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🎯 ‘Loco Gringo’ Takes On the Mexican Cartels. Sheriff Roy Boyd had an idea: Instead of letting human smugglers pass from one county to the next, sheriffs’ departments could collaborate to rid Texas of the cartels. It’s working. Free Press
🌎 Fraud Funding Terrorism? The Cost of Missing Sanctioned Connections in a Globalized Ecosystem Recorded Future
🌎 Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to TikTok ban NBC
🌎 Unable to Criticize Putin, Russian Oligarchs Turn Ire on Central Banker WSJ
🌎 Dutch prosecutors drop criminal cases against former ING, ABN executives Reuters
🌎 $100K Loan for Porsche at Center of Charges Against Former Adams Aide Reuters
🌎 U.S. tech continues to power Russian weapons despite export controls NBC
🌎 Chinese spy who ran ‘secret police station’ in NYC faces 5 years after guilty plea NYP
🌎 Biden Clemency for Drug Kingpin Devastates Detective Who Took Her Down Free Beacon
🌎 A Mom Asked for Public School Board Records. They Charged Her $33M. Free Press
🌎 How to Lose a Fortune with Just One Bad Click Krebs
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💥 Why Europe and America should begin lifting measures on Syria ECFR
💥 US slaps sanctions on companies tied to Nord Stream 2 in bid to squeeze Russia Fox
💥 US imposes more sanctions over Pakistan’s missile program Reuters
💥 US senators threaten sanctions against Turkey over Syrian ceasefire proposal VOA
💥 US blacklists Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik’s sanctions evasion network UPI
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🚩 Russian Guns and Iranian Drones Fuel Sudan’s Civil War Bloomberg
🚩 North Korea can produce ballistic missiles for Russia to use against Ukraine in months Hill
🚩 China Executes Former Official in $412M Corruption Case Bloomberg
🚩 Despite Corruption Problems, China Progresses Toward Modernization U.S. DOD
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💸 DOJ alleges ex-congressman acted as unregistered foreign agent of sanctioned Venezuelan businessman Hill
💸 Corruption case against ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy upheld by country’s highest court CNN
💸 How criminal networks exploit legal businesses to strengthen their grip on the economy Europol
💸 Malaysian court clears Najib’s wife of money-laundering charges SCMP
💸 Foreign National Mexico Pleads Guilty to Leadership Role in Prolific Human Smuggling Conspiracy DOJ
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🔐 How the ransomware attack at Change Healthcare went down: A timeline TechCrunch
🔐 Europol Seizes $26M in Crypto From 9 Drug Traffickers Decrypt
🔐 CISA urges senior government officials to lock down mobile devices amid Salt Typhoon Record
🔐 Inside INTERPOL’s probe into cyber-enabled human trafficking Interpol
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🎯 ‘Ticking time bomb’: U.S. officials worry about ISIS jailbreak in Syria. Now a full-scale ISIS comeback may hinge on whether the U.S. and a weakening group of allies can prevent their escape. Politico
🌎 Russia’s Spy Network Under Moscow’s Religious Cloak United24
🌎 U.S. charges Colombians in deadly migrant smuggling scheme NBC
🔥 FinCEN Warns of Fraud Schemes That Abuse Its Name, Insignia, and Authorities for Financial Gain FinCEN
🌎 ‘Significant Risk of Fraud’: Federal Watchdog Calls for Emergency Halt to Biden’s $400 Billion Energy Loan Fund Free Beacon
🌎 Nigeria arrests nearly 800 – in raid on crypto pig butchering hub Cointelegraph
🌎 Deutsche Bank Tries to Tackle Compliance Hurdles for Public Blockchains Bloomberg
🌎 U.S. Shuts Down North Korean Crypto Money Laundering Network CoinDesk
🌎 U.S. Weighs Ban on Chinese-Made Router in Millions of American Homes WSJ
🌎 Treasury Takes Sweeping Action Against Global Narcotics Traffickers U.S. Treasury
🌎 Russian ‘shadow fleet’ to be boarded or sanctioned if it refuses to prove insurance Reuters
🌎 New York tax preparer called ‘the Magician’ charged for tax fraud of $145M Guardian
🌎 Meta fined $263M for alleged GDPR violations that led to data breach Record
🌎 US bank regulator considering legal action against former SVB executives Reuters
