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Ferrari Thwarted an AI Deepfake Scammer Posing as Its CEO With an Age-Old Trick

Read here: https://www.thedrive.com/news/ferrari-thwarted-an-ai-deepfake-scammer-posing-as-its-ceo-with-an-age-old-trick

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Mexico president calls for ‘transparency’ amid secrecy over Sinaloa cartel arrests

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/26/sinaloa-cartel-arrests-el-mayo

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Billionaire Putin ally forfeits £750,000 in UK sanctions case

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/29/billionaire-putin-ally-forfeits-750000-in-uk-sanctions-case

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Shopping for Mass Destruction: North Korea’s Illicit Procurement Networks

Read here: https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/occasional-papers/shopping-mass-destruction-north-koreas-illicit-procurement-networks

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15 arrested in crackdown on high-profile Albanian criminal network

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/15-arrested-in-crackdown-high-profile-albanian-criminal-network

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Airbus faces UK criminal probe over potential export control breach

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/airbus-faces-uk-criminal-probe-192701006.html

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Shoplifting, tax evasion… If UK politicians break the rules, why shouldn’t the rest of us?

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/28/shoplifting-tax-evasion-if-uk-politicians-break-the-rules-why-shouldnt-the-rest-of-us

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NCA shuts down major fraud platform responsible for 1.8 million scam calls

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/nca-shuts-down-major-fraud-platform-responsible-for-1-8-million-scam-calls

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Gold dust in diapers, secret land routes, high-seas drops – what’s behind gold smuggling surge in India

Read here: https://theprint.in/india/gold-dust-in-diapers-secret-land-routes-high-seas-drops-whats-behind-gold-smuggling-surge-in-india/2178887/

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‘Bribe, Inc’ Director on Why the Global Corruption Documentary Is the ‘Jeffrey Epstein Story for Bribery’

Read here: https://variety.com/2024/film/global/bribe-inc-documentary-global-corruption-jeffrey-epstein-1236080204/

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Crypto Use in Terror Financing Rises, but Is Still Relatively Small: Singapore

Read here: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/07/26/crypto-use-in-terror-financing-rises-but-is-still-relatively-small-singapore/

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Gang that brought more than a billion pounds worth of drugs into UK jailed for total of 195 years

Read here: https://news.met.police.uk/news/gang-that-brought-more-than-a-billion-pounds-worth-of-drugs-into-uk-jailed-for-total-of-195-years-486503

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Ground breaking public private partnership launched to identify criminality using banking data

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/ground-breaking-public-private-partnership-launched-to-identify-criminality-using-banking-data

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What Is Behind the Surge in Cocaine Seizures in the French Caribbean in 2024?

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/what-is-behind-surge-cocaine-seizures-french-caribbean-2024/

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SEC Charges Founder of Social Media Company “IRL” with $170 Million Fraud

Read here: https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024-92

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Real criminals, fake victims: How chatbots are being deployed in the global fight against phone scammers

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/07/ai-chatbots-phone-scams

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TBIJ beats two-year ‘SLAPP’ lawsuit

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-08-01/tbij-beats-two-year-slapp-lawsuit/

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Britain’s airport scammers

Read here: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/crime-and-justice/67440/britains-airport-scammers

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Inside the sophisticated sales operation funneling billions from US state and local governments to Israel

Read here: https://www.icij.org/news/2024/07/inside-the-sophisticated-sales-operation-funneling-billions-from-us-state-and-local-governments-to-israel/

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Like, Follow, Trafficked: Insta’s Fake Guru

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozF3l2IxwKs

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12,000 takedowns as NCA leads blitz on people smugglers’ social media accounts

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/12-000-takedowns-as-nca-leads-blitz-on-people-smugglers-social-media-accounts

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Documents Reveal Details of Adani Group’s Controversial Bid to Run Kenya’s Largest Airport

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/37-ccblog/ccblog/18915-documents-reveal-details-of-adani-groups-controversial-bid-to-run-kenyas-largest-airport

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Montenegrin Citizen (known as “Pirate of the Unknown”) Extradited from Italy to Face Maritime Narcotrafficking Charges:

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/montenegrin-citizen-extradited-italy-face-maritime-narcotrafficking-charges

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Vice Spoke to a Teenaged Credit Card Scammer About Dark Web Fraud

Read here: https://www.vice.com/en/article/credit-card-scams-deetsing/

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Mexico opens probe amid claims Sinaloa Cartel leader Zambada was kidnapped on way to US

Read here: https://www.yahoo.com/news/mexico-opens-probe-amid-claims-193516964.html

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Kenya’s President Ruto: There is no Airport Deal with Adani Group

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18925-kenya-s-president-ruto-there-is-no-airport-deal-with-adani-group

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8 arrested in Romania for smuggling migrants along the Balkan route

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/8-arrested-in-romania-for-smuggling-migrants-along-balkan-route

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Lawyer searching for Lamborghini once owned by man accused of running crypto scam

Read here: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/lawyer-searching-for-lamborghini-once-owned-by-man-accused-of-running-crypto-scam-1.6987697

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New report finds UK’s enforcement of sanctions is “all bark and no bite”

Read here: https://www.spotlightcorruption.org/sanctions-all-bark-and-no-bite/ Link to report: https://www.spotlightcorruption.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Sanctions-enforcement-report-v2.pdf

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Inside the dark world of Philippine scam centres

Read here: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/philippines-scam-centre-bamban-mayor-alice-guo-china-crime-trafficking-gambling-4503931

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Judge rules Oxford University’s mysterious £10m donor will remain secret

Read here: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oxford-university-anonymous-donation-remains-secret/

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OFAC settles sanctions violations with State Street Bank and Trust Company and its subsidiary, Charles River Systems, Inc.

Read here: https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20240726 Enforcement release here: https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/933081/download?inline Settlement agreement here: https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/933076/download?inline  

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SARs IN ACTION: July 2024

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/723-sars-in-action-issue-26/file

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China Fortifies Anti-Wildlife Trafficking Efforts at its Borders

Read here: https://www.traffic.org/news/china-fortifies-anti-wildlife-trafficking-efforts-at-its-borders/

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Fugitive “Queen of the South” Returned to United States to Face Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Charges

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-az/pr/fugitive-queen-south-returned-united-states-face-drug-trafficking-and-money-laundering

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Accused of bribing MPs, Colombia’s intelligence chief resigns

Read here: https://borneobulletin.com.bn/accused-of-bribing-mps-colombias-intelligence-chief-resigns/

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Sinaloa Cartel Leaders Arrested in Symbolic, but Hollow Victory for US

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/arrest-top-sinaloa-cartel-leaders-symbolic-hollow-victory-fo/ Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Statement on Arrests of Alleged Leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel Ismael Zambada Garcia (El Mayo) and Joaquin Guzman Lopez: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-statement-arrests-alleged-leaders-sinaloa-cartel-ismael Attorney General Garland Delivers […]

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US may ‘calibrate’ Venezuela sanctions policy post-election

Read here: https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-may-calibrate-venezuela-sanctions-211649198.html

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Billion-dollar money laundering case: Last of 10 offenders deported to Cambodia

Read here: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/billion-dollar-money-laundering-su-jianfeng-deported-cambodia-last-convict-4509771

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