{
  "id": 4603871,
  "title": "WhatsApp chat used to launder cash for crime and extremism",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/whatsapp-chat-used-to-launder-cash-for-crime-and-extremism-4603871",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T07:47:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/whatsapp-chat-used-to-launder-cash-for-crime-and-extremism/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A WhatsApp group chat was used to launder hundreds of millions of euros in cash around the world, funding organised crime and extremism with no paper trail, an investigation by European broadcasters has found. The 532-member group chat, called “Traders of Greater Europe”, was used to arrange cash transfers across borders for their clients, including […]",
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        "title": "WhatsApp chat used to launder cash for crime and extremism",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/whatsapp-chat-used-to-launder-cash-for-crime-and-extremism",
        "published": "2026-08-31T00:01:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}