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  Four arrested in UK in joint NCA-French operation targeting alleged Vietnamese Facebook people smugglers

  National Crime Agency

  April 26, 2024

  Four Vietnamese nationals have been arrested by the National Crime Agency in Deptford, Croydon and Leicester as part of a major joint UK-French investigation into alleged small boats people smugglers advertising crossings on Facebook. NCA officers arrested a 23-year-old woman at an address in Heathfield Road, Croydon and a 64-year-old man at an address in Abinger Grove, London on Monday morning. A man aged 34 was arrested in Grasmere Street, Leicester.

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  Lithuania: Nine suspects detained in probe into €4 million fraud involving Covid-19 equipment

  European Public Prosecutor's Office

  April 26, 2024

  (Luxembourg, 26 April 2024) – Last week, 40 searches were conducted and nine suspects were detained, in an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Vilnius (Lithuania) into a €4 million subsidy fraud. At issue are four projects co-funded by the EU, including one for the production of Covid-19 protective equipment.

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  Founders and CEO of cryptocurrency mixing service arrested and charged with money laundering and unlicensed money transmitting offenses

  IRS Criminal Investigation

  April 25, 2024

  Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill are charged with operating Samourai Wallet, an unlicensed money transmitting business that executed over $2 billion in unlawful transactions and laundered over $100 million in criminal proceeds