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PASHA Bank: The sisters’ dominance of Azerbaijan’s banking sector

Read here: https://atlas.thesentry.org/pasha-bank/

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Serious Fraud Office probe £112m Unite union hotel

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn5z54236wgo

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Drug Traffickers Launder Millions Through Remittances. Here’s How to Stop Them

Read here: https://www.cfr.org/blog/drug-traffickers-launder-millions-through-remittances-heres-how-stop-them

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FinCEN Issues Alert to Financial Institutions to Counter Financing of Hizballah and Its Terrorist Activities

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-issues-alert-financial-institutions-counter-financing-hizballah-and-its Link to alert: https://www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/shared/FinCEN-Alert-Hizballah-Alert-508C.pdf

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FinCEN Assesses $900,000 Civil Money Penalty Against Lake Elsinore Hotel and Casino for Violations of the Bank Secrecy Act

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-assesses-900000-civil-money-penalty-against-lake-elsinore-hotel-and Link to civil money penalty: https://www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/enforcement_action/2024-10-23/FinCEN-Consent-Order-Lake-Elsinore-508.pdf

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Nigerian Authorities Bust Kidnapping Ring, Seize AK-47s

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/nigerian-authorities-bust-kidnapping-ring-seize-ak-47s

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Money laundering in the supply chain: The use of “adequate consideration” to “cleanse” criminal property

Read here: https://www.fountaincourt.co.uk/2024/10/money-laundering-in-the-supply-chain-the-use-of-adequate-consideration-to-cleanse-criminal-property/

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Radio Host Arrested On-Air in Nigerian Ponzi Scheme Probe

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/radio-host-arrested-on-air-in-nigerian-ponzi-scheme-probe

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Historic Guilty Plea by Bank Highlights US Crackdown on Money Launderers

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/historic-case-highlights-us-crackdown-latam-money-launderers/

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UK Gambling Commission Chief Executive shares details on the Commission’s approach to tacking unlicensed gambling

Read here: https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/blog/post/unlicensed-gambling-our-approach-to-tackling-unlicensed-gambling/

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Albanian Ex-President Ilir Meta Arrested on Corruption Charges

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/albanian-ex-president-ilir-meta-arrested-on-corruption-charges

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Colombia’s Coca Crops Grew, But Cocaine Production Exploded, Latest Figures Show

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/colombias-coca-crops-grew-cocaine-production-exploded/

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Migrant smuggling along Central Mediterranean route worth between US$290 and $370 million in 2023, according to update from UNODC

Read here: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/frontpage/2024/October/migrant-smuggling-along-central-mediterranean-route-worth-between-us290-and-370-million-in-2023–according-to-update-from-unodc.html

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Over £570 million stolen by fraudsters in the first half of 2024 in UK

Read here: https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/news-and-insight/press-release/over-ps570-million-stolen-fraudsters-in-first-half-2024 Link to half year fraud report press release: https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/policy-and-guidance/reports-and-publications/half-year-fraud-report-2024 Link to half year fraud report: https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/system/files/2024-10/Half%20Year%20Fraud%20Report%202024.pdf

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From Fame to Fraud: How Argentina’s Influencers Help Illegal Gambling

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/from-fame-to-fraud-how-argentinas-influencers-help-illegal-gambling/

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5 Arguments to Legalize/Fully Decriminalize Prostitution – Debunked!

Read here: https://endsexualexploitation.org/articles/5-arguments-to-legalize-fully-decriminalize-prostitution-debunked/ Link to report: https://endsexualexploitation.org/wp-content/uploads/NCOSE_10-Reasons-to-Oppose-Full-Decrim-Prost_Web-Version-w-Citations_Flyer_FINAL_COR_5-6-24.pdf

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Man with £1.5m property empire admits supplying heroin and cocaine, say Met

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/19/man-with-15m-property-empire-admits-supplying-heroin-and-cocaine-say-met

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Croatia: Four individuals and one company indicted for abuse of office and power

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/croatia-four-individuals-and-one-company-indicted-abuse-office-and-power

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Italy: EPPO obtains freezing order of €28.8 million in probe into €40 million VAT fraud

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/italy-eppo-obtains-freezing-order-eu288-million-probe-eu40-million-vat-fraud  

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Alex Saab, once charged by U.S. with money laundering, named Venezuela’s industry minister

Read here: https://www.yahoo.com/news/alex-saab-once-charged-u-210616100.html

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Guatemalan journalist receives house arrest after two years behind bars

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/19/guatemalan-journalist-receives-house-arrest-after-two-years-behind-bars

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‘They fall in love with me’: Inside the fraud factories driving the online scam boom

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/they-fall-in-love-with-me-inside-the-fraud-factories-driving-the-online-scam-boom-13234505

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NGO Claims Africa Losing Billions to Stereotypical Media Coverage

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/ngo-africa-losing-billions-to-stereotypical-media-coverage

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Mexico’s Former Security Chief Just Got Decades in Prison. But Will That Curtail Cartel Corruption?

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/mexico-former-top-security-official-decades-us-prison/

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The Collision of Emerging Technologies and Sexual Exploitation

Read here: https://endsexualexploitation.org/articles/the-movement-ep-3-navigating-the-benefits-and-pitfalls-of-emerging-tech/

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Art Advisor Lisa Schiff Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Clients

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/art-advisor-lisa-schiff-pleads-guilty-defrauding-clients

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UK and US Unite to Tackle Online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation

Read here: https://www.iwf.org.uk/news-media/statements/uk-and-us-unite-to-tackle-online-child-sexual-abuse-and-exploitation/

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INTERPOL operation nets terror suspects, cash and illegal weapons

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2024/INTERPOL-operation-nets-terror-suspects-cash-and-illegal-weapons

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Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison for 3D Printing Ghost Gun and Dozens of “Glock Switches”

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdin/pr/evansville-felon-sentenced-seven-years-federal-prison-3d-printing-ghost-gun-and-dozens

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Web of crime exposed: 5,100 arrests in illegal football gambling crackdown

Read here: https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2024/Web-of-crime-exposed-5-100-arrests-in-illegal-football-gambling-crackdown

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47 sedative pills traffickers arrested

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/47-sedative-pills-traffickers-arrested

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The Crime Messenger: How Sky ECC Phones Became a Tool of the Criminal Trade

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/project/the-crime-messenger

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Vitesse accountants given record fine by Dutch regulator

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-10-17/vitesse-accountants-given-record-fine-by-dutch-regulator/

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Olympic Snowboarder Used Tether in Cocaine-Smuggling Murder Scheme, Feds Say

Read here: https://decrypt.co/287204/olympic-snowboarder-tether-cocaine-murders

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The Minister’s Millions: The Super PEP

Read here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muHus657SCE

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Companies House to stop fraudsters joining up under fake names like ‘Darth Vader’

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/18/companies-house-to-stop-fraudsters-signing-up-under-fake-names-like-darth-vader

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Bulgaria: Three indicted for subsidy fraud involving production of plastic products

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/bulgaria-three-indicted-subsidy-fraud-involving-production-plastic-products

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Over 6 million illegally exported pills seized in international operation against drug trafficking network

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/over-6-million-illegally-exported-pills-seized-international-operation-against-drug

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Settlement Agreement between the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and Vietnam Beverage Company Limited

Read here: https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20241017_33 Link to enforcement notice: https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/933501/download?inline

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Energy drink scammer jailed after 12 years on run

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c30l52zyjj5o

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