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Cryptocurrency fraud ring busted in Spain after laundering $540 million, Europol says

Reuters

Jun 30, 2025

INTERPOL releases new information on globalization of scam centres

INTERPOL

Jun 30, 2025

How foreign scammers use U.S. banks to fleece Americans

ProPublica

Jun 25, 2025

From Mogul to Most Wanted

CBC

Jun 19, 2025

Bali Police Uncover Cruel Cyber-Scam Operation In Tourism Hotspot

The Bali Sun

Jun 18, 2025

$17m cyber fraud: US jails 5 Nigerians for combined 159 years

pulse

Jun 18, 2025

Thai police arrest foreigners in alleged $1.2M investment scam targeting Australians

abcNEWS

Jun 17, 2025

18 arrested in connection with criminal network linked to towing industry

CBC

Jun 16, 2025

$124 million armored truck crypto money laundering operation busted — Australian perps apprehended, could face life in priso

tom'sHARDWARE

Jun 16, 2025

Hong Kong, Singaporean police team up to smash cross-border scam syndicate

South China Morning Post

Jun 15, 2025

U.S. targets networks of corrupt politicians who aid drug cartels

El Pais

Jun 13, 2025

Alleged ‘Albanian mafia leader’ in Ecuador accused of laundering cocaine cash via UAE firms

Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)

Jun 4, 2025

Chinese app sits at the center of fentanyl epidemic, NC attorney general says

The Charlotte Observer

May 12, 2025

Trump administration moves to blacklist a financial hub used by scammers

The New York Times

May 2, 2025

FinCEN finds Cambodia-based Huione group to be of primary money laundering concern

U.S. Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

May 1, 2025

Cocaine, corruption and bribes: The German port under siege by Europe’s criminal drug gangs

The Guardian

Apr 29, 2025

Organized crime and violence in Latin America and the Caribbean

The World Bank

Apr 28, 2025

Billion-dollar cyberscam industry spreading globally, UN says

Reuters

Apr 22, 2025

The rise of Brazil’s fuel mafias and their gas station money laundering machines

The Conversation

Apr 22, 2025

Cyberfraud in the Mekong reaches inflection point

UN Office on Drugs and Crime

Apr 21, 2025

Cambodian company linked to money laundering operates a B.C. branch

Vancouver Sun

Apr 20, 2025

Mastermind of "one-stop shop" fraud website Zak Coyne jailed

BBC News

Apr 15, 2025

"It is organized crime:" TD Insurance flags three fraud schemes on the rise

InsuranceBusiness

Apr 10, 2025

AFP joins forces with Philippines to crack down on offshore scammers

9News

Apr 1, 2025

How Trump’s anti-money laundering rollback could help LatAm criminals

InSight Crime

Mar 26, 2025

The scammer’s manual: How to launder money and get away with it

The New York Times

Mar 23, 2025

The changing DNA of serious and organised crime

Europol

Mar 20, 2025

They were forced to scam others worldwide. Now thousands are detained on the Myanmar border

The Associated Press

Mar 9, 2025

25 Canadian nationals connected to nationwide multi-million dollar “grandparent scam” charged in Vermont

U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Mar 5, 2025

Scam empire: Inside a merciless international investment scam

Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

Mar 5, 2025

The coming golden age of crime

Foreign Policy

Feb 17, 2025

The vast and sophisticated global enterprise that is Scam Inc

The Economist

Feb 6, 2025

Casinos, high-rises and fraud: The BBC visits a bizarre city built on scams

The BBC

Feb 6, 2025

Thai banks to ban financial transactions from mule accounts next month

TOC

Feb 6, 2025

Cargo theft surges to record levels in 2024

CargoNet

Jan 21, 2025

The ‘largest illicit online marketplace’ ever Is growing at an alarming rate, report says

Wired

Jan 14, 2025

The downfall of Dark Bank, the organized crime 'banker' who allegedly helped launder over €1 billion

Le Monde

Jan 10, 2025

How a viral post saved a Chinese actor from Myanmar's scam centres

BBC News

Jan 9, 2025

Drugs, scams and sin: Myanmar’s war has made it the global crime capital

The New York Times

Dec 31, 2024

Russian criminals helped UK drug gangs launder lockdown cash

BBC News

Dec 4, 2024

Cracking down on organized crime behind scam centers

Earnings from illegal gold hit record high in Peru

InSight Crime

Nov 11, 2024