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Daniel Kinahan, One of Europe’s Most Wanted Criminals, Arrested in Dubai | Certain Risk Daniel Kinahan, the Irishman long alleged to be one of Europe’s leading organized-crime figures and drug traffickers, has been arrested in Dubai on an Irish warrant and is expected to be extradited…

#europe #EuropeanUnion #OrganizedCrime #dubai #DanielKinahan #kinahanorganisedcrimegroup

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OFAC Targets Militias in Iraq, Mercenary Recruiters in Sudan | Certain Risk The U.S. Treasury on Friday imposed sanctions on seven Iraqi militia commanders in what it called “Economic Fury,” targeting figures it said were responsible for planning, directing and carrying ou…

#USTreasury #OFAC #Sudan #iraq #Sanctions #ScottBessent #humanrights

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A Powerful Opioid Made in India is Flooding into West Africa Illegally | Certain Risk Indian companies shipped more than 320 million tapentadol pills to West Africa over the past three years, even though the synthetic opioid has not been approved by regulators in most countries in t…

#India #opiods #Drugtrafficking #tepentadol #sierraleonean #ghana #narcotics

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Drug Cartels are Changing Tactics and Routes in Response to U.S. Crackdown | Certain Risk South American governments are deploying soldiers, drones, sniffer dogs, artificial intelligence, and expanded port surveillance to try to stem a record flow of cocaine, but the crackdown is having…

#Cartels #Illegaldrugs #Drugtrafficking #emergingthreats #TrumpAdministration #Crime #enforcement

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IMF Calls for Stronger Interbank Data-Sharing to Combat Rising Digital Fraud | Certain Risk The International Monetary Fund has urged banks to share more threat and transaction data with one another, arguing in a recent working paper that the sector’s response to fast-rising digital fraud…

#IMF #cybercrime #Banking #Finance #DigitalFraud #FinCEN #FinancialCrime

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Wife of Spanish PM to Stand Trial for Alleged Corruption, Embezzlement | Certain Risk Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is facing renewed political pressure after a judge ordered his wife, Begoña Gómez, to stand trial, deepening a corruption controversy that already involves seve…

#spain #EuropeanUnion #Corruption #Embezzlement #PedroSánchez #government

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Deutsche Bank Self-Reports Possible Russia Sanctions Violations | Certain Risk Deutsche Bank has alerted financial regulators of potential breaches of EU sanctions rules involving Russian clients after discovering that its retail unit had accepted deposits of more than €100,0…

#DeutscheBank #Sanctions #russia #PoliticalNews #finance #banking

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For Insurers, Phony Claims Now Come with AI-Altered Photos | Certain Risk Fraud appears to be worsening in the UK’s insurance sector, driven in large part by the submission of phony claims backed by AI-altered images.

#AI #InsuranceFraud #insurance #cybercrime #deepfakes #technology #finance #emergingthreats

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Why Anthropic Came to View Its Latest AI Model as a National Security Risk | Certain Risk Anthropic withheld its new artificial intelligence model, Mythos, from a broad public release after internal testing showed it could autonomously find and exploit serious software flaws, alarming c…

#AI #Anthropic #cybercrime #NationalSecurity

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Congolese Rapper Gims Linked to International Money-Laundering Ring | Certain Risk New details about the allegations against the rapper Gims have emerged after French authorities charged the Congolese music star with money laundering linked to millions of euros in suspicious tran…

#Congo #OrganizedCrime #france #Gims #Antifraude #MoneyLaundering

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OFAC Blacklists Nicaraguan Officials and Gold-Sector Companies | Certain Risk The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday imposed sanctions on Nicaraguan government officials, firms operating in Nicaragua’s gold sector, and individuals tied to the forcible seizure of a U.S.-own…

#OFAC #Nicaragua #USTreasury #Sanctions #gold #MoneyLaundering #Corruption

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Handelsbanken Dinged for ‘Serious’ AML Deficiencies | Certain Risk Norway’s financial watchdog has found “serious deficiencies” in anti-money-laundering compliance at Svenska Handelsbanken AB’s Norwegian branch.

#Handlesbanken #antimoneylaundering #AML #oversight #finance #MoneyLaundering

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NCA Charges British Shipping Financier over Alleged Sanctions Violations | Certain Risk Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has charged shipping financier John Michael Ormerod with alleged money laundering and breaches of Russia sanctions.

#NationalCrimeAgency #unitedkingdom #greatbritain #Sanctions #shipping #russia #Lukoil #lawenforcement #oil #energy

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AMLA Seeks Feedback on Risk Assessments and Cross-Border Compliance | Certain Risk The European Union’s new anti-money-laundering (AML) supervisor on Thursday launched two consultations on draft rules intended to tighten how companies assess their financial-crime risks and apply …

#AML #antimoneylaundering #EuropeanUnion #banking #Finance #Compliance #riskassessment

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Trump Administration Levies ‘Economic Fury’ Sanctions on Iran | Certain Risk The U.S. Treasury imposed a fresh round of Iran-related sanctions on Wednesday, targeting what it described as the illicit oil-shipping empire of Iranian magnate Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani and a He…

#Trump #TrumpAdministration #sanctions #iran #energy #OFAC #orielgroup #IRGC #corplinx #helmatic

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Telegram Hosts a Sanctioned Marketplace Tied to Child Sex Trafficking, Forced Labor | Certain Risk Telegram is still hosting Xinbi Guarantee, a Chinese-language black market that British officials have levied sanctions on and accused of facilitating crypto scams and human trafficking.

