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UK: 21 arrests in nationwide cyber crackdown

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/21-arrests-in-nationwide-cyber-crackdown

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Ex-Chavez Nurse Freed Pending Bribery Charges

Read here: https://www.finews.com/news/english-news/44375-claudia-diaz-hugo-chavez-gold-liechtenstein-switzerland-venezuela-wealth-management-bribery

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OneCoin marketing chief in plea talks with US prosecutors

Read here: https://coingeek.com/onecoin-marketing-chief-in-plea-talks-with-us-prosecutors/

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Hungry and afraid: life for factory workers meeting UK demand for cheap clothes

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/dec/22/hungry-and-afraid-life-for-factory-workers-meeting-uk-demand-for-cheap-clothes-boohoo-claims

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Ex-Tunisian presidential candidate jailed in financial case

Read here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/extunisian-presidential-candidate-jailed-in-financial-case-charges-candidate-media-mogul-money-laundering-tunis-b1778699.html

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Localbitcoins Trader Facing up to 40 Years in Prison Over Bitcoin Fraud Schemes

Read here: https://news.bitcoin.com/localbitcoins-trader-40-years-prison-bitcoin-fraud-schemes/

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New anti-money-laundering regulations should exclude Hong Kong’s bitcoin ATMs to sustain innovation, says industry body

Read here: https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3115239/new-anti-money-laundering-regulations-must-exclude-hong

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The FBI is Secretly Breaking Into Encrypted Devices. We’re Suing.

Read here: https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/the-fbi-is-secretly-breaking-into-encrypted-devices-were-suing/

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What You Need to Know About Treasury’s 72-page NPRM for Transactions with Unhosted Wallets and Certain Foreign Jurisdictions

Read here: https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/treasury-department-nprm-unhosted-wallets-2020

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Ledger data leak: A ‘simple mistake’ exposed 270K crypto wallet buyers

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/ledger-data-leak-a-simple-mistake-exposed-270k-crypto-wallet-buyers

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End of the road for bogus Bradford car firm as NCA secures £500k civil recovery

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/end-of-the-road-for-bogus-bradford-car-firm-as-nca-secures-500k-civil-recovery

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Anti-Fraud Measures in Relief Plan Seek to Aid Vulnerable Firms

Read here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-22/anti-fraud-measures-in-relief-plan-seek-to-aid-vulnerable-firms

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Turkey: Cocaine stashed in Maradona pictures seized

Read here: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/turkey-cocaine-stashed-in-maradona-pictures-seized/2086677

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Report: Australia’s Church Leaders Were Unaware of $1.7 Billion Transferred From Vatican

Read here: https://www.ncregister.com/blog/vatican-australia-transfer

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Comoros Commits to Preventing & Countering the Smuggling of Migrants

Read here: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/frontpage/2020/December/comoros-commits-to-preventing-and-countering-the-smuggling-of-migrants.html

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Transparency International advises UK financial institutions to withdraw from Agyapa deal

Read here: https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Transparency-International-advises-UK-financial-institutions-to-withdraw-from-Agyapa-deal-1139654

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Poultry Farms in Apartment 13D Show Scale of Pandemic-Aid Fraud

Read here: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/poultry-farms-apartment-13d-show-100023651.html

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Agrigold Directors Stashed Funds In Off-Shore Entities In Cayman Islands

Read here: https://english.sakshi.com/news/telangana/agrigold-directors-stashed-funds-shore-entities-cayman-islands-128095

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Martinelli faces new trial,sons await extradition

Read here: https://menafn.com/1101333706/Martinelli-faces-new-trialsons-await-extradition

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DeFi data manipulation is too easy – and current oracle solutions aren’t helping much

Read here:https://cointelegraph.com/news/defi-data-manipulation-is-too-easy-and-current-oracle-solutions-aren-t-helping-much

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£1bn a year laundered in cash transfers

Read here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/1bn-a-year-laundered-in-cash-transfers-njnqnh3kw

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Banks and bad actors: the race to digitally adapt

Read here: https://www.fintechfutures.com/2020/12/banks-and-bad-actors-the-race-to-digitally-adapt/

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Penalty for 3 years and 5 months plus fine against underground banker after find 1 million [translated from Dutch]

Read here: https://www.om.nl/actueel/nieuws/2020/12/11/strafeis-3-jaar-en-5-maanden-plus-geldboete-tegen-ondergronds-bankier-na-vondst-1-miljoen

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Shopify stores riddled with fakes and fraudsters

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55420445

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Cybercriminals have started indexing the dark web

Read here: https://www.techradar.com/news/cybercriminals-have-started-indexing-the-dark-web

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From SIM-Swaps to Home-Invasion Threats, Ledger Leak Has Cascading Consequences

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/ledger-leak-sim-swap-home-invasion-threats

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CEO Of Clothing Company Sentenced To Prison For Million-Dollar Customs Fraud

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/ceo-clothing-company-sentenced-prison-million-dollar-customs-fraud

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Australian watchdog to not take action against Westpac in illegal payments probe

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/westpac-regulator/australian-watchdog-to-not-take-action-against-westpac-in-illegal-payments-probe-idUSL4N2J31YK

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Derivatives Regulator [CFTC] Uses Dodd-Frank Rule to Target Foreign Bribery

Read here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/derivatives-regulator-uses-dodd-frank-rule-to-target-foreign-bribery-11608633001

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Uganda detains leading lawyer for LGBT rights on money-laundering charges

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/dec/23/uganda-detains-leading-lawyer-for-lgbt-rights-on-money-laundering-charges

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Personal data leak at one of Britain’s largest pension providers

Read here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/pensions-retirement/news/personal-data-leak-one-britains-largest-pension-providers/

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Europol and Eurojust sign new contribution agreement expanding cooperation on the SIRIUS project

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/europol-and-eurojust-sign-new-contribution-agreement-expanding-cooperation-sirius-project

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FIFA files criminal complaint against Blatter over loss-making museum

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/fifa-files-criminal-complaint-against-blatter-over-loss-making-museum/46240130

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Crime pays in Belgium, say magistrates in new book

Read here: https://www.brusselstimes.com/news/belgium-all-news/146712/crime-pays-in-belgium-say-magistrates-in-new-book-financial-crime-fraud-drugs-laundering/

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Largest confiscation of smuggled monkeys sheds light on African trafficking network

Read here: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/12/animals-from-africa-s-biggest-trafficked-primate-confiscation-fo/

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Exchange operators face scrutiny after bout of outages in 2020

Read here: https://www.ft.com/content/a06b7bc0-dc06-422e-b883-6149f46b63e7

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2020’s Deadliest Country for the Press: Mexico

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13562-2020-s-deadliest-country-for-the-press-mexico

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