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Auckland man jailed after trying to buy girl on Dark Web under username ‘kiwipedo’

Read here: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/124005363/auckland-man-jailed-after-trying-to-buy-girl-on-dark-web-under-username-kiwipedo

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Did Emerge Gaming receive $8.3M from an offshore Ponzi scheme?

Read here: https://themarketherald.com.au/did-emerge-gaming-asxem1-receive-8-3m-from-an-offshore-ponzi-scheme-2021-01-22/

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Suspended Attorney Ordered to do Community Service for Fraud Scheme

Read here: https://mynewsla.com/crime/2021/01/21/suspended-attorney-ordered-to-do-community-service-for-fraud-scheme/

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Vijay Mallya has applied for ‘another route’ to stay in UK, says lawyer

Read here: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/vijay-mallya-has-applied-for-another-route-to-stay-in-the-uk-says-lawyer/articleshow/80411101.cms

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Hong Kong Monetary Authority Releases Regtech Adoption Report for Improving AML/CFT Activities

Read here: https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2021/01/171479-hong-kong-monetary-authority-releases-regtech-adoption-report-for-improving-aml-cft-activities/

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At Least One Key Huobi Executive Is In Custody in China: Sources

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/huobi-executive-otc-custody

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Janet Yellen Clarifies Stance on ‘Curtailing’ Cryptocurrency Use

Read here: https://decrypt.co/54983/janet-yellen-clarifies-stance-on-curtailing-cryptocurrency-use

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Latvian bank allegedly linked to Putin’s pink palace scheme

Read here: https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/banks/latvian-bank-allegedly-linked-to-putins-pink-palace-scheme.a389798/

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How Chinese Refiners Are Skirting Venezuela Oil Sanctions

Read here: https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/How-Chinese-Refiners-Are-Skirting-Venezuela-Oil-Sanctions.html

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Georgia teen charged with stealing nearly $1 million from supermarket where he worked

Read here: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tre-brown-kroger-theft-gwinnett-georgia/

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Traffic Stop Becomes Drug Bust in Mexico

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13702-traffic-stop-becomes-drug-bust-in-mexico

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UK: National Insurance scam leads to surge in calls to Action Fraud

Read here: https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/alert/warning-national-insurance-scam-leads-to-surge-in-calls-to-action-fraud

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Solicitor allowed use of client account as £4.6m banking facility

Read here: https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/solicitor-allowed-use-of-client-account-as-4-6m-banking-facility

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Almost a tonne of cocaine worth £76m found in bananas at Port of Southampton

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/almost-a-tonne-of-cocaine-worth-76m-found-in-bananas-at-port-of-southampton-12195340

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Bolivia Rivers Become Increasingly Popular Drug Trafficking Routes

Read here: https://www.insightcrime.org/news/brief/bolivia-rivers-drug-trafficking-routes/

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Federal COVID-19 subsidy went to company of man on no-fly list for alleged terrorist financing

Read here: https://globalnews.ca/news/7585687/covid-19-subsidies-no-fly-list/

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Nine Arrests In Hit Against Network Smuggling Migrants Via The Greek-Turkish Land Border

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/nine-arrests-in-hit-against-network-smuggling-migrants-greek-turkish-land-border

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Prosecutor’s office denies liability in leaked Danske Bank case information

Read here: https://news.err.ee/1608083239/prosecutor-s-office-denies-liability-in-leaked-danske-bank-case-information

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A Swiss money-laundering probe raises disturbing questions

Read here: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2021/01/23/a-swiss-money-laundering-probe-raises-disturbing-questions

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Cape Verde grants house arrest to jailed Maduro envoy, lawyers say

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-capeverde/cape-verde-grants-house-arrest-to-jailed-maduro-envoy-lawyers-say-idUSKBN29Q32K

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Money Mules in Sheep’s Clothing

Read here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/money-mules-in-sheeps-clothing-11611271078

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Firm linked to Tory donor Lord Ashcroft wins £350m Covid contract

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/21/firm-linked-to-tory-donor-lord-ashcroft-wins-350m-covid-contract

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Italian mafia sweep nets centrist leader, white-collar workers

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN29Q1R2

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Special prosecutor appointed in Crypto spy scandal

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/special-prosecutor-appointed-in-crypto-spy-scandal/46306278

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Irish lorry driver held in NCA cross-Channel smuggling investigation

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/irish-lorry-driver-held-in-nca-cross-channel-smuggling-investigation

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Steinmetz Swiss trial: Jail for tycoon in Guinea mine corruption trial

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-55748674

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Former rail boss Magonis and Estonian businessman Ossinovski acquitted in bribery case

Read here: https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/former-rail-boss-magonis-and-estonian-businessman-ossinovski-acquitted-in-bribery-case.a389824/

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UK: ‘Largest ever haul of fake money’ seized as three jailed over £12 million counterfeit scheme

Read here: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/counterfeit-money-seized-police-120605811.html

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‘Significant’ cannabis factory found near the Bank of England

Read here: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/21/uk/london-cannabis-factory-scli-intl-gbr/index.html

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Mexican National Sentenced…for Scheming to Launder Money for Drug Trafficking Organizations…which included attempting to purchase a bank to facilitate the money laundering

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/mexican-national-sentenced-over-7-years-federal-prison-scheming-launder-money-drug

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Investment fraud via dating apps

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/News-and-Events/News/2021/Investment-fraud-via-dating-apps

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Police find stolen Leonardo copy museum did not know was missing

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/19/police-find-stolen-copy-leonardo-da-vinci-salvator-mundi-naples-flat

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Niger ‘scandal of the century’ exposed in FinCEN Files sparks lawsuit demanding action

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/fincen-files/niger-scandal-of-the-century-exposed-in-fincen-files-sparks-lawsuit-demanding-action/

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Convicted London Trader Forfeits $5.4 Million in Profits

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/convicted-london-trader-forfeits–5.4-million-in-profits/46306716

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Meth importation plans up in smoke! 81 kilos found hidden in meat smokers

Read here: https://www.afp.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/meth-importation-plans-smoke-81-kilos-found-hidden-meat-smokers

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Kyrgyz Tycoon, Wife Change Names After Hit With U.S. Magnitsky Sanctions

Read here: https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyz-tycoon-wife-change-names-after-us-magnitsky-sanctions/31055850.html

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Former head of Vatican bank guilty of embezzlement, money laundering

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vatican-bank-trial/former-head-of-vatican-bank-guilty-of-embezzlement-money-laundering-idUSKBN29Q27S?

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Iran Struggling to Pry Trapped Billions From South Korean Banks

Read here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-19/iran-struggling-to-pry-trapped-billions-from-south-korean-banks

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Japanese police are investigating 30 people allegedly involved in the 2018 Coincheck hack

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/japanese-police-are-investigating-30-people-involved-in-the-2018-coincheck-hack

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Email Furor Leaves Deutsche Bank’s Reputation at Risk Once More

Read here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-19/email-furor-leaves-deutsche-bank-s-reputation-at-risk-once-more

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