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  Croatia: Four arrested on suspicion of defrauding funds for earthquake repairs

  European Public Prosecutor's Office

  October 1, 2026

  Luxembourg, 1 October 2026) – The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) has initiated an investigation against four individuals suspected of subsidy fraud. The four suspects were arrested yesterday at the request of the EPPO, while other investigative activities were conducted in cooperation with the Zagreb Police Department. The investigation revealed that the suspects, in their roles of company owners, wanted to illegally obtain approximately €685 000 in non-refundable support, co-financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), to restore agricultural land and production potential damaged by an earthquake that had struck the Sisak area on 29 December 2020.

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  Police keep $465 million out of criminal hands by targeting Business Email Compromise scams

  Australia Federal Police

  October 1, 2026

    Police have issued an urgent plea for vigilance against Business Email Compromise (BEC) as loss prevention and recovery figures under Operation Dolos head towards the half a billion-dollar mark. Through Operation Dolos, the Joint Policing Cybercrime Coordination Centre (JPC3), state and territory police, and industry partners, work together to disrupt the growing threat of BEC and the criminal networks behind them.

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  Treasury Sanctions Financial Network of Foreign Terrorist Organization, Tren de Aragua, After Theft of Millions from U.S. Banks

  OFAC

  September 30, 2026

  WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated 10 targets involved in a Tren de Aragua (TdA) fraud scheme that has become a key source of revenue for the organization. TdA is a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) responsible for violent and exploitative criminal activity across the Western Hemisphere—including drug trafficking, human trafficking, extortion, and murder-for-hire—making the disruption of its financial networks essential to protecting Americans. This operation is orchestrated by one of the FBI’s ten most-wanted fugitives, Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre (aka “Prometheus”). In addition to this network, today OFAC also designated Juan Gabriel Rivas Nunez (aka “Juancho”), a high ranking TdA leader directing operations in multiple South American countries.