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Ex-Swiss President admits country paid hostage ransoms

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/ex-swiss-president-admits-paying-hostage-ransoms/46352040

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AML Risks – why did I agree to be the MLRO?!

Read here: https://www.todaysconveyancer.co.uk/guest-writers/aml-risks-i-agree-mlro/

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InSight Crime Presents Guatemala Cross-Border Crime and Corruption Investigation

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/insight-crime-guatemala-corruption-investigation/

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DFSA fines Ashish Bhandari USD 165,000 for involvement in anti-money laundering breaches and obstructing the DFSA

Read here: https://www.dfsa.ae/news/dfsa-fines-ashish-bhandari-usd-165000-involvement-anti-money-laundering-breaches-and-obstructing-dfsa

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UAE’s non-financial firms urged to register on UN-backed anti-money laundering website

Read here: https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/money/uae-s-non-financial-firms-urged-to-register-on-un-backed-anti-money-laundering-website-1.1161355

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Angola moves to seize Dos Santos-linked asset in Dutch court

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-angola-dossantos-court-idUSKBN2A80M4

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Israeli PM Netanyahu Pleads “Not Guilty” to Graft Charges

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13819-israeli-pm-netanyahu-pleads-not-guilty-to-graft-charges-2

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Loan Sharks Circle as Latin America Reels From Pandemic

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/brief/loan-sharks-amid-pandemic/

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South African probe finds evidence of political pressure, fraud in COVID-19 contracts

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/healthcoronavirus-safrica-corruption/south-african-probe-finds-evidence-of-political-pressure-fraud-in-covid-19-contracts-idUSL8N2KB2BI

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‘Middle man’ in €6m worldwide invoice fraud went on €27,000 ‘spending spree’ buying designer goods, court told

Read here: https://www.independent.ie/news/middle-man-in-6m-worldwide-invoice-fraud-went-on-27000-spending-spree-buying-designer-goods-court-told-40066844.html

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Egypt yet to receive CHF400 million in frozen Mubarak era loot

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/egypt-yet-to-receive-chf400-million-in-frozen-mubarak-era-loot/46354050

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HSBC urged to unfreeze accounts of Hong Kong activist

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/feb/08/hsbc-urged-to-unfreeze-accounts-of-hong-kong-activist-china

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Hong Kong police arrest 81 in crackdown on string of triad-run gambling dens

Read here: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3120976/hong-kong-police-arrest-81-crackdown-string-triad-run

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Fighting crime: Commission launches public consultation on environmental crime

Read here: https://www.eureporter.co/environment/2021/02/08/fighting-crime-commission-launches-public-consultation-on-environmental-crime/

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Banxico Plans to Finance Banks That Can’t Dispose of Dollars

Read here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-08/banxico-plans-to-finance-banks-that-can-t-dispose-of-dollars

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OpenLux – Live Aggregated News

This is a live page. Last updated: 14 Feb 2021 – 23:40 (UK Time) This is The Laundry’s ‘live’ aggregated news page for OpenLux news articles and reports. The page […]

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Revealed: Queen lobbied for change in law to hide her private wealth

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/07/revealed-queen-lobbied-for-change-in-law-to-hide-her-private-wealth

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New phishing attack uses Morse code to hide malicious URLs

Read here: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-phishing-attack-uses-morse-code-to-hide-malicious-urls/

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$1.3T Norway Wealth Fund Eyes NOC [National Oil Company] Corruption

Read here: https://www.rigzone.com/news/wire/13t_norway_wealth_fund_eyes_noc_corruption-04-feb-2021-164528-article/

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Warrant served on UK law firm over alleged 1MDB assets

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/07/arrest-warrant-served-on-uk-law-firm-over-alleged-1mdb-assets

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US Senate Bill Re-Introduces Suspicious Activity Reports for Social Media

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/us-senate-bill-suspicious-activity-reports-stars-social-media

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Arrest in Thailand of second drug kingpin tightens dragnet on huge syndicate

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/australia-thailand-drugs-arrest/arrest-in-thailand-of-second-drug-kingpin-tightens-dragnet-on-huge-syndicate-idUSL4N2KA1XW

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Malta: Plans to set up financial crime agency are scrapped

Read here: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/plans-to-set-up-financial-crime-agency-are-scrapped.849743

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How street search led to bust of multi-million euro scam

Read here: https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0205/1195373-crime-analysis-reynolds/

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Ireland: Garda inquiry detects €10 million in financial fraud, luxury goods seized

Read here: https://www.rte.ie/news/crime/2021/0205/1195422-crime-money/

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Nornickel fined $2 billion for massive Arctic fuel spill

Read here: https://www.mining.com/norilsk-nickel-fined-2-billion-for-massive-fuel-spill-in-the-arctic/

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Big name corporations more likely to commit fraud

Read here: https://news.wsu.edu/2021/02/02/big-name-corporations-likely-commit-fraud/

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Yemen government appoints Ernst & Young to audit central bank

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/yemen-security-cenbank-int/yemen-government-appoints-ernst-young-to-audit-central-bank-statement-idUSKBN2A70F8

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OLAF supports Polish-led operation against fake medicines racket worth more than €5 million

Read here: https://ec.europa.eu/anti-fraud/media-corner/news/03-02-2021/olaf-supports-polish-led-operation-against-fake-medicines-racket-worth_en

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German police seize bitcoin worth millions from man who won’t give up his password

Read here: https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/world/german-police-seize-bitcoin-worth-millions-from-man-who-won-t-give-up-his-password-1.5297495

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Mexican Drug Traffickers Charged With Conspiring To Import Large Quantities Of Narcotics Into The United States Based On Seizure Of 2.5 Tons Of Methamphetamine And 100,000 Fentanyl Pills

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/mexican-drug-traffickers-charged-conspiring-import-large-quantities-narcotics-united

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Encrochat: Secret network messages can be used in court, judges rule

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55953247

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A Swiss Company Says It Found Weakness That Imperils Encryption

Read here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-07/a-swiss-company-says-it-found-weakness-that-imperils-encryption

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Cayman Islands Bureau of Financial Investigations Freezes US$200 million

Read here: https://caymanmarlroad.com/ci-bureau-of-financial-investigations-freezes-us200-million/

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The Rise And Fall Of Bitcoin Billionaire Arthur Hayes

Read here: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/02/the-rise-and-fall-of-bitcoin-billionaire-arthur-hayes

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A Mayor and a Wave of Narco Violence on Guatemala’s Pacific

Read here: https://www.insightcrime.org/investigations/mayor-narco-violence-guatemala-pacific/

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Mexico Freezes Accounts of Romanian Riviera Maya Gang

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13805-mexico-freezes-accounts-of-romanian-riviera-maya-gang

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Former Nike Marketing Manager Charged in Scheme to Defraud Company

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-or/pr/former-nike-marketing-manager-charged-scheme-defraud-company

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David Hu of International Investment Group Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Clients and Investors in $100 Million Ponzi-Like Scheme

Read here: https://www.swfinstitute.org/news/84310/david-hu-of-international-investment-group-pleads-guilty-to-defrauding-clients-and-investors-in-100-million-ponzi-like-scheme

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Cleaner pleaded guilty to money laundering after customs officers found almost £220,000 in illegal cash hidden in his car boot

Read here: https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/crime/cleaner-pleaded-guilty-money-laundering-after-customs-officers-found-almost-ps220000-illegal-cash-hidden-his-car-boot-3124573

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