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New Scam Center Strike Force Battles Southeast Asian Crypto Investment Fraud Targeting Americans

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/new-scam-center-strike-force-battles-southeast-asian-crypto-investment-fraud-targeting

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Conviction Shows Nigeria’s Efforts Against Pangolin Trafficking are Paying Off, Officials Say

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/conviction-shows-nigerias-efforts-against-pangolin-trafficking-are-paying-off-officials-say

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Romania: Three indicted in €1.2 million fraud involving irrigation systems

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/romania-three-indicted-eu12-million-fraud-involving-irrigation-systems

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Six arrests in a kidnap plot against an Albanian drug trafficker

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/six-arrests-in-kidnap-plot-against-albanian-drug-trafficker

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Romania: Official from agricultural agency indicted for persuading farmers to participate in subsidy fraud scheme

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/romania-official-agricultural-agency-indicted-persuading-farmers-to-participate-subsidy

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Central Bank of Ireland takes enforcement action against Coinbase Europe Limited for anti-money laundering failures

Read here: https://www.centralbank.ie/news/article/press-release-enforcement-action-against-coinbase-europe-limited-6-November-2025

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Police arrest 18 in anti-fraud operation linked to ‘quishing’ scam

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-11-06/police-arrest-18-in-anti-fraud-operation-linked-to-quishing-scam

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Business-Wide Risk Assessment (BWRA) and Customer Risk Assessment (CRA): FCA Publishes ‘Risk assessment processes and controls in firms: Our findings’

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/good-and-poor-practice/risk-assessment-processes-and-controls-firms-our-findings

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NCA launch first ever campaign to protect men against Crypto Investment Fraud

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/nca-launch-first-ever-campaign-to-protect-men-against-crypto-investment-fraud

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Criminals producing devices that unlock cars arrested in international operation

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/criminals-producing-devices-unlock-cars-arrested-international-operation

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Final Swedish judgment of 12 years imprisonment in first-ever case against genocide through transfer of children

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/final-swedish-judgment-12-years-imprisonment-first-ever-case-against-genocide-through-transfer-children

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Two Current Major League Baseball Players Charged in Sports Betting and Money Laundering Conspiracy

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/two-current-major-league-baseball-players-charged-sports-betting-and-money-laundering

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How Did a Gorilla Get From Haiti to a Conservation Park Owned by an Indian Billionaire?

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/how-did-a-gorilla-get-from-haiti-to-a-conservation-park-owned-by-an-indian-billionaire

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‘I opened up like a giant elevator’: The seven sly, savage stages of a £100,000 romance scam

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/nov/11/seven-sly-savage-stages-of-a-romance-scam

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Criminalise trade in illegally sourced wildlife, while boosting traceability

Read here: https://www.euractiv.com/news/calls-to-criminalise-trade-in-illegally-sourced-wildlife-while-boosting-traceability/

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The Difficulties of Obtaining Romance Scam Reimbursement in the UK

Read here: https://www.gasa.org/post/the-difficulties-of-obtaining-romance-scam-reimbursement-in-the-uk

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Network of bot-like accounts supporting sanctioned mining billionaire

Read here: https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/transition-minerals/network-of-bot-like-accounts-supporting-sanctioned-mining-billionaire/

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Timeline of US Strikes Against Alleged Drug Boats

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/timeline-us-strikes-against-alleged-drug-boats/

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MONEYVAL: Progress in measures to combat money laundering, but shortcomings remain in key areas

Read here: https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/moneyval-progress-in-measures-to-combat-money-laundering-but-shortcomings-remain-in-key-areas-1

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Romania: Former mayor indicted for EU funding fraud involving mooring facilities in Sulina

Read here: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/romania-former-mayor-indicted-eu-funding-fraud-involving-mooring-facilities-sulina

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Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortune-deluge-fraudulent-ads-documents-show-2025-11-06/

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Chinese Broker’s Arrest Hits Mexico’s Fentanyl Trade Harder Than ‘Kingpin’ Captures

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/chinese-brokers-arrest-hits-mexicos-fentanyl-trade-harder-than-kingpin-captures/

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‘A crisis of colossal scale’: The illegal gold rush tearing Ethiopia apart

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-11-13/inside-ethiopias-illegal-gold-trade

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HMRC Publishes Guidance on ‘Risks Common to all High Value Dealers’

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/anti-money-laundering-guidance-for-high-value-dealers/risks-common-to-all-high-value-dealers

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UN: Opium cultivation in Afghanistan drops 20%, but synthetic drug trade rises

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/un-opium-cultivation-in-afghanistan-drops-20-but-synthetic-drug-trade-rises

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Probe into Thales defence group looking at Indonesian contract

Read here: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251106-probe-into-thales-defence-group-looking-at-indonesian-contract

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Paris Court Frees Sarkozy After Three Weeks in Prison, Orders New Trial

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/paris-court-frees-sarkozy-after-three-weeks-in-prison-orders-new-trial

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BaFine fines J.P. Morgan SE €45m for shortcomings in money laundering prevention

Read here: https://www.bafin.de/SharedDocs/Veroeffentlichungen/EN/Massnahmen/60b_KWG_84_WpIG_und_57_GwG/neu/meldung_2025_11_06_jp_morgan_se_en.html?cms_expanded=true

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UK – Fraud Sector Charter: Telecommunications

Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fraud-sector-charter-telecommunications

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Stirling Council gives contract to firm that admitted bribery after paying Gaddafi’s son £28m

Read here: https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/5365353/stirling-city-park-design-consultant-hired/

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China Crypto Queen: Two people imprisoned for their key roles in a largescale money laundering case

Read here: https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/two-people-imprisoned-their-key-roles-largescale-money-laundering-case

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Operation Machinize 2: Thousands of businesses targeted in coordinated crackdown on high street crime

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operation-machinize-2-thousands-of-businesses-targeted-in-coordinated-crackdown-on-high-street-crime

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Gold bars and jewellery worth upwards of £2m seized in money laundering investigation

Read here: https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/november/gold-bars-and-jewellery-worth-upwards-of-2m-seized-in-money-laundering-investigation/

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Global Organized Crime Index 2025: Crime at a crossroads

Read here: https://ocindex.net/report/2025/

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The Coin Laundry: How the crypto boom minted a shadow economy that thrives on crime

Read here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/coin-laundry/

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Combatting fraud in a perfect storm: Calls to action

Read here: https://www.accaglobal.com/content/dam/ACCA_Global/professional-insights/combatting-fraud/PI-COMBATTING-FRAUD-CtA-FINAL.pdf

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€47m in crypto traced to disrupt digital piracy services

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/eur-47-million-in-crypto-traced-to-disrupt-digital-piracy-services

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No Swiss profit from foreign corruption [Translated from German]

Read here: https://www.publiceye.ch/de/themen/korruption/kein-profit-aus-korruption

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The Incumbency Advantage and the Enabler Effect: How Londongrad Beat the UK Anti-Money Laundering Regime

Read here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09668136.2025.2549806

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