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Angkor Plywood, the ‘timber cartel’ shipping Cambodian forests internationally

Read here: https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/angkor-plywood-the-timber-cartel-shipping-cambodian-forests-internationally/

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Raytheon Company to Pay Over $950M in Connection with Defective Pricing, Foreign Bribery, and Export Control Schemes

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/raytheon-company-pay-over-950m-connection-defective-pricing-foreign-bribery-and-export

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CEO of Nigerian Airline and Co-Defendant Indicted for Obstruction of Justice

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/ceo-nigerian-airline-and-co-defendant-indicted-obstruction-justice

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ESMA publishes first consolidated report on sanctions

Read here: https://www.esma.europa.eu/press-news/esma-news/esma-publishes-first-consolidated-report-sanctions

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China Probes Taiwan Staff at iPhone City for Alleged Bribery

Read here: https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/china-probes-taiwan-staff-iphone-145501487.html

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Counterfeit Check Scam Targets Law Firms Via Debt Collection Scheme

Read here: https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2024/PSA241008

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Banks, property and lawyer: The Riad Salameh affair and its Swiss connections

Read here: https://www.publiceye.ch/en/topics/corruption/banks-property-and-lawyer-the-riad-salameh-affair-and-its-swiss-connections

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Blockchain and Bloodshed: The Role of Cryptocurrencies in Terrorist Financing

Read here: https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2024-october-16/

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Chinese crime gangs penetrate Philippines through Alice Guo, POGOs

Read here: https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/investigative/chinese-crime-gangs-penetrate-philippines-alice-guo-pogos/

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Money Laundering from Environmental Crime: Typologies and Trends in Countries in the Amazon Region

Read here: https://thefactcoalition.org/report/money-laundering-from-environmental-crime-typologies-and-trends-in-countries-in-the-amazon-region/ Link to report: https://thefactcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Enviro-Crime-Typologies.pdf

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Uncovering the ecosystem of intellectual property crime

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/publications-events/publications/uncovering-ecosystem-of-intellectual-property-crime Link to report: https://www.europol.europa.eu/cms/sites/default/files/documents/Uncovering_the_ecosystem_of_IP_Crime.pdf

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Bulgaria: EPPO accuses former mayor and ex-governor in investigation into fishing port in Varna

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/bulgaria-eppo-accuses-former-mayor-and-ex-governor-investigation-fishing-port-varna

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UK-linked firms suspected of busting Russia sanctions

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y97k4w7llo

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Mexico’s Narco Tanks Are Going From Impractical to Tactical

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/mexicos-narco-tanks-are-going-from-impractical-to-tactical/

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FCA’s Market Abuse Surveillance TechSprint

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/techsprints/market-abuse-surveillance-techsprint

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‘I lost £165k to fraud in an hour’ – Customers say they were let down by Revolut

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj6epzxdd77o

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Police operation targeting Brazil’s largest criminal organization uncovers Panama Papers link

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/panama-papers/police-operation-targeting-brazils-largest-criminal-organization-uncovers-panama-papers-link/

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OpenDream Claims to be an AI Art Platform. But Its Users Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material

Read here: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/10/14/opendream-ai-image-generation-csam-vietnam/

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Alleged Hong Kong Crypto Swindler Tied to Singapore Money Laundering Syndicate

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/scoop/alleged-hong-kong-crypto-swindler-tied-to-singapore-money-laundering-syndicate

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Chilean authorities expect to recoup more than $1.5B after ICIJ investigations, government data reveals

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/paradise-papers/chilean-authorities-expect-to-recoup-more-than-1-5b-after-icij-investigations-government-data-reveals/

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The rising threat of synthetic opioids in Europe

Read here: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-rising-threat-of-synthetic-opioids-in-europe/

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Croatia: Four arrested on suspicion of abuse of office and subsidy fraud in case involving family farms

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/croatia-four-arrested-suspicion-abuse-office-and-subsidy-fraud-case-involving-family

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Europol supports Latvia in dismantling major synthetic drug lab network

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/europol-supports-latvia-in-dismantling-major-synthetic-drug-lab-network

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Former China deputy central bank head gets suspended death sentence for taking bribes

Read here: https://www.voanews.com/a/former-china-deputy-central-bank-head-gets-suspended-death-sentence-for-taking-bribes/7817292.html

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UNODC report exposes escalating threat of organized crime in the Pacific

Read here: https://www.unodc.org/roseap/en/2024/10/transnational-organized-crime-in-the-pacific_-expansion–challenges-and-impact/story.html

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Outcomes FATF Plenary, 23-25 October 2024

Read here: https://www.fatf-gafi.org/en/publications/Fatfgeneral/outcomes-fatf-plenary-october-2024.html

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Two former Monaco Bankers Convicted in Money Laundering Case

Read here: https://regtechtimes.com/former-monaco-bankers-convicted-in-money-launderi/

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AI deepfake tool on ‘new level’ at bypassing crypto exchange KYC

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/ai-deepfake-tool-crypto-exchange-kyc-cato-networks

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Romania’s Logging Industry Continues to Cheat the Timber Tracing System

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/romanias-timber-industry-continues-to-cheat-the-timber-tracing-system

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Improving AML/CTF Supervisory Effectiveness – 10 Key Enablers & 40 Key Takeaways & Explanatory Notes

Read here: https://www.gcffc.org/improving-aml-ctf-supervisory-effectiveness-10-key-enablers-40-key-takeaways-explanatory-notes-consultation-draft/

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UN: Criminals in SE Asia Exploit Telegram for Fraud, Scams

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/telegram-enables-se-asian-crime-networks-un-warns

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Italy: EPPO freezes an additional €12.3 million in probe into VAT fraud involving textile smuggling

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/italy-eppo-freezes-additional-eu123-million-probe-vat-fraud-involving-textile-0

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UK’s new trade sanctions unit to boost effectiveness of UK sanctions against Russia

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-unit-to-boost-effectiveness-of-uk-sanctions-against-russia

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Four arrests and nine companies seized in anti-mafia operation in Italy and Brazil

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/four-arrests-and-nine-companies-seized-anti-mafia-operation-italy-and-brazil

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Palermo Mafia Ring Busted in an International Operation

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/palermo-mafia-ring-busted-in-an-international-operation

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Strasbourg court upholds bribery conviction against Romanian ex-MEP

Read here: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/10/08/strasbourg-court-upholds-bribery-conviction-against-romanian-ex-mep

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Czechia: EPPO probes fraud involving road cleaning and marketing services

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/czechia-eppo-probes-fraud-involving-road-cleaning-and-marketing-services

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