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DEA Warning: Scammers Impersonating DEA Agents Are Stealing Identities, Money

Read here: https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2021/03/03/dea-warning-scammers-impersonating-dea-agents-are-stealing-identities-0

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Fake COVID vaccine distribution network dismantled after INTERPOL alert

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2021/Fake-COVID-vaccine-distribution-network-dismantled-after-INTERPOL-alert

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Boris Johnson plans advertising campaign to turn middle class off weekend cocaine

Read here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/boris-johnson-plans-advertising-campaign-to-turn-middle-class-off-weekend-cocaine-q5kpczqnr

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Organized Crime and the Environment in Latin America: A Fatal Encounter

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/organized-crime-environment-latin-america-fatal-encounter/

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Good practice guidance: Fraud and Error

Read here: https://www.nao.org.uk/report/good-practice-guidance-fraud-and-error

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Assessment launches to appraise UK wildlife and forest crime legislation and enforcement

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/assessment-launches-to-appraise-uk-wildlife-and-forest-crime-legislation-and-enforcement

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Germany Arrests Ten in Mega Operation Against Neo-Nazi Criminal Network

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13963-germany-arrests-ten-in-mega-operation-against-neo-nazi-criminal-network

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Two Men Charged in Ecuadorian Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-men-charged-ecuadorian-bribery-and-money-laundering-scheme

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NCA officers involved in dismantling Western Balkan crime group

Read here: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/nca-officers-involved-in-dismantling-western-balkan-crime-group

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Indigenous groups sue French supermarket chain Casino over Amazon deforestation

Read here: https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20210303-indigenous-groups-sue-french-supermarket-chain-casino-over-amazon-deforestation

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Montenegro Fires Top Policeman over Alleged Crime Links

Read here: https://balkaninsight.com/2021/03/02/montenegro-fires-top-policeman-over-alleged-crime-links/

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Lithuanian energy tycoon detained in tax fraud investigation

Read here: https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1356433/lithuanian-energy-tycoon-detained-in-tax-fraud-investigation

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Brazil’s Petrobras Recovered Over $920 Million it Lost to Graft

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13974-brazil-s-petrobras-recovered-over-920-million-it-lost-to-graft

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Former Venezuelan minister denied Swiss residency

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/former-venezuelan-minister-denied-swiss-residency/46416984

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Suspected ‘money mule’ (22) arrested as part of operation into €1.1m fraud

Read here: https://www.independent.ie/news/suspected-money-mule-22-arrested-as-part-of-operation-into-11m-fraud-40151151.html

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CEO Sentenced to Prison in $150 Million Health Care Fraud, Opioid Distribution, and Money Laundering Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ceo-sentenced-prison-150-million-health-care-fraud-opioid-distribution-and-money-laundering

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Woman jailed for cheating banks into disbursing S$1.77 million for fake micro-financing loans

Read here: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/woman-jailed-for-cheating-banks-into-disbursing-s-1-77-million-14322022

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Paris Louvre recovers 16th-century armour stolen nearly 40 years ago

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/03/paris-louvre-recovers-16th-century-armour-stolen-nearly-40-years-ago

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Isabel dos Santos’ Maltese consulting firm served with $230,000 tax bill

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/luanda-leaks/isabel-dos-santos-maltese-consulting-firm-served-with-230000-tax-bill/

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Trace An Object Initiative Expands To The Asia Pacific Region

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/trace-object-initiative-expands-to-asia-pacific-region

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The UK Will Establish Eight Freeports as Part of a Broader Effort to Attract the Ultra-Wealthy and Jump-Start the Economy

Read here: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/uk-chancellor-rishi-sunak-announced-creation-eight-freeports-around-uk-1948439

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Brexit agreement raises risk of organised crime exploiting maritime loopholes

Read here: https://www.academia.edu/45326883/Brexit_agreement_raises_risk_of_organised_crime_exploiting_maritime_loopholes

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Belize Officials, Police Help Hide Drug Planes

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/drug-planes-descend-belize-police-military-officials-arrested/

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Libya’s interim PM elected through bribery, UN inquiry says

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/02/libyas-interim-pm-elected-through-bribery-un-inquiry-says

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Fighting fraud through the Banking Protocol

Read here: https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/news-and-insight/blogs/fighting-fraud-through-banking-protocol

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US to investigate claim of forced labour at Boohoo

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/mar/02/us-should-consider-ban-on-boohoo-clothing-says-charity

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Banks raise the alarm over £100 contactless payment limit

Read here: https://www.cityam.com/banks-raise-the-alarm-over-100-contactless-payment-limit/

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Gang Smuggling Indian Nationals Busted In Romania

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/gang-smuggling-indian-nationals-busted-in-romania

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2020 National Drug Threat Assessment

Read here: https://www.dea.gov/documents/2021/03/02/2020-national-drug-threat-assessment

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2021 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report

Read here: https://www.state.gov/2021-international-narcotics-control-strategy-report/

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NFT (Non-Fungible Token) Insights: How a 10-second video clip sold for $6.6 million

Read read: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-retail-trading-nfts-insight/how-a-10-second-video-clip-sold-for-6-6-million-idUSKCN2AT1HG

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LatAm Crime Groups Set Sights on Europe’s Bustling Cocaine Market

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/latam-europe-cocaine-market/

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Transnational Crime Issues: Arts and Antiquities Trafficking

Read here: https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11776

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Britain’s financial watchdog must act faster in fraud cases, says boss

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/britain-regulator/update-2-britains-financial-watchdog-must-act-faster-in-fraud-cases-says-boss-idUSL2N2KZ1QW

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Wirecard’s India deal started with ‘fraud’: London judges panel

Read here: https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/wirecard-s-india-deal-started-with-fraud-london-judges-panel-121030200017_1.html

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Rogue landlord told to pay back £739,000 over illegal London housing

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/feb/28/brent-rogue-landlord-pay-back-illegal-london-housing

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Mobile money and financial crime

Read here: https://baselgovernance.org/sites/default/files/2020-08/qg18_mobile_money.pdf

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Hawala dealer got Rs 565 crore as cuts for laundering money

Read here: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/hawala-dealer-got-rs-565-crore-as-cuts-for-laundering-money/articleshow/81285055.cms

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Romania Convicts Ex-President’s Daughter of Money-Laundering

Read here: https://balkaninsight.com/2021/03/02/romania-convicts-ex-presidents-daughter-of-money-laundering/

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‘Vancouver Model’ money laundering connects B.C., Las Vegas and Macau casinos, inquiry hears

Read here: https://globalnews.ca/news/7670514/cullen-commission-vancouver-model-las-vegas-macau/

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