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Online crime in Africa a bigger threat than ever before, INTERPOL report warns

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/News-and-Events/News/2020/Online-crime-in-Africa-a-bigger-threat-than-ever-before-INTERPOL-report-warns

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Meet the retired DEA agents who took down Pablo Escobar, the world’s most notorious drug kingpin

Read here: https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/narco-terrorism-experts-we-took-down-pablo-escobar/

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Frankfurt sniffer dog catches whiff of hidden cash stash

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-53763530

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Alleged Honduran Drug Trafficker Linked to Vast Corporate Network Operating in Various Industries

Read here: https://sayari.com/blog/alleged-honduran-drug-trafficker-linked-to-vast-corporate-network-operating-in-various-industries/

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In Chile, Drug Trafficking Becoming More Prominent and Violent

Read here: https://www.insightcrime.org/news/analysis/chile-drug-trafficking-boom/

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Drug Ring Exposes Massive Money Laundering in Dominican Republic

Read here: https://www.insightcrime.org/news/brief/dominican-republic-massive-money-laundering

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German investigators appeal for help finding tech executive

Read here:https://apnews.com/4ca21caeca4f658c02158f36e562acb7

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Ex-Ecuadorian President Detained in New Criminal Probe

Read here: https://www.voanews.com/americas/ex-ecuadorian-president-detained-new-criminal-probe

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State hangs on to Sonko’s Sh500m

Read here: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/nairobi/article/2001382169/state-hangs-on-to-sonko-s-sh500m

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Big Brother Is Watching Traders at Home for Compliance Slips

Read here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-12/big-brother-is-watching-traders-at-home-in-the-coronavirus-era

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Brazilian to surrender $190 mn in laundered money

Read here: https://www.france24.com/en/20200813-brazilian-to-surrender-190-mn-in-laundered-money

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Information Sharing in the Era of Coronavirus Tracing Apps – A New Context for Fighting Financial Crime?

Read here: https://rusi.org/commentary/information-sharing-era-coronavirus-tracing-apps

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Luxury Homes Tie Chinese Communist Elite to Hong Kong’s Fate

Read here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/12/business/china-hong-kong-elite.html

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Joint Statement On Enforcement Of Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Requirements

Read here: https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/files/bcreg20200813a1.pdf

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Using Machine Learning to Fight Money Laundering

Read here: https://www.fraudtoday.io/using-machine-learning-to-fight-money-laundering-a-14782

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Ethics in action: Suspicions of money laundering

Read here: https://www.fm-magazine.com/news/2020/aug/suspicions-of-money-laundering-cima-ethics.html

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SEC Charges Issuer and CEO With Misrepresenting Platform Technology in Fraudulent ICO

Read here: https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2020-181

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US restricts private charter flights to Cuba

Read here: https://www.europeansanctions.com/2020/08/us-restricts-private-charter-flights-to-cuba/

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Lenovo’s sales strong despite growing threat of US sanctions

Read here: https://www.ft.com/content/a5f5f290-04c9-4776-ae8d-ee881b13bb3a

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German port expected to continue working ‘normally’ despite US sanctions threat: ministry

Read here: https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/natural-gas/081320-german-port-expected-to-continue-working-normally-despite-us-sanctions-threat-ministry

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Reporting obligations for audit firms

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/correspondence/letter-to-fs-auditors-on-reporting-obligations.pdf

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Cuban Admits That He Intended to Distribute Drugs in Florida

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/12940-cuban-admits-that-he-intended-to-distribute-drugs-in-florida

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Global Disruption of Three Terror Finance Cyber-Enabled Campaigns. Largest Ever Seizure of Terrorist Organizations’ Cryptocurrency Accounts.

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/global-disruption-three-terror-finance-cyber-enabled-campaigns

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Warnings crime gangs are targeting coronavirus early access superannuation scheme

Read here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-12/early-access-superannuation-asic-organised-crime-coronavirus/12548686

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Following OCC Letter, Some US Banks Appear Open to Providing Crypto Services

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/following-occ-letter-some-us-banks-appear-open-to-providing-crypto-services

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How a Quiet Corner of Northern Europe Became a Theatre of Extreme Drug Warfare

Read here: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3e8b3/belgium-netherlands-cocaine-trafficking-narcostate

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Money laundering: I.T. raids on Chinese individuals, Indian contacts continue for second day

Read here: https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/money-laundering-i-t-raids-on-chinese-individuals-indian-contacts-continue-for-second-day/2053325/lite/

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Macao Bank Finally Freed From U.S. Sanctions Over North Korea Money Laundering

Read here: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-08-12/macao-bank-finally-freed-from-us-sanctions-over-north-korea-money-laundering-101592029.html

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Hong Kong’s police credit union shifts billions in assets to mainland banks, citing exposure to US sanctions

Read here: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/hong-kong-police-credit-union-101821179.html

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Germany defies threat of US sanctions over controversial pipeline

Read here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/08/12/germany-defies-threat-us-sanctions-controversial-pipeline/

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China Banks Act to Comply With Trump Sanctions on Hong Kong

Read here: https://www.bloombergquint.com/global-economics/chinese-banks-move-to-comply-with-u-s-sanctions-on-hong-kong

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Prosecutors want stiff sentence for NC billionaire Greg Lindberg’s ‘brazen’ bribery scheme

Read here: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article244912997.html

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Swiss security companies active in North Africa and Middle East

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-security-companies-active-in-north-africa-and-middle-east/45963478

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Klamath Falls Man Accused of Cashing More than 40 Years’ Worth of Deceased Relative’s Social Security Checks

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-or/pr/klamath-falls-man-accused-cashing-more-40-years-worth-deceased-relatives-social-security

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Free-For-All Zones: The Case of Dubai

Read here: https://gfintegrity.org/free-for-all-zones-the-case-of-dubai

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Reporting of potential terrorist financing more than doubles in NZ

Read here: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12355435

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Ex-Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto Accused of Corruption by Former State-Oil Chief

Read here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/ex-mexican-president-enrique-pena-nieto-accused-of-corruption-by-former-state-oil-chief-11597189321

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In London, Cambodian Elites Tread in the Kremlin’s Footsteps

Read here: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/corruption-london-08102020202253.html

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Australian police arrest two on suspicion of ‘daigou’ money laundering

Read here: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-australia-daigou-moneylaundering/australian-police-arrest-two-on-suspicion-of-daigou-money-laundering-idUKKCN2580DL

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