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Don’t Let Sanctions Against Iran Lapse. Presciently, President Trump instructed his administration in February to “work with key allies to complete the snapback of international sanctions and restrictions on Iran.” National Review
U.S. insurance giant Aflac says customers’ personal data stolen during cyberattack TC
UK Bans Palestine Action Group as terror organization Politico
Telegram Purged Chinese Crypto Scam Markets – Then Watched as They Rebuilt Wired
Two sides of the same ruble: The Russian currency’s recent strength isn’t likely to last — and it’s already hurting the country’s economy The Insider
Italy has frozen Russian oligarchs’ assets worth over $2.6B Reuters
FATF Identifies Jurisdictions with AML/CFT and Counter-Proliferation Finance Deficiencies FinCEN
Funeral scams: ‘It’s hard to imagine a more callous form of fraud’ Guardian
Ex-TV news anchor Stephanie Hockridge convicted in massive scheme to fraudulently obtain COVID relief funds NYP
Huawei’s new laptop uses older China-made chip, U.S. curbs stall SMIC Reuters
ZachXBT slams Bitcoin bridge Garden Finance for laundering hacked funds Cointelegraph
New INTERPOL report warns of sharp rise in cybercrime in Africa Interpol
Bank hacks, internet shutdowns and crypto heists: Here’s how the war between Israel and Iran is playing out in cyberspace Politico
Hungary and Slovakia set to block EU’s fresh Russia sanction package Euro News
Canadian Government Imposes Sanctions on Russian Conductor Valery Gergiev Violin Channel
Ford Still Scrambling to Get Rare-Earth Magnets WSJ
Texas governor signs bill banning Chinese citizens from buying property in the state SCMP
Prosecutors Seek 14.5-Year Prison Sentence for Ex-Deputy Defense Minister Ivanov MT
China’s first counterterror chief Liu Yuejin receives suspended death sentence for bribery SCMP
Swiss Coach’s Controversial Move to CSKA Moscow Risks Violating Sanctions MT
Chinese medicine chief Yu Wenming caught in corruption crackdown SCMP
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Mexico City attorney pleads guilty to laundering money for Sinaloa Cartel through San Diego shell companies ABC
Mexican Authorities Arrest Colombian Mercenaries Building Explosives for Cartels Breitbart
She defended drug lord El Chapo – now, she’s running for office BBC
Two Utah men charged with supporting Mexican cartel designated as terrorist group Fox
Police bust major drug trafficking ring in Portugal, seizing cash and weapons Euronews
Police Suspect Brazilian Singer Worked With Cocaine Traffickers OCCRP
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How a street peddler fooled some of Manhattan’s biggest art collectors — and killed off the city’s oldest art gallery NYP
Gavin Newsom Sipped Cabernet While Los Angeles Burned City Journal
Prostitutes, a porn star and a bouncer – Spanish PM Sanchez embroiled in corruption scandal Telegraph
Rich Americans flock to apply for New Zealand’s ‘golden visas’ after rules relaxed Guardian
Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA’s Gamble on America’s Drugs ProPublica
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Expert warns of ‘war of codes’ after Iranian crypto exchange gets hacked Fox
FTX lawyers say 3AC’s $1.5 billion claim ‘defies logic’ and should be tossed Block
WhatsApp banned on House staffers’ devices Axios
Fiserv debuts bank-friendly stablecoin as fintechs join digital dollar race CNBC
The stablecoin evangelist: Katie Haun’s fight for digital dollars TC
Canada says Salt Typhoon hacked telecom firm via Cisco flaw Bleepingcomputer
Steel giant Nucor confirms hackers stole data in recent breach Bleepingcomputer
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Supreme Court allows Trump to swiftly deport certain immigrants to ‘third countries’ NBC
Thirteen People Charged in Takedown of a Major Drug Trafficking Network DOJ
Texas governor vetoes bill that would ban all THC products AP
Kim Zetter / Brian Krebs / Nicole Perlroth /
Josh Rogin / Ellen Nakashima / Matt Levitt /
Clarissa Ward / Gary Kasparov / Joseph Cox / Mark Dubowitz
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya / Bill Browder / Jen Easterly /
Zack Kopplin / Laura Shin / Dmitri Alperovitch / Tom Keatinge
Catherine Belton / Nazanin Boniadi / Chris Krebs /
Kevin Hall / Farnaz Fassihi / Kevin Collier / Patrick Howell O’Neill /
Michael McFaul / Jonathan Schanzer / Catalin Cimpanu /
Liza Lin / Enes Kanter FREEDOM / Bianna Golodryga
Financial Action Task Force /
Egmont Group /
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project /
