News and Blogs

CJNG’s Fuel Theft Empire in the Crosshairs of US Treasury Sanctions

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/cjngs-fuel-theft-empire-crosshairs-us-treasury-sanctions/

Read More

Falling at the first hurdle: What two recent cases against law firms handling suspect money show about the UK’s AML enforcement regime

Read here: https://www.spotlightcorruption.org/falling-at-the-first-hurdle-what-two-recent-cases-against-law-firms-handling-suspect-money-show-about-the-uks-anti-money-laundering-enforcement-regime/

Read More

Former Albanian PM Indicted for Corruption

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/former-albanian-pm-indicted-for-corruption

Read More

UK: Frameworks for effective fraud prevention measures

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/speeches/frameworks-effective-fraud-prevention-measures

Read More

Top Chinese chess stars receive lifetime bans for bribery, match-fixing

Read here: https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202409/19/WS66ebfba7a3103711928a8b67.html

Read More

$3b money laundering convicts now accused of human trafficking in the Philippines

Read here: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/3b-money-laundering-convicts-now-accused-of-human-trafficking-in-the-philippines

Read More

Did Ethereum Launder Stolen Bitcoin?

Read here: https://coinpedia.org/news/is-ethereums-success-built-on-a-bitcoin-heist-truthlabs-explosive-claim/

Read More

Two ex-fire chiefs in New York City arrested in corruption scandal

Read here: https://apnews.com/article/corruption-nyc-fire-chiefs-arrested-2e03726e7303383c1fca10b0dff441ba

Read More

Widespread adoption fraud separated generations of Korean children from their families

Read here: https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-international-adoption-fraud-investigation-e4e7d4b8823212e3b260517c5128cd66

Read More

Latvian Mansion of Uzbek Ex-Interpol Chief to Become Kindergarten

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/latvian-mansion-of-uzbek-ex-interpol-chief-to-become-kindergarten

Read More

Death on the Costa del Sol: How the Double Life of a German Police Informant Ended in Tragedy

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/feature/death-on-the-costa-del-sol-how-the-double-life-of-a-german-police-informant-ended-in-tragedy

Read More

Egmont Group publishes ‘Best Egmont Cases’: Financial Analysis Cases 2021-2023

Read here: https://egmontgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/EGMONT_2021-2023-BECA-III_FINAL.pdf

Read More

China’s ‘point running’ crypto scams

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/china-usdt-scam-indodaxs-free-money-damage-control-asia-express/

Read More

Royal Navy makes first ‘narco-sub’ drugs seizure

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4x4npe8gro

Read More

FINMA finds Mirabaud & Cie SA breached anti-money laundering obligations

Read here: https://www.finma.ch/en/news/2024/09/20240917-mm-mirabaud/

Read More

Kuwait Bans Cash Sales of Vehicles to Combat Money Laundering

Read here: https://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/kuwait-bans-cash-sales-of-vehicles-to-combat-money-laundering/

Read More

Man remanded in connection with mobile phone fraud investigation

Read here: https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2024/0914/1470067-chengwen-guo-court/

Read More

Former Jumbo CEO accused of laundering “kept cash in the fridge”

Read here: https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/09/former-jumbo-ceo-accused-of-laundering-kept-cash-in-the-fridge/

Read More

Two Uruguayans convicted for trafficking $3 mn in cow gallstones

Read here: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/two-uruguayans-convicted-trafficking-3-005955715.html

Read More

Aussie Watchdog Seeks Tech Partner for 5-Year Fraud Fight

Read here: https://www.financemagnates.com/forex/regulation/aussie-watchdog-seeks-tech-partner-for-5-year-fraud-fight/

Read More

Travel agent arrested in fraud probe

Read here: https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/24581258.police-arrest-winchester-travel-agent-fraud-probe/

Read More

Danske’s France settlement ends final probe over suspected money laundering

Read here: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/danske-bank-reaches-settlement-france-092947288.html

Read More

Fraud in beef supply chain identified as ‘emerging threat’

Read here: https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/crime/fraud-in-beef-supply-chain-identified-as-emerging-threat

Read More

How oligarchs took on the UK fraud squad – and won

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/sep/12/enrc-oligarchs-took-on-serious-fraud-office-and-won

Read More

Art Market Loopholes Again Threaten U.S. Economic Integrity and National Security

Read here: https://theantiquitiescoalition.org/art-market-loopholes-again-threaten-u-s-economic-integrity-and-national-security/

Read More

More than 1,500 child trafficking victims in UK feared back with exploiters

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/12/child-trafficking-victims-uk

Read More

Student Smishing Scams on the Rise

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/student-smishing-scams-on-the-rise

Read More

OFSI Publishes Advisory on North Korean IT Workers Risk

Read here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66e2ec410d913026165c3d91/OFSI_Advisory_on_North_Korean_IT_Workers.pdf

Read More

Online Scams on the Rise, Research Shows

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/online-scams-on-the-rise-research-shows

Read More

New anti-money laundering laws in Singapore target kingpins’ profits from environmental crime

Read here: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/new-anti-money-laundering-laws-in-singapore-target-kingpins-profits-from-environmental-crime

Read More

Twelve Defendants Sentenced for Violent Home Invasion Robberies to Steal Cryptocurrency

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/twelve-defendants-sentenced-violent-home-invasion-robberies-steal-cryptocurrency

Read More

Adani Group denies Swiss officials froze $310m fund

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clywyp6r0wqo

Read More

Film Producer Indicted for Multi-Decade Tax Conspiracy

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/film-producer-indicted-multi-decade-tax-conspiracy

Read More

‘For me, there was no other choice’: Inside the global illegal organ trade

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/sep/10/for-me-there-was-no-other-choice-inside-the-global-organ-trade

Read More

At Least Two Saudi Officials May Have Deliberately Assisted 9/11 Hijackers, New Evidence Suggests

Read here: https://www.propublica.org/article/saudi-officials-may-have-assisted-911-hijackers-new-evidence-suggests

Read More

Monero Expert Fact Checks Chainalysis Video Claiming XMR Transactions Can Be Traced

Read here: https://decrypt.co/248728/monero-expert-fact-checks-chainalysis-video-claiming-xmr-transactions-can-be-traced

Read More

Gold Rush: How Russia is using gold in wartime

Read here: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA3230-1.html Link to report: https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RRA3200/RRA3230-1/RAND_RRA3230-1.pdf

Read More

Swedish Court Sends Ex-CEO of Swedbank to Prison

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/swedish-court-sends-ex-ceo-of-swedbank-to-prison

Read More

Aspects of golden passport and visa schemes in the EU

Read here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_BRI(2024)762395

Read More

More Violations Uncovered in Steinhoff Scandal

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/more-violations-uncovered-in-steinhoff-scandal

Read More