News and Blogs

Microsoft employee sentenced to 9 years in first U.S. Bitcoin case involving tax fraud

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/microsoft-employee-sentenced-to-9-years-in-first-u-s-bitcoin-case-involving-tax-fraud

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Anti-Illicit Trade Institute Course Begins; Meet the Co-Director

Read here: https://schar.gmu.edu/news-and-events/latest-news/anti-illicit-trade-institute-course-begins-meet-the-co-director

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ING subsidiary Payvision, a payments processing firm, is accused of facilitating fraudulent transactions worth €131.2 million

Read here: https://www.fintechfutures.com/2020/11/ing-subsidiary-payvision-accused-of-pushing-e131m-in-fraudulent-payments/

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The dark underbelly of the illicit trade in F-gases

Read here: https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/the-dark-underbelly-of-the-illicit-trade-in-f-gases/

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Canada: Money Launderers Will Easily Dodge Detection Under New BC Public Land Registry [according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute]

Read here: https://businessexaminer.ca/victoria-articles/item/money-launderers-will-easily-dodge-detection-under-new-bc-public-land-registry/

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‘Today I am going home’: Peru’s president Martin Vizcarra is ousted by politicians

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/today-i-am-going-home-perus-president-martin-vizcarra-is-ousted-by-politicians-12128885

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Miami Couple Charged in $3.3M Scheme to Defraud Verizon Wireless

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdpa/pr/miami-couple-charged-33m-scheme-defraud-verizon-wireless

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Colombia Continues to Bungle Assets Seized from Drug Traffickers

Read here: https://www.insightcrime.org/news/brief/seized-criminal-assets-colombia/

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Italian Broadcaster Faces Probe After Uncovering Lega Nord Scandal

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13382-italian-broadcaster-faces-probe-after-uncovering-lega-nord-scandal

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Designation of Former President of Nicaragua Aleman Due to Involvement in Significant Corruption

Read here: https://www.state.gov/designation-of-former-president-of-nicaragua-aleman-due-to-involvement-in-significant-corruption/

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Exiled king ‘tried to take money from a Jersey bank account’

Read here: https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2020/11/10/exiled-king-tried-to-take-money-from-a-jersey-bank-account/

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Portuguese police raid Benfica and Sporting offices in corruption inquiry

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/nov/10/portuguese-police-raid-three-football-clubs-in-corruption-investigation-benfica-sporting

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In the ports of Santa Marta and Barranquilla, anti-narcotics seizes 784 kilos of cocaine hidden in containers [translated from Spanish]

Read here: http://noticiasya.co/noticias/index.php/judicial/item/16811-en-puertos-de-santa-marta-y-barranquilla-antinarcoticos-incauta-784-kilos-de-cocaina-ocultos-en-contenedores

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Taiwan Individual and International Business Organizations Charged with Criminal Conspiracy to Violate Iranian Sanctions

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/taiwan-individual-and-international-business-organizations-charged-criminal-conspiracy

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Mexican president orders inquiry into report that aide paid shell firms

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-mexico-corruption/mexican-president-orders-inquiry-into-report-that-aide-paid-shell-firms-idUKKBN27P2OD

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Simon Finch: Defence worker admits Officials Secrets Act breach

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-54877968

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Half of 2020 Crypto Hacks are from DeFi Protocols and Exchanges

Read here: https://ciphertrace.com/half-of-2020-crypto-hacks-are-from-defi-protocols-and-exchanges/

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A Look at ‘Individual X’ and the Seized Stash of Silk Road Bitcoins Worth $1 Billion

Read here: https://news.bitcoin.com/a-look-at-individual-x-and-the-seized-stash-of-silk-road-bitcoins-worth-1-billion/

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Strange case of Dariga Nazarbayeva, mystery owner of Sherlock Holmes’s Baker Street address

Read here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/strange-case-of-dariga-nazarbayeva-mystery-owner-of-sherlock-holmess-baker-street-address-23q7c2fpl

