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‘McMafia’ banker’s wife will have £22m seized unless she reveals source of wealth

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/dec/21/mcmafia-banker-wife-seize-source-wealth-supreme-court-harrods

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People smuggling suspect wanted in connection with Essex lorry deaths arrested by the NCA

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/people-smuggling-suspect-wanted-in-connection-with-essex-lorry-deaths-arrested-by-the-nca

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Sierra Leone’s tech-aided war on corruption

Read here: https://www.dw.com/en/sierra-leones-tech-aided-war-on-corruption/a-55897439

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When No Diplomatic Immunity is Good News: Equatorial Guinea v France in the International Court of Justice

Read here: https://rusi.org/commentary/when-no-diplomatic-immunity-good-news-equatorial-guinea-v-france-international-court

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MoneyGram Backs Move To Strengthen US Anti-Money Laundering Laws

Read here: https://www.pymnts.com/news/security-and-risk/2020/moneygram-backs-move-to-strengthen-us-aml-laws/

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Why esports are the new frontier for matchfixers

Read here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2020/12/20/special-report-esports-new-frontier-matchfixers/

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Hacker asks for ETH from Nexus Mutual after stealing NXM

Read here: https://coinjournal.net/news/hacker-asks-for-eth-from-nexus-mutual-after-stealing-nxm/

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International operation disrupts supply of firearms to terrorists

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2020/International-operation-disrupts-supply-of-firearms-to-terrorists

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Customs Thwart Illegal Cigarette Trade In The EU And UK: 17 Arrests And 67 Million Cigarettes Seized

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/customs-thwart-illegal-cigarette-trade-in-eu-and-uk-17-arrests-and-67-million-cigarettes-seized

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High Court ‘not satisfied’ by bribery claims in F1 team sale

Read here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/12/20/high-court-not-satisfied-bribery-claims-f1-team-sale/

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Bahamas delisted from FATF grey list

Read here: https://ewnews.com/bahamas-delisted-from-fatf-grey-list

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Commission Guidance Note On The Implementation Of Certain Provisions Of Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1998 [human rights sanctions regime]

Read here: https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/201217-human-rights-guidance-note_en.pdf

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British banks under pressure over £45m loans to firm with links to Myanmar military

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/20/british-banks-under-pressure-over-45m-loans-to-firm-with-links-to-myanmar-military

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IBM Trusteer Exposes Massive Fraud Operation Facilitated by Evil Mobile Emulator Farms

Read here: https://securityintelligence.com/posts/massive-fraud-operation-evil-mobile-emulator-farms/

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Inside Operation Brookings: The police investigation into an alleged money laundering syndicate

Read here: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/123763970/inside-operation-brookings-the-police-investigation-into-an-alleged-money-laundering-syndicate

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Dozens of Al Jazeera journalists allegedly hacked using Israeli firm’s spyware

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/dec/20/citizen-lab-nso-dozens-of-aljazeera-journalists-allegedly-hacked-using-israeli-firm-spyware

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International gem dealer busted in alleged $1.4M diamond fraud

Read here: https://nypost.com/2020/12/18/indian-gem-dealer-busted-in-alleged-1-4m-diamond-fraud/

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US issues new Venezuela-related sanctions over recent elections

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/18/us-issues-new-venezuela-sanctions-over-recent-elections

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Ministers considering spearheading international crackdown on wildlife smugglers to treat them as harshly as arms dealers

Read here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/12/19/ministers-considering-spearheading-international-crackdown-wildlife/

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Adult Film Performer Pleads Guilty in GirlsDoPorn Sex Trafficking Conspiracy

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/adult-film-performer-pleads-guilty-girlsdoporn-sex-trafficking-conspiracy

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‘God will forgive me or not’: Inside the world of a people smuggler

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-55302024

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Regulator opens a criminal case against Stellenbosch-headquartered company fingered as ‘get-rich-quick scheme’

Read here: https://www.news24.com/fin24/Companies/Financial-Services/regulator-opens-a-criminal-case-against-stellenbosch-headquartered-company-fingered-as-get-rich-quick-scheme-20201218

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How Illegal Online Gambling Launders $153 Billion From China

Read here: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-12-21/cover-story-how-illegal-online-gambling-launders-153-billion-from-china-101641334.html

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Drugs, cars, gold, cash worth almost €800,000 seized in haul

Read here: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/drugs-cars-gold-cash-worth-almost-800000-seized-in-haul.840170

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Final member of prolific anabolic steroid manufacture and distribution network sentenced

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/final-member-of-prolific-anabolic-steroid-manufacture-and-distribution-network-sentenced

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A giant bonfire of taxpayers’ money’: fraud and the UK pandemic loan scheme

Read here: https://www.ft.com/content/41d5fe0a-7b46-4dd7-96e3-710977dff81c

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Facebook paid just £28.5m in UK tax after raking in more than £1bn in sales

Read here: https://inews.co.uk/news/business/facebook-uk-tax-sales-latest-news-798710

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EBA explains how it will use its new power to carry out risk assessments in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Read here: https://eba.europa.eu/eba-explains-how-it-will-use-its-new-power-carry-out-risk-assessments-fight-against-money-laundering

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Australia: AFP seizes a record 32 tonnes of illicit drugs in 2020

Read here: https://www.afp.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/afp-seizes-record-32-tonnes-illicit-drugs-2020

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Alleged gun runner extradited to UK

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/alleged-gun-runner-extradited-to-uk

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USA closes Danske Estonia money laundering investigation

Read here: https://news.err.ee/1214059/usa-closes-danske-estonia-money-laundering-investigation

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Computer Programmer Sentenced To Prison For Making False Statements About His Involvement In The “Silk Road” Website

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/computer-programmer-sentenced-prison-making-false-statements-about-his-involvement-silk

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SWIFT calls for collaboration to help build the future of global transactions

Read here: https://www.fintechfutures.com/2020/12/swift-calls-for-collaboration-to-help-build-the-future-of-global-transactions/

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€6 Million In Illegal Profit Of Fraudulent Organic Pistachio Sales

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/€6-million-in-illegal-profit-of-fraudulent-organic-pistachio-sales

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Scottish University Taps Blockchain Tech to Fight Whisky Fakes

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/scottish-university-taps-blockchain-tech-to-fight-whisky-fakes

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UK: Pet shops selling thousands of dangerous or endangered crocodiles, monkeys and venomous snakes

Read here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/pet-shop-exotic-animal-crocodile-licence-b1775268.html

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China’s Luckin Coffee to pay $180 million fine in fraud case

Read here: https://apnews.com/article/business-financial-markets-accounting-fraud-china-4267eba2eb745eb9a64b2d06c71b3692

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US Treasury to hire crypto policy officers to combat industry crimes

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-treasury-to-hire-crypto-policy-officers-to-combat-industry-crimes

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Switzerland branded as currency manipulator by US

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/switzerland-branded-as-currency-manipulator-by-us/46228164

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Using Open Source Data to Combat Corruption in Paraguay

Read here: https://www.insightcrime.org/news/brief/open-source-data-corruption-paraguay/

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