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NGOs Call for EU Law Against SLAPPs

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13473-ngos-call-for-eu-law-against-slapps

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JPMorgan Doubling Singapore Private Bankers for Rich Chinese

Read here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-29/jpmorgan-to-double-singapore-private-bankers-for-rich-chinese

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We’ve All Been Deceived. There is No War on Drugs

Read here: https://www.riskscreen.com/kyc360/news/weve-all-been-deceived-there-is-no-war-on-drugs/

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SARs IN ACTION: November 2020

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/482-sars-in-action-november-2020/file

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Coronavirus-Induced Poverty Will Bring More Bitcoin Crime in 2021: Kaspersky Report

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/coronavirus-induced-poverty-will-bring-more-bitcoin-crime-in-2021-kaspersky-report

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New EU Prosecutor’s Office Takes Aim at 50-Billion-Euro-a-Year ‘Carousel Fraud’ Schemes

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/37-ccblog/ccblog/13468-new-eu-prosecutor-s-office-takes-aim-at-50-billion-euro-a-year-carousel-fraud-schemes

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Operation In Our Sites takes down 21,910 websites selling counterfeit goods

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/operation-in-our-sites-takes-down-21-910-websites-selling-counterfeit-goods

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Dirty money’s dirty secret: We’ve all been deceived – there is no ‘war on drugs’

Read here: https://insight.thomsonreuters.com.au/business/posts/dirty-moneys-dirty-secret-weve-all-been-deceived-there-is-no-war-on-drugs

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Venezuelan army starts mining Bitcoin to make ends meet

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/venezuelan-army-starts-mining-bitcoin-to-make-ends-meet

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Belgian banks follow Dutch in collaborating on AML – when will UK banks follow suit?

Read here: https://www.p2fincrime.com/insights/belgian-banks-follow-dutch-in-collaborating-on-aml-when-will-uk-banks-follow-suit/

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Computer Games: Football Manager Developers Reportedly Offered Bribes by Player Agents

Read here: https://gamerant.com/football-manager-developers-reportedly-offered-bribes-player-agents/

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Coronavirus: Investment scams quadruple since virus lockdown

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55126228

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Criminal probe into former world football bosses widened

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/criminal-probe-into-former-world-football-bosses-widened/46190916

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Justice Department extradites alleged BTC mining Ponzi operator from Panama

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/justice-department-extradites-alleged-btc-mining-ponzi-operator-from-panama

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COVID-19 waste crime: Europe-wide operation to tackle unlawful sanitary waste disposal

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/covid-19-waste-crime-europe-wide-operation-to-tackle-unlawful-sanitary-waste-disposal

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Italy’s Calabria has two pandemics: Covid and the mafia

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-55098415

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Trying to Curb Corruption, Saudi Arabia Arrests 226 Suspects

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13469-trying-to-curb-corruption-saudi-arabia-arrests-226-suspects

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Facebook banned new political ads in the week before the US election. We took a closer look

Read here: https://www.globalwitness.org/en/blog/facebook-banned-new-political-ads-week-us-election-we-took-closer-look/

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Biden should integrate Bitcoin into US financial system, says Niall Ferguson

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/biden-should-integrate-bitcoin-into-us-financial-system-says-niall-ferguson

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Escobar man’s ‘Narcos’-styled life: How a Cuban drug lord ran a global cartel from the safe haven of South Africa

Read here: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-11-28-escobar-mans-narcos-styled-life-how-a-cuban-drug-lord-ran-a-global-cartel-from-the-safe-haven-of-south-africa/

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Childcare centre used ‘fake children’ to defraud millions, police say

Read here: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/childcare-centre-used-fake-children-to-defraud-millions-police-say-20201127-p56iki.html

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Esports regulator says there’s been a ‘very significant upturn’ in match-fixing

Read here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-27/esports-corruption-regulator-says-upturn-in-match-fixing/12923156

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Honduran ex-president Zelaya stopped at airport with bag of money

Read here: https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-honduras-politics/honduran-ex-president-zelaya-stopped-at-airport-with-bag-of-money-idUSKBN2872Q1

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Former US soldier accused of hiding payments to Syrian terrorists

Read here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-soldier-payment-syria-terrorists-b1763333.html

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Britain urged to probe wealth of Russian family whose son had ‘world’s most expensive wedding’

Read here: https://news.yahoo.com/amphtml/britain-urged-probe-wealth-russian-130409290.html

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EU to use Magnitsky-style law to impose sanctions on human rights abusers

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/27/eu-to-use-magnitsky-style-law-to-impose-sanctions-on-human-rights-abusers

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US Police Make Arrest in $1m Airplane Scam

Read here: https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/us-police-make-arrest-in-1m/

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eBay issues warning to scammers selling photos of PS5s

Read here: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-11-28-ebay-issues-warning-to-scammers-selling-photos-of-ps5s

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He Once Trafficked in Rare Birds. Now, He Tells How It’s Done.

Read here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/world/europe/rare-birds-macaws-trafficking-brazil.html

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Asia’s 20 Richest Families Control $463 Billion

Read here: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2020-asia-richest-families/

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Cryptocurrency and the crumbling caliphate: The high tech money trail left as jihadi families try to flee refugee camps

Read here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/islamic-state-women-syria-money-b1763450.html

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‘Piles of cash at home’: Hong Kong leader says US sanctions mean she has no bank account

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/28/hong-kong-carrie-lam-cash-bank-account-us-sanctions

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Fifth Northern Ireland arrest in NCA Encrochat drug investigation

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/fifth-northern-ireland-arrest-in-nca-encrochat-drug-investigation

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Levitas Capital closing after fake Zoom invite sinks $16m super fund investment

Read here: https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/security/levitas-capital-closing-after-fake-zoom-invite-sinks-16m-super-fund-investment/news-story/110750489020507558921a95cbe2c980

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EU Fines Teva $72 Million For Illegally Delaying Cheaper Generic Drug

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13461-eu-fines-teva-72-million-for-illegally-delaying-cheaper-generic-drug

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Two arrests in Sussex as NCA investigation into group suspected of supplying small boats to people smugglers continues

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/two-arrests-in-sussex-as-nca-investigation-into-group-suspected-of-supplying-small-boats-to-people-smugglers-continues

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Criminals target poker machines in NSW amid pandemic

Read here: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/criminals-target-poker-machines-in-nsw-amid-pandemic-20201129-p56iw0.html

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Arrow Electronics denies overseas military ties as US weighs sanctions

Read here: https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3111615/arrow-electronics-denies-overseas-military-ties-us-weighs-sanctions

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Pizza Hut to accept Bitcoin for pies in Venezuela

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/pizza-hut-to-accept-bitcoin-for-pies-in-venezuela

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