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Emma Coronel, the wife of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, Music Video Debut Plays to ‘Buchona’ Stereotypes

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/emma-coronels-music-video-debut-plays-to-buchona-stereotypes/

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Office manager who swindled bosses to fund luxury lifestyle ordered to pay back six-figure sum

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/office-manager-who-swindled-bosses-to-fund-luxury-lifestyle-ordered-to-pay-back-six-figure-sum-13198260

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Transnational Money Laundering Syndicate Crippled Through Joint Operation By Singapore Police Force, Hong Kong Police Force And INTERPOL

Read here: https://www.police.gov.sg/Media-Room/News/20240816_transnational_money_laundering_syndicate_crippled_through_joint_operation

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Advancing Anti-Money Laundering Investigations and Prosecution for Wildlife Crime in the Philippines

Read here: https://www.traffic.org/news/advancing-anti-money-laundering-investigations-and-prosecution-for-wildlife-crime-in-the-philippines/

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Suspected head of prolific cybercrime groups arrested and extradited

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/suspected-head-of-prolific-cybercrime-groups-arrested-and-extradited

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Bitcoin Fog Founder Begs Mercy Post Money Laundering Conviction

Read here: https://www.cryptotimes.io/2024/08/17/bitcoin-fog-founder-begs-mercy-post-money-laundering-conviction/

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Two Foreign Nationals Charged in Alleged Armed Robbery of $1 Million Watch on Beverly Hills’ Rodeo Drive

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/two-foreign-nationals-charged-alleged-armed-robbery-1-million-watch-beverly-hills

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Meth-Laced Lollies Accidentally Given to Auckland’s Homeless

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/meth-laced-lollies-accidentally-given-to-aucklands-homeless

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Multiple arrests made in $14.4M Holograph hack investigation

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/holograph-hack-arrests-international-cybercrime-investigation

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Those Samsung smartphones given to Olympic athletes? They may violate sanctions on North Korea

Read here: https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/those-samsung-smartphones-given-to-olympic-athletes-they-may-violate-sanctions-on-north-korea-1.6992979

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Regulating Decentralized Systems: Evidence from Sanctions on Tornado Cash

Read here: https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/staff_reports/sr1112.pdf Link to article: https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/staff_reports/sr1112

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Marset’s Inner Circle Crumbles as the Elusive Uruguayan Trafficker Evades Capture

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/marsets-inner-circle-crumbles-elusive-uruguayan-trafficker-evades-capture/

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Canadian-Israeli Blogger Arrested in Russia Over $200M Binary Options Fraud Case

Read here: https://www.financemagnates.com/forex/canadian-israeli-blogger-arrested-in-russia-over-200m-binary-options-fraud-case-report/

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Singapore Charges Ex-Bankers with Abetting $2.2 Bn Money Laundering Ring

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/singapore-charges-ex-bankers-with-abetting-22-bn-money-laundering-ring

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Websites Seized in Multi-national, Ransomware Takedown

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/websites-seized-multi-national-ransomware-takedown

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California Man Indicted for Unlawfully Exporting Aircraft Components to Iran

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-man-indicted-unlawfully-exporting-aircraft-components-iran

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Left steaming at the ears: Father and son duo jailed after City of London Police uncover £136,000 iron fraud

Read here: https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2024/august/left-steaming-at-the-ears-father-and-son-duo-jailed-after-city-of-london-police-uncover-136000-iron-fraud/

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The Islamic State supporters exploiting TikTok’s ‘sounds’ feature

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/the-islamic-state-supporters-exploiting-tiktoks-sounds-feature-13180271

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Half of crypto ads on Facebook are scams or violate Meta’s policies, consumer regulator alleges

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/15/crypto-ad-scams-facebook-meta-accc-court-case

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Angolan civil society groups demand answers on dos Santos assets

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/luanda-leaks/angolan-civil-society-groups-demand-answers-on-dos-santos-assets/

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Technology Is Increasingly at the Heart of Criminal Operations in Brazil

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/technology-is-increasingly-at-the-heart-of-criminal-operations-in-brazil/

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Former Czech leader’s secret French estate, revealed in Pandora Papers, listed for sale

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/former-czech-leaders-secret-french-estate-revealed-in-pandora-papers-listed-for-sale/

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SEC Charges NovaTech and its Principals and Promoters with $650 Million Crypto Fraud

Read here: https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024-95

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Slovakia Government to Disband Police Agency Investigating Corruption

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/slovakia-govt-to-disband-police-agency-investigating-corruption

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Eurojust supports large-scale anti-mafia operation leading to arrest and freezing of EUR 50 million

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/eurojust-supports-large-scale-anti-mafia-operation-leading-arrest-and-freezing-eur-50-million

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Ukraine detains deputy energy minister in bribery case, prosecutors say

Read here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/ukraine-detains-deputy-energy-minister-in-bribery-case%2C-prosecutors-say/86668827

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Leader of International Malvertising and Ransomware Schemes Extradited from Poland to Face Cybercrime Charges

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/leader-international-malvertising-and-ransomware-schemes-extradited-poland-face-cybercrime

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Unraveling The Web: Money Laundering Through E-Payments From Russia To The UK

Read here: https://ti-russia.org/en/2024/08/09/unraveling-the-web/ Link to report here: https://ti-russia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/unraveling-the-web.pdf

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Babiš, Under Investigation In France, Sells His €22.5 Million Chateau

Read here: https://vsquare.org/andrej-babis-investigation-france-millions-chateau-pandora-papers/

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North Korea expert, missing for months, detained in Switzerland for espionage

Read here: https://www.nknews.org/2024/08/north-korea-expert-missing-for-months-detained-in-switzerland-for-espionage/

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A Murky Cypriot Firm Is Helping Belarus Export Potash – In Breach of EU Sanctions

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/a-murky-cypriot-firm-is-helping-belarus-export-potash-in-breach-of-eu-sanctions

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Corrupt Spanish lawyer arrested for EUR 4.5 million fishery project bribe in Equatorial Guinea

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/corrupt-spanish-lawyer-arrested-for-eur-45-million-fishery-project-bribe-in-equatorial-guinea

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Billions in dollar and euro notes reach Russia despite sanctions

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-billions-dollar-euro-notes-070327772.html

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Smartmatic executives charged in alleged bribery scheme in the Philippines

Read here: https://www.npr.org/2024/08/09/nx-s1-5069756/smartmatic-alleged-bribery-scheme-elections-philippines

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Man charged over €6.5m cryptocurrency seizure in Dublin

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cql3vx15e2wo

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UAE bans Eswatini-flagged ships in further crackdown on Russian shadow fleet

Read here: https://www.yahoo.com/news/bloomberg-uae-bans-eswatini-flagged-214220969.html

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From jail, drug lord ‘El Mayo’ Zambada tells wild story of corruption and murder

Read here: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-08-10/el-mayo-zambada-attorney-mexico-allegations

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