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22 Hongkongers arrested in crackdown on city’s first fintech bookmaking and money-laundering racket

Read here: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3109132/22-hongkongers-arrested-crackdown-citys-first-fintech

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Google app enables banks to lock Android devices over credit defaults

Read here: https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/36902/google-app-enables-banks-to-lock-android-devices-over-credit-defaults

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Former Mozambican finance minister charged over $2 billion scandal

Read here: https://africa.cgtn.com/2020/11/10/former-mozambican-finance-minister-charged-over-2-billion-scandal/

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Dirty money, dirty trains: IBAC probe shows V/Line still off track

Read here: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/dirty-money-dirty-trains-ibac-probe-shows-v-line-still-off-track-20201105-p56bzj.html

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Europe: New rules on trade of dual-use items agreed

Read here: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2020/11/09/new-rules-on-trade-of-dual-use-items-agreed/

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U.S. Returns Looted Relics to Pakistan, Threatens Art World With Sanctions

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13376-u-s-returns-looted-relics-to-pakistan-threatens-art-world-with-sanctions

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Is Iran Sending Weapons to Venezuela? And How Is the U.S. Responding?

Read here: https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2020/11/09/is-iran-sending-weapons-to-venezuela/

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Notorious Dutch money launderer with links to Colombian cartel cuffed in Spain’s Marbella

Read here: https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2020/11/09/notorious-dutch-money-launderer-with-links-to-colombian-cartel-nabbed-in-spains-marbella/

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The former CEO of Google has applied to become a citizen of Cyprus

Read here: https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/11/9/21547055/eric-schmidt-google-citizen-cyprus-european-union

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Brazilian Bank Slapped With Record Money Laundering Fine in Paraguay

Read here: https://www.insightcrime.org/news/brief/paraguay-money-laundering-impunity/

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Crypto Lender Cred Files for Bankruptcy After Losing Funds in Fraud

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-lender-cred-files-for-bankruptcy

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Julius Baer to pay nearly $80 million in FIFA corruption case

Read here: https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-julius-baer-fifa-idUKKBN27P0HK

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Here’s How To Outsmart Criminals Abusing The Online Shopping Experience This Holiday Season

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/here’s-how-to-outsmart-criminals-abusing-online-shopping-experience-holiday-season

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Austria arrests 30 in anti-terrorism raids, says no link to Vienna attack

Read here: https://ca.reuters.com/article/us-austria-arrests-idCAKBN27P0VN

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DOJ serves subpoenas on 3D Systems over Iran exports

Read here: https://www.europeansanctions.com/2020/11/doj-serves-subpoenas-on-3d-systems-over-iran-exports/

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Two arrested in connection with €14.6m money-laundering investigation

Read here: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtandcrime/arid-40078487.html

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Co-Owner of Puerto Rican Online Aquarium Business Pleads Guilty to Two Lacey Act Felonies and Export Smuggling for Illicit Trafficking of Protected Reef Creatures

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/co-owner-puerto-rican-online-aquarium-business-pleads-guilty-two-lacey-act-felonies-and

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Privacy Coin GRIN Is Victim of 51% Attack

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/privacy-coin-grin-is-victim-of-51-attack

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Crown apathetic about money laundering, ‘completely failed’ to take concerns seriously: inquiry

Read here: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/nsw-inquiry-told-crown-ignorant-about-moneylaundering-activities/news-story/622884cdb7e5fa943ca8ca64be522125

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The Netherlands has increased foreign bribery enforcement but there are concerns about the number of concluded cases to date

Read here: https://www.oecd.org/corruption/anti-bribery/the-netherlands-has-increased-foreign-bribery-enforcement-but-there-are-concerns-about-the-number-of-concluded-cases-to-date.htm

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FIFA aims to regulate soccer agents, shine light on fees

Read here: https://apnews.com/article/international-soccer-soccer-27cdf291398b897aa436d60257e6b697

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