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In Mexico, world’s smallest turtle faces big threats from trafficking, habitat loss

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/in-mexico-worlds-smallest-turtle-faces-big-threats-from-trafficking-habitat-loss/

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France: Five arrested in probe into VAT fraud involving luxury cars

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/france-five-arrested-probe-vat-fraud-involving-luxury-cars

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TikTok is Obsessed with Talking Parrots. It’s Fueling a Global Black Market

Read here: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/african-grey-parrot-tiktok-black-market-1235460022/

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Operation Destabilise: NCA exposes billion-dollar money laundering network that purchased bank to fund Russian war effort

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operation-destabilise-nca-exposes-billion-dollar-money-laundering-network-that-purchased-bank-to-fund-russian-war-effort

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Millions of people in the UK are being drawn into bribery and money laundering, according to new study

Read here: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/millions-people-uk-are-being-drawn-bribery-and-money-laundering-according-new-study

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35 arrests in Bulgaria in a large art trafficking investigation

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/35-arrests-in-bulgaria-in-large-art-trafficking-investigation

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How a New Port Created Ecuador’s Latest Criminal Epicenter

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/how-new-port-created-latest-criminal-epicenter-ecuador/

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Lithuania Cracks Down on Smuggling by Balloons

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/lithuania-cracks-down-on-smuggling-by-balloons

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Authorities detain 19 suspects during major human trafficking operation

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/authorities-detain-19-suspects-during-major-human-trafficking-operation

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Italy: EPPO uncovers criminal scheme to defraud €3.7 million intended to support Italian companies

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/italy-eppo-uncovers-criminal-scheme-to-defraud-eu37-million-intended-to-support-italian

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Investigation ‘Broken Wall’: Searches, seizures and arrests in probe into €19 million VAT fraud and smuggling of goods from China

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/investigation-broken-wall-searches-seizures-and-arrests-probe-eu19-million-vat-fraud-and

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Italy Hands Back Stolen Artifacts Older Than the Indus Valley Civilization

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/italy-hands-back-stolen-artifacts-older-than-the-indus-valley-civilization

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The Alice Guo Case: Chinese woman who became Philippines mayor gets life for human trafficking

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/20/chinese-woman-who-became-philippines-mayor-gets-life-for-human-trafficking

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Billion-Dollar Blind Spot: Brazil’s Drug Traffickers and the Florida Corporate Registry

Read here: https://c4ads.org/commentary/billion-dollar-blind-spot/

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SFO announces investigation into $28 million crypto scheme

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/sfo-announces-investigation-into-28-million-crypto-scheme

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Former MEP jailed after accepting bribes to make pro-Russian statements

Read here: https://news.met.police.uk/news/former-mep-jailed-after-accepting-bribes-to-make-pro-russian-statements-503518

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Romania: EPPO indicts six suspects in investigation into fraud involving employment funds

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/romania-eppo-indicts-six-suspects-investigation-fraud-involving-employment-funds

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Twitter hacker ordered to pay back £4.1m worth of Bitcoin

Read here: https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/twitter-hacker-ordered-pay-back-ps41m-worth-bitcoin

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Sloth selfies are feeding a booming wildlife trafficking trade

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/sloth-selfies-are-feeding-a-booming-wildlife-trafficking-trade/

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The White Mirage: What the declining amount of cocaine seized in western Europe doesn’t tell us

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/what-the-declining-amount-of-cocaine-seized-in-western-europe-doesnt-tell-us/

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In the UK, over £600 million stolen by fraudsters in first half of 2025

Read here: https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/news-and-insight/press-release/over-ps600-million-stolen-fraudsters-in-first-half-2025

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Why Roman Abramovich is suing the Government of Jersey over £5 billion of seized assets

Read here: https://www.itv.com/news/channel/2025-11-20/why-is-abramovich-suing-jerseys-government-over-5-billion-of-assets

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US, UK, Australia Sanction Russia-Based Cybercrime Hosting Firms

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/us-uk-australia-sanction-russia-based-cybercrime-hosting-firms

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UN cybercrime convention: A conference of contradictions in Hanoi

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/a-conference-of-contradictions-in-hanoi/

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Binance sued by Oct. 7 victims’ families for allegedly aiding Hamas through crypto exchange

Read here: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/25/binance-trump-crypto-lawsuit-pardon.html

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What’s Behind Costa Rica’s ‘First’ Transnational Criminal Organization?

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/costa-rica-first-transnational-criminal-organization/

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The Future of Anti-Money Laundering in the European Union

Read here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/ECTI_IDA(2025)773721 Link to analysis: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2025/773721/ECTI_IDA(2025)773721_EN.pdf

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Gangs buy haulage firms to steal lorryloads of goods

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj41jd0krkro

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Undercover crypto transactions, shady multimillion-dollar schemes, and more Coin Laundry stories from ICIJ’s partners

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/coin-laundry/undercover-crypto-transactions-shady-multimillion-dollar-schemes-and-more-coin-laundry-stories-from-icijs-partners/

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Companies registered in UK’s overseas territories generating huge revenues for Myanmar military regime

Read here: https://www.financeuncovered.org/stories/uk-overseas-territories-enabling-huge-sums-to-flow-to-myanmar-junta

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30 Years of Trends in Terrorist and Extremist Games

Read here: https://gnet-research.org/2024/11/01/30-years-of-trends-in-terrorist-and-extremist-games/

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Massive turtle bust in Mexico reveals ‘Wild West’ of wildlife trafficking

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/massive-turtle-bust-in-mexico-reveals-wild-west-of-wildlife-trafficking/

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UK Economic Crime Survey 2024

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/economic-crime-survey-2024

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China’s legal TCM industry is driving global pangolin poaching

Read here: https://eia-international.org/news/chinas-legal-tcm-industry-is-driving-global-pangolin-poaching/

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Bankera Revelations Lead to Raids, Court Fight

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/bankera-revelations-lead-to-raids-court-fight

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International takedown of cryptocurrency fraud network laundering over EUR 700 million

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/international-takedown-of-cryptocurrency-fraud-network-laundering-over-eur-700-million

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FinCEN Issues Financial Trend Analysis on Ransomware

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-issues-financial-trend-analysis-ransomware Link to analysis: https://www.fincen.gov/system/files/2025-12/FTA-Ransomware.pdf

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FCA censures Institute of Certified Bookkeepers for failings in anti-money laundering supervision

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/news-stories/fca-censures-institute-certified-bookkeepers-failings-anti-money-laundering-supervision

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