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Kyiv Intensifies Pressure on Maritime Networks With Sweeping Sanctions Against Ships Linked to Occupied-Region Grain

Ukraine has sharply escalated its campaign against unauthorized grain transfers from occupied territories by imposing sanctions on dozens of vessels identified as part of the maritime infrastructure supporting these movements. Officials describe the decision as a deliberate strike at the shipping and financial networks that facilitate the extraction and sale of grain controlled by Russian forces, asserting that the proceeds are funneled into opaque structures beyond the rea

SANCTIONS

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1 hour ago4 min read

Iraq’s Central Bank Warns of Expanding Financial Crime Risks Fueled by Influencer Activity

Iraq’s financial regulators are raising alarms over a growing trend in which social-media personalities are being leveraged as tools for illicit financial transfers. According to officials, the combination of online visibility, rapid audience engagement, and loosely monitored revenue channels has created conditions that criminal groups can exploit when institutional controls lag behind evolving digital behaviour. The Central Bank of Iraq reports that some transaction flows

COMPLIANCE

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21 minutes ago

Europe’s Major Gambling Markets: Demographic Divides and Behavioural Fault Lines

A fresh comparison of raw demographic inputs from Blask, examined alongside the markets singled out in the EGBA’s 2023 overview, shows just how differently Europeans approach online gambling — not only in scale, but in who plays and why. Europe’s gambling heavyweights — Italy, the UK, Germany, France, and Spain — dominate the continent’s revenue landscape according to the EGBA’s 2023 figures, yet the customer profiles behind those numbers, illuminated by Blask’s datasets, p

GAMBLING

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37 minutes ago

European Regulators Unite to Intensify Fight Against Illegal Online Gambling

Seven of Europe’s leading gambling authorities have committed to deeper collaboration in an effort to curb the accelerating spread of illegal online gambling, cautioning that rapidly evolving digital ecosystems are enabling unlicensed operators to slip past national regulatory systems. Representatives from Germany, Austria, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal, and Spain cemented this alliance during a meeting held on 12 November 2025 at Spain’s Directorate General for

GAMBLING

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GAMBLING & iGAMING

UK Unveils Major Overhaul of Online Gambling Taxes, Triggering Industry Backlash

Britain is preparing for one of the most sweeping changes to online gambling taxation in years, with Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves unveiling plans to sharply increase the tax burden on the sector’s most lucrative operations. The details surfaced ahead of schedule after the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) mistakenly published its analysis before the official announcement in the House of Commons. Under the new framework, online casinos will face a dramati

GAMBLING

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