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Judge allows Trump to use Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans.  U.S. District Judge Stephanie Haines is the first to approve the Trump administration’s use of the 18th-century wartime law to quickly carry out deportations of Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador. Axios

Trump says U.S. will remove all sanctions on Syria CNBC

Iran proposes partnership with UAE and Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium Guardian 

Sinaloa cartel father-son drug kingpins charged by Justice Department CBS

Crypto CEO’s daughter, toddler assaulted in kidnap attempt in Paris NYP

An $8.4 Billion Chinese Hub for Crypto Crime Is Incorporated in Colorado Wired

IE Originals: Corporate America’s China Challenge Coercive Capital with Elaine Dezenski

How China Turns Stanford Students Into Spies Free Press

DOJ to Reward Tipsters Reporting Immigration Violations, Tariff Cheats WSJ

“Incalculable” Damage: Ugly Houses Franchise trail of financial wreckage ProPublica

Germany bans extremist ‘Kingdom of Germany’ group, arrests leaders AFP

Toronto ISIS financier pleads guilty Global News

🚩 RUSSIA & CHINA

U.S. imposes sanctions on companies that sent Iranian oil to China Reuters 

North Korean scammers land jobs in U.S. with help from Chinese companies Axios

UK Sanctions Azerbaijan State-Owned Tanker for Shipping Russian Oil OCCRP

China Is Building Megaports in South America to Feed Its Need for Crops WSJ

IE Originals: Investing in America First Coercive Capital with Elaine Dezenski

How China Captured Apple Free Press

💸 CORRUPTION & FINANCIAL CRIME

Mayor Adams blasts investigators in dismissed corruption case, blames dyslexia for forgetting cellphone passcode AMNY

Father-and-son fraudsters behind $100M New Jersey deli scam sentenced NYP

RI man faces prison time for laundering $35M as ‘virtual CFO’ Providence Journal

States push WeChat for answers over money laundering allegations Record

🔐 CRYPTO & CYBER

Dems press Trump to divest from stablecoin Axios

M&S says customer data stolen in cyberattack BBC

US extradites Kosovo national over online marketplace Record

Curve Finance warns its DNS has been hijacked again Cointelegraph

🚚 TRAFFICKING 

A Mother Took Her Sons to an ICE Check-In. She Never Saw Them Again. New York Magazine

I work with sex trafficking victims. Here’s how Diddy’s trial could help them. USAT

From the ‘Culiacanazo’ to a deal with US authorities: Ovidio Guzmán El País

 


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Traders Rebrand Venezuelan Oil for China as Brazilian.  This has enabled tankers to sail directly from Venezuela to China, skipping the stop-over in waters off Malaysia and shortening the voyage by about four days. Reuters

Pam Bondi’s Qatar Links Under Scrutiny Over Trump’s Luxury Plane Gift Newsweek

Journalism or Jihad? Courage.Media

Federal probe started into Muslim-centered community EPIC City CBS

The Underground Hunt for Mexico’s Most Wanted Drug Kingpin WSJ

U.S. Sanctions Related to Iranian Nuclear-Related Research with Military Applications U.S. Department of State

Baby Oil, Bribery, and Real Danger: The Disturbing Details from Day One of Diddy’s Bombshell Sex-Trafficking Trial NYP

100 Amtrak Employees Involved in Fraudulent Insurance Scheme CBS

Extradited Austrian Banker Pleads Not Guilty to U.S. Charges Bloomberg

After Sierra Leone’s President Took Office, His Wife and Her Family Went Real Estate Shopping OCCRP

Deepfakes, Scams, and the Age of Paranoia WIRED

PKK Kurdish terror group ends 40-year war with Turkey Telegraph

Why This Harvard Economist Is Worried About the U.S. Dollar WSJ

Taliban Earning Billions, Giving American Weaponry to Terrorist Groups as Afghanistan Once Again Becomes Jihadi Hotbed.  Taliban took in $3.4 billion in revenue over past year, boosting cash supply in wake of Afghan withdrawal. Free Beacon

Rogue Malaysian beauty influencers are money laundering for drug gangs SCMP

Who Is Helped By the Sanctions Against China? China. Free Press

US says it has busted major fentanyl trafficking network Reuters

🚚 Networks that Fuel the Fentanyl Crisis with Ray Donovan Coercive Capital from Illicit Edge

Falsified records, fake donations: Credit Suisse fined for helping rich Americans hide over $4 billion from the taxman
CNBC

Court upholds racketeering convictