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US Recovered Over $1.6 Billion in 2020 Thanks to Whistleblowers

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13643-us-recovered-over-1-6-billion-in-2020-thanks-to-whistleblowers

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Unite has links to companies investigated for bribery

Read here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/unite-has-links-to-companies-investigated-for-bribery-69sf6gx55

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India’s friction with U.S. rises over planned purchase of Russian S-400 defence systems

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-usa-missiles-exclusive-idUSKBN29K2DO

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Self-exiled former Hong Kong lawmaker Ted Hui rejects HSBC explanation it had no choice but to freeze accounts of him and his family

Read here: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3118092/self-exiled-former-hong-kong-lawmaker-ted-hui-rejects-hsbc

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Heir to South Korea’s Samsung faces day of reckoning after four years of graft trial

Read here: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/15/samsung-heir-jay-y-lee-to-face-sentencing-on-bribery-charge.html

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Two Police Officers and Others Face Cocaine Trafficking Charges in Miami

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/two-police-officers-and-others-face-cocaine-trafficking-charges-miami

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Ex-farm minister Yoshikawa indicted without arrest on bribery charge

Read here: https://japantoday.com/category/crime/update1-ex-farm-minister-yoshikawa-indicted-without-arrest-on-bribery-charge

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Bittrex Won’t Disclose Why It Withdrew Support for Dash, Zcash, Monero

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/bittrex-disclose-delist-privacy-coins-dash-zcash-monero

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Syrian businessmen linked to firm that bought Beirut explosives

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/14/syrian-businessmen-linked-to-firm-that-bought-beirut-blast-matter

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Easier to buy a tiger than adopt a dog in parts of the US, documentary says

Read here: https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/lifestyle/entertainment/easier-to-buy-a-tiger-than-adopt-a-dog-in-parts-of-the-us-documentary-says/

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Russian Contract Killers Take Crypto as Payment, Say Investigators

Read here: https://decrypt.co/54292/russian-contract-killers-take-crypto-as-payment-say-investigators

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Essex man arrested at Heathrow in Encrochat drugs investigation

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/essex-man-arrested-at-heathrow-in-encrochat-drugs-investigation

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UAE police seize crystal meth worth Dh1 billion, arrest 22 gang members

Read here: https://www.khaleejtimes.com/news/video-uae-police-seize-crystal-meth-worth-dh1-billion-arrest-22-gang-members

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Nazi art: Germany says it has handed over 14 works from Gurlitt trove

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/nazi-art–germany-says-it-has-handed-over-14-works-from-gurlitt-trove/46287222

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Digital ID scheme for property sales announced

Read here: https://www.businesscloud.co.uk/news/digital-id-scheme-for-property-sales-announced/

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OCC Fines Former Wells Fargo General Counsel $3.5 Million in Settlement

Read here: https://www.occ.gov/news-issuances/news-releases/2021/nr-occ-2021-10.html

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Treasury Targets Billion Dollar Foundations Controlled by Iran’s Supreme Leader

Read here: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1234

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Syrian foreign affairs minister added to EU sanctions list

Read here: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021/01/15/syrian-foreign-affairs-minister-added-to-eu-sanctions-list/

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SFO closes British American Tobacco (BAT) Plc investigation

Read here: https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2021/01/15/sfo-closes-british-american-tobacco-bat-plc-investigation/

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FinCEN Announces $390,000,000 Enforcement Action Against Capital One, National Association for Violations of the Bank Secrecy Act

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-announces-390000000-enforcement-action-against-capital-one-national

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US Treasury Under New Mandate to Probe Chinese Money Laundering

Read here: https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/voa-news-china/us-treasury-under-new-mandate-probe-chinese-money-laundering

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$220M in Bitcoin May Be Encrypted Forever on IronKey

Read here: https://ciphertrace.com/220m-in-bitcoin-encrypted-forever-on-ironkey/

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Villarejo: The rise and fall of the Spanish state’s secret fixer

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54189074

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The key trends to watch this year on nonstate armed actors

Read here: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/01/15/the-key-trends-to-watch-this-year-on-nonstate-armed-actors/

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Fines for UK firms buying goods linked to Chinese slave labour camps

Read here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fines-for-uk-firms-buying-goods-linked-to-chinese-slave-labour-camps-6tcbfkx82

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Methamphetamine among drugs seized by police during raid on Morphett Vale industrial property

Read here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-15/two-men-arrested-drugs-cash-seized-by-police-in-morphett-vale/13060312

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Accused Forex-3D kingpin finally caught

Read here: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2051667/accused-forex-3d-kingpin-finally-caught

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UK: Four men charged after cash and cocaine seizures

Read here: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/four-men-charged-after-cash-and-cocaine-seizures

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Allegations Against Honduras President Add to Narco-State Case

Read here: https://www.insightcrime.org/news/analysis/honduras-president-allegations-narco-state/

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El Salvador Protects Accounts of Suspected Money Launderers

Read here: https://www.insightcrime.org/news/brief/money-launderers-bank-accounts-el-salvador/

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Salvador Cienfuegos: Mexico clears ex-defence minister over US drugs link claims

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-55673101

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FinCEN Extends Comment Period for Rule Aimed at Closing Anti-Money Laundering Regulatory Gaps for Certain Convertible Virtual Currency and Digital Asset Transactions

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-extends-comment-period-rule-aimed-closing-anti-money-laundering

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UK: MPs put “failure to prevent” economic crime offence on hold

Read here: https://www.stewartslaw.com/news/mps-put-failure-to-prevent-economic-crime-offence-on-hold/

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Alt-Right Groups and Personalities Involved In Last Week’s Capitol Riot Received Over $500K In Bitcoin From French Donor One Month Prior

Read here: https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/capitol-riot-bitcoin-donation-alt-right-domestic-extremism

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Alleged RCMP mole accused of selling secrets to kingpin money launderer and terror-financier’s network

Read here: https://globalnews.ca/news/7568801/rcmp-cameron-ortis-global-money-laundering/

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North Korean ‘Slush Fund’ Financed By Individuals With Western Ties

Read here: https://brief.kharon.com/updates/north-korean-slush-fund-financed-by-individuals-with-western-ties

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