Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/on-target-sanctions-and-their-effectiveness-in-the-western-balkans/
Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/public-appeal-for-information-on-organised-crime-network
Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/796-arrests-in-massive-eu-action-against-organised-crime
Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/early-bitcoin-investor-sentenced-filing-tax-returns-falsely-reported-his-cryptocurrency
Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/an-underground-gold-war-in-colombia-is-a-ticking-ecological-time-bomb/
Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/russian-national-indicted-assisting-sanctioned-oligarch-schemes-employ-american-citizen
Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/rydox-cybercrime-marketplace-shut-down-and-three-administrators-arrested
Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/working-with-partners-to-defeat-economic-crime
Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/transatlantic-cocaine-trafficking-route-air-and-sea-halted-23-arrests
Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/new-report-terrorists-exploiting-global-tensions Link to report: https://www.europol.europa.eu/cms/sites/default/files/documents/TE-SAT%202024.pdf
Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/changes-mexicos-fentanyl-production-explain-drop-us-overdoses/
Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/publications-events/publications/leveraging-legitimacy-how-eu’s-most-threatening-criminal-networks-abuse-legal-business-structures Link to report: https://www.europol.europa.eu/cms/sites/default/files/documents/Europol_report_-_Leveraging_legitimacy_-_How_the_EU_most_threatening_crim_networks_abuse_legal_business_structures.pdf Link to press release: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/europol-analysis-reveals-how-criminal-networks-exploit-legal-businesses-to-strengthen-their-grip-economy
Read here: https://www.icij.org/news/2024/12/irs-criminal-referrals-to-us-prosecutors-hit-a-40-year-low-in-2024/
Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/9-drug-traffickers-arrested-and-eur-27-million-in-cryptocurrencies-seized
Read here: https://wolfsberg-group.org/news/81 Link to guidance: https://db.wolfsberg-group.org/assets/b60cae63-3a63-46de-983a-cb22a06d14ab/PT_Roles__Responsibilities_forpublication.pdf
Read here: https://www.mcgill.ca/mymcgill/channels/news/understanding-when-and-why-people-give-bribes-361998
Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/feature/blood-and-ore-mexican-cartel-violence-silences-mine-opponents
Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-cyprus-to-tackle-serious-organised-crime-and-russian-illicit-finance-in-closer-cooperation
Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/maximiliano-davila-perez-former-head-bolivian-anti-narcotics-agency-extradited-united
Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/bahamas-police-turmoil-over-drug-trafficking-case/
Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-12-16/butcher-of-hama-assads-uncle-used-guernsey-fund-manager-to-stash-millions-looted-from-syria/
Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/illegal-casinos-are-using-roblox-to-draw-children-into-online-gambling-13273519
Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/records-tie-narco-trafficking-son-of-former-australian-political-leader-to-offshore-company-and-cyprus-bank-account/
Read here: https://www.interpol.int/News-and-Events/News/2024/INTERPOL-urges-end-to-Pig-Butchering-term-cites-harm-to-online-victims
Read here: https://www.psr.org.uk/news-and-updates/latest-news/news/new-report-from-psr-shows-how-fraudsters-exploit-major-platforms-to-scam-consumers/ Unmasking how fraudsters target UK consumers in the digital age: https://www.psr.org.uk/information-for-consumers/unmasking-how-fraudsters-target-uk-consumers-in-the-digital-age/ Link to report: https://www.psr.org.uk/media/u0vnq1ra/unmasking-how-fraudsters-target-uk-consumers-in-the-digital-age-dec-2024.pdf
Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/germany-eppo-probes-sportswear-group-suspicion-evasion-import-duties
Read here: https://dialogo-americas.com/articles/corruption-and-money-laundering-the-risks-of-chinese-financial-operations-in-latin-america/
Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/law-enforcement-shuts-down-27-ddos-booters-ahead-of-annual-christmas-attacks
Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/international-operation-against-phone-phishing-gang-in-belgium-and-netherlands
Read here: https://www.austrac.gov.au/news-and-media/media-release/austrac-takes-action-stamp-out-financial-crime-through-cryptocurrency-atms
Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/canadian-porn-king-accused-of-looting-honduran-cultural-artifacts/
Read here: https://theprint.in/defence/starlink-being-used-by-insurgent-groups-along-myanmar-border-seized-device-belonged-to-rpf-pla/2409004/
Read here: https://goodlawproject.org/russian-money-launderer-worked-for-tory-donor-firm/
Read here: https://www.publiceye.ch/en/topics/soft-commodity-trading/from-russian-oil-to-grain-the-strange-conversion-of-a-geneva-based-trader
Read here: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna184096
Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/the-cost-of-crime-is-huge-and-probably-underestimated/
Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/germany-eppo-carries-out-searches-bank-eu200-million-vat-fraud-investigation
Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c623716z8eeo
Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/germany-two-arrests-eu32-million-vat-fraud-involving-mobile-phones
Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/td-bank-insider-arrested-and-charged-facilitating-money-laundering
