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Malaysia: Police to ask Interpol to issue red notice for ‘Broken Tooth’

Read here: https://www.nst.com.my/news/crime-courts/2021/01/661888/police-ask-interpol-issue-red-notice-broken-tooth

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Malta: Limit of €10,000 to be put on cash transactions

Read here: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/limit-of-10000-to-be-put-on-cash-transactions.848376

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Identity thieves raked in billions with your data, even as breaches fell in 2020

Read here: https://www.cnet.com/news/identity-thieves-raked-in-billions-with-your-data-even-as-breaches-fell-in-2020/

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Visa May Add Cryptocurrencies to Its Payments Network, Says CEO

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/visa-may-add-cryptocurrencies-to-its-payments-network-says-ceo

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‘I was scammed out of £17,000 on Instagram’

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55804205

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Apollo Global CEO Leon Black paid sex predator Jeffrey Epstein $158 million for financial advice after conviction

Read here: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/25/apollos-leon-black-to-retire-as-ceo-but-remain-chairman-after-he-is-cleared-in-internal-epstein-probe.html

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11 UAE banks fined Dh45 million for breaking anti-money laundering rules

Read here: https://www.khaleejtimes.com/news/11-uae-banks-fined-dh45-million-for-breaking-anti-money-laundering-rules

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California failed to heed warnings of unemployment benefit fraud for months, state audit says

Read here: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-28/audit-california-warnings-unemployment-benefit-fraud-covid-19

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China finance official executed in bribery case

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-finance-official-executed-bribery-110941769.html

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Australia to fight crime in Asia amid sky high tensions with ‘increasingly dominant’ China

Read here: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1391334/China-news-Australia-south-east-asia-Mekong-Australia-program-transnational-crime-ont

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Japan’s probe into alleged Olympics bid bribery flawed: French court

Read here: https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/01/b2788616d121-japans-probe-into-alleged-olympics-bid-bribery-flawed-french-court.html

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Huawei smartphone shipments plummet amid U.S. sanctions

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-smartphones-huawei-tech-idUSKBN29Y023

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UK under pressure to follow Biden’s lead with freeze on Saudi Arabia arms sales

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/28/uk-under-pressure-to-freeze-arms-sales-to-saudi-arabia-and-uae

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French Billionaire Puts Mozambique Leader at Heart of Debt Scam

Read here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-31/french-billionaire-puts-mozambique-leader-at-heart-of-debt-scam

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Sweden, Bosnia work against Money Laundering and Human Trafficking

Read here: http://www.sarajevotimes.com/sweden-bosnia-work-against-money-laundering-and-human-trafficking%E2%80%8B/

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Sinaloa Cartel-Linked Fentanyl and Heroin Traffickers Plead Guilty, Sentenced in Operation Cookout

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/sinaloa-cartel-linked-fentanyl-and-heroin-traffickers-plead-guilty-sentenced-operation

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Visa Fraud in the Commercial Sex Market in the United States: An Overview

Read here: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/dignity/vol6/iss1/1/

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How a High-Ranking Nissan Executive Escaped His Own Trap

Read here: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/31/business/nissan-carlos-ghosn-hari-nada.html

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Key Member of International Cocaine Conspiracy Involving Corrupt Air Traffic Controllers and Clandestine Airstrips Extradited to U.S.

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/key-member-international-cocaine-conspiracy-involving-corrupt-air-traffic-controllers

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Bouvier affair: Swiss prosecutors to close legal dispute over art

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/jan/29/bouvier-affair-swiss-prosecutors-to-close-legal-dispute-over-art

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Individual Sentenced For Postage Stamp Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/individual-sentenced-postage-stamp-scheme

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Political Elites Seek Again to Infiltrate Guatemala’s High Court

Read here: https://www.insightcrime.org/news/analysis/political-elites-seek-again-to-infiltrate-guatemalas-high-court/

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Tax office to notify everyone named on fraud blacklist in wake of benefits scandal

Read here: https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2021/01/tax-office-to-notify-everyone-named-on-fraud-blacklist-in-wake-of-benefits-scandal/

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El Salvador extradites ex-soccer chief to U.S. on corruption charges

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN29Y2VW

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Germany’s financial regulator chief leaves in wake of Wirecard

Read here: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/germany-s-financial-regulator-chief-leaves-in-wake-of-wirecard-14072126

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Yemen Central Bank denies UN accusations of money-laundering, corruption

Read here: https://www.arabnews.com/node/1800111/middle-east

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Regulators press Deutsche Bank CEO to drop investment bank role

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN29X10L

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Albanian PM: ‘Ndrangheta Tried to Launder Money in Albania but Failed

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13755-albanian-pm-ndrangheta-tried-to-launder-money-in-albania-but-failed

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Chinese National Charged with Criminal Conspiracy to Export US Power Amplifiers to China

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chinese-national-charged-criminal-conspiracy-export-us-power-amplifiers-china

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Chinese singer says mother’s bribery charge dismissed

Read here: https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/chinese-singer-mothers-bribery-charge-dismissed-75534430

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New campaign targeting security researchers

Read here: https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/new-campaign-targeting-security-researchers/

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Europol Spotlight – The Use Of Violence By Organised Crime Groups

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/europol-spotlight/europol-spotlight-use-of-violence-organised-crime-groups

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Wall Street faces Washington crackdown after GameStop rollercoaster

Read here: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/29/wall-street-washington-crackdown-gamestop-463935

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India: ED arrests Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor in Rs 4,300 crore PMC Bank fraud

Read here: https://www.cnbctv18.com/legal/ed-arrests-yes-bank-founder-rana-kapoor-8121801.htm

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Four years in jail for Christmas cocaine smuggler who swallowed around 100 packages of drugs

Read here: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/four-years-in-jail-for-christmas-cocaine-smuggler-who-swallowed-around-100-packages-of-drugs

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“We are going to kill you.” A case study in corporate power left unchecked

Read here: https://www.globalwitness.org/en/blog/we-are-going-to-kill-you-a-case-study-in-corporate-power-left-unchecked/

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False invoices for about 6 million euros: three Chinese citizens reported for tax fraud

Read here: https://www.unionesarda.it/en/articolo/news/italia/2021/01/28/false-fatture-per-circa-6-milioni-di-euro-tre-cittadini-cinesi-de-137-1109155.html

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Building a solid foundation for measuring the impact of cybercrime

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/News-and-Events/News/2020/Building-a-solid-foundation-for-measuring-the-impact-of-cybercrime

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First Majestic scores small win in Mexico tax dispute

Read here: https://www.mining.com/first-majestic-scores-small-win-in-mexico-tax-dispute/

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Migrants Killed in Mexico Took Treacherous Path

Read here: https://www.insightcrime.org/news/analysis/migrants-killed-mexico-cartels/

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