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News

Oct 09, 2024Oct 09, 2024

Palermo Mafia Ring Busted in an International Operation

Italian authorities have arrested four people in Palermo on charges of mafia-linked external competition, extortion, money laundering, self-laundering—where the same person commits both the original crime and the subsequent money laundering—and fraudulent asset deals.

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News

Sep 25, 2024Sep 25, 2024

E-Commerce Fraud is Booming Globally – Report

Fraud is involved in around 20 percent of the world’s online sales each year, netting criminals trillions of dollars, according to a report from a national security research group.

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News

Sep 23, 2024

There is such a well-known expression “to chew.” Translated from slang – to cheat, cheat…

There is such a well-known expression “to chew.” Translated from slang – to cheat, cheat, lie and further…

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Shadow Investors

Apr 27, 2023Sep 24, 2024

The Abdukadyr Family Made a Fortune in Collusion With Corrupt Central Asian Officials. Now They've Built a Global Business Empire.

Their trading monopoly, built on bribery and alleged smuggling, was exposed. But that hasn’t stopped the secretive Khabibula Abdukadyr and his relatives. With new political alliances and projects worth billions around the world, they’re more powerful than ever.

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Russia

Jan 24, 2023Sep 24, 2024

FAQ: What's a Proxy? Using Relatives, Shell Companies, and Other Stand-Ins to Hide Illicit Wealth

One of the most effective ways to hide your ownership of valuable assets is to get someone – or something – to stand in as your “proxy.” Bad actors make regular use of these representatives to stash illicit wealth and move it around the world.

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Russia

Dec 02, 2022Sep 24, 2024

Fake ‘Rothschild’ Was Chased by Russian Organized Crime When She Took Pictures With Trump at Mar-a-Lago

While Inna Yashchyshyn visited Mar-a-Lago and schmoozed with former President Trump and his inner circle, she was being pursued by a senior member of Russian organized crime.

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Landromats

Oct 07, 2022Sep 24, 2024

Elliptic: Over $4 Billion in Illicit Crypto Laundered via Cross-Chain Technologies

Criminals have laundered at least US$4 billion-worth of illicit crypto proceeds using cross-chain technologies since 2020, new research by blockchain analysis firm Elliptic reveals.

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Cyprus

Oct 07, 2021Sep 25, 2024

Fugitive Russian Banker Used Cypriot Law Firm to Hide Assets, Move Money

Georgy Bedzhamov, wanted in Russia over a high-profile embezzlement case, used the law firm Demetrios A. Demetriades LLC, known as Dadlaw, to conceal his assets and disguise transfers. Company records and contracts also show how he moved tens of millions of dollars around the world around the same time his sister embezzled billions of dollars from their bank, Vneshprombank.

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