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Money laundering is the practice of disguising the proceeds of criminal activity as legitimate funds. This is often done by transferring the money through a series of complex transactions, or by using it to purchase assets such as real estate or art, in order to make it difficult to trace the money back to its illegal origins. Money laundering is a global problem, and it can have serious consequences, including the funding of terrorist activities, the corruption of public officials, and the destabilization of financial markets. Governments around the world have implemented laws and regulations to combat money laundering, and international organizations such as the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) work to promote cooperation and information sharing among countries in their efforts to prevent and detect money laundering.
Human trafficking gangs are using social media to lure teenagers as young as 14 into laundering cash illegally Experts have warned that the fraudsters are connecting with young people on apps such as Tik- Tok, Instagram and Snapchat to convince them to take part in the crimes. It has also been claimed that some are…
SINGAPORE: For the past several years, INTERPOL has been closely observing a growing crime phenomenon: large-scale human trafficking where victims are lured through fake job ads to online scam centres and forced to commit cyber-enabled financial crime on an industrial scale. The crime trend, which has seen tens of thousands trafficked in Southeast Asia and…
Posted on: April 17, 2023, 08:29h. Last updated on: April 17, 2023, 08:52h. Erik Gibbs Human trafficking in Southeast Asia remains a huge problem, but a concerted effort is underway to stop it. The efforts are paying off, with a man from Taiwan who sold unwilling victims to casinos and other businesses in Cambodia on his…
Human trafficking includes unjust practices including recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring, or receiving persons through the use of force, coercion, deception, or other means for the purpose of exploiting them. This exploitation can take many forms, be it sexual exploitation, forced labor, domestic servitude, forced marriage or even extreme measures like organ removal. This crime is…
An online training on human trafficking is now available for Gaming Compliance Specialists working within the Casino and Gaming sector. This new tool will enable compliance officers to recognize ways that human trafficking intersects with the industry and empower them to take actions to make their workplaces less hospitable to trafficking activity. Toronto, Canada (PRWEB)…
Social media influencer and businessman Andrew Tate, along with his brother, landed in major legal trouble after he got arrested in December 2022 by the Romanian authorities in Bucharest, on charges of human trafficking and rape. Some of the charges filed against Andrew Tate and his brother were money laundering, human trafficking, rape, pornographic shooting,…
Cape Town – A new research report – compiled by the South African Anti-Money Laundering Integrated Task Force (Samlit) – on modern slavery and human trafficking titled Follow the Money shows the Western Cape reports the highest number of cases of modern slavery and human trafficking (MSHT). The Western Cape is followed by Gauteng, Eastern…
As part of Lusail University’s expansion of academic programmes at the master’s level, the university yesterday launched master programmes in International Criminal Justice and in International Affairs and Public Policy. The first is in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) while the second is in collaboration with the United Nations…
A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin returned a superseding indictment charging a Wisconsin man with labor and sex trafficking, production of child pornography and money laundering. The superseding nine-count indictment charges Austin Koeckeritz, 29, with forced labor, sex trafficking by force, sex trafficking of a minor, interstate travel with the intent…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security joined the U.S. Department of Justice yesterday to announce the first ever extraditions from Guatemala to the United States on charges of human smuggling resulting in death, and the first Guatemalan human smuggling extraditions to the United States of any kind in nearly five years. This announcement…
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