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Former Unaoil executive sentenced for paying bribes to win $1.7bn worth of contracts in post-occupation Iraq

Read here: https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2020/10/08/former-unaoil-executive-sentenced-for-paying-bribes-to-win-1-7bn-worth-of-contracts-in-post-occupation-iraq/

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ESG Investing: Big Banks’ Money Laundering Problem

Read here: https://money.usnews.com/investing/stock-market-news/articles/esg-investing-focus-big-banks-money-laundering-problem

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Majority of regulated firms breaching fifth money laundering directive

Read here: https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/84452/lexisnexis-majority-of-regulated-firms-breaching-fifth-money-laundering-directive

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CAB seize €13,200 and two vehicles, freeze bank account in raid of dental practices linked to money laundering for Dublin drug gang

Read here: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/crime/cab-seize-13200-and-two-vehicles-freeze-bank-account-in-raid-of-dental-practices-linked-to-money-laundering-for-dublin-drug-gang-39601972.html

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Malaysia: Hundreds of dummy companies detected in money laundering syndicate – MACC

Read here: https://themalaysianreserve.com/2020/10/08/hundreds-of-dummy-companies-detected-in-money-laundering-syndicate-macc/

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro says he ended ‘Car Wash’ corruption probe

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/8/operation-car-wash-bolsonaro-says-he-ended-graft-probe

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OCC Assesses $400 Million Civil Money Penalty Against Citibank

Read here: https://www.occ.gov/news-issuances/news-releases/2020/nr-occ-2020-132.html

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Ireland a ‘soft spot’ for money laundering, says Browder

Read here: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/ireland-a-soft-spot-for-money-laundering-says-browder-1.4374949

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Spanish Prosecution Office Investigating Alleged Bitcoin Pyramid Scheme: $1 Billion in Investor Funds Reportedly Missing

Read here: https://news.bitcoin.com/spanish-prosecution-office-investigating-alleged-bitcoin-pyramid-scheme-1-billion-in-investor-funds-reportedly-missing/

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New financial crime guide to combat Australian wildlife trafficking

Read here: https://www.austrac.gov.au/news-and-media/media-release/new-financial-crime-guide-combat-australian-wildlife-trafficking Link to PDF: https://www.austrac.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-10/Stopping%20the%20illegal%20trafficking%20of%20Australian%20wildlife.pdf

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Kyrgyzstan’s central bank suspends SWIFT to prevent capital outflow

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/kyrgyzstan-s-central-bank-suspends-swift-to-prevent-capital-outflow

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United States Seizes Domain Names Used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-seizes-domain-names-used-iran-s-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps

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German soccer federation raided on suspicion of tax evasion

Read here: https://apnews.com/article/international-soccer-tax-evasion-germany-soccer-frankfurt-c4f11769f78ebce3b2da836bd2322160

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Group Backed by ING Bank, Fidelity and Standard Chartered Releases Crypto AML Tools

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/group-backed-by-ing-bank-fidelity-and-standard-chartered-releases-crypto-aml-tools

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Iranian/US national imprisoned for exporting aircraft components to Iran

Read here: https://www.europeansanctions.com/2020/10/iranian-us-national-imprisoned-for-exporting-aircraft-components-to-iran/

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Britain’s banks turn cyber sleuths to crack £75 billion mortgage mystery

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-banks-risks-focus-idUKKBN26T0RS

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CEO of Financial Firm Pleads Guilty to Running Multi-Million Dollar Securities and Tax Fraud Scheme, and Operating an Unlicensed Money Services Business

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ceo-financial-firm-pleads-guilty-running-multi-million-dollar-securities-and-tax-fraud-scheme

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France nabs the leaders of a document fraud network active in the EU

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/france-nabs-leaders-of-document-fraud-network-active-in-eu

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Kazakh Opposition Leader Charged In France With Embezzlement; Complaint Filed By Kazakh Government

Read here: https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakh-opposition-leader-charged-in-france-with-embezzlement-complaint-filed-by-kazakh-government/30881630.html

