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PayPal Launches New Service Enabling Users to Buy, Hold and Sell CryptocurrencyPayPal Cryptocurrency

Read here: https://newsroom.paypal-corp.com/2020-10-21-PayPal-Launches-New-Service-Enabling-Users-to-Buy-Hold-and-Sell-Cryptocurrency

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Superintendent Linda A. Lacewell Announces Paypal To Be The First Approved Entity For DFS Conditional Bitlicense

Read here: https://www.dfs.ny.gov/reports_and_publications/press_releases/pr202010211

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Why India and Pakistan are wrangling over money launderer Altaf Khanani

Read here: https://www.dw.com/en/why-india-and-pakistan-are-wrangling-over-money-launderer-altaf-khanani/a-55350858

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Hong Kong oil traders ‘unable to obtain finance’ after Singapore fraud scandal

Read here: https://www.gtreview.com/news/asia/hong-kong-oil-traders-unable-to-obtain-finance-after-singapore-fraud-scandal/

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Abramoff-linked crypto firm says SEC has no case against it

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/abramoff-linked-crypto-firm-says-sec-has-no-case-against-it

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Cambridge (UK) prostitution case: Woman ordered to pay back £400,000

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-54635822

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UAE takes action against 200 law firms to rein in money laundering

Read here: https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/abu-dhabi/uae-cracks-down-on-money-laundering-action-against-200-firms

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Central Bank of Bahamas Launches Landmark ‘Sand Dollar’ Digital Currency

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/central-bank-of-bahamas-launches-landmark-sand-dollar-digital-currency

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Justice Department Announces Global Resolution of Criminal and Civil Investigations with Opioid Manufacturer Purdue Pharma and Civil Settlement with Members of the Sackler Family

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-global-resolution-criminal-and-civil-investigations-opioid

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Lawyers, accountants and real estate agents should report suspicious activity: AUSTRAC boss

Read here: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/lawyers-accountants-and-real-estate-agents-should-report-suspicious-activity-austrac-boss-20201020-p566ng.html

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Malaysia: Money laundering suspects also involved in forex investment fraud

Read here: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2020/10/21/bukit-aman-money-laundering-suspects-also-involved-in-forex-investment-frau/1915036

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Crypto Options Exchange Deribit to Require ID Verification for All Users by Year End: Report

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-options-exchange-deribut-to-require-id-verification-by-year-end

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Belgian Businesses Must Up Their Game In The Fight Against Money Laundering

Read here: https://www.mondaq.com/money-laundering/996792/belgian-businesses-must-up-their-game-in-the-fight-against-money-laundering-

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United States Seizes More Domain Names Used by Foreign Terrorist Organization

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-seizes-more-domain-names-used-foreign-terrorist-organization

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ACFCS Jobs Corner: In fincrime compliance job hunt, research diligently, apply carefully, network thoughtfully, says Zachary Plotkin

Read here: https://www.acfcs.org/acfcs-jobs-corner-in-fincrime-compliance-job-hunt-research-diligently-apply-carefully-network-thoughtfully-says-zachary-plotkin/

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Indian Authorities Shutter a Kashmir Newspaper Office

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13288-indian-authorities-shutter-a-kashmir-newspaper-office

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Charges in National Crime Agency EncroChat firearms and ammo operation

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/charges-in-national-crime-agency-encrochat-firearms-and-ammo-operation

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Guatemala Prosecutors Link Dirty Money to Former Minister

Read here: https://www.insightcrime.org/news/brief/guatemala-prosecutors-target-former-minister-money-laundering/

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Learn from Australia’s mistakes on black market tobacco

Read here: https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/columnists/2020/10/633942/learn-australias-mistakes-black-market-tobacco

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DHS Launches New Center for Countering Human Trafficking

Read here: https://www.dhs.gov/news/2020/10/20/dhs-launches-new-center-countering-human-trafficking

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Elliott Broidy Pleads Guilty for Back-Channel Lobbying Campaign to Drop 1MDB Investigation and Remove a Chinese Foreign National

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/elliott-broidy-pleads-guilty-back-channel-lobbying-campaign-drop-1mdb-investigation-and

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Police handed information on claims Vatican sent $1m to Australia in relation to George Pell sexual abuse trial

Read here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-20/austrac-vatican-allegations-george-pell-senate-estimates/12795476

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Colombian Foreign National Extradited To Pensacola To Face Federal Charges For His Role In An International Cocaine Importation Conspiracy

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndfl/pr/colombian-foreign-national-extradited-pensacola-face-federal-charges-his-role

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County lines: Mother fears for teenage son’s life

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-54619978

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Vitol executive’s secret recordings to expand Brazilian oil bribery probe

Read here: https://uk.reuters.com/article/petrobras-fuels-crime/update-2-vitol-executives-secret-recordings-expand-brazilian-oil-bribery-probe-idUKL1N2HB0RF

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Peruvian Citizen Pleads Guilty to Role in Transnational Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndny/pr/peruvian-citizen-pleads-guilty-role-transnational-drug-trafficking-and-money-laundering

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Paraguay police seize record $500 million cocaine haul hidden in charcoal

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-paraguay-drugs-idUKKBN2751XC

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Mexico to Extradite Drug Lord to US

Read here: https://www.voanews.com/americas/mexico-extradite-drug-lord-us

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Germany issues international arrest warrant for founders of Panama Papers firm

Read here: https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20201020-germany-issues-international-arrest-warrant-for-founders-of-panama-papers-firm

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Flying squirrel trafficking ring sees seven charged, Florida officials say

Read here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/flying-squirrel-trafficking-ring-florida-south-korea-seven-charged-b1177771.html

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New documentary explores one of the world’s oldest dictatorships

Read here: https://www.dw.com/en/new-documentary-explores-one-of-the-worlds-oldest-dictatorships/a-55327013

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Crisis in the Galapagos: Chinese fishing fleets and COVID-19 threaten a natural wonder

Read here: https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2020-10-18/galapagos-islands-threats-illegal-fishing-pandemic

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The United States Designates Al Qa’ida Financial Facilitator

Read here: https://www.state.gov/the-united-states-designates-al-qaida-financial-facilitator/

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Zcoin Employs Burn-and-Redeem Privacy Model, Offering Alternative to Coinjoins

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/privacycoin-zcoin-burn-redeem-testnet

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SEC Seeks $5 Million Fine Over Kik’s $100 Million ICO

Read here: https://decrypt.co/45699/sec-kik-5-million-fine-100-million-ico

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Controversial shell-company ‘factories’ seek a role cleaning up UK’s reputation

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/fincen-files/controversial-shell-company-factories-seek-a-role-cleaning-up-uks-reputation/

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EU takes legal action against ‘golden passport’ schemes in Cyprus, Malta

Read here: https://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKKBN2751CL

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Equatorial Guinea’s Teodorin Obiang spotted at exclusive Maldives resort

Read here: https://africatimes.com/2020/10/20/report-egs-teodorin-obiang-spotted-at-exclusive-maldives-resort/

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