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- A shout-out to Ray Todd whose 'Compliance things you might have missed' series is a real trove of UK and international compliance news - Here are the latest 3 issues at PDF's: APRIL 24 - APRIL 25 - APRIL 26
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Sir David Green CB KC
, the former head of The SFO has said “red flags were ignored” in the rush to distribute taxpayer-funded emergency loans to businesses during the pandemic, and questioned whether fraud was taken seriously by the government - https://bit.ly/3oR1YrO
- More emphasis is needed on gut feeling, rather than a tick-box approach, to decide whether a company is trustworthy or not, anti-money laundering professionals warn. - https://bit.ly/3V9OX8w
- The
Financial Conduct Authority
has outlined a new set of measures designed to reduce the risk of money laundering via the Post Office - https://bit.ly/3V9t2P0
- 3VB barristers targeted in ‘fake bomb plot’ - The Old Bailey heard how the accused Jonathan Nuttall went after barristers Andrew Sutcliffe KC and Anne Jeavons because of their work on behalf of the
National Crime Agency (NCA)
in helping confiscate one million pounds from his wife, Amanda Nuttall, in 2019 - https://bit.ly/423xf9a
- The European Parliament has approved the bloc’s first rules regulating cryptocurrencies, with the aim of preventing money laundering and protecting customers. - https://bit.ly/3AwlUCI
-
Iain Armstrong
: Fly-tipping to money laundering: The environmental crime nexus - https://bit.ly/3oOZWs3
- Exploring the Benefits of Blockchain Technology in Fraud Detection and Prevention - https://bit.ly/3AELMw5
- Anti-Money Laundering: The Importance of Collaboration -
Ian Henderson
- https://bit.ly/3LyTZZ0
-
City of London Law Society (CLLS)
recommends urgent reform of the
Serious Fraud Office (UK)
- https://bit.ly/3LbeycL
- Economic secretary to the Treasury, Andrew Griffith MP, spoke in a keynote speech outlining the government’s ambitions for the #fintech industry during day one of the Innovate Finance Global Summit 2023. - https://bit.ly/40I9wKy
- Dark Web Markets: What's Next for Crypto Crime in 2023? -
Nick Smart
- https://bit.ly/40KENN1
- Herbert Smith Freehills Corporate Crime Briefing: Failure to prevent fraud – an introduction to the proposed new offence - https://bit.ly/3V8Aius (PDF)
- Podcast: Bribe, Swindle or Steal - The Panama Papers: Six Years On -
Kevin G. Hall
, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project’s North America editor, reflects on how the Panama Papers have shaped investigative journalism over the past six years and the biggest challenges journalists face today - https://bit.ly/3n3iKDx
Cryptocurrency & Digital Assets
- Way back in September 2021, Nate Chastain set the NFT world ablaze when he was caught insider trading during his high-flying job at OpenSea. Now, in a completely different blockchain landscape, his trial has begun - https://bit.ly/40D2O8A
- FCA's
Sarah Pritchard
calls for open crypto debate about risk and regulation limits - https://bit.ly/3nbZIe7
- Money Laundering Or Unfair Targeting? Court Rules For Tornado Cash Developer - https://bit.ly/44beBy3
- Lords member questions UK gov't plan on gold smuggling, money laundering allegations against Zimbabwe official and British citizen Uebert Angel, https://bit.ly/3oP79IN
- Research finds that nearly three-quarters of vessels active in international trade that do not list their ownership information are likely to have potential ties to illicit activity - https://bit.ly/3LwR2s6
- A new episode of KickBack: The Global Anticorruption Podcast is now available. In latest episode, host Dan Hough interviews Andrew Wedeman, Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University, about the politics of anticorruption campaigns in China - https://bit.ly/445zudQ
- Fugees rapper Pras found guilty in political conspiracy - https://bit.ly/3HiDOMV
- No Caller ID: Stopping the onslaught of fraud text messages and phone calls - https://bit.ly/421afaB - Iain Swaine
- Elderly couple left destitute after losing ￡80,000 life savings in fake Martin Lewis bitcoin scam say Revolut told them to 'visit a FOOD BANK' after refusing to refund their money - https://bit.ly/42590qY
- FinCrime Files Video: The Bank of Scotland Fraud and how it shook the UK. - https://bit.ly/3LzBWSz
- Eurojust and Europol have supported a new coordinated action against a fraudulent online investment platform, which has so far cost at least 33 000 victims an estimated EUR 89 million - https://bit.ly/41FOpd2
- Illicit economies and the UN Security Council on the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC)?- https://bit.ly/40HRJ6m
- 9 arrested in crackdown on loverboy trafficking in Bulgaria and UK - https://bit.ly/3LwUfXB
- The National Crime Agency (NCA) has dismantled a network of criminal cash couriers that laundered more than ￡100 million by smuggling it out of the UK to Dubai in the UAE. - https://bit.ly/41FOT2Q
