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Mexican authorities may freeze bank accounts without court order under new law

Read here: https://www.bnamericas.com/en/news/mexican-authorities-may-freeze-bank-accounts-without-court-order-under-new-law

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Two Colombians Sentenced For Smuggling 1,535 Kilograms Of Cocaine Onboard A Semi-Submersible Vessel

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-vi/pr/two-columbians-sentenced-smuggling-1535-kilograms-cocaine-onboard-semi-submersible-vessel

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HMRC opens fewer than 5 export control investigations per year

Read here: https://www.europeansanctions.com/2020/11/hmrc-opens-fewer-than-5-export-control-investigations-per-year/

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SWIFT Community Update: Combatting the cyber threat

Read here: https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/36991/swift-community-update-combatting-the-cyber-threat

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TRACE Releases 2020 Bribery Risk Matrix

Read here: https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/trace-releases-2020-bribery-risk-matrix-820946704.html

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Swedbank: Final report submitted to the Estonian Financial Supervisory Authority

Read here: https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/SWEDBANK-AB-6496651/news/Swedbank-Final-report-submitted-to-the-Estonian-Financial-Supervisory-Authority-31826797/

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Thieves swap Amazon orders of PlayStation 5 for rice and other items

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2020/nov/20/thieves-swap-amazon-orders-of-playstation-5-for-rice-and-other-items

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UK sourced PPE from factories secretly using North Korean slave labour

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/nov/20/uk-sourced-ppe-from-factories-secretly-using-north-korean-slave-labour

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Former KLIA Official Exposes How Multiple VIP Politicians Smuggle Cash Into Malaysia Using Private Jets All The Time- RM42 Million Was Brought In Related To Najib

Read here: https://thecoverage.my/former-klia-official-exposes-how-multiple-vip-politicians-smuggle-cash-into-malaysia-using-private-jets-all-the-time/

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New Report Finds That Criminals Leverage AI For Malicious Use – And It’s Not Just Deep Fakes

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/new-report-finds-criminals-leverage-ai-for-malicious-use-–-and-it’s-not-just-deep-fakes

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Three men charged in NCA people smuggling investigation

Read here: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/three-men-charged-in-nca-people-smuggling-investigation

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Belfius indicted in mortgage laundering case [translated from French]

Read here: https://www.lecho.be/economie-politique/belgique/general/belfius-inculpee-dans-un-dossier-de-blanchiment-via-credits-hypothecaires/10266355

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A Hoax After All – Iceland’s MOM Air Confirmed To Be Fake

Read here: https://simpleflying.com/mom-air-fake/

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Can artificial intelligence give elephants a winning edge?

Read here: https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/20/can-artificial-intelligence-give-elephants-a-winning-edge/

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Proposed Rule Would Ensure Fair Access to Bank Services, Capital, and Credit

Read here: https://www.occ.gov/news-issuances/news-releases/2020/nr-occ-2020-156.html

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Global Investors Making Transparency Possible

Read here: https://gfintegrity.org/global-investors-making-transparency-possible/

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Corrupt New York Cop Crucial Link in Dominican Drug Trafficking Ring

Read here: https://www.insightcrime.org/news/analysis/corrupt-cop-dominican-drug-trafficking/

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Nasdaq to Acquire Verafin, Creating a Global Leader in the Fight Against Financial Crime

Read here: https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/nasdaq-to-acquire-verafin-creating-a-global-leader-in-the-fight-against-financial

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What is Lanistar? Fintech start-up signed up thousands of Instagram influencers to promote its debit card but attracts the attention of the FCA

Read here: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/saving/article-8966141/Lanistar-Debit-card-start-attracts-attention-FCA.html

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Chinese Social Credit Blacklists: A Trove of Public Data Hiding in Plain Sight

Read here: https://sayari.com/blog/chinese-social-credit-blacklists-a-trove-of-public-data-hiding-in-plain-sight/

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Australia’s largest stock exchange suffers worst outage in more than a decade

Read here: https://www.fintechfutures.com/2020/11/australias-largest-stock-exchange-suffers-worst-outage-in-more-than-a-decade/

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Kidnapped Russian boy rescued following tip-off from INTERPOL network

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2020/Kidnapped-Russian-boy-rescued-following-tip-off-from-INTERPOL-network

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Yukon RCMP and Canada Revenue Agency execute search warrants in Whitehorse

Read here: https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/news/2020/update-1-yukon-rcmp-and-canada-revenue-agency-execute-search-warrants-whitehorse

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US imposes sanctions on Shabaab chiefs over raid on Kenyan camp

Read here: https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/us-imposes-sanctions-on-shabaab-3202178

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Rare Electric Narco Submarine Seized in Colombia

Read here: https://news.usni.org/2020/11/16/rare-electric-narco-submarine-seized-in-colombia

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Sexual Violence in India: Blockchain’s Role in Empowering Survivors

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/2020/11/19/sexual-violence-india-blockchain

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A Cannabis Research Firm With Only £6,000 In Assets Has Been Handed Two PPE Contracts Worth £33m

Read here: https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/cannabis-research-firm-ppe-coronavirus

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UK: Publication of the 2020 annual report on the Suspicious Activity Reports regime

Reas here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/publication-of-the-2020-annual-report-on-the-suspicious-activity-reports-regime

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Bear Bile Rumored To Be COVID Cure Seized In Chinatown – West Village, NY

Read here: https://patch.com/new-york/west-village/thousands-dollars-bear-bile-products-seized-chinatown

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Coca-Cola Improperly Shifted Profits Abroad, Tax Court Rules

Read here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/coca-cola-improperly-shifted-profits-abroad-tax-court-rules-11605738514

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Hezbollah expands its banking services due to US pressure on the Lebanese banking system

Read here: https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/hezbollah-expands-its-banking-services-due-to-us-pressure-on-the-lebanese-banking-system/

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Former Wirecard boss Braun stonewalls German lawmakers’ inquiry

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/wirecard-accounts-braun/update-1-german-lawmakers-to-quiz-ex-wirecard-boss-on-berlins-role-idUSL1N2I50EL

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ICAP Called ‘Spider’ in Cum-Ex Web by German Authorities

Read here: https://www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/icap-probe-expands-as-germany-calls-it-spider-in-cum-ex-web

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Three victims of child abuse put to safety in France

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/three-victims-of-child-abuse-put-to-safety-in-france

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E3 statement on JCPOA compliance

Read here: https://www.europeansanctions.com/2020/11/e3-statement-on-jcpoa-compliance/

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Deutsche Bank Says Investors Increasingly Prefer Bitcoin Over Gold as Inflation Hedge

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/deutsche-bank-says-investors-increasingly-prefer-bitcoin-over-gold-as-inflation-hedge

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More Indonesian sailors repatriated from deadly Chinese fishing fleet

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2020/11/more-indonesian-sailors-repatriated-from-deadly-chinese-fishing-fleet/

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Treasury Sanctions Entities Involved in Exporting Workers from North Korea

Read here: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1189

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London’s Alternative Tobacco Trade

Read here: https://london-post.co.uk/londons-alternative-tobacco-trade/

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Luxembourg: Money-laundering investigation grabs cocaine, cash in police raids

Read here: https://luxtimes.lu/luxembourg/42327-money-laundering-investigation-grabs-cocaine-cash-in-police-raids

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