REVEALED: €1BN – or half – of Bizlato’s crypto exchanges linked to crime gangs and sanctions-busting, say EU police who have arrested top management

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  National Crime Agency calls on parents to help young people recognise the signs of money muling

  National Crime Agency

  December 8, 2023

  The National Crime Agency is asking parents and carers to help young people avoid being persuaded or manipulated into laundering criminal cash. The NCA’s call follows three weeks of coordinated law enforcement action against money mules – a term given to individuals enlisted by criminals to move the proceeds of crime through their bank accounts in return for a cut of the sum.

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  Croatia: EPPO investigates former minister and ministry employee for abuse of office and authority

  European Public Prosecutor's Office

  December 8, 2023

  (Luxembourg, 8 December 2023) – The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) has officially initiated an investigation against two persons – a former minister and a former employee of Croatia’s Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds (MRRFEU) – for abuse of office and authority. This follows a preliminary investigation conducted in cooperation with Croatia’s National Police Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organised Crime (PNUSKOK).

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  46 entries added to the consolidated list

  OFSI

  December 8, 2023

  On 8 December 2023 the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office updated the UK Sanctions List on GOV.UK. This list provides details of those designated under regulations made under the Sanctions Act.

  46 entries have been added to the consolidated list under the following regimes and are now subject to an asset freeze: Belarus, Global Human Rights, Syria and Iran (Human Rights).