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OCC Issues Enforcement Action Against Wells Fargo Bank

Read here: https://www.occ.gov/news-issuances/news-releases/2024/nr-occ-2024-99.html

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Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia, Co-Founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, Arraigned in Brooklyn on International Drug Charges

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ismael-el-mayo-zambada-garcia-co-founder-sinaloa-cartel-arraigned-brooklyn-international

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Kenya Airport Workers Vow Not to Back Down as Airport Comes to a Halt

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/kenya-airport-workers-vow-not-to-back-down-as-airport-comes-to-a-halt

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Tony Blair wants to launder his past

Read here: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-does-labour-want-tony-blairs-advice/

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Inside Hamas’ Pocketbook: Financing Terrorism Through Online Financial Platforms

Read here: https://gnet-research.org/2024/09/04/inside-hamass-pocketbook-financing-terrorism-through-online-financial-platforms/

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Global Coalition Takes Down New Criminal Communication Platform, “Ghost”

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/global-coalition-takes-down-new-criminal-communication-platform Eurojust press release here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/51-arrests-wide-scale-operation-take-down-encrypted-communication-platform-used-organised-crime-groups Australian Federal Police press release here: https://www.afp.gov.au/news-centre/media-release/afp-operation-kraken-charges-alleged-head-global-organised-crime-app  

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Secretive Cyprus-Registered Funds Were Used to Hide Megayachts and Luxury Real Estate Linked to Sanctioned Russian Banker

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/project/russian-asset-tracker/secretive-cyprus-registered-funds-were-used-to-hide-megayachts-and-luxury-real-estate-linked-to-sanctioned-russian-banker

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Behind the Masks: Corruption Red Flags in Covid-19 UK Public Procurement

Read here: https://www.transparency.org.uk/publications/behind-masks-corruption-red-flags-covid-19-public-procurement Link to report: https://www.transparency.org.uk/sites/default/files/pdf/publications/Behind%20the%20Masks%20Report%20Final_0.pdf

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Thieves snatched his phone in London – It was in China a month later

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3rdy132q3lo

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Non-state armed groups and illicit economies in West Africa

Read here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/non-state-armed-groups-illicit-economies-west-africa/

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SEC Charges John Deere With FCPA Violations for Subsidiary’s Role in Thai Bribery Scheme

Read here: https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024-124

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Two Arrested in South Africa for Counterfeiting Money

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/two-arrested-in-south-africa-for-counterfeiting-money

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Former Georgian Defense Minister Caught Up in Online Scam Investigation

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/former-georgian-defense-minister-caught-up-in-online-scam-investigation

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Four Delaware Men Charged with International “Sextortion” and Money Laundering Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-delaware-men-charged-international-sextortion-and-money-laundering-scheme

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French finance ministry puts luxury sector under surveillance

Read here: https://www.glitz.paris/en/entourage/2024/09/12/money-laundering-french-finance-ministry-puts-luxury-sector-under-surveillance,110285223-eve

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FBI Publishes 2023 Cryptocurrency Fraud Report

Read here: https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/fbi-publishes-2023-cryptocurrency-fraud-report Link to report: https://www.ic3.gov/Media/PDF/AnnualReport/2023_IC3CryptocurrencyReport.pdf

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Britain’s FBI is “on its knees”: New report calls for major reform and new investment for the National Crime Agency

Read here: https://www.spotlightcorruption.org/is-britains-fbi-on-its-knees/ Link to report: https://www.spotlightcorruption.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SoC_IBFK_final.pdf

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UK: Tackling tax evasion in high street and online retail

Read here: https://www.nao.org.uk/reports/tackling-tax-evasion-in-high-street-and-online-retail/ Link to report: https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/tackling-tax-evasion-in-high-street-and-online-retail-report.pdf

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Central American Development Bank and Ex-President Launch Dueling Lawsuits

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/central-american-development-bank-and-ex-president-launch-dueling-lawsuits

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FCA charges first individual with running a network of illegal crypto ATMs

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-charges-first-individual-running-network-illegal-crypto-atms

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Increased Foreign Presence Around Guyana Is Helping Net More Cocaine

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/increased-foreign-presence-around-guyana-is-helping-net-more-cocaine/

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FinCEN Issues In-Depth Analysis of Check Fraud Related to Mail Theft

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-issues-depth-analysis-check-fraud-related-mail-theft Link to analysis: https://www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/shared/FTA-Check-Fraud-FINAL508.pdf

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27 Defendants Charged in Florida Keys-Based Drug Trafficking Indictment

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/27-defendants-charged-florida-keys-based-drug-trafficking-indictment

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Wynn Las Vegas Forfeits $130 Million for Illegally Conspiring with Unlicensed Money Transmitting Businesses

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/wynn-las-vegas-forfeits-130-million-illegally-conspiring-unlicensed-money-transmitting

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UK’s FCA Opens Consultation on Authorised Push Payment Fraud: Enabling a Risk-Based Approach to Payment Processing

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/guidance-consultations/gc24-5-app-fraud-enabling-risk-based-approach-payment-processing

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The Shadow Dollar That’s Fueling the Financial Underworld

Read here: https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/tether-crypto-us-dollar-sanctions-52f85459

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Aircraft Seized Upon Arrival in Guinea-Bissau with 2.63 tonnes of Cocaine

Read here: https://maoc.eu/aircraft-seized-upon-arrival-in-guinea-bissau-with-2633-kg-of-cocaine/

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Chinese government mulls anti-money laundering law to ‘monitor’ new fintech

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/china-considers-law-to-monitor-money-laundering-fintech

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Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor

Read here: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ilab/resources/reports/child-labor/findings Link to magazine: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ILAB/child_labor_reports/tda2023/2023-Sweat-n-Toil-Magazine-Final.pdf Link to report: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ILAB/child_labor_reports/tda2023/2023-Findings-on-the-Worst-Forms-of-Child-Labor.pdf

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Six former Glencore employees appear in court charged with bribery offences

Read here: https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2024/09/10/six-former-glencore-employees-appear-in-court-charged-with-bribery-offences/

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Australia: Money laundering and the harm from organised crime – Results from a data linkage study

Read here: https://www.aic.gov.au/publications/special/special-18

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Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI): New civil enforcement powers on trade sanctions

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-civil-enforcement-powers-on-trade-sanctions

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UK: A targeted and outcomes-based approach to tackling financial crime

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/speeches/targeted-and-outcomes-based-approach-tackling-financial-crime

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Sean Combs Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Sex Trafficking And Other Federal Offenses

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/sean-combs-charged-manhattan-federal-court-sex-trafficking-and-other-federal-offenses

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Cash seized in Jersey as part of US bribery case

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20ly21x6x0o

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Iraqi Banks Used U.S.-Created System to Funnel Funds to Iran

Read here: https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/iraq-banks-u-s-fed-iran-financing-0c3e740c?st=t514u01glal90h4

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Nigerian brothers jailed in US for sextortion scam targeting teenagers

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr7rxpdyz9yo

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Three in Five Brits fear falling victim to fraud, as life gets busier in September

Read here: https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/news-and-insight/press-release/scam-tember-three-in-five-brits-fear-falling-victim-fraud-life-gets

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Multi-Billion Dollar Dispute: Burlakov Family Facing Bribery and Deception Claims

Read here: https://eutoday.net/multi-billion-dollar-dispute-burlakov-family-facing-bribery-and-deception-claims/

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