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This Regulator [Office of the Comptroller of the Currency] Wants to Help Banks Embrace Cryptocurrency

Read here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/this-regulator-wants-to-help-banks-embrace-cryptocurrency-11601976600

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PPP Scammers Made Fintech Companies Their Lenders of Choice

Read here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-07/ppp-loans-scammers-used-fintech-companies-to-carry-out-fraud

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UK woman tried to fly to Dubai with $2.44 million in cash in five suitcases

Read here: https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-britain-crime/uk-woman-tried-to-fly-to-dubai-with-2-44-million-in-cash-in-five-suitcases-idUKKBN26S1Q3

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Crashed Plane in Colombia May Be Example of ‘Cloned Craft’

Read here: https://www.insightcrime.org/news/brief/crashed-plane-colombia-cloned-craft/

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Ivory Coast police rescue 11 children working on cocoa farms

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ivorycoast-cocoa-idUSKBN26S3C4

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Global Witness, BankTrack and 19 other civil society organisations call on UK government not to leave finance out of a proposed new law on deforestation

Read here: https://www.banktrack.org/article/global_witness_banktrack_and_19_other_civil_society_organisations_call_on_uk_government_not_to_leave_finance_out_of_a_proposed_new_law_on_deforestation

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Samsung Adds Anti-money Laundering Features to its Crypto Wallet

Read here: https://cryptonews.com/news/samsung-adds-anti-money-laundering-features-to-it-crypto-wal-7911.htm

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Banks face uptick in money-laundering fines following COVID-19 delays

Read here: https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/banks-face-uptick-in-money-laundering-fines-following-covid-19-delays-60602920

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Getting a foot in the door. Spaces of cocaine trafficking in the Port of Rotterdam

Read here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12117-020-09394-8 Link to PDF: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12117-020-09394-8.pdf

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75 crypto exchanges have closed down so far in 2020

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/75-crypto-exchanges-have-closed-down-so-far-in-2020

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How your bank can prevent commercial lending fraud in COVID-19 relief programs

Read here: https://www.legalexecutiveinstitute.com/preventing-commercial-lending-fraud/

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DEA: Dirty money piles up as Covid-19 slows down sophisticated money-laundering operations

Read here: https://foxsanantonio.com/news/yami-investigates/dea-dirty-money-piles-up-as-covid-19-slows-down-sophisticated-money-laundering-operations

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Media advisory: New report on foreign bribery enforcement in 47 major economies

Read here: https://www.transparency.org/en/press/media-advisory-new-report-on-foreign-bribery-enforcement-in-47-major-economies

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Money Laundering of Serious Tax Crimes: The IEWG Public Bulletin is now available

Read here: https://egmontgroup.org/en/content/money-laundering-serious-tax-crimes-iewg-public-bulletin-now-available Link to PDF: https://egmontgroup.org/sites/default/files/filedepot/2020%2C%20Public%20Bulletin%20Money%20Laundering%20of%20Serious%20Tax%20Crimes.pdf

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ISIS Militants Charged With Deaths Of Americans In Syria

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/isis-militants-charged-deaths-americans-syria

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British Business Bank responds to National Audit Office Investigation into the Bounce Back Loan Scheme

Read here: https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/british-business-bank-responds-to-national-audit-office-investigation-into-the-bounce-back-loan-scheme/

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Global Britain: The world’s laundromat of choice. ONLINE EVENT – 8th Oct 2020 – 6pm (UK time)

Read here:https://www.frontlineclub.com/global-britain-the-worlds-laundromat-of-choice/

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Businessman with links to serious criminals loses property empire after settling £10m Unexplained Wealth Order case

Read here: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/businessman-with-links-to-serious-criminals-loses-property-empire-after-settling-10m-unexplained-wealth-order-case

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Exiled Trader Accused of Fraud Says Denmark Offered Four Years in a ‘Nice Cell’

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exile-trader-says-danes-offered-052132506.html

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Bounce back loans: Taxpayers may lose £26bn on unpaid loans

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54432916

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