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‘Held to ransom’: Pfizer demands governments gamble with state assets to secure vaccine deal

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2021-02-23/held-to-ransom-pfizer-demands-governments-gamble-with-state-assets-to-secure-vaccine-deal

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Mexican president says poppy growing being studied

Read here: https://apnews.com/article/caribbean-mexico-marijuana-opioids-synthetic-opioids-63979d0b3ef5e65832a9524aa7f9d496

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Beeple’s ‘Everydays: The First 5000 Days’ sold online for $69,346,250

Read here: https://www.christies.com/features/Monumental-collage-by-Beeple-is-first-purely-digital-artwork-NFT-to-come-to-auction-11510-7.aspx

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First magic mushrooms factory found in 20 years raided by police

Read here: https://metro.co.uk/2021/03/10/first-magic-mushrooms-factory-found-in-20-years-raided-by-police-14220643/

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The UK is secretly testing a controversial web snooping tool

Read here: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/internet-connection-records-ip-act

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Department of Health did £90,000,000 deal with firm listed in Chinese hotel room

Read here: https://metro.co.uk/2021/03/08/hancocks-department-did-90m-ppe-deal-with-firm-listed-at-hotel-room-14210310/

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Thailand: AMLO impounds B1bn assets of alleged gambling bosses

Read here: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2081451/amlo-impounds-b1bn-assets-of-alleged-gambling-bosses

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More than €10m stolen from Irish businesses in 2020 through invoice redirection fraud

Read here: https://www.independent.ie/news/more-than-10m-stolen-from-irish-businesses-in-2020-through-invoice-redirection-fraud-40180162.html

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Australia’s banking regulator ends Westpac money laundering probe

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-westpac-regulator/australias-banking-regulator-ends-westpac-money-laundering-probe-idUSKBN2B334R

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‘OpenLux’ showed need for tougher enforcement of EU tax rules, says commissioner

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL8N2L826M

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Cocaine filled vessel seized off NSW coast, one man arrested

Read here: https://www.afp.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/cocaine-filled-vessel-seized-nsw-coast-one-man-arrested

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Russian Lawmakers Approve Initial Reading Of Bill Allowing ‘Accidental’ Corruption

Read here: https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-parliament-bill-accidental-corruption-approved/31145140.html

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Alleged Oil Diversion: Nigerian court declines to unfreeze Shell’s bank accounts

Read here: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/447938-alleged-oil-diversion-nigerian-court-declines-to-unfreeze-shells-bank-accounts.html

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Horror in Honduras: The Apocalyptic Alliance – a hidden world of money laundering

Read here: https://insight.thomsonreuters.com.au/business/posts/horror-in-honduras-the-apocalyptic-alliance-a-hidden-world-of-money-laundering

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We Went Hunting for Crypto Scams in App Stores. Here’s What We Found

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-scam-apps-in-app-stores

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Asia’s meth route: Following the labyrinth of ways cartels use to smuggle drugs through the jungles of the ‘Golden Triangle’

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/asias-meth-route-how-illegal-drugs-flooding-into-thailand-are-leaving-thousands-addicted-12207643

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Crypto Lending Platform BlockFi Attacked With Flood of Fake, Abusive Sign-Ups

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/blockfi-attacks-email-spam

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A beginner’s guide to geopolitical risk, and how it’s impacting FinTechs

Read here: https://www.fintrail.co.uk/news/2021/3/9/a-beginners-guide-to-geopolitical-risk-and-how-its-impacting-fintechs

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‘I Might Buy it All’: Albania Fights Losing Battle against Money Laundering

Read here: https://balkaninsight.com/2021/03/10/i-might-buy-it-all-albania-fights-losing-battle-against-money-laundering/

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Money launderer tried to leave Heathrow with suitcases stuffed full of cash

Read here: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/money-launderer-tried-to-leave-heathrow-with-suitcases-stuffed-full-of-cash

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More Swiss weapons exported despite general trade malaise

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/more-swiss-weapons-exported-despite-general-trade-malaise/46433082

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Impact of darknet market seizures on opioid availability

Read here: https://www.aic.gov.au/publications/rr/rr18

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South Korea to Fine Crypto Exchanges That Fail to Tackle Illicit Activity

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/south-korea-to-fine-crypto-exchanges-that-fail-to-tackle-illicit-activity

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Trader gets painted stones instead of $36m of copper

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56330378

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New Major Interventions To Block Encrypted Communications Of Criminal Networks

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/new-major-interventions-to-block-encrypted-communications-of-criminal-networks

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U.S. prosecutors say Honduras has become a ‘narco-state’

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-corruption-honduras/u-s-prosecutors-say-honduras-has-become-a-narco-state-idUSKBN2B207W

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UK Guidance: Monetary penalties for breaches of financial sanctions

Read here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/968229/MP_guidance_April_2021.pdf

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Human Trafficking: The UK Needs to Improve Its Response

Read here: https://rusi.org/commentary/human-trafficking-uk-needs-improve-its-response

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Unseen and Unsanctioned, Belarusian Tycoons Slipped into the EU via Lithuanian Investments

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/unseen-and-unsanctioned-belarusian-tycoons-slipped-into-the-eu-via-lithuanian-investments

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Swedish operators flag over 700 [gaming related] money laundering reports in 2020

Read here: https://igamingbusiness.com/swedish-operators-flag-over-700-money-laundering-reports-in-2020/

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Switzerland: Parliament agrees modest tightening of anti-money laundering law

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/parliament-agrees-modest-tightening-of-anti-money-laundering-law/46435970

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Sweden’s Scania admits ‘misconduct’ in India after contract-for-bribes report

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/scania-cv-corruption/swedens-scania-admits-misconduct-in-india-after-contract-for-bribes-report-idUSL1N2L72QZ

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17 tonnes of cocaine and €1.2 million seized in major police operation in Belgium

Read here: https://www.brusselstimes.com/news/belgium-all-news/159092/17-tonnes-of-cocaine-and-e1-2-million-seized-in-major-drug-bust-in-belgium-sky-ecc-encrypted-software-organised-crime-the-netherlands/

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Emails Show Shadow Structure Behind Encrypted Phone Network Encrochat

Read here: https://www.vice.com/en/article/4ad943/encrochat-owner-encrypted-phone-network

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Dutch and Belgian police take down encrypted criminal chat platform Sky ECC

Read here: https://therecord.media/dutch-and-belgian-police-take-down-encrypted-criminal-chat-platform-sky-ecc/

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FinCEN Informs Financial Institutions of Efforts Related to Trade in Antiquities and Art

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/2021-03/FinCEN%20Notice%20on%20Antiquities%20and%20Art_508C.pdf

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US Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Clarify Crypto Regulations

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/lawmakers-digital-asset-regulation

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UK businesses caught buying five-star Google reviews

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56321576

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Inside a Massive Anti-Trafficking Charity’s Blundering Overseas Missions

Read here: https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvxev5/inside-a-massive-anti-trafficking-charitys-blundering-overseas-missions

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