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Sophisticated Case Of Money Laundering Leads To 15 Arrests In Malta

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/sophisticated-case-of-money-laundering-leads-to-15-arrests-in-malta

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Flight of the Monarch: US Gov’t Contracted Airline Once Owned by Russian Criminals

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/flight-of-the-monarch-us-govt-contracted-airline-once-owned-by-russian-criminals

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Manchester United will not say if they have received ransom demands over cyber attack

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55094962

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Second Swiss firm allegedly sold encrypted spying devices

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/second-swiss-firm-allegedly-sold-encrypted-spying-devices/46186432

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Licence ban for Mayfair’s high end Park Lane Club casino triggers concern over secret identity of new owner

Read here: https://www.standard.co.uk/business/mayfair-park-lane-club-casino-natwest-deloitte-gaming-gambling-high-rollers-b80108.html

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Sopra Steria to take multi-million euro hit on ransomware attack

Read here: https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/37020/sopra-steria-to-take-multi-million-euro-hit-on-ransomware-attack

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Washington tells Deutsche Bank to wind up its business in Russia

Read here: https://www.rt.com/business/507969-us-deutsche-bank-russia/

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Hackers selling data of 21,000 British motorists on the dark web

Read here: https://www.teiss.co.uk/british-motorists-data-hacked/

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Swiss court orders full access to records for Vatican financial investigation

Read here: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/swiss-court-orders-full-access-to-records-for-vatican-financial-investigation-21439

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Is the ‘fast follower’ mentality holding back anti-money laundering in Australia?

Read here: https://securitybrief.com.au/story/is-the-fast-follower-mentality-holding-back-anti-money-laundering-in-australia

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Mako Sharks Gutted and Tossed on a Chilean Landfill

Read here: https://www.insightcrime.org/news/brief/mako-sharks-gutted-chilean-landfill/

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More than 700 Members Of Transnational Organized Crime Groups Arrested in Central America in U.S. Assisted Operation

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/more-700-members-transnational-organized-crime-groups-arrested-central-america-us-assisted

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Deutsche Bank Accounting Head Probed Over EY Wirecard Audit

Read here: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/deutsche-bank-accounting-head-probed-over-ey-wirecard-audit/ar-BB1bnUSx

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Alleged presence of individuals linked to organized crime at casinos – Loto-Québec wishes to elaborate on certain points

Read here: https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/alleged-presence-of-individuals-linked-to-organized-crime-at-casinos-loto-quebec-wishes-to-elaborate-on-certain-points-831226826.html

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Corrupt Met Police officer dismissed over money laundering

Read here: https://www.eppingforestguardian.co.uk/news/18903815.corrupt-met-police-officer-dismissed-money-laundering/

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Over 40 Arrested In Biggest-Ever Crackdown Against Drug Ring Smuggling Cocaine From Brazil Into Europe

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/over-40-arrested-in-biggest-ever-crackdown-against-drug-ring-smuggling-cocaine-brazil-europe

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Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iran’s top nuclear scientist, assassinated near Tehran

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-55105934

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Chinese Authorities Have Seized a Massive $4 Billion in Crypto From PlusToken Scam

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/chinese-authorities-have-seized-a-massive-4-billion-in-crypto-from-plustoken-scam

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Hawala traders are being squeezed by regulators and covid-19

Read here: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2020/11/28/hawala-traders-are-being-squeezed-by-regulators-and-covid-19

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SocGen Ordered to Return $150 Million of Allen Stanford Ponzi Cash

Read here: https://www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/socgen-scolded-by-swiss-court-for-keeping-stanford-ponzi-cash

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FCA fines TFS-ICAP £3.44 million for market misconduct

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-fines-tfs-icap-market-misconduct

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Drones Rain Contraband on Panama Prison

Read here: https://www.insightcrime.org/news/brief/drones-contraband-panama-prison/

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Venezuela resumes direct oil shipments to China despite U.S. sanctions

Read here: https://uk.reuters.com/article/venezuela-oil-china/exclusive-venezuela-resumes-direct-oil-shipments-to-china-despite-u-s-sanctions-idUKL1N2I62NK

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Boohoo hires phone hacking inquiry judge to oversee supply chain shake-up

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/boohoo-hires-phone-hacking-inquiry-judge-to-oversee-supply-chain-shake-up-12142998

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Bill Browder threatens legal action over Swiss bank accounts linked to Magnitsky scandal

Read here: https://www.ft.com/content/b408dc62-480f-45c3-a103-f296ed87e850

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Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) confident of Jamaica being removed from Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Financing of Terrorism watchlist

Read here: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/business-observer/boj-confident-of-jamaica-being-removed-from-anti-money-laundering-aml-and-counter-financing-of-terrorism-watchlist-work-proceeding-in-earnest-to-meet-september-2021-deadline_208457

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Corruption Remains A Major Problem In Asia, Damaging Trust In Government, Survey Finds

Read here: https://www.transparency.org/en/press/corruption-remains-a-major-problem-in-asia-damaging-trust-in-government-survey-finds#

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Key witness in Huawei CFO’s arrest declines to testify in Canada court

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/key-witness-in-huawei-cfos-arrest-in-u-s-extradition-case-declines-to-testify-in-canada-court-idUSKBN27W0QL

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Police found $434K cash in house searched during Cody homicide probe

Read here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/cody-homicide-search-craigmillar-money-laundering-probe-1.5819035

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Venezuelan court sentences six former Citgo executives to prison

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/11/27/venezuelan-court-sentences-six-former-citgo-executives-to-prison

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South Korean chat room operator gets 40 years for blackmail

Read here: https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/south-korean-chat-room-operator-072026340.html

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PayPal suspends user for crypto trading using PayPal’s own service

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/paypal-suspends-user-for-crypto-trading-using-paypal-s-own-service

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Indigenous man and granddaughter, 12, handcuffed after trying to open bank account

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/24/indigenous-canadian-human-rights-bank-arrest

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Lebanon ‘drug dealer’ arrested in Brazil

Read here: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20201126-lebanon-drug-dealer-arrested-in-brazil/

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Electricity bill of over €1.5 million leads police to 5 illegal marijuana plantations in Spain

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/electricity-bill-of-over-€15-million-leads-police-to-5-illegal-marijuana-plantations-in-spain

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Italian Customs Seize China-made Counterfeit Bearings

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13454-italian-customs-seize-china-made-counterfeit-bearings

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Microfinance Programs Fight Back Against Loan Sharks in Colombia

Read here: https://www.insightcrime.org/news/brief/microloan-programs-loan-sharks-colombia/

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FCA charges Richard Jonathan Faithfull with one offence of money laundering

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-charges-richard-jonathan-faithfull-one-offence-money-laundering

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New Zealand’s central bank takes on first major money laundering investigations

Read here: https://insight.thomsonreuters.com.au/business/posts/new-zealands-central-bank-takes-on-first-major-money-laundering-investigations

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