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Bulgaria: Manager indicted for attempted fraud involving €1.92 million development project in Africa

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/bulgaria-manager-indicted-attempted-fraud-involving-eu192-million-development-project

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Violent Albanian criminal group linked to corruption disrupted via SKY ECC analysis

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/violent-albanian-criminal-group-linked-to-corruption-disrupted-sky-ecc-analysis

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Firearms trafficker supplying contract killers arrested in cross-border operation

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Authorities disrupt migrant smuggling supply chain

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/authorities-disrupt-migrant-smuggling-supply-chain

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Questions over deposed Bangladeshi elite’s £400m UK property empire

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/30/money-trail-questions-over-deposed-bangladeshi-elites-400m-uk-property-empire Transparency International article here: https://www.transparency.org.uk/joint-investigation-finds-nearly-400-million-uk-property-owned-bangladeshi-investors-accused

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UK politics infiltrated by ‘dark money’ with 10% of donations from dubious sources

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/nov/30/uk-political-donations-dark-money

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Investigation Admiral 2.0: Europe’s biggest VAT fraud with links to organised crime

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/investigation-admiral-20-europes-biggest-vat-fraud-links-to-organised-crime

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Science Museum ‘monitoring’ US bribery case against Adani Green Energy

Read here: https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2024/11/science-museum-monitoring-us-bribery-case-against-adani-green-energy/#

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Heroin kingpin arrested after 703 kilos of heroin found in soap shipment

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/heroin-kingpin-arrested-after-703-kilos-of-heroin-found-in-soap-shipment

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Lombard Odier Bank and a former employee indicted at the Federal Criminal Court for aggravated money laundering

Read here: https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-103351.html

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Colombian navy intercepts narco-subs taking new route to Australia

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyrjng13jlo

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Crackdown on illegal streaming network with 22 million users worldwide

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/crackdown-illegal-streaming-network-22-million-users-worldwide

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New Analysis Reveals the Role Of Overseas Territories in Pumping Almost £6 Billion of Dirty Money into the UK Property Market

Read here: https://www.transparency.org.uk/new-analysis-reveals-role-overseas-territories-pumping-almost-6-billion-dirty-money-uk-property

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Top Australian Criminal Target Zhao Thrived in Fiji Despite High-Level Warnings

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/top-australian-criminal-target-zhao-thrived-in-fiji-despite-high-level-warnings

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Cloned customer voice beats bank security checks

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1lg3ded6j9o

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Fashion Police: Types of fraud the US False Claims Act can target in the fashion industry

Read here: https://fashionunited.com/news/business/fashion-police-types-of-fraud-the-us-false-claims-act-can-target-in-the-fashion-industry/2024112763112

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Credit Suisse conviction in 2022 cocaine cash laundering case is overturned

Read here: https://nypost.com/2024/11/27/business/credit-suisse-conviction-in-2022-cocaine-cash-laundering-case-is-overturned/

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Despite its corruption trial, Trafigura continues with its business operations in Angola

Read here: https://www.publiceye.ch/en/media-corner/press-releases/detail/despite-its-forthcoming-corruption-trial-trafigura-continues-with-its-business-operations-in-angola

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With sharp rise in incorporations, Wyoming cements reputation as US secrecy haven

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/with-sharp-rise-in-incorporations-wyoming-cements-reputation-as-us-secrecy-haven/

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Total Energies pauses investments into Adani Group on bribery charges

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/11/25/total-energies-pauses-investments-into-adani-group-on-bribery-charges

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Man Convicted of Money Laundering and Operating an Unlawful Money Transmission Business for Converting Cash to Bitcoin

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/lancaster-man-convicted-money-laundering-and-operating-unlawful-money-transmission

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Real Estate Deal With Royal Raises Questions About Drug Trafficker Raffaele Imperiale’s Business in Dubai

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/scoop/real-estate-deal-with-royal-raises-questions-about-drug-trafficker-raffaele-imperiales-business-in-dubai

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New data science project uses synthetic data to address the main barriers to innovation in the field of money laundering detection

Read here: https://www.turing.ac.uk/news/new-data-science-project-uses-synthetic-data-address-main-barriers-innovation-field-money

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Tornado Cash Sanctions Overturned by U.S. Appeals Court

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/11/26/tornado-cash-sanctions-overturned-by-u-s-appeals-court

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Treasury Targets Cartel-Enabled Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Operations

Read here: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2729

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Report on the Call for Evidence about The Financial Conduct Authority

Read here: https://www.appgifffs.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/FINAL-Call-for-Evidence-Report-PUBLIC-1.pdf

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Suspect Arrested in Cross-Border Balkan Drug Smuggling Probe

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/suspect-arrested-in-cross-border-balkan-drug-smuggling-probe

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FCA seeks further views on enforcement transparency proposals

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-seeks-further-views-enforcement-transparency-proposals

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Making a Sectoral Virtual Asset Risk Assessment: Challenges and Approaches

Read here: https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/policy-briefs/making-sectoral-virtual-asset-risk-assessment-challenges-and-approaches

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Dominican Republic Breaks Seizure Record Amid Renewed Caribbean Trafficking

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/dominican-republic-breaks-seizure-record-amid-renewed-caribbean-trafficking/

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AUSTRAC issues 16 businesses with infringement notices for failing to comply with reporting requirements

Read here: https://www.austrac.gov.au/news-and-media/media-release/austrac-issues-16-businesses-infringement-notices-failing-comply-reporting-requirements

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INTERPOL financial crime operation makes record 5,500 arrests, seizures worth over USD 400 million

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/News-and-Events/News/2024/INTERPOL-financial-crime-operation-makes-record-5-500-arrests-seizures-worth-over-USD-400-million

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FCA fines Barclays £40 million for its failure to disclose certain arrangements with Qatari entities in 2008

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-fines-barclays-40-million

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How Morgan Stanley Courted Dodgy Customers to Build a Wealth-Management Empire

Read here: https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/morgan-stanley-wealth-management-investigation-f317c71d

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“Unauthorized” Fiji Passports Were Used to Take Cult Children Out of the Country

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/unauthorized-fiji-passports-were-used-to-take-cult-children-out-of-the-country

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