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  “Cash & Crime” Podcast: Money Mules – Money Laundering as a Side Job

  FMA

  May 7, 2026

  The latest episode of the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) podcast “Reden wir über Geld” (“Let’s talk about money”) on the special topic of “Cash & Crime” focuses on money laundering through fraudulent cryptotrading platforms. Hosts Patricia Floh-Weninger and Bibiane Kaufmann use two realistic cases to explain how people can be drawn into complex fraudulent schemes, without investing themselves. The episode focuses on “money mules”, people who transfer money or crypto-assets via their own accounts or wallets, and who aid criminal networks by doing so. This often happens due to ignorance or carelessness.

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  Croatia: 21 suspects arrested in probe into suspected corruption and fraud involving agricultural funds

  European Public Prosecutor's Office

  May 7, 2026

  (Luxembourg, 7 May 2026) – The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) has initiated an investigation against 21 Croatian citizens, including one public official and a former public official, who were arrested yesterday in a probe into possible corruption and subsidy fraud involving subsidies from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF). The arrests have been conducted in the wake of 30 searches involving 150 police officers, carried out on 6 May 2026 in cooperation with the Sisak-Moslavina Police Department [Policijska uprava sisačko-moslavčka] and the Independent Sector for Financial Investigations at the Ministry of Finance’s Tax Administration [Ministarstvo financija, Porezna uprava, Samostalni sektor za financijske istrage].

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  Slovenia: Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body GRECO closes monitoring round

  GRECO

  May 7, 2026

  The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), has closed its 5th evaluation round concerning Slovenia, in light of the progress achieved in implementing recommendations on preventing corruption within top executive functions in central government and law enforcement agencies. In a report published today, GRECO concludes that Slovenia has satisfactorily implemented or dealt with in a satisfactory manner 12 of the 15 recommendations addressed by GRECO to Slovenia in the Evaluation Report adopted in 2017. Three recommendations remain partly implemented, notably in areas related to financial transparency and oversight.