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Elliptic Research Shows a Dramatic Increase in the Use of Privacy Wallets to Launder Proceeds of Crime in Cryptoassets

Read here: https://www.elliptic.co/media-center/elliptic-research-privacy-wallets-crime-in-cryptoassets

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Reporting During a Pandemic: Reflections on the Arms Trade Treaty 2019 Annual Reports

Read here: https://www.stimson.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2019-ATT-Annual-Reports_Web-Version.pdf

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Individual Pleads Guilty to Participating in Internet-of-Things Cyberattack in 2016

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/individual-pleads-guilty-participating-internet-things-cyberattack-2016

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Commonwealth Bank officer charged for stealing $3.75m to spend on cocaine, wine, property

Read here: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/commonwealth-bank-officer-charged-for-stealing-3-75m-to-spend-on-cocaine-wine-property-20201208-p56ljj.html

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Thieves target Russia’s nuclear war ‘doomsday’ plane

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/08/thieves-target-russia-nuclear-war-doomsday-plane

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US to shift burden from banks in overhaul of money laundering laws

Read here: https://www.ft.com/content/498493c4-a138-4e5d-b926-a86ae317b8f4

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Social Media Used to Sell Exotic Animals in Brazil

Read here: https://www.insightcrime.org/news/brief/social-media-wildlife-brazil/

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Police ‘investigating’ suspected Italian mafia money launderer

Read here: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/police-investigating-suspected-italian-mafia-money-launderer.837632

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Deutsche’s accounting chief to step aside for Wirecard probe

Read here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/12/09/deutsches-accounting-chief-step-aside-wirecard-probe/

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Dutch prosecutors to investigate UBS chief over ING money laundering case

Read here: https://uk.reuters.com/article/ubs-ceo-probe-investigation/update-1-dutch-prosecutors-to-probe-ubs-ceo-over-ing-money-laundering-case-idUKL8N2IP1RO

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China’s ‘King of Vaccines,’ a partner to AstraZeneca, is plagued by scandal.

Read here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/world/chinas-king-of-vaccines-a-partner-to-astrazeneca-is-plagued-by-scandal.html

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Criminals getting smarter in use of digital currencies to launder money

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/crypto-currencies-criminals/criminals-getting-smarter-in-use-of-digital-currencies-to-launder-money-idUSKBN28J1IX

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The Overlooked Intersection of Social Media and Kleptocracy

Read here: https://www.justsecurity.org/73730/the-overlooked-intersection-of-social-media-and-kleptocracy/

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Bosnian Police Bust Another Migrant Smuggling Ring

Read here: https://balkaninsight.com/2020/12/09/bosnian-police-bust-another-migrant-smuggling-ring/

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U.S. targets North Korea coal shipments with new sanctions

Read here: https://uk.reuters.com/article/usa-northkorea-sanctions/u-s-targets-north-korea-coal-shipments-with-new-sanctions-idUSKBN28I2D8

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19-year-old Ukrainian politician reports crypto holdings of $24M in Monero

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/19-year-old-ukrainian-politician-reports-crypto-holdings-of-24m-in-monero

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Former Vanuatu PM and MPs acquitted on corruption/bribery

Read here: https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/432421/former-vanuatu-pm-and-mps-acquitted-on-corruption-bribery

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European Medicines Agency says it has been targeted by cyber attack

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/european-medicines-agency-says-it-has-been-targeted-by-cyber-attack-12156168

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Financial Crime Typologies In Cryptoassets: The Concise Guide for Compliance Leaders

Read here: https://www.elliptic.co/resources/typologies-concise-guide-crypto-leaders

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Is an alleged drug kingpin from China investing millions in a port in Laos?

Read here: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/07/asia/laos-ban-mom-port-zhao-wei-intl-hnk-dst/index.html

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Latin American crime cartels turn to cryptocurrencies for money laundering

Read here: https://uk.reuters.com/article/mexico-bitcoin/insight-latin-american-crime-cartels-turn-to-cryptocurrencies-for-money-laundering-idUSL1N2IO25U

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From Jordanian Planes to German Software, Myanmar’s ‘Genocidal’ Military Stocks Up

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/from-jordanian-planes-to-german-software-myanmars-genocidal-military-stocks-up

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Four Arrested In A Top Football League Match-Fixing Scheme

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/four-arrested-in-top-football-league-match-fixing-scheme

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Crypto trader and accused Ponzi scheme is now fighting the SEC and jilted investors

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/accused-ponzi-scheme-is-now-fighting-the-sec-in-addition-to-former-investors

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Close To €13 Million Worth Of Cigarettes Seized At EU’s Eastern Borders

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/close-to-€13-million-worth-of-cigarettes-seized-eu’s-eastern-borders

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Tech giants may face billions of pounds in fines from new UK watchdog

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/dec/08/tech-giants-may-face-billions-of-pounds-in-fines-from-new-uk-watchdog

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‘An MBA in Corruption’: How Top Oil Trader Paid Bribes for Years

Read here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-08/-an-mba-in-corruption-how-top-oil-trader-paid-bribes-for-years

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Singapore man gets more charges in Wirecard fraud

Read here: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2020/12/08/2003748305

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Mexican Cartels Are Now Cooking Chinese Chemicals in Dutch Meth Labs

Read here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexican-cartels-are-now-cooking-chinese-chemicals-in-dutch-meth-labs-11607430794

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The Sin Tax: How the Tobacco Industry’s Heated-Tobacco Health Offensive is Sapping State Revenues

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/loosetobacco/blowing-unsmoke/the-sin-tax-how-the-tobacco-industrys-heated-tobacco-health-offensive-is-sapping-state-revenues

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U.S. Import Ban on Xinjiang Cotton Could Impact More Than 2,400 Chinese Firms

Read here: https://sayari.com/blog/u-s-import-ban-on-xinjiang-cotton-could-impact-more-than-2400-chinese-firms/

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Swiss technology used in Azerbaijani military drones, report claims

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-technology-used-in-azerbaijani-military-drones–report-claims/46209194

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Brazil’s Red Command Yet to Find Strong Foothold in Argentina

Read here: https://www.insightcrime.org/news/analysis/brazil-red-command-argentina/

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Jesse Powell: Bitcoin Banker

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/jesse-powell-most-influential-2020

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Arms deal corruption case postponed against South African ex-president Zuma

Read here: https://uk.reuters.com/article/safrica-zuma/arms-deal-corruption-case-postponed-against-south-african-ex-president-zuma-idUSL8N2IO1P3

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US cybersecurity firm FireEye hit by ‘state-sponsored’ attack

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55240408

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Defiant Sarkozy tells bribery trial he is the victim of lies

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-france-sarkozy-trial/defiant-sarkozy-tells-bribery-trial-he-is-the-victim-of-lies-idUKKBN28H2BH

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Muslim Brotherhood suspect and Saudi billionaire linked to same offshore companies, Austrian report says

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/paradise-papers/muslim-brotherhood-suspect-and-saudi-billionaire-linked-to-same-offshore-companies-austrian-report-says/

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Hong Kong police raid church hours after pastor said HSBC froze accounts

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/08/hong-kong-church-pastor-says-hsbc-froze-personal-and-charity-bank-accounts

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‘It’s a free-for-all’: how hi-tech spyware ends up in the hands of Mexico’s cartels

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/07/mexico-cartels-drugs-spying-corruption

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