<![CDATA[perspicacity: Crime & Corruption]]>https://www.perspicacity.media/s/crime-and-corruption-updatehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!X5VU!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F198ea8fd-2174-4c26-8d0a-e5e4225dde17_1280x1280.pngperspicacity: Crime & Corruptionhttps://www.perspicacity.media/s/crime-and-corruption-updateSubstackWed, 29 Jul 2026 21:53:23 GMT<![CDATA[Crime & Corruption Update - May 2026]]>https://www.perspicacity.media/p/crime-and-corruption-update-may-2026https://www.perspicacity.media/p/crime-and-corruption-update-may-2026Thu, 21 May 2026 11:30:48 GMTWelcome to the latest edition of perspicacity’s Crime & Corruption Update. This edition features investigations and analysis on:

  • AI-enabled cybercrime - and the UN cybercrime treaty

  • Polymarket political betting and insider trading risks

  • Scam compounds in Southeast Asia - and the industrialisation of scam networks globally

  • Synthetic opioid exports from India…

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]]><![CDATA[Crime & Corruption Update #11]]>https://www.perspicacity.media/p/crime-and-corruption-update-11https://www.perspicacity.media/p/crime-and-corruption-update-11Wed, 01 Oct 2025 11:31:13 GMTIf you find this newsletter of value, click the ❤️ above 🙏🏻☀️

Welcome to Edition #11 of perspicacity’s Crime & Corruption Update. This edition features:

➡️ How companies like Meta, Google, and the world’s largest banks are used by large-scale fraud operations in Israel, Europe and the country of Georgia.

➡️ The journalists silenced in Paraguay for inve…

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]]><![CDATA[Crime & Corruption Update #10]]>https://www.perspicacity.media/p/crime-and-corruption-update-10https://www.perspicacity.media/p/crime-and-corruption-update-10Tue, 26 Aug 2025 11:33:33 GMTIf you find this newsletter of value, click the ❤️ above 🙏🏻☀️

Welcome to Edition #10 of perspicacity’s Crime & Corruption Update. This edition features the horrific human rights abuses being perpetrated in ‘scam compounds’ in Cambodia, China’s involvement in the illegal shipping of oil from states under sanctions, and how Meta may have violated EU sanc…

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]]><![CDATA[Crime & Corruption Update #9]]>https://www.perspicacity.media/p/crime-and-corruption-update-9https://www.perspicacity.media/p/crime-and-corruption-update-9Thu, 10 Jul 2025 11:31:28 GMTIf you find this newsletter of value, click the ❤️ above to let the world know and help Substack’s algorithm show it to more people. 🙏🏻☀️

Welcome to Edition #9 of perspicacity’s Crime & Corruption Update. This edition features revelations of the involvement of a Canadian pharmacist in the infamous deepfake pornography website MrDeepFakes, the global bl…

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]]><![CDATA[Crime & Corruption Update #8]]>https://www.perspicacity.media/p/crime-and-corruption-update-8https://www.perspicacity.media/p/crime-and-corruption-update-8Tue, 17 Jun 2025 11:30:58 GMTIf you find this newsletter of value, click the ❤️ above to let the world know and help Substack’s algorithm show it to more people. 🙏🏻☀️

Welcome to Edition #8 of perspicacity’s Crime & Corruption Update. This edition features the impact of AI on romance scams, the role of Belarus in helping Russia evade sanctions, the arms imports perpetuating war in …

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]]><![CDATA[Crime & Corruption Update #7]]>https://www.perspicacity.media/p/crime-and-corruption-update-7https://www.perspicacity.media/p/crime-and-corruption-update-7Thu, 01 May 2025 11:30:41 GMTWelcome to Edition #7 of perspicacity’s Crime & Corruption Update. This edition features the industrial-scale scam centres in North Korea and Myanmar that are preying on the vulnerable across the globe; the trafficking of cocaine and fentanyl in Latin America and the synthetic drug Captagon in Syria; and the resilience of the Sicilian mafia.

Also covere…

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]]><![CDATA[Crime and Corruption Update #6]]>https://www.perspicacity.media/p/crime-and-corruption-update-6https://www.perspicacity.media/p/crime-and-corruption-update-6Thu, 27 Feb 2025 12:31:38 GMTIn this edition you’ll read about how Iran moves sanctioned oil around the world; the Chinese suppliers behind ads for deadly opioids targeting Europe; the evolution of migrant smuggling on the French coast; and how organised crime fuels the M23 crisis in eastern DRC.

Also featured are: the fake superyacht chartering scheme set up in an apparent attempt …

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]]><![CDATA[Crime & Corruption Update #5]]>https://www.perspicacity.media/p/crime-and-corruption-update-5https://www.perspicacity.media/p/crime-and-corruption-update-5Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:02:56 GMTWelcome to the fifth edition of perspicacity’s Crime and Corruption Update!

In Edition #5 you’ll read about Russia's use of organised crime as an instrument of statecraft, the groundbreaking use of cryptocurrency and the dark net to facilitate dead drops in the global drug trade, and how organised crime in the Amazon has become a key driver in deforestat…

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]]><![CDATA[Crime & Corruption Update #4]]>https://www.perspicacity.media/p/crime-and-corruption-update-4https://www.perspicacity.media/p/crime-and-corruption-update-4Mon, 30 Dec 2024 13:36:57 GMTWelcome to the fourth edition of perspicacity’s Crime and Corruption Update!

This newsletter brings you the most penetrating reports and investigations published in October 2024 on crime and corruption issues across the world.

In Edition #4, you’ll read about the crumbling Russian oil tankers ferrying illicit oil around the world in defiance of sanctions,…

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]]><![CDATA[Crime & Corruption Update #3]]>https://www.perspicacity.media/p/crime-and-corruption-update-3https://www.perspicacity.media/p/crime-and-corruption-update-3Thu, 07 Nov 2024 13:29:54 GMTWelcome to the third edition of perspicacity’s Crime and Corruption Update!

This newsletter brings you the most penetrating reports and investigations published in September 2024 on crime and corruption issues across the world.

Edition #3 includes the Cyprus-registered funds used to hide Russian megayacht ownership; how the Syrian Army is using Swedish tr…

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]]><![CDATA[Crime & Corruption Update #2]]>https://www.perspicacity.media/p/crime-and-corruption-update-2https://www.perspicacity.media/p/crime-and-corruption-update-2Tue, 01 Oct 2024 13:02:26 GMTWelcome to the second edition of perspicacity’s Crime and Corruption Update!

This newsletter brings you the most penetrating reports and investigations published in August 2024 on crime and corruption issues across the world.

Edition #2 includes: the trafficking of turtles in South America; the violent criminal takeover of Ecuadorian gold mines; controver…

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]]><![CDATA[Crime & Corruption Update #1]]>https://www.perspicacity.media/p/crime-and-corruption-update-1-augusthttps://www.perspicacity.media/p/crime-and-corruption-update-1-augustMon, 12 Aug 2024 13:43:38 GMTWelcome to the first edition of perspicacity’s Crime and Corruption Update!

This newsletter brings you the most penetrating reports and investigations published in July 2024 on crime and corruption issues across the world.

When WhatsApp sued Israeli firm NSO for allegedly hacking the phones of 1,400 people, Israeli authorities sought to conceal informatio…

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