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Mohsen Fakhrizadeh: ‘Machine-gun with AI’ used to kill Iran scientist

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-55214359

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Cameroonian Operator Charged in Fraudulent Online “Puppy Scam” that Exploited the COVID-19 Pandemic

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/cameroonian-operator-charged-fraudulent-online-puppy-scam-exploited-covid-19-pandemic

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Global Action Against Mail Order Gun Traffickers

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/global-action-against-mail-order-gun-traffickers

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Iceland: 50 Defendants In ISK 800 Million Money Laundering Case

Read here: https://grapevine.is/news/2020/12/07/50-defendants-in-isk-800-million-money-laundering-case/

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Fighting illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2020/Fighting-illegal-unreported-and-unregulated-fishing

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Criminality, corruption and impunity: Should Australia join the Global Magnitsky movement?

Read here: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Foreign_Affairs_Defence_and_Trade/MagnitskyAct/Report

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Sovereign Wealth Funds and Compliance Risk: The Libyan Investment Authority story

Read here: https://www.acfcs.org/sovereign-wealth-funds-and-compliance-risk-the-libyan-investment-authority-story/

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Largest Norwegian Bank Faces Fine For Anti-Money Laundering Failures

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13490-largest-norwegian-bank-faces-fine-for-anti-money-laundering-failures

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County Fermanagh: Five arrests after three million cigarettes seized

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-55216346

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Never get in bed with the yakuza

Read here: https://asiatimes.com/2020/12/never-get-in-bed-with-the-yakuza/

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After Luanda Leaks, a billionaire’s empire falls, but her enablers carry on

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/luanda-leaks/after-luanda-leaks-a-billionaires-empire-falls-but-her-enablers-carry-on/

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Fraud fears spark ban on business accounts: Lloyds, NatWest and HSBC stop taking on new customers amid rush of bounce back loan cheats

Read here: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-9021167/Fraud-fears-spark-ban-business-accounts.html

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Love, Offshores, and Administrative Resources: How Marrying Putin’s Daughter Gave Kirill Shamalov a World of Opportunity

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/love-offshores-and-administrative-resources-how-marrying-putins-daughter-gave-kirill-shamalov-a-world-of-opportunity

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G7 finance officials back need to regulate digital currencies: Treasury

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/g7-digital/g7-finance-officials-back-need-to-regulate-digital-currencies-treasury-idUSKBN28H1Y6

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Intelligence-Led Taskforce Leads To Seizures Of Nearly 11 Tonnes Of Drugs

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/intelligence-led-taskforce-leads-to-seizures-of-nearly-11-tonnes-of-drugs

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Argentina Turns to DNA to Fight Cattle Rustling

Read here: https://www.insightcrime.org/news/brief/dna-argentina-cattle-rustling/

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Governor pushing for legislation to investigate persons with ‘unexplained wealth’

Read here: https://bvinews.com/governor-pushing-for-legislation-to-investigate-persons-with-unexplained-wealth/

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Banks plan to kill off fraud refunds

Read here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/banks-plan-to-kill-off-fraud-refunds-s9x2st76q

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Peru recovers USD 8.5 million through non-conviction based confiscation

Read here: https://baselgovernance.org/news/peru-recovers-usd-85-million-through-non-conviction-based-confiscation

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Bosnia Federation PM Novalic Indicted in ‘Respirators’ Case

Read here: https://balkaninsight.com/2020/12/04/bosnia-federation-pm-novalic-indicted-in-respirators-case/

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U.S. preparing new sanctions on Chinese officials over Hong Kong crackdown – sources

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-sanctions-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-preparing-new-sanctions-on-chinese-officials-over-hong-kong-crackdown-sources-idUSKBN28H039

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EU adopts a global human rights sanctions regime

Read here: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2020/12/07/eu-adopts-a-global-human-rights-sanctions-regime

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California may have sent $1 billion in jobless benefits to people outside the state, DAs warn

Read here: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/california/story/2020-12-04/california-unemployment-benefits-out-of-state-district-attorney

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BTC-e Operator Vinnik Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison on Money Laundering Charges

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/btc-e-operator-vinnik-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison-on-money-laundering-charges

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Over a tonne of cocaine found hidden in banana pulp shipment at London port

Read here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/cocaine-seizures-uk-coronavirus-london-b1766960.html

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Malta luxury cards provider fined €373,000 for money laundering breaches

Read here: https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/106327/malta_luxury_cards_provider_fined_373000_for_money_laundering_breaches

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Mastercard to investigate allegations against Pornhub

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/pornhub-payments/mastercard-to-investigate-allegations-against-pornhub-idINL4N2IM035

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The Cartel’s Consul in Barcelona

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/the-cartels-consul-in-barcelona

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Did you fall for it? 13 ICO scams that fooled thousands

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/did-you-fall-for-it-13-ico-scams-that-fooled-thousands

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Portland marijuana farm linked to Texas scheme trafficking LSD, meth and fentanyl to college kids: feds

Read here: https://www.foxnews.com/us/portland-marijuana-farm-texas-ut-drug-trafficking-scheme-trafficking-lsd-meth-fentanyl-college-kids

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Sanctions Explorer [Tool]

Read here: https://sanctionsexplorer.org

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Haul of cutting agent to make £2.5 million pounds worth of Amphetamine seized in National Crime Agency investigation

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/haul-of-cutting-agent-to-make-2-5-million-pounds-worth-of-amphetamine-seized-in-national-crime-agency-investigation

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Former Hong Kong lawmaker Ted Hui says his bank accounts frozen

Read here: https://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKKBN28G08C

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Charges expected after Pilatus money-laundering probe

Read here: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/charges-expected-after-pilatus-money-laundering-probe.836867

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Guatemala’s Terrorist Designation of Hizballah Explained

Read here: https://www.investigativeproject.org/8651/guatemala-terrorist-designation-of-hizballah

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Mexican president wants to restrict US agents in Mexico

Read here: https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-financial-markets-mexico-9bf94296546e653aa178bd9c25798fab

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‘He lost everything’: how a phone call led to £110,000 loss and homelessness

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/dec/05/phone-call-fraud-victim-refund

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Indonesia names second cabinet minister as suspect in a graft case

Read here: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-indonesia-corruption/indonesias-social-minister-named-suspect-after-bribery-raid-idUKKBN28G029?il=0

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Ransomware hits helicopter maker Kopter

Read here: https://www.zdnet.com/article/ransomware-hits-helicopter-maker-kopter/

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Dozens rescued from human smuggling operation, Houston police say

Read here: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dozens-rescued-human-smuggling-operation-houston-police-say-n1249970

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