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French and Spanish authorities crack down on Chinese money laundering gang

Read here: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/french-and-spanish-authorities-crack-down-chinese-money-laundering-gang

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‘Your Data is Stolen and Encrypted’: The Ransomware Victim Experience

Read here: https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/occasional-papers/your-data-stolen-and-encrypted-ransomware-victim-experience

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The risks of de-banking in the Pacific

Read here: https://eastasiaforum.org/2024/07/05/the-risks-of-de-banking-in-the-pacific/

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BGL BNP Paribas fined 3 million euros by banking watchdog

Read here: https://today.rtl.lu/news/luxembourg/a/2212112.html

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North Korean and Chinese traders explore new smuggling routes amid rising costs and sanctions

Read here: https://www.dailynk.com/english/north-korean-and-chinese-traders-explore-new-smuggling-routes-amid-rising-costs-and-sanctions/

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Scammed by the fake Chinese police

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6p2lq0qk41o

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Half of Singapore’s e-commerce scams now happen on WhatsApp, Facebook, or Instagram

Read here: https://restofworld.org/2024/singapore-scams-meta/

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Science for sale: Philip Morris’s web of payments to fund tobacco research

Read here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-07-01/science-for-sale-philip-morris-web-of-payments-to-fund-tobacco-research/

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Venezuela Businesses Increasingly Need Dollars. Loansharks Are Taking Advantage

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/venezuela-business-need-dollars-loansharks-taking-advantage/

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Eurojust supports searches into bribery and money laundering

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/eurojust-supports-searches-bribery-and-money-laundering

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The Ticketmaster Hack Is Becoming a Logistical Nightmare for Fans and Brokers

Read here: https://www.404media.co/the-ticketmaster-hack-is-becoming-a-logistical-nightmare-for-fans-and-brokers/

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Coordinated actions from Romanian and French authorities to stop a human trafficking network

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/actions-taken-stop-romanian-human-trafficking-network

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Albania’s Ex Health Minister Arrested for Misuse of EU Funds

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18862-albania-s-ex-health-minister-arrested-for-misuse-of-eu-funds

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Chain of consequences: How Chinese workers pay for supply chain de-risking

Read here: https://www.somo.nl/chain-of-consequences/

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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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Ex-president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro could face money-laundering charges

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/05/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-money-laundering-charges

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Second arrest made in NCA investigation into small boat crime network

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/second-arrest-made-in-nca-investigation-into-small-boat-crime-network

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CoinStats exploiter moves almost $1M to Tornado Cash

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinstats-hack-1m-eth-transferred-tornado-cash

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Crypto firm Payeer fined $10M for serving Russian customers

Read here: https://protos.com/crypto-firm-payeer-fined-10m-for-serving-russian-customers/

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An important step against organised crime: Eurojust signs Working Arrangements with five Latin American countries

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/important-step-against-organised-crime-eurojust-signs-working-arrangements-five-latin-american

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Fraud groups ‘stealing billions’ from music industry via ‘fake’ streams

Read here: https://news.sky.com/story/fraud-gangs-stealing-billions-from-music-industry-via-fake-streams-13163016

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The Pioneering Albanian Trafficker Who Took Ecuador’s Drug Trade By Storm

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/the-rise-of-albanian-dritan-gjika-and-his-cocaine-network-to-europe/

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U.K. Crime Agency Asks Court to Permanently Seize Russian Oligarch’s Money

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18859-u-k-crime-agency-asks-court-to-permanently-seize-russian-oligarch-s-money

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Singapore is trying to be a wealth hub. Now 6 family offices that got tax breaks are tied to the nation’s biggest money-laundering case

Read here: https://fortune.com/asia/2024/07/03/singapore-biggest-money-laundering-scandal-ever-family-offices-linked-to-case/

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Fraud and corporate psychopaths: The proposition for reintroducing personality traits of the economic crime offender

Read here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949791424000332

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Two UK Police Digital Service leaders arrested on suspicion of fraud and bribery

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/04/two-police-digital-service-leaders-arrested-suspicion-bribery

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193 Now Charged Over $2.75 Billion in Fraudulent Health Care Claims

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18855-us-193-now-charged-over-2-75-billion-in-fraudulent-health-care-claims

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Bosnian Serb Entity Changes Banking Laws to Evade US Sanctions

Read here: https://balkaninsight.com/2024/07/04/bosnian-serb-entity-changes-banking-laws-to-evade-us-sanctions/

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Two Additional Defendants Arrested In Iowa And Wisconsin In Relation To Nationwide, Multimillion Dollar Return-Fraud Scheme

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/two-additional-defendants-arrested-iowa-and-wisconsin-relation-nationwide-multimillion

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The Wildlife Laundromat: How Fraud, Corruption and Laundering Drive Wildlife Trafficking

Read here: https://transparenciainternacional.org.br/publicacoes/the-wildlife-laundromat/

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Unveiling the Reality: Human Trafficking and the Paris Olympics

Read here: https://stopthetraffik.org/human-trafficking-and-the-paris-olympics/

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Panama’s new president labels Panama Papers a ‘hoax’ as experts voice concerns about money laundering acquittals

Read here: https://www.icij.org/inside-icij/2024/07/panamas-new-president-labels-panama-papers-a-hoax-as-experts-voice-concerns-about-money-laundering-acquittals/

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Transaction Monitoring Netherlands adapts its working method to new European legislation

Read here: https://tmnl.nl/en/article/transaction-monitoring-netherlands-adapts-its-working-method-to-new-european-legislation/

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New ransomware group uses phone calls to pressure victims, researchers say

Read here: https://therecord.media/ransomware-group-volcano-demon-lukalocker

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Kidnapping Data for Ransom Is a Booming Business in Brazil

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/kidnapping-data-for-ransom-is-a-booming-business-in-brazil/

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Spanish, Portuguese Police Bust Fraud Network Targeting Elderly

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18854-spanish-portuguese-police-bust-fraud-network-targeting-elderly

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Kazakh Tycoon Denies Role in Greek Forest Fire, as Authorities Investigate

Read here: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18853-kazakh-tycoon-denies-role-in-greek-forest-fire-as-authorities-investigate

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Corruption at Customs: Bribery scheme uncovered

Read here: https://nabu.gov.ua/en/news/koruptciia-na-mytnytci-vykryto-skhemu-poboriv-pry-vvezenni-importnykh-tovariv/

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Illegal trade in fake and prohibited pesticides and fertilizers halted in Romania and Italy

Read here: https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/illegal-trade-fake-and-prohibited-pesticides-and-fertilizers-halted-romania-and-italy

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Top law firm Mishcon de Reya used to buy £15million Knightsbridge home in ‘McMafia’ case

Read here: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/mishcon-de-reya-nca-london-knightsbridge-house-zamira-jahangir-hajiyeva-b1167920.html

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