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    • Hull funeral director pleads guilty to 67 criminal charges

      The Crown Prosecution Service

      A man has pleaded guilty to dozens of counts of preventing a lawful and decent burial after remains were found at a funeral directors in Hull in 2024.

      Robert Bush, 47, formerly of Kirk Ella, East Yorkshire, has pleaded guilty today (2 April 2026) to a total of 67 charges, including the prevention of a lawful and decent burial, fraud, fraudulent trading, and theft.

      The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecuted Bush following an investigation by Humberside Police.

    • Europol has identified AI powered fraud as a key problem area
      From intelligence to conviction: Europol helps dismantle Terrorgram Collective

      Europol

      A Canadian man has been sentenced by the Public Prosecution Service of Canada to 20 years in prison for terrorism-related offences, following an investigation supported by Europol’s European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC). The individual, based in Ontario’s Niagara region, pleaded guilty to producing and disseminating violent white supremacist propaganda as part of the online extremist network known as the “Terrorgram Collective”. Content he co-created and shared online was found to have inspired multiple terrorist attacks.

    • Public register makes it harder for criminals to launder money through crypto

      Austrac

      Australia’s anti‑money laundering and counter‑terrorism financing (AML/CTF) laws have expanded, strengthening safeguards to make it significantly harder for criminals to launder money through crypto and other virtual assets. The reforms introduce greater oversight of businesses operating in the virtual asset sector, which AUSTRAC continues to identify as a high money‑laundering risk. The changes ensure Australia’s financial crime laws keep pace with the rapid growth of crypto and other virtual assets, closing known gaps that criminals have sought to exploit, and aligning Australia with global standards.

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