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UK: Firms’ use of the National Fraud Database (NFD) and money mule account detection tools

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/multi-firm-reviews/firms-use-national-fraud-database-money-mule-account-detection-tools

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Vitalik Buterin, Elizabeth Warren join mounting Trump memecoin backlash: ‘Perfect bribery vehicle’

Read here: https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/buterin-warren-join-trump-memecoin-bribery-vehicle-backlash/

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Crackdown or Power Play? Turkish Opposition Leaders Slam Corruption Arrests

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/crackdown-or-power-play-turkish-opposition-leaders-slam-corruption-arrests

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Deeper probe into banks’ role in POGO-linked money laundering sought

Read here: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1241618

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Telecom Fraud and Corruption Cases Spike in China in 2024

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/telecom-fraud-and-corruption-cases-spike-in-china-in-2024

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Denmark warns of money laundering risk at gambling affiliates

Read here: https://www.gamingintelligence.com/legal/208648-denmark-warns-of-money-laundering-risk-at-gambling-affiliates/

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Joint U.K.-Iraqi Kurdistan Raid Breaks Up Smuggling Network

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/joint-uk-kri-raid-breaks-up-major-smuggling-network

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Global Pressure Mounts: Venezuela, Bounties, and Crime

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/global-pressure-mounts-venezuela-bounties-crime/

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New platform draws on investigative journalism to identify cross-border patterns of corruption

Read here: https://www.icij.org/news/2025/01/new-platform-draws-on-investigative-journalism-to-identify-cross-border-patterns-of-corruption/

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Law firms warned about risks of sham litigation

Read here: https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/law-firms-warned-about-risks-of-sham-litigation/5122011.article

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Romania: Two indicted for fraud involving funds for the development of the Danube Delta

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/romania-two-indicted-fraud-involving-funds-development-danube-delta

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Postal Employee Convicted for Role Supplying Checks to Telegram Scam Channel

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndal/pr/postal-employee-convicted-role-supplying-checks-telegram-scam-channel

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Italy: EPPO dismantles international cigarette smuggling network

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/italy-eppo-dismantles-international-cigarette-smuggling-network

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Coercion and Criminality: Cambodia’s Dual Threat to Regional and Global Stability

Read here: https://thediplomat.com/2025/01/coercion-and-criminality-cambodias-dual-threat-to-regional-and-global-stability/

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Former German Lawmakers on Trial Over Alleged Bribes From Azerbaijan

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/former-german-lawmakers-on-trial-over-alleged-bribes-from-azerbaijan

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Philippines Could Pursue 2M Euros Alleged Crime Boss Stashed in Cyprus

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/scoop/philippines-could-pursue-2m-euros-alleged-crime-boss-stashed-in-cyprus

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Arévalo, One Year On: Is Guatemala’s President Losing the Fight Against Corruption?

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/investigations/arevalo-one-year-on-is-guatemalas-president-losing-the-fight-against-corruption/

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Researchers investigating network infrastructure links between North Korean IT worker schemes and a 2016 crowdfunding scam

Read here: https://www.secureworks.com/blog/nickel-tapestry-infrastructure-associated-with-crowdfunding-scheme

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Global Cryptocurrency Exchange BitMEX Fined $100 Million For Violating Bank Secrecy Act

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/global-cryptocurrency-exchange-bitmex-fined-100-million-violating-bank-secrecy-act

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Peru judge throws out Keiko Fujimori’s money laundering trial

Read here: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/peru-judge-throws-keiko-fujimoris-165057729.html

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Slovenia: EPPO conducts house searches in investigation into attempted fraud involving solar power plants

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/slovenia-eppo-conducts-house-searches-investigation-attempted-fraud-involving-solar

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Anti-Al Capone tactics could work on people traffickers

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/14/anti-al-capone-tactics-could-work-on-people-traffickers

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SHIELD V: Over 3.4 million pills seized in Operation Targeting Counterfeit Medicines

Read here: https://anti-fraud.ec.europa.eu/media-corner/news/shield-v-over-34-million-pills-seized-operation-targeting-counterfeit-medicines-2025-01-30_en

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Art Dealer Sentenced to 2 Years in Federal Prison for Embezzling Bankruptcy Estate of Miracle Mile and Beverly Hills Art Gallery

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/art-dealer-sentenced-2-years-federal-prison-embezzling-bankruptcy-estate-miracle-mile

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Netherlands: Four arrests in probe into €7.2 million fraud involving imported bicycles

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/netherlands-four-arrests-probe-eu72-million-fraud-involving-imported-bicycles

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Miami-Based Real Estate Broker Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Violate Russia-Ukraine Sanctions and to Commit Money Laundering

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/miami-based-real-estate-broker-pleads-guilty-conspiracy-violate-russia-ukraine-sanctions-and

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Ministers consider ban on all UK public bodies making ransomware payments

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/14/ministers-consider-ban-on-all-uk-public-bodies-making-ransomware-payments

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State Regulators Issue $80 Million Penalty to Block, Inc., Cash App for BSA/AML Violations

Raed here: https://www.csbs.org/newsroom/state-regulators-issue-80-million-penalty-block-inc-cash-app-bsaaml-violations

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Cambodian firm accused of crypto crime quietly launches blockchain ‘no government or company can block

Read here: https://www.scamurai.io/p/cambodian-firm-accused-of-crypto

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Philippines: Guo charged with money laundering, another POGO shut down

Read here: https://igamingbusiness.com/gaming/online-casino/philippines-guo-charged-with-money-laundering-another-pogo-shut-down/

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Justice Department and FBI Conduct International Operation to Delete Malware Used by China-Backed Hackers

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-and-fbi-conduct-international-operation-delete-malware-used-china-backed

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Chairman and CEO of MoviePass’ Parent Company Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud Scheme and Conspiracy

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chairman-and-ceo-moviepass-parent-company-pleads-guilty-securities-fraud-scheme-and

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Moldova Detains Ex-Kyrgyz Advisor Who Accused President Japarov of Graft

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/moldova-detains-ex-kyrgyz-advisor-who-accused-president-japarov-of-graft

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Former Antam Executives Charged in $200 Million Gold Refining Corruption

Read here: https://jakartaglobe.id/news/former-antam-executives-charged-in-200-million-gold-refining-corruption

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Non-binding guiding principles on preventing, detecting and disrupting the use of new and emerging financial technologies for terrorist purposes released in official UN languages

Read here: https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/ctc/news/non-binding-guiding-principles-preventing-detecting-and-disrupting-use-new-and-emerging Link to principles: https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/ctc/sites/www.un.org.securitycouncil.ctc/files/n2500570.pdf

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Cambodian tycoon’s fintech venture mired in fraud claims, again

Read here: https://www.rfa.org/english/cambodia/2025/01/09/cambodian-tycoon-venture-fraud/

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Taking legal action to protect the public from abusive AI-generated content

Read here: https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2025/01/10/taking-legal-action-to-protect-the-public-from-abusive-ai-generated-content/

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US court grants IRS request to probe clients of offshore finance giant

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/us-court-grants-irs-request-to-probe-clients-of-offshore-finance-giant/

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