Dec 13 2024
Crypto.com, a leading Singaporean digital asset trading platform, has announced a partnership with Deutsche Bank. Deutsche Bank is a German-based multinational investment bank and financial services company. Crypto.com’s corporate banking services will be available for the exchange in Singapore, Australia, and Hong Kong for starters. The crypto company and banking entity intends to expand the …
Nov 29 2024
Tuvalu’s High Commission in Fiji agreed on May 2 to purchase three adjoining lots of land for FJ$ 5.8 million ($2.7 million) in the Raiwai area of Fiji’s capital, Suva. The sale was signed just over a month after OCCRP revealed that Australia had designated Chinese businessman Zhao as one of its top international criminal …
Apr 04 2024
Authorities intercepted a flight loaded with five bags of methamphetamine in rural Queensland. The flight was traveling from the Bulolo district of Papua New Guinea and was bound for New South Wales, Australia. The woman allegedly facilitated the importation of this drug, the storage of the methamphetamine prior to importation, the purchase of bags for …
Feb 24 2024
LockBit operated on a “ransomware-as-a-service’ model, providing a platform for a global network of hackers to launch attacks. Law enforcement agencies infiltrated LockBit’s primary platform and critical infrastructure, including 34 servers located in multiple countries such as the Netherlands, Germany, Finland, France, Switzerland, Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The international crackdown was …
Feb 14 2024
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has uncovered a money laundering syndicate, named the Long River syndicate. Over the last three years, approximately $229 million in illicit funds have been laundered through twelve establishments across Australia. As part of Operation Avarus-Nightwolf, a series of targeted raids were executed, confiscating high-end properties and vehicles with an estimated …