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Lawyers, accountants and other professionals play key role in cross-border financial crime, OECD warns in new report

Read here: https://www.icij.org/inside-icij/2021/02/lawyers-accountants-and-other-professionals-play-key-role-in-cross-border-financial-crime-oecd-warns-in-new-report/

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Tax abuse and money laundering is trapping billions in poverty, says UN

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/feb/25/tax-abuse-and-money-laundering-is-trapping-billions-in-poverty-says-un

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Swedbank won’t sue CEO at the helm during Baltic dirty money crisis

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/swedbank-damages/update-1-swedbank-wont-sue-ceo-at-the-helm-during-baltic-dirty-money-crisis-idUSL8N2KV1XR

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This chart shows the connections between cybercrime groups

Read here: https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-chart-shows-the-connections-between-cybercrime-groups/

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Regional Report: As EU works to bolster AML across bloc in compliance offensive, gets defensive on blacklists, overlapping directives

Read here: https://www.acfcs.org/regional-report-as-eu-works-to-bolster-aml-across-bloc-in-compliance-offensive-gets-defensive-on-blacklists-overlapping-directives/

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Brazilian Court Opens Probe Against Car Wash Prosecutors

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13935-brazilian-court-opens-probe-against-car-wash-prosecutors

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FCA told to stop cum-ex probe after judge questions regulator’s priorities

Read here: https://www.cityam.com/fca-told-to-stop-cum-ex-probe-after-judge-questions-regulators-priorities/

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Bulgarian prosecutors say heroin found in cargo from Iran

Read here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/bulgarian-prosecutors-say-heroin-found-in-cargo-from-iran-cargo-iran-ap-ship-goods-b1802966.html

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Outcomes FATF Plenary, 22, 24 and 25 February 2021

Read here: http://www.fatf-gafi.org/publications/fatfgeneral/documents/outcomes-fatf-plenary-february-2021.html

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Latin America Organized Crime Study

Read here: https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/binaries/rijksoverheid/documenten/rapporten/2021/02/26/latin-america-organized-crime-study-for-the-kingdom-of-the-netherlands/latin-america-organized-crime-study-for-the-kingdom-of-the-netherlands.pdf

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Fourth executive convicted of bribery in post-occupation Iraq

Read here: https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2021/02/24/fourth-executive-convicted-of-bribery-in-post-occupation-iraq/

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UK Property and Corporate Records Highlight Real Estate Holdings of Gulf Elites

Read here: https://sayari.com/blog/uk-property-and-corporate-records-highlight-real-estate-holdings-of-gulf-elites

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Unregistered ‘shadow’ mortgage broker who made millions in fees says he was just meeting demand

Read here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/shadow-mortgage-broker-money-laundering-1.5926924

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Hackers share details of Canadian military spy plane on dark web

Read here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/hackers-spy-plane-bombardier-saab-b1807037.html

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Storyville: The Hunt for Gaddafi’s Billions

Watch here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000st2l

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Cocaine ‘worth billions’ seized in record Germany and Belgium haul

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56177177

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SARs IN ACTION: February 2021

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/497-sars-in-action-february-2021/file

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BAT’s PR agency tried to bribe Bureau’s Kenyan reporter

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2021-02-21/bats-pr-agency-tried-to-bribe-bureaus-kenyan-reporter

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Charges stayed in one of Ontario’s largest Mob busts after alleged illegal conduct by investigators

Read here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/sindacato-charges-stayed-mob-york-police-1.5925133

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Cryptocurrency Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Report, February 2021

Read here: https://ciphertrace.com/2020-year-end-cryptocurrency-crime-and-anti-money-laundering-report/

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Advisory on Financial Crimes Targeting COVID-19 Economic Impact Payments

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/advisory/2021-02-24/Advisory%20EIP%20FINAL%20508.pdf

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Final Defendant Sentenced in $7 Billion Investment Fraud Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/final-defendant-sentenced-7-billion-investment-fraud-scheme

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BitcoinPaperWallet ‘Back Door’ Responsible for Millions in Missing Funds, Research Suggests

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoinpaperwallet-back-door-missing-funds-research

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Huge 1.5 tonne heroin haul seized in international operation

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/huge-1-5-tonne-heroin-haul-seized-in-international-operation

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Fraudsters stepped up efforts in new year, HMRC figures show

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56185814

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Raimbek Matraimov’s Mysterious Shopping Spree

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/the-matraimov-kingdom/raimbek-matraimovs-mysterious-shopping-spree

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World auditors voice concern at access to Cyprus cash-for-passport scheme records

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/cyprus-corruption-audit-int/world-auditors-voice-concern-at-access-to-cyprus-cash-for-passport-scheme-records-idUSKBN2AO1UB

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‘Deeply alarming corruption’: US bill would sanction Honduran president

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/23/us-democratic-senators-honduras-sanction-president-bill

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Aivars Lembergs: One of Latvia’s richest men is jailed for bribery and money laundering

Read here: https://www.euronews.com/2021/02/23/aivars-lembergs-one-of-latvia-s-richest-men-is-jailed-for-bribery-and-money-laundering

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FACTI: Report of the High Level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity for Achieving the 2030 Agenda

Read here: https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5e0bd9edab846816e263d633/602e91032a209d0601ed4a2c_FACTI_Panel_Report.pdf

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UAE creates executive office to tackle money laundering, terrorist financing

Read here: https://www.gulftoday.ae/business/2021/02/24/uae-creates-executive-office-to-tackle-money-laundering-terrorist-financing

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Two charged over Belfast £1.6m cocaine seizure

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/major-cocaine-haul-seized-in-belfast-as-part-of-nca-investigation

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FedWire Is Back Online After Outage That Affected Crypto Exchanges, Others

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/fedwire-is-back-online-after-outage-that-affected-crypto-exchanges-others

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Leader of Internet Marketing Schemes Charged with Defrauding Customers and Financial Institutions of Millions of Dollars

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/leader-internet-marketing-schemes-charged-defrauding-customers-and-financial

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Jersey jeweller accused of money laundering shut down by government officers

Read here: https://www.professionaljeweller.com/jersey-jeweller-accused-of-money-laundering-shut-down-by-government-officers/

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The Business of Fraud: An Overview of How Cybercrime Gets Monetized

Read here: https://www.recordedfuture.com/how-cybercrime-gets-monetized/

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The EU needs to hold the financial sector to account if it is to end its complicity in global deforestation

Read here: https://www.globalwitness.org/en/blog/eu-needs-hold-financial-sector-account-if-it-end-its-complicity-global-deforestation/

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U.K.’s Financial Crimes Agency Wants Companies to Invest in Compliance

Read here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-k-s-financial-crimes-agency-wants-companies-to-invest-in-compliance-11614119241

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Italian mafia tightens grip on small businesses during lockdown

Read here: https://www.ft.com/content/e691bdae-ce58-4b59-aab7-9a0b2778856b

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