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Europol experts shared 70 identification datasets to assist national authorities in child abuse investigations
The goal of the operation was to assist in the identification of the victims and offenders found in over 68 million media files that contained evidence of child sexual abuse that had been taken from various law enforcement agencies and turned over to Europol. In order to concentrate on unresolved cases of child sexual abuse, Europol has been bringing together victim identification specialists from all over the world since 2014…
AUSTRAC and SkyCity have agreed on a proposed $67 million penalty for Adelaide’s casino due to its violations of the AML/CFT Act 2006
SkyCity has acknowledged in reaching this agreement that it violated the AML/CTF Act in several ways, including that: Its AML/CTF Programs violated the section 81 by not adhering to the AML/CTF Act and AML/CTF Regulations…
FCA charges against nine individuals in relation to an unauthorised foreign exchange trading scheme promoted on social media
The FCA has accused Emmanuel Nwanze of operating an unlawful investment scheme and issuing unlawful financial promotions. Nwanze-Thompson, used an Instagram account, named Holly_Fxtrends, to advise on buying and selling CFDs when they were not entitled to do so…
Global Initiative publishes research report on ‘A changing landscape: China’s new model of global governance and its impact on the fight against organised crime’
The findings of this report, within the context of a growing body of evidence, suggest that use of the term ‘geocriminality’, may be useful in explanation and conceptualization of state-crime nexus phenomena. The term here refers to a state’s use of criminal actors to achieve objectives in target countries, in the same way as the term geoeconomics…
MONEYVAL publishes AML/CTF follow-up reports evaluating progress by Bulgaria, the Holy See and San Marino in implementing the FATF recommendations
The Vatican City State will continue to be regularly monitored and will provide MONEYVAL with updates on their efforts to enhance their AML/CFT implementation. In accordance with Rule 22 of the Rules of Procedures for the Fifth Round of Mutual Evaluations, the Holy See, which encompasses the Vatican City State, is anticipated to submit a report in four years…
HKMA alerts members of the public on phishing instant messages related to ICBC (Asia) Limited
The HKMA wishes to remind the public that banks will not send SMS or emails with embedded hyperlinks which direct them to the banks’ websites to carry out transactions. They will not ask customers for sensitive personal information, such as login passwords or One-Time Password, by phone, email or SMS (including via embedded hyperlinks)…
EPPO and the Italian Financial Police arrest suspected ringleader of a complex tax fraud involving the sale of cosmetics of over €3.6 million
It is estimated that the illicit activities of the criminal organisation caused a loss of over €2 million to the EU and national budgets in unpaid VAT, and the loss of an additional €1.6 million due to the fraudulent obtaining of EU-backed loans from the banks.
Visa announces Generative AI-Powered fraud solution to combat account attacks
VISA announced updates to its Visa Account Attack Intelligence (VAAI) offering with the addition of the VAAI Score, a new tool that uses generative AI components to identify and score enumeration attacks. The VAAI Score, which will be available to U.S. issuers first, will help reduce fraud and operational losses by assigning each transaction with a risk score in real time to detect and prevent enumeration attacks in card-not-present (CNP) transactions…
US DoJ charges two foreign nationals for laundering at least $73m through shell companies tied to cryptocurrency investment scams
Co-conspirators claim that the defendants gave them instructions to open US bank accounts under the guise of shell corporations. Online deception was used to trick victims into depositing money into these accounts, which were subsequently used to launder money from bank accounts in the Bahamas to US. financial institutions…
Institute of Economic Affairs publishes research ‘Debanked: The economic and social consequences of anti-money laundering regulation’
Alleges that Anti-money laundering regulations ‘force banks to cancel the accounts of innocent customers’.
Australia passes new Digital ID Bill, which will provide many benefits to Australians by improving privacy and security when interacting online
It will also strengthen the voluntary Accreditation Scheme for Digital ID service providers that wish to demonstrate compliance with best practice privacy, security, proofing and authentication standards, providing Australians with more choice of secure and trusted providers..
US Institute of Peace publishes report on transnational crime in South East Asia
Report explores the dimensions and nature of Southeast Asia’s China-origin criminal networks and their involvement in online scamming.