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INSIGHT: An ‘AML Machine’ – the amazing success of one small police station that dedicated two of its officers to fighting rampant financial crime

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FINCRIME: “We are following the money with the expertise now built up,” said Inspector Brian Downey of the unit. “With some of the drug money being laundered in our area, we had 180 people sending money to different places. And one guy was clearly the bagman; all the money was going to him.” FILE PHOTO: Shows uniformed officers in patrol in central Dublin, Ireland.

NEWS: ‘FinCrime Frontier 2026-27’, world’s most comprehensive FCC survey, opens for responses

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NEWS: UK considers forcing Crown Dependencies to make beneficial ownership registers public

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NEWS: U.S. freezes $1 billion in Iran-linked crypto during ‘Operation Economic Fury’

By AML Intelligence Correspondent A SMALL suburban police station which dedicated just two of its officers to fighting financial crime became an “AML machine”, uncovering money laundering networks and prosecuting more than 200 suspects. The tiny team also discovered criminal networks, some with more than 100 members, a police conference was told this week. The…

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NEWS: ‘FinCrime Frontier 2026-27’, world’s most comprehensive FCC survey, opens for responses

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NEWS: UK considers forcing Crown Dependencies to make beneficial ownership registers public

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NEWS: U.S. freezes $1 billion in Iran-linked crypto during ‘Operation Economic Fury’

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  • County Housing Official Sentenced for His Role in Multimillion-Dollar Scheme to Receive Bribes From Hawaii Businessman and Attorneys

    US Department of Justice

    A former Hawaii County official, Alan Scott Rudo, 59, now of Cathedral City, California, was sentenced yesterday to 46 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to receive bribes in exchange for his official actions as a Housing Specialist at the Hawaii County Office of Housing and Community Development (OHCD). The scheme involved affordable housing development agreements worth more than $11 million.

  • Operation against criminal network smuggling migrants between Algeria and Spain: nine arrests

    Europol

    A collaborative operation between the Spanish Guardia Civil and National Police (Policía Nacional), supported by Europol, has resulted in nine arrests and the dismantling of a criminal network smuggling irregular migrants from Algeria to Spain. The operation targeted migrant smugglers responsible for organising trips across the Mediterranean, as well as those managing the complex logistics behind the smuggling events. Europol's migrant smuggling experts provided crucial operational support to the Spanish authorities leading up to and during the action day.

  • FINTRAC publishes money laundering indicators relating to human trafficking and major international sporting and entertainment events

    FINTRAC

    FINTRAC published today a Special Bulletin on human trafficking risks associated with major international sporting and entertainment events to help businesses subject to the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (the Act) detect transactions related to human trafficking activities and report suspicious transactions to the Centre. Major international sporting and entertainment events can attract hundreds of thousands of visitors from home and abroad.  This can boost economic activity in sectors such as hospitality, entertainment, transportation and tourism, which are vulnerable to human trafficking. These events generate short‑term surges in economic activity and demand for services, labour and transactions, and may intensify conditions under which exploitation activities are present.

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