#telegram #sextrafficking #crypto #Sanctions #blockchain #cybercrime

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Defendant’s Chatbot Conversation Can Be Used in Fraud Case, Court Rules | Certain Risk U.S. lawyers are increasingly warning clients not to treat artificial-intelligence chatbots as confidential sounding boards after a federal judge in New York ruled that a former financial-services …

#fraud #chatbots #ai #artificialintelligence #oversight

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SantaCon Organizer Faces Fraud Charges over Theft Allegations | Certain Risk The organizer of New York City’s annual SantaCon bar crawl was arrested on wire-fraud charges on Wednesday after federal prosecutors alleged he diverted money that was supposed to go to charity and…

#theft #santaconnyc #santacon #nonprofit #charity #WireFraud

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FCA Launches Consultation on Crypto Oversight under FSMA | Certain Risk Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority has launched a consultation on guidance for the UK’s future crypto regime, as the regulator moves toward opening authorizations for crypto firms later this yea…

#crypto #cryptocurrency #FCA #financialconductauthority #unitedkingdom #MoneyLaundering

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Bessent Says E.O. on Banks Collecting Citizenship Proof Is ‘in Process’ | Certain Risk Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said an executive order that would require banks to collect proof of citizenship from customers is “in process,” Bloomberg reported, describing a potentially sweepi…

#USTreasury #ScottBessent #ExecutiveOrder #banking #oversight #lenders

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Founder of China’s Evergrande Pleads Guilty to Fraud and Embezzlement | Certain Risk Hui Ka Yan, the founder of embattled Chinese property developer Evergrande, pleaded guilty this week to multiple charges including embezzlement of assets and corporate bribery, in a major milestone…

#China #Embezzlement #Evergrande #Corruption #realestate

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Fake Apple App Scams Nearly $10mn from Crypto Users in a Matter of Days | Certain Risk A fake version of Ledger Live distributed through Apple’s App Store drained at least $9.5 million in cryptocurrency from more than 50 victims across multiple blockchains in a phishing campaign that…

#apple #scam #crypto #ledger #cybercrime

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U.S. Eases Venezuela Bank Sanctions, Will Let Iran Oil Waiver Expire | Certain Risk The Trump administration eased sanctions on Venezuela’s state-run financial system on Tuesday in a move aimed at supporting the country’s battered economy, reviving oil-sector activity, and stabili…

#TrumpAdministration #venezuela #banking #Sanctions #government #oversight #iran #oil

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Magyar’s New Task: Dismantling the ‘Party-State’ Without Destroying the State | Certain Risk Hungary’s incoming prime minister, Péter Magyar, is pledging to oversee a broad anti-corruption campaign once in office, including the creation of new watchdog bodies and investigations of governme…

#hungary #Corruption #fraud #PeterMagyar #orbanviktor

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BofA Cannot Be Sued over ‘Good-Faith’ Account Closure: 9th Circuit | Certain Risk A U.S. appeals court on Monday ruled that Bank of America cannot be sued over its closure of an Iranian American customer’s account after finding the bank was protected by a federal liability shiel…

#Sanctions #iran #BankOfAmerica #RiskManagement

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Grassley Questions Candor of UBS on Nazi-Linked Accounts | Certain Risk UBS AG is facing renewed pressure from the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee over its handling of an investigation into possible Nazi-linked accounts at Credit Suisse, after the panel’s chairman accu…

#ChuckGrassley #illicitfinance #finance #CreditSuisse #UBS #USSenate

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U.S. Blacklists Mexican Casinos, Businesses Said to Launder Cartel Cash | Certain Risk The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on six people and businesses it said were tied to a money laundering and cash-smuggling network operated by Cartel del Noreste, a Mexican d…

#mexico #casino #MoneyLaundering #Drugtrafficking #TreasuryDepartment #gambling

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Orban’s Exit Comes with Shredded Documents and Sanctions Questions | Certain Risk Hungary’s incoming prime minister, Péter Magyar, accused outgoing Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó on Monday of shredding documents related to European Union sanctions.

#hungary #Orban #Sanctions #Corruption #EuropeanUnion #finance #illicitfinance

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How Iran Transformed Its Economy with Barter Deals and China’s Help | Certain Risk Iran has built a more complex trade system under years of Western sanctions, relying increasingly on China, barter arrangements, and covert financing channels that help it keep goods moving even as…

#iran #China #economy #Barter #energy

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Britain’s Financial Regulators Are Scrambling to Assess Mythos Risks | Certain Risk UK financial regulators are urgently assessing the risks posed by Anthropic’s latest AI model after concerns that its ability to uncover software vulnerabilities could expose major financial instit…

#britain #FinancialRegulation #ai #Anthropic #cybersecurity #cybercrime

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