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Crown chairman Helen Coonan admits casino ‘facilitated’ money laundering

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/oct/20/crown-chairman-helen-coonan-admits-casino-facilitated-money-laundering

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Exploring the landscape of crypto regulations in sub-Saharan Africa

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/exploring-the-landscape-of-crypto-regulations-in-sub-saharan-africa

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Drug cartel used Tether to bribe US state gov’t officials: DoJ

Read here: https://coingeek.com/drug-cartel-used-tether-to-bribe-us-state-govt-officials-doj/

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19 ‘Ndrangheta members arrested by Italian police in Trento

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13279-19-ndrangheta-members-arrested-by-italian-police-in-trento

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French Ex-President Faces Conspiracy Charge Over Funds From Gaddafi

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13274-french-ex-president-faces-conspiracy-charge-over-funds-from-gaddafi

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NY DFS Files Statement of Charges Against the Aliera Companies and Trinity Healthshare

Read here: https://www.dfs.ny.gov/reports_and_publications/press_releases/pr202010201

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Comparing cyber-related Sanctions Regimes and assessing the next steps

Read here: https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/news-and-insight/blogs/comparing-cyber-related-sanction-regimes

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Web-Enabled Sexual Exploitation Gang Taken Down by French Police

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/web-enabled-sexual-exploitation-gang-taken-down-french-police

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Berkshire Hathaway to pay $4.14 million to settle Iran sanctions violations claims

Read here: https://uk.reuters.com/article/berkshire-hathaway-usa-iran-idUSKBN2752ET

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Kyrgyz Authorities Arrest Matraimov, the $700 Million Man

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13282-kyrgyz-authorities-arrest-matraimov-the-700-million-man

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Mysterious ‘Robin Hood’ hackers donating stolen money

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54591761

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Big Chocolate’s child-labor problem is still far from fixed

Read here: https://fortune.com/2020/10/19/chocolate-child-labor-west-africa-cocoa-farms/

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Ten Individuals Charged in $50 Million Russian Smuggling Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/ten-individuals-charged-50-million-russian-smuggling-scheme

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East African Truckers Pay Bribes for Negative Coronavirus Tests, Official Says

Read here: https://www.voanews.com/africa/east-african-truckers-pay-bribes-negative-coronavirus-tests-official-says

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Justice Department Seizes Phony Tech Support Websites Used to Defraud Amazon Customers

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edtx/pr/justice-department-seizes-phony-tech-support-websites-used-defraud-amazon-customers

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The AML System: A Failure of Statecraft?

Read here: https://www.riskscreen.com/kyc360/news/the-aml-system-a-failure-of-statecraft/

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Australia: Anti-money laundering laws must cover lawyers and accountants

Read here: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/anti-money-laundering-laws-must-cover-lawyers-and-accountants-20201020-p566w8.html

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Goldman to pay over $2 billion in DOJ’s 1MDB probe

Read here: https://uk.reuters.com/article/usa-1mdb-funds/goldman-to-pay-over-2-bln-in-dojs-1mdb-probe-bloomberg-news-idUSL4N2HB12G

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NAB has been fined $15 million and lampooned by a federal judge after its controversial $24 billion referral program blew up

Read here: https://www.businessinsider.com.au/nab-introducer-program-loans-fined-asic-2020-10

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Australia: Home Affairs assisting Icac over alleged cash-for-visa scheme linked to Daryl Maguire

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/oct/19/home-affairs-assisting-icac-over-alleged-cash-for-visa-scheme-linked-to-daryl-maguire

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How ING bank in Poland helped Russians launder money

Read here: https://www.dw.com/en/how-ing-bank-in-poland-helped-russians-launder-money/a-55322399

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Former Enemalta dispatcher cleared of bribery

Read here: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/former-enemalta-dispatcher-cleared-of-bribery.825664

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First Bitcoin “Mixer” Penalized by FinCEN for Violating Anti-Money Laundering Laws

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/first-bitcoin-mixer-penalized-fincen-violating-anti-money-laundering-laws

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U.S. to Remove Sudan from State Sponsor of Terrorism List

Read here: https://thesentry.org/2020/10/19/4720/4720/

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Blockchain could soon make it impossible to sell a stolen Rolex

Read here: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/stolen-rolex-blockchain

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Six Russian GRU Officers Charged in Connection with Worldwide Deployment of Destructive Malware and Other Disruptive Actions in Cyberspace

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/six-russian-gru-officers-charged-connection-worldwide-deployment-destructive-malware-and

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Austerity Has Opened the British High Street Up to Drug Gangs’ Weed Farms

Read here: https://www.vice.com/en/article/3bjw5y/austerity-has-opened-the-british-high-street-up-to-drug-gangs-weed-farms

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‘Easy Money’: Fake Forex and Fraudulent Balkan Call Centre

Read here: https://balkaninsight.com/2020/10/19/easy-money-fake-forex-and-fraudulent-balkan-call-centre/

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Calculating Corruption: Peru’s Ojo Público Creates Tool to Gauge Contracting Risks

Read here: https://gijn.org/2020/10/19/calculating-corruption-perus-ojo-publico-creates-tool-to-gauge-contracting-risks/

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They called it Cyberbunker [translated from German]

Read here: https://www.sueddeutsche.de/digital/cyberbunker-traben-trarbach-darknet-prozess-1.5076338

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Lopez Obrador criticizes DEA role in Mexico after ex-army chief’s arrest

Read here: https://in.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-politics-dea-idUSKBN2730WR

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UK businesses being set up at record rate, register says

Read here: https://www.ft.com/content/cbb844f2-b852-4b83-bc7d-f87476cfafca

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TD Bank files lawsuit against Plaid for “duping” its customers

Read here: https://www.fintechfutures.com/2020/10/td-bank-files-lawsuit-against-plaid-for-duping-its-customers/

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Vinnik trial for extortion and Bitcoin money laundering begins in Paris

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/vinnik-trial-for-extortion-and-bitcoin-money-laundering-begins-in-paris

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North Macedonia’s Ex-PM Named in New Money Laundering Probe

Read here: https://balkaninsight.com/2020/10/19/north-macedonias-ex-pm-named-in-new-money-laundering-probe/

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Banks Need to Understand Their Cryptocurrency Exposure Even If They Don’t Take Custody of Cryptocurrency

Read here: https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/banks-cryptocurrency-exposure-risk-fincen

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Drug dealer stashed Rolex and Hublot watches under floorboards

Read here: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/drug-dealer-stashed-rolex-hublot-19129998

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6 money laundering reforms that experts say need to happen right now

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/fincen-files/6-money-laundering-reforms-that-experts-say-need-to-happen-right-now/

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When Gunvor and Vitol rub shoulders with the same “straw man”

Read here: https://www.publiceye.ch/en/topics/commodities-trading/when-gunvor-and-vitol-rub-shoulders-with-the-same-straw-man

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With Traders Far From Offices, Banks Bring Surveillance to Homes

Read here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-16/with-traders-far-from-offices-banks-bring-surveillance-to-homes

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