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Vietnam police announce dismantling of $1.2bn money laundering ring

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/1/23/vietnam-police-announce-dismantling-of-1-2bn-money-laundering-ring

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Five-month-old male gorilla, victim of illegal wildlife trade, seized in Istanbul

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/01/five-month-old-male-gorilla-victim-of-illegal-wildlife-trade-seized-in-istanbul/

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Secret shareholders of elite Scottish golf club uncovered in Paradise Papers documents

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/paradise-papers/secret-shareholders-of-elite-scottish-golf-club-uncovered-in-paradise-papers-documents/

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Lithuania: EPPO secures four convictions in €10 million tobacco smuggling scheme

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/lithuania-eppo-secures-four-convictions-eu10-million-tobacco-smuggling-scheme

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Three Charged with Money Laundering Offences in £120m YHROCU Cryptocurrency Investigation

Read here: https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/news-appeals/three-charged-money-laundering-offences-ps120m-yhrocu-cryptocurrency-investigation

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Beny Steinmetz Faces Extradition to Romania after Greek Ruling

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/beny-steinmetz-faces-extradition-to-romania-after-greek-ruling

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30 arrested in crackdown on Chinese human trafficking ring in Spain and Croatia

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/30-arrested-in-crackdown-chinese-human-trafficking-ring-in-spain-and-croatia

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Investigation Admiral 2.0: suspected ringleader indicted in record time for large-scale tax evasion and money laundering

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/investigation-admiral-20-suspected-ringleader-indicted-record-time-large-scale-tax

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“More than 0s and 1s”: Cambodia battles cybercrime

Read here: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/frontpage/2025/January/more-than-0s-and-1s_-cambodia-battles-cybercrime.html

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23 underground bankers arrested

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/23-underground-bankers-arrested

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Kucoin Pleads Guilty To Unlicensed Money Transmission Charge And Agrees To Pay Penalties Totaling Nearly $300 Million

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/kucoin-pleads-guilty-unlicensed-money-transmission-charge-and-agrees-pay-penalties

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Vietnam grapples with ‘alarming popularity’ of online illegal wildlife trade

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/vietnam-grapples-with-alarming-popularity-of-online-illegal-wildlife-trade/

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Violence as a service: Criminals hire criminals

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/violence-service-criminals-hire-criminals

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Islamic State, Media, and Propaganda: Performances of the ‘Visual Caliphate’

Read here: https://www.elgaronline.com/monobook-oa/book/9781035336227/9781035336227.xml

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New York mob figures plead guilty to running illegal betting operation

Read here: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/new-york-mob-figures-plead-guilty-running-illegal-118310657

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Solicitor cleared of AML offences he had admitted to

Read here: https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/solicitor-cleared-of-aml-offences-he-had-admitted-to

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Defense contractor executive pleads guilty to bribery scheme involving $100 million in government contracts

Read here: https://www.irs.gov/compliance/defense-contractor-executive-pleads-guilty-to-bribery-scheme-involving-100-million-in-government-contracts

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Fraud, Frozen Accounts, and Missing Millions: The Financial Investigation of Maurice Anisimov

Read here: https://www.eureporter.co/uae/2025/01/31/fraud-frozen-accounts-and-missing-millions-the-financial-investigation-of-maurice-anisimov/

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Swiss court sentences Trafigura’s “wolves”

Read here: https://www.publiceye.ch/en/media-corner/press-releases/detail/swiss-court-sentences-trafiguras-wolves

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Man found with 3D printing firearms manuals sentenced for terrorism offences

Read here: https://www.counterterrorism.police.uk/man-found-with-3d-printing-firearms-manuals-sentenced-for-terrorism-offences/

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Laundering of fentanyl cash linked to online gambling, intelligence agency warns

Read here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/online-betting-sites-fentanyl-money-laundering-1.7439658

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‘Turning a blind eye’: Elizabeth Warren blasts Federal Reserve for letting JPMorgan ‘cook the books’

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-01-23/elizabeth-warren-blasts-federal-reserve-for-letting-jpmorgan-cook-the-books/

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Money launderers ordered to pay back over £23m in a high value cryptocurrency scam

Read here: https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/money-launderers-ordered-pay-back-over-ps23m-high-value-cryptocurrency-scam

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Rise cybercrime in Japan and how tech companies are being targeted

Read here: https://www.tokyoreporter.com/cybercrime/cybercrime-rise-in-japan-and-how-tech-companies-are-being-targeted/

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North Korean IT Workers Conducting Data Extortion

Read here: https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2025/PSA250123

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His Majesty the King of the Netherlands visits Europol

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/his-majesty-king-of-netherlands-visits-europol

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Romania: Two charged with €2.1 million fraud involving EU agricultural funds

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/romania-two-charged-eu21-million-fraud-involving-eu-agricultural-funds

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We Are All F**ked: AI Investment Scams

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZQwXbn_wbw

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Ivory Coast Man Charged with Participating in a Sextortion Scheme that Caused the Death of a North Dakota Teenager

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-nd/pr/ivory-coast-man-charged-participating-sextortion-scheme-caused-death-north-dakota

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Support to stop severe violence between criminals using explosives in retaliation

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/support-stop-severe-violence-between-criminals-using-explosives-retaliation

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Money Launderer Tied To Nigerian Sextortion Scheme Pleads Guilty

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmi/pr/2025_0122_Robinson_D_Plea

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Romania: 14 indicted for €1.6 million fraud involving employment funds

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/romania-14-indicted-eu16-million-fraud-involving-employment-funds

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Renewed War for Colombia Cocaine Center

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/renewed-war-for-colombia-cocaine-center/

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Minister wants banks to team up against money laundering, despite privacy concerns

Read here: https://nltimes.nl/2025/01/20/minister-wants-banks-team-money-laundering-despite-privacy-concerns

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How we did it – Putting together the Silenced Stories debate: Using parliamentary privilege to reveal what the powerful didn’t want us to know

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-01-21/how-we-did-it-putting-together-the-silenced-stories-debate/

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‘Bob the dog’ drugs traffickers ordered to repay nearly £1.2m: Crime group brought down after sending picture of pet dog

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operation-venetic-bob-the-dog-drugs-traffickers-ordered-to-repay-nearly-1-2m

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A New Frontier: Organised Immigration Crime and UK Sanctions

Read here: https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/new-frontier-organised-immigration-crime-and-uk-sanctions

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UK: Biggest fraud crackdown in a generation

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/biggest-fraud-crackdown-in-a-generation Bill page: https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3921 Bill: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/59-01/0167/240167.pdf

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Alleged Sinaloa Cartel Leader Extradited from Mexico, Appears in Court

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/alleged-sinaloa-cartel-leader-extradited-mexico-appears-court

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Operational Alert: Laundering the proceeds of illicit synthetic opioids

Read here: https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/intel/operation/iso-osi-eng Link to alert: https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/intel/operation/iso-osi-eng.pdf

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