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Belgium’s biggest banks propose system to share suspected money laundering information

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/fincen-files/belgiums-biggest-banks-propose-system-to-share-suspected-money-laundering-information/

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Pablo Escobar’s brother sues Europe’s most valued fintech

Read here: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/tech/tech-pulse/pablo-escobars-brother-sues-europes-most-valued-fintech

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Auckland lawyer struck off for laundering money for Comancheros

Read here: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300160660/auckland-lawyer-struck-off-for-laundering-money-for-comancheros

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Former Labor staffer John Zhang investigated for money laundering after Chinese foreign interference taskforce finds bundles of cash at Sydney home

Read here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-18/investigation-finds-bundles-of-cash-at-ex-labor-staffers-home/12890806

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Bad altitude: Spain’s disgraced former king ‘spent over £7m on flights’

Read here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/bad-altitude-spain-s-disgraced-former-king-spent-over-ps7m-on-flights-b1724431.html

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US man fails Bond-esque underwater escape from FBI using ‘sea scooter’

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-54977909

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Australia’s Crown Resorts says will only work with licensed gambling tour operators

Read here: https://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKL1N2I300X

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Cheese Bank’s multi-million-dollar hack explained by security firm

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/cheese-bank-s-multi-million-dollar-hack-explained-by-security-firm

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US gives Qualcomm approval to sell 4G chips to Huawei despite sanctions

Read here: https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/14/21565185/us-qualcomm-license-4g-chips-huawei-ban-china-phones

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Go-between paid £21m in taxpayer funds for NHS PPE

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54974373

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Sydney men arrested after allegedly sending stolen $2.3 million offshore

Read here: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydney-men-arrested-after-allegedly-sending-stolen-2-3-million-offshore-20201117-p56fe1.html

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OECD Working Group on Bribery Issues Report Commending United States for Maintaining Leading Role in the Fight Against Transnational Corruption

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/oecd-working-group-bribery-issues-report-commending-united-states-maintaining-leading-role

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Nestlé & Cargill v. Doe Series: Corporate Liability, Child Slavery, and the Chocolate Industry – A Preview of the Case

Read here: https://www.justsecurity.org/73387/nestle-cargill-v-doe-series-corporate-liability-child-slavery-and-the-chocolate-industry-a-preview-of-the-case/

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Airbnb discloses potential non-compliance with sanctions to OFAC & OFSI

Read here: https://www.europeansanctions.com/2020/11/airbnb-discloses-potential-non-compliance-with-sanctions-to-ofac-ofsi/

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Two arrested in $1.5m Harvard fencing team bribery scandal

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/nov/16/harvard-fencing-bribery-scandal-arrests

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Husband of Whistleblower Released Following Arrest in Greece

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13415-husband-of-whistleblower-released-following-arrest-in-greece

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NSW Government bought land for three times its value for light rail project

Read here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-16/nsw-government-bought-land-for-three-times-its-value-light-rail/12881058

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UK MPs call for sanctions on Chinese officials for Uyghur abuses

Read here: https://www.europeansanctions.com/2020/11/uk-mps-call-for-sanctions-on-chinese-officials-for-uyghur-abuses/

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Prevezon Holdings: The Black Money Collector

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/the-fincen-files/prevezon-holdings-the-black-money-collector

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Ex-Malaysia Leader Najib Seeks Goldman, Leissner 1MDB Papers

Read here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-17/goldman-sachs-faces-a-demand-for-1mdb-documents-by-ex-pm-najib

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Partnership against Cybercrime

Read here: https://www.weforum.org/reports/partnership-against-cybercrime

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Spain: ‘Greenland operation’ leads to 26 arrests

Read here: https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2020/11/17/greenland-operation-leads-to-26-arrests/

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Unsilencing sanctions: Iranian musicians launch album in Germany

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2020/11/16/unsilencing-sanctions-iranian-musicians-launch-album-in-germany

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Buying a baby on Nairobi’s black market

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-54892564

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1,776 firearms seized in international sweep against illegal trafficking of Turkish manufactured weapons

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/1-776-firearms-seized-in-international-sweep-against-illegal-trafficking-of-turkish-manufactured-weapons

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Mysterious ‘cat burglar’ pilfers CryptoKitty from digital art installation

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/mysterious-cat-burglar-pilfers-cryptokitty-from-digital-art-installation

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Pennsylvania Man Charged with Trafficking in Endangered and Invasive Fish

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/pennsylvania-man-charged-trafficking-endangered-and-invasive-fish

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The founder of the Medellín cartel who lives in Germany hides from the madding crowd [translated from Spanish]

Read here: https://www.lavanguardia.com/sucesos/20201116/49416503643/carlos-lehder-alemania-arroyave-abogado-retirado.html

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UK High Court says PDVSA can’t rely on US sanctions to suspend loan repayments

Read here: https://www.europeansanctions.com/2020/11/uk-high-court-says-pdvsa-cant-rely-on-us-sanctions-to-suspend-loan-repayments/

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UK: National Security and Investment Bill

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-security-and-investment-bill

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To offset US sanctions risk, banks bake in China loan clauses

Read here: https://www.risk.net/risk-management/7710216/to-offset-us-sanctions-risk-banks-bake-in-china-loan-clauses

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Former Hong Kong beach volleyball player arrested on money-laundering charges

Read here: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/former-hong-kong-beach-volleyball-074055896.html

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Major Swiss banks invest billions in weapons manufacturers

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/major-swiss-banks-invest-billions-in-weapons-manufacturers/46158438

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The SEC Is Still Working Out What ‘Qualified Custodian’ Means for Crypto

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/sec-qualified-custodian-statement

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Australia: Over a million in cash seized at border point

Read here: https://www.miragenews.com/over-a-million-in-cash-seized-at-border-point/

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Charges Dropped Against Four Suspected of Smuggling EUR 3.4 Million into Albania in Toyota Yaris

Read here: https://exit.al/en/2020/11/16/charges-dropped-against-four-suspected-of-smuggling-eur-3-4-million-into-albania-in-toyota-yaris/

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‘The war riche’: Syrian elites skirt US sanctions amid economic turmoil

Read here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/11/15/war-riche-syrian-elites-skirt-us-sanctions-amid-economic-turmoil/

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‘No one has ever pressured me not to investigate politicians’ – financial crimes unit chief

Read here: https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2020-11-15/local-news/No-one-has-ever-pressured-me-not-to-investigate-politicians-financial-crimes-unit-chief-6736228656

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US: Executive Order on Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments that Finance Communist Chinese Military Companies

Read here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-addressing-threat-securities-investments-finance-communist-chinese-military-companies/

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“Reckless” conveyancer agrees to leave profession

Read here: https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/reckless-conveyancer-agrees-to-leave-profession

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