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists /
Money Laundering Watch/
C4ADS /
Combating Terrorism Center /
Royal United Services Institute /
U.S. offering $10M for info on Iranian hackers behind IOControl malware. The State Department is seeking information on Iranian hackers targeting critical infrastructure using a strain of malware deployed against industrial control systems. Record
Iranian news site confirms banking issues due to cyberattack after hacking claim TOI
Europe-wide takedown hits longest-standing dark web drug market Europol
Trump hints at no more U.S. sanctions on Russia at G7 summit Politico
UK announces new sanctions against Russia Reuters
Schumer Requests $600k in Taxpayer Funds for Left-Wing Group Accused of Training
Illegal Immigrants To Avoid ICE Free Beacon
Many Exporters No Longer Want Dollars Bloomberg
Venezuelan National and U.S. Citizen Arrested for Sanctions Evasion and Smuggling DOJ
CFTC secures Court order directing Agridime to pay $103M in restitution FX News
$124M armored truck crypto money laundering operation busted Tom’s
Crypto Tycoon Justin Sun’s Tron Group to Go Public in U.S. via Reverse Merger WSJ
Corruption scandals put Spain’s Sánchez under pressure to call snap elections Politico
US targets Los Chapitos money laundering network in Mazatlán run by a businessman and makeup artist El País
‘AI Godfather’ Warns Superintelligent Machines Could Kill Off Humans With Biowarfare Decrypt
Graham’s ‘bone crushing’ Russia sanctions bill could freeze US trade with the world’s largest economies. Tariffs of 500% on imports made in China would send prices soaring, disrupt supply chains and could drive up U.S. unemployment to recessionary levels. Politico
White House tries to water down Russia sanctions Telegraph
Syria Moves to End Captagon Empire Built Under Assad OCCRP
Soaring Gold Prices Draw Illicit Miners — and Armed Gangs — to Colombia’s Jungles WSJ
‘Albanian Mafia Leader’ in Ecuador Accused of Laundering Cocaine Cash Via UAE Firms OCCRP
Ross Ulbricht Got a $31M Donation From a Dark Web Dealer Wired
🎙️Special Agent on the Silk Road: Jared Der-Yeghiayan Illicit Edge
Obscure Chinese Stock Scams Dupe American Investors by the Thousands WSJ
China Is Unleashing a New Export Shock on the World NYT
Trump Officials Weighed Broader China Tech Restrictions Ahead of Trade Talks WSJ
Chinese woman schemes to make $1.4M by living with rich men, looting luxury homes SCMP
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Switzerland fines Pictet for money laundering, sentences former employee Reuters
LA County executives sentenced for faulty dehumidifiers linked to more than 450 fires CBS News
$124M armored truck crypto money laundering operation busted Tom’s
DOJ Declines Prosecution of Private Equity Firm Following Voluntary Disclosure of Sanctions Violations DOJ
These Destinations Have the Highest Levels of Travel Fraud, According to Mastercard
Travel + Leisure
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Senate expected to pass crypto bill without addressing Trump’s investments AP
Kidnappers Release TikTok Crypto Influencer After Finding Out He’s Broke Decrypt
Hackers switch to targeting U.S. insurance companies Bleeping Computer
Crypto user loses $6.9M to a cold wallet from China’s TikTok Cointelegraph
Coinbase data scandal sparks calls to scrap KYC Cointelegraph
$302M Lost to Crypto Scams, Hacks, and Exploits in May CoinDesk
MainStreet Bank reports vendor cyber incident that leaked customer info Record
Taiwanese crypto exchange BitoPro confirms estimated $11.5 million hack Fortune
North Face and Cartier customer data stolen in cyberattacks BBC
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DHS Flip-Flops Again on TACO Trump’s Immigration Raids Daily Beast
Grooming gangs in UK thrived in ‘culture of ignorance’ Guardian
Cops remove 88 children from a Bible study camp in Iowa NYP
G7 to explore possible sanctions on criminals linked to migrant smuggling Reuters
How a top Chinese AI model overcame US sanctions MIT
Taskforce on Public-Private Partnership in Fighting Financial Crime in Ukraine RUSI
The Digital Asset Ecosystem in El Salvador: Challenges and Risks to Countercheck Financial Global Financial Integrity
Money Laundering from Environmental Crime: Typologies and Trends in Countries in the Amazon Region Fact Coalition
INTERPOL Financial Fraud assessment: A global threat boosted by technology Interpol
Sanctions by the Numbers: Comparing the Trump and Biden Administrations’ Sanctions and Export Controls on China CNAS
The threats posed by the global shadow fleet—and how to stop it Atlantic Council