🌎 Millions stolen from LastPass users in massive hack attack — what you need to know Tom’s
🌎 The sanctions busters funding Iran Bankers are fueling terror UnHerd
🌎 The Hunt for the Assad Dynasty’s Missing Billions Begins WSJ
🌎 After Assad’s ouster in Syria, U.N. envoy calls for end to sanctions CBS
🌎 The fintech company that collapsed and took $90M of people’s life savings with it Independent
🌎 Our Man in Damascus? Sanctions and Governance in Post-Assad Syria. Lawfare
🌎 U.S. Prepares New AI Chip Restrictions to Close China’s Backdoor Access WSJ
🌎 EU issues first-ever sanctions over ‘Russian hybrid threats’ Record
🌎 Victims ‘shocked’ after Biden grants clemency to ‘kids-for-cash’ judge and $54M embezzler CNN
🌎 Consulting firm McKinsey to pay $650M to resolve US criminal opioid probe CNN
🌎 Court indicts 14 North Korean IT workers tied to $88 million in illicit gains Cyberscoop
🌎 How an 836-pound ‘cursed’ emerald traveled the Americas, ruining lives and bankrupting men LAT
🌎 Court denies TikTok’s request to halt U.S. ban LAT
🌎 Dealing corpses from a Las Vegas strip mall. A disgraced chiropractor found a new job selling bodies. In an industry with few guardrails, he soon faced accusations of mishandling human remains. NBC
🌎 Mafia milking €3.3 billion a year from tourism in Italy, with a 2026 Winter Olympics windfall forecast AFP
🌎 Europeans tell UN ready to ‘snap back’ Iran sanctions if needed Reuters
🌎 The Global War Machine Supplying Colombian Mercenaries to Fight in Sudan WSJ
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📌 Britain imposes sanctions on trading firm, ‘shadow fleet’ over Russian oil Reuters
📌 China’s AMEC Dropped From Pentagon Blacklist After Suing US Bloomberg
📌 Biden Set to Announce Chinese Semiconductor Probe Bloomberg
📌 FBI warns lawmakers that China aims to create fake stories about them to erode support for Taiwan NBC
📌 US hits North Korea and Russia with new sanctions RFA
📌 China Responds to EU Sanctions Over Ukraine War Support to Russia Newsweek
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💸 Isabel dos Santos hits out over UK’s ‘dirty money’ sanctions BBC
💸 Son-in-law of top foe of Venezuela’s president sentenced to 30 months on money laundering charge AP
💸 Adani deal under bribery scrutiny was approved against officials’ advice Reuters
💸 Judge denies Eric Adams’s request to dismiss his bribery charge Hill
💸 Canada proposes more powers for AML regulator amid increasing scrutiny Reuters
💸 Founders of Illegal Pyramid Scheme for $23M Fraud DOJ
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🔐 INTERPOL Pushes for “Romance Baiting” to Replace “Pig Butchering” in Scam Discourse Hacker News
🔐 Drug Dealers Have Moved on to Social Media Wired
🔐 Apple accused of using conflict minerals BBC
🔐 Coinbase Says It Nixed wBTC Because Justin Sun Posed ‘Unacceptable Risk’ CoinDesk
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🚚 Invading Mexico Will Not Solve the Cartel Problem American Conservative
🚚 Mexico Arrests Drug Lords in Operation Against Trafficking Bloomberg
🚚 Records tie narco-trafficking son of former Australian political leader to offshore company and Cyprus bank account ICIJ
🚚 From Canada to Lagos: Police Disrupt Christmas Drug Haul Worth Millions OCCRP
📌 China’s Oppression of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang
📌 How Are U.S. Financial Sanctions Developed?
📌 Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program: A Dangerous Evolution
📌 Top 10 Ways Money Launderers Are Caught Red-Handed
📌 What are the Top 10 Books on Corruption, Kleptocracy, and Illicit Financing?
📌 What Are 10 Ways China Is Stealing Intellectual Property?
📌 These are Mexico’s Most Powerful Drug Cartels
🔑 Cryptocurrency Regulation Tracker Atlantic Council
🔑 COMTRADE: Using Trade Data to Uncover Fraud and Smuggling OCCRP
🔑 2022 Rule of Law Index World Justice Project
🔑 Global Organized Crime Index Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
🔑 Anti-Corruption Helpdesk Transparency International
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🔑 Global Legislative Map: Violent Extremist and Terrorist-Related Online Content Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism
