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Cardno settles claims of bribery scandal quagmire

Read here: https://www.afr.com/companies/infrastructure/cardno-settles-claims-of-bribery-scandal-quagmire-20210305-p578as

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StanChart tries to navigate moral minefield

Read here: https://www.ft.com/content/b0d50d56-5f93-43a4-a51d-944c20c83de1

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John David McAfee And Executive Adviser Of His Cryptocurrency Team Indicted In Manhattan Federal Court For Fraud And Money Laundering Conspiracy Crimes

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/john-david-mcafee-and-executive-adviser-his-cryptocurrency-team-indicted-manhattan

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Microsoft hack: White House warns of ‘active threat’ of email attack

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-56304379

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Egmont Group Chair’s Statement On Allegations Of FIU’s Misusing Their Powers To Combat ML And TF

Read here: https://egmontgroup.org/en/content/egmont-group-chair’s-statement

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Smuggled for its Song: The Trade in Malaysia’s Oriental Magpie-robins

Read here: https://www.traffic.org/publications/reports/smuggled-for-its-song-the-trade-in-malaysias-oriental-magpie-robins/

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US Ups Award for Information About Kyrgyz Crime Boss

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13993-us-ups-award-for-information-about-kyrgyz-crime-boss

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Secret guilty plea revealed in US Panama Papers criminal probe

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/panama-papers/secret-guilty-plea-revealed-in-u-s-panama-papers-criminal-probe/

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The US Arrests Mileta Miljanić, the Alleged Leader of ‘Group America’

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13994-the-us-arrests-mileta-miljanic-the-alleged-leader-of-group-america

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Deep Pockets, Open Doors: Big tech lobbying in Brussels

Read here: https://transparency.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Deep_pockets_open_doors_report.pdf

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Narcos and necromancy: Turf wars and black magic in Colombia

Read here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/terror-and-security/narcos-necromancy-turf-wars-black-magic-colombia/

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Tom Cruise: Creator of Hollywood star’s viral deepfake warns people to ‘think twice’ over manipulated videos

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/creator-of-viral-tom-cruise-deepfake-wants-to-raise-awareness-over-trick-videos-12237680

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Russian, Chinese hackers targeted Europe drug regulator: newspaper

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-cyber-idUSKBN2AY0F1

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Parrots, Toucans and Monkeys Delivered Across Mexico

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/parrots-toucans-and-monkeys-delivered-across-mexico/

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Londoner had haul of firearms, explosives and fake police IDs

Read here: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/londoner-had-haul-of-firearms-explosives-and-fake-police-ids

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Ponzi Schemer Sentenced – Concert Investment Scam Hits a Flat Note

Read here: https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/concert-promoter-sentenced-for-ponzi-scheme-030321

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North Korea’s petroleum imports breached sanctions cap: UN experts

Read here: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/north-korea-petroleum-import-sanctions-united-nations-14348816

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Binance Smart Chain ‘copykat’ project loses $31 million in possible rugpull

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-smart-chain-copykat-project-loses-31-million-in-possible-rugpull

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Boris Johnson ‘misled parliament’ over Covid contracts, court order shows

Read here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-covid-contracts-court-b1813003.html

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Illegally Harvested Timber Sold ‘Under Cover’ in Attapeu Province in Laos

Read here: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/timber-03042021194346.html

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Bank Panin Implicated in Tax Bribery Case, Vows to Cooperate in Investigation

Read here: https://jakartaglobe.id/business/bank-panin-implicated-in-tax-bribery-case-vows-to-cooperate-in-investigation

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Colombia Proposes Centralizing Gold Sales to Fight Crime

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13995-colombia-proposes-centralizing-gold-sales-to-fight-crime

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Morocco Seizes 7 Tonnes of Cannabis Resin

Read here: https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2021/03/336711/drug-trafficking-morocco-seizes-7-tonnes-of-cannabis-resin/

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Swansea University: ‘No evident criminality’ in bribery probe

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56284865

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Five and a half years in jail for drug dealing money launderer

Read here: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/five-and-a-half-years-in-jail-for-drug-dealing-money-launderer

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US sanctions Ukrainian oligarch featured in FinCEN Files investigation

Read here: https://www.icij.org/inside-icij/2021/03/u-s-sanctions-ukrainian-oligarch-featured-in-fincen-files-investigation/

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Escalating violence ups pressure for Myanmar sanctions

Read here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/escalating-violence-ups-pressure-for-myanmar-sanctions-myanmar-world-bank-security-council-bangkok-oil-b1813529.html

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Bank of Portugal to receive support from Brussels to combat money laundering

Read here: https://www.portugalresident.com/bank-of-portugal-to-receive-support-from-brussels-to-combat-money-laundering/

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Enforcement Action Notice: J&E Davy fined €4,130,000 and reprimanded by the Central Bank of Ireland for regulatory breaches arising from personal account dealing

Read here:https://www.centralbank.ie/news/article/press-release-enforcement-action-davy-fined-4-130-000-and-reprimanded-by-central-bank-of-ireland-for-regulatory-breaches-arising-from-personal-account-dealing-02-march-2021

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Millions vanish into crypto world in high-yield bond scam

Read here: https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/high-yield-bond-scam-millions-vanish-into-the-crypto-world-20210303-p577iy

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Wildlife Under Threat: Traffickers Target Colombia’s Vital Fauna

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/wildlife-under-threat-traffickers-target-colombia-vital-fauna/

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Myanmar army tells U.N. it is ready to weather sanctions, isolation, envoy says

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-politics-un-idUSKCN2AV2CJ

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Guidance for applying a Risk-Based Approach to AML/CFT Supervision

Read here: https://www.fatf-gafi.org/fr/publications/recommandationsgafi/documents/guidance-rba-supervision.html

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Crypto Crime: A Look at What Happened in 2020

Read here: https://www.acfcs.org/crypto-crime-2020/

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Switzerland: Counterfeit goods seizures skyrocket in pandemic

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/counterfeit-good-seizures-skyrocket-in-pandemic/46419902

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Two Ukrainian Nationals Extradited to U.S. on Money Laundering Charges

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-ukrainian-nationals-extradited-us-money-laundering-charges

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U.S. denies report of potential sanctions on Lebanese central bank chief

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/lebanon-crisis-usa-centralbank-int/us-denies-report-of-potential-sanctions-on-lebanese-central-bank-chief-idUSKBN2AX1O8

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Florida fund manager forged college investment docs to land $95 million loan, feds say

Read here: https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/investigations/article249634363.html

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UBS pushes for fine reduction in money-laundering case

Read here: https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/companies/2021-03-05-ubs-pushes-for-fine-reduction-in-money-laundering-case/

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Ecuadorian Nationals Charged with Trafficking Over 700 Kilograms of Cocaine on Unflagged Boats

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/ecuadorian-nationals-charged-trafficking-over-700-kilograms-cocaine-unflagged-boats

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