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Swiss prosecutors file charges against Credit Suisse and UBS over ‘tuna bonds’ scandal

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/01/swiss-charges-credit-suisse-ubs-tuna-bonds-mozambique

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Updated SARs guidance from the UKFIU

Read here: https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/licensees-and-businesses/notice/updated-sars-guidance-from-the-ukfiu

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HMRC Publishes Risks Common to Trust or Company Service Providers

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/anti-money-laundering-guidance-for-trust-or-company-service-providers/risks-common-to-trust-or-company-service-providers

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Serious Fraud Office (SFO) secures conviction in international aircraft fraud

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/sfo-secures-conviction-in-international-aircraft-fraud

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West is ‘missing obscure sanctions that could set back Russia’s war machine’

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/27/west-is-missing-obscure-sanctions-that-could-set-back-russias-war-machine

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Chain-hopping emerges as defining money laundering method of 2025

Read here: https://www.elliptic.co/blog/chain-hopping-defining-money-laundering-method-of-2025

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Antiquities Coalition Joins Hudson Institute to Spotlight Illicit Finance in the U.S. Art Market

Read here: https://theantiquitiescoalition.org/antiquities-coalition-joins-hudson-institute-to-spotlight-illicit-finance-in-the-u-s-art-market/

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Son of ‘El Chapo’ and a Leader of Sinaloa Cartel – Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Charges in Chicago

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/joaquin-guzman-lopez-son-el-chapo-and-leader-sinaloa-cartel-pleads-guilty-federal-drug

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It’s ‘whack-a-mole’: Alarming rise in pet trade fuels wildlife trafficking into California

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/its-whack-a-mole-alarming-rise-in-pet-trade-fuels-wildlife-trafficking-into-california/

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Russia’s ‘shadow vessels’ using false flags to skirt sanctions, report says

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/11/27/russias-shadow-vessels-using-false-flags-to-skirt-sanctions-report-says

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Text scammers make tens of thousands a month – and spend it on designer shoes and bags

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg4nzp6ezg7o

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Investigation Nebula: EPPO uncovers multimillion VAT fraud in Croatia and Italy with links to Italian organised criminal group

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/investigation-nebula-eppo-uncovers-multimillion-vat-fraud-croatia-and-italy-links-to

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FATF Publishes ‘Horizon Scan AI and Deepfakes’ Report

Read here: https://www.fatf-gafi.org/en/publications/Methodsandtrends/horizon-scan-ai-deepfake.html

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SFO Guidance on Evaluating a Corporate Compliance Programme

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfo-guidance-on-evaluating-a-corporate-compliance-programme/sfo-guidance-on-evaluating-a-corporate-compliance-programme

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Chinese National Pleads Guilty to South Florida Gift Card Fraud Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/chinese-national-pleads-guilty-south-florida-gift-card-fraud-scheme

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Turkey Probes Companies With Same Owner as Firms That Processed Online Fraud Payments

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/turkey-probes-companies-with-same-owner-as-firms-that-processed-online-fraud-payments

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Philippine Authorities Arrest Seven in Flood-Control Corruption Probe

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/philippine-authorities-arrest-seven-in-flood-control-corruption-probe

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Illicit finance and Africa: A regional assessment

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/illicit-finance-and-africa-a-regional-assessment/

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Swiss lawyer from Panama Papers firm to face court on tax evasion charges

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/panama-papers/swiss-lawyer-from-panama-papers-firm-to-face-court-on-tax-evasion-charges/

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Bear bile and rhino horn products openly on sale in Laos despite international bans

Read here: https://eia-international.org/news/bear-bile-and-rhino-horn-products-openly-on-sale-in-laos-despite-international-bans/

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FINTRAC Issues Operational Alert on Laundering the Proceeds of Online Child Sexual Exploitation

Read here: https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/intel/operation/exploitation-eng

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New assessment reveals UK’s offshore financial centres failing to meet their corporate transparency commitments

Read here: https://www.transparency.org.uk/news/new-assessment-reveals-uks-offshore-financial-centres-failing-meet-their-corporate

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Scammers target 12 homes on same UK street

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9q1z8yelzro

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France: EPPO seizes €2.4 million from company importing shoes from China on suspicion of customs fraud

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/france-eppo-seizes-eu24-million-company-importing-shoes-china-suspicion-customs-fraud

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US senators call for investigation of scam ads on Facebook and Instagram

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/24/investigation-scam-ads-facebook-instagram

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How Sweeping Sanctions Missed a Business Partner of the Alleged Head of a Major Asian Crime Organization

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/scoop/how-sweeping-sanctions-missed-a-business-partner-of-the-alleged-head-of-an-major-asian-crime-organization

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Growing threat of transnational scam centres highlighted at INTERPOL General Assembly

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2025/Growing-threat-of-transnational-scam-centres-highlighted-at-INTERPOL-General-Assembly

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Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Risk Index 2025

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/iuu-fishing-risk-index-2025/

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Agreement reached on the first EU-wide criminal law rules against corruption

Read here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20251201IPR31697/agreement-reached-on-the-first-eu-wide-criminal-law-rules-against-corruption

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Beyond Skin and Bones: A 25-year analysis of tiger seizures from 2000 to June 2025

Read here: https://www.traffic.org/publications/reports/beyond-skin-and-bones-a-25-year-analysis-of-tiger-seizures-from-2000-to-june-2025/

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How Do Russian Oligarchs Hide Money? Wrap It in Insurance

Read here: https://www.taxnotes.com/featured-news/how-do-russian-oligarchs-hide-money-wrap-it-insurance/2025/11/24/7t977

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How Industrial-Scale Crypto Laundering Sustains Mexico’s Synthetic Drug Trade

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/us-court-cases-mexico-organized-crime-digital-money/

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Lloyds Banking Group injects £5 million into ground-breaking fraud prevention scheme

Read here: https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/media/press-releases/2025/lloyds-banking-group-2025/lloyds-banking-group-fraud-prevention-scheme.html

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Peru Jails Ex-President Vizcarra After 14-Years Corruption Sentence

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/peru-jails-ex-president-vizcarra-after-14-years-corruption-sentence

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Libyan Businessman Who Ran for President Squandered Sovereign Wealth Fund’s Money, Government Audit Claims

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/scoop/libyan-businessman-who-ran-for-president-squandered-sovereign-wealth-funds-money-government-audit-claims

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Businessman targets Eswatini journalists with $9.9M lawsuit

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/swazi-secrets/businessman-targets-eswatini-journalists-with-9-9m-lawsuit/

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Safe haven to sanctions: How Jersey sheltered Roman Abramovich’s billions

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/23/jersey-london-safe-haven-sanctions-roman-abramovich-billions

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A private jet and massive debt – The rise and fall of a £1m Glastonbury ticket scammer

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2e2yzyzvlo

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