arrested

Read here: https://balkaninsight.com/2021/03/11/romanian-suspected-of-audacious-cryptocurrency-theft-arrested/

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Amex’s Fraud Detection AI Was Ready to Go Live. Then Covid Hit

Read here: https://www.morningbrew.com/emerging-tech/stories/2021/03/10/amexs-fraud-detection-ai-ready-go-live-covid-hit

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Swift and ICC bid to create industry standard for ESG due diligence

Read here: https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/37640/swift-and-icc-bid-to-create-industry-standard-for-esg-due-diligence

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Exchange email hack: Hundreds of UK firms compromised

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56365372

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Miami Man Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Conspiracy in Connection with Nationwide Gas Station Skimming Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndny/pr/miami-man-pleads-guilty-money-laundering-conspiracy-connection-nationwide-gas-station

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UNODC develops toolkit on the investigation and prosecution of trafficking in persons for organ removal

Read here: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/glo-act2/Countries/unodc-develops-toolkit-on-the-investigation-and-prosecution-of-trafficking-in-persons-for-organ-removal.html

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Why Card Not Present Fraud is Surging & How to Fight Back

Read here: https://feedzai.com/blog/why-card-not-present-fraud-is-surging/

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Extremism, Blood & Money – Mozambique’s Struggle With ISIS

Read here: https://www.esjnews.com/extremism-blood-money-mozambique-s-struggle-with-isis

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Romanian Logging: NGO Raises Transparency Concerns

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/14032-romanian-logging-ngo-raises-transparency-concerns

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A Toxic Trade: Illegal Mining in Colombia’s Pacific Region

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/toxic-trade-illegal-mining-colombia-pacific-region/

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Money launderers ‘prey on generation Covid’

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56334862

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Peru prosecutor charges presidential hopeful Keiko Fujimori with money laundering

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N2L92IO

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Eight arrested in connection with industrial scale Amphetamine production plot

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/eight-arrested-in-connection-with-industrial-scale-amphetamine-production-plot

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‘Money launderers for hire’: Six charged over allegedly funnelling $5 million through bitcoin

Read here: https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/six-more-charged-in-bitcoin-money-laundering-investigation-20210311-p579ng.html

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U.S. Sanctions Islamic State’s Central African Franchise for First Time

Read here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-to-sanction-islamic-states-central-african-franchise-for-first-time-11615406777

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Coming to the defence of drill music

Read here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/coming-to-the-defence-of-drill-music-9jg06qgcc

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The Tactics People Are Using to Get Their Money Out of China

Read here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-11/from-crypto-to-offshore-accounts-tactics-used-to-get-cash-out-of-china

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The Global Illicit Economy: Trajectories of Transnational Organized Crime

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/global-organized-crime/

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Inside AML: How Australia’s banks joined forces to break open a “cuckoo smurfing” syndicate

Read here: https://insight.thomsonreuters.com.au/business/posts/inside-aml-how-australias-banks-joined-forces-to-break-open-a-cuckoo-smurfing-syndicate

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Cybercrime: Virtual Threats, Real-World Impacts

Read here: https://www.arachnys.com/cybercrime-virtual-threats-real-world-impacts/

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The FATF/Egmont report on trade-based money laundering risk indicators

Read here: https://www.fatf-gafi.org/publications/methodsandtrends/documents/trade-based-money-laundering-indicators.html

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Illegal Mobile Application With More Than 100 Million Users Taken Down In Spain

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/illegal-mobile-application-more-100-million-users-taken-down-in-spain

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From a Miami Mansion, an Alleged Mobster Amasses Albanian Property

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/from-a-miami-mansion-an-alleged-mobster-amasses-albanian-property

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CipherTrace Releases Its FATF-Friendly AML Tools for Crypto Exchanges

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/ciphertrace-releases-its-fatf-friendly-aml-tools-for-crypto-exchanges

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