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Four were ‘supporting cast’ in £26m raids at homes of Tamara Ecclestone and Frank Lampard

Read here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/four-were-supporting-cast-in-burglars-26m-raids-at-celebrity-homes-h535p8wrb

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Kenya: Sportpesa Faces Sh30bn Money Laundering Probe

Read here: https://allafrica.com/stories/202011160925.html

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Croatian Ex-Premier Sanader Convicted in Slush Fund Case Retrial

Read here: https://balkaninsight.com/2020/11/13/croatian-ex-premier-sanader-convicted-in-slush-fund-case-retrial/

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ICE, international partners arrest 113 child predators

Read here: https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-international-partners-arrest-113-child-predators

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Money Laundering of Serious Tax Crimes: Enhancing Financial Intelligence Units’ Detection Capacities and Fostering Information Exchange

Read here: https://egmontgroup.org/sites/default/files/filedepot/2020%2C%20Public%20Bulletin%20Money%20Laundering%20of%20Serious%20Tax%20Crimes.pdf

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The Politics of Crime: Kenya’s gang phenomenon

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/gangs/

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Lithuania’s central bank issues EUR 370,000 fine to Paysera LT, company plans to appeal

Read here: https://www.baltictimes.com/lithuania_s_c_bank_issues_eur_370_000_fine_to_paysera_lt__company_plans_to_appeal/

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Peru’s President Merino resigns after deadly crackdown on protesters

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-54953546

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‘Colombia’s largest banking corporation evaded money laundering regulations’

Read here: https://colombiareports.com/colombias-largest-banking-corporation-evaded-money-laundering-regulations/

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Israeli agents killed Al Qaeda’s No. 2 official on street in Iran: report

Read here: https://thehill.com/policy/international/middle-east-north-africa/525965-israeli-agents-killed-al-qaedas-no-2-official

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Microsoft says three APTs have targeted seven COVID-19 vaccine makers

Read here: https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-says-three-apts-have-targeted-seven-covid-19-vaccine-makers/

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Grandfather serving 505-year sentence ordered to be released ‘without delay’

Read here: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/13/us/505-year-drug-war-sentence-seresi-freed-invs/index.html

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Covid-19: politicisation, “corruption,” and suppression of science

Read here: https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4425

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Traffickers Supplying Conflict Zones With Weapons And Explosives Disarmed In Spain

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/traffickers-supplying-conflict-zones-weapons-and-explosives-disarmed-in-spain

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Foreign Office resists release of files on support for UK mercenaries in Sri Lanka

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/nov/15/fco-resists-release-of-files-on-support-for-uk-mercenaries-in-sri-lanka

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Lloyds £1bn fraud report is delayed by another year

Read here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/business/lloyds-1bn-fraud-report-is-delayed-by-another-year-bml9c8fpx

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Rare Coin Auction Proceeds To Benefit Ponzi Scheme Victims

Read here: https://ksltv.com/449014/rare-coin-auction-proceeds-to-benefit-ponzi-scheme-victims/

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Watch out for mileage fraud in second-hand BMWs

Read here: https://business.inquirer.net/311801/watch-out-for-mileage-fraud-in-second-hand-bmws

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Covid vaccine fraud is ‘emerging threat’ to UK, National Crime Agency says

Read here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/covid-vaccine-uk-latest-fake-fraud-b1722906.html

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CA man arrested after FBI smells fraud in $8.8 mln manure-to-methane project

Read here: https://uk.reuters.com/article/usa-environment-lawsuit/in-brief-ca-man-arrested-after-fbi-smells-fraud-in-8-8-mln-manure-to-methane-project-idUSL1N2HZ298

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NatWest freezes accounts of innocent businesses applying for Bounce Back Loans

Read here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/personal-banking/current-accounts/natwest-freezes-accounts-innocent-businesses-applying-bounce/

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Zambia anti-drug agency arrests 6 people over money laundering

Read here: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-11/13/c_139514213.htm

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Saudi Arabia: Five arrested in fraud worth 17 million riyals

Read here: https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/saudi/saudi-arabia-five-arrested-in-fraud-worth-17-million-riyals-1.1605482326951

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Ransomware Group Turns to Facebook Ads

Read here: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/11/ransomware-group-turns-to-facebook-ads/

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‘Largest ever auctioned’ purple-pink diamond sells for $26.6m (£20.1m)

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54901982

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The elephant in the data centre…NCSC explains the potential benefits of adopting a cloud-system

Read here: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/the-elephant-in-the-data-centre

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Western Union says suspending U.S. transfers to Cuba

Read here: https://uk.reuters.com/article/cuba-usa-sanctions-remittances/western-union-says-suspending-u-s-transfers-to-cuba-idUSL8N2I0040

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Cayman Islands: CIMA fines Bank Cainvest $100,000

Read here: https://www.caymancompass.com/2020/11/12/cima-fines-bank-cainvest-100000/

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Cooking Cocaine in Full View of Guards at Paraguay’s Largest Prison

Read here: https://www.insightcrime.org/news/brief/inmates-cocaine-paraguay-prison/

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Tranche too hard: Australia edges forward with glacial AML/CTF law reform agenda

Read here: https://insight.thomsonreuters.com.au/business/posts/tranche-too-hard-australia-edges-forward-with-glacial-aml-ctf-law-reform-agenda

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Money-laundering concerns at B.C. casinos grew as 2010 Olympics neared, inquiry hears

Read here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-inquiry-money-laundering-2010-olympics-1.5799981

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British fraud office secures assets linked to Brazilian bribery scandal

Read here: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-brazil-petrobas/british-fraud-office-secures-assets-linked-to-brazilian-bribery-scandal-idUKKBN27S2CU

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South Africa President’s Main Rival Charged With Corruption

Read here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-13/south-africa-ruling-party-official-charged-with-graft-fraud

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RCMP charges former executive in Toronto with bribing a foreign official

Read here: https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/finance/news/rcmp-charges-former-executive-toronto-200139494.html

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Two charged after cash stuffed into suitcases seized at Heathrow airport

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/two-charged-after-cash-stuffed-into-suitcases-seized-at-heathrow-airport

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FinCEN Files wins investigation of the year in Argentina

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/fincen-files/fincen-files-wins-investigation-of-the-year-in-argentina/

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Bolivia’s New President Faces Complex Drug Scenario

Read here: https://www.insightcrime.org/news/analysis/bolivia-president-drug-policy/

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San Pedro Man Extradited to Face Charges of Making ‘Virtual Kidnapping’ Extortion Calls While Imprisoned for Murder in Mexico

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/san-pedro-man-extradited-face-charges-making-virtual-kidnapping-extortion-calls-while

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Saudi-led coalition in Yemen intercepts explosive-laden drone launched by Houthis: state tv

Read here: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-saudi-security-yemen/saudi-led-coalition-in-yemen-intercepts-explosive-laden-drone-launched-by-houthis-state-tv-idUKKBN27T2ZG

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Fake cars, real cash: How a multimillion-dollar Romanian scheme imploded in Kentucky

Read: https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article247120809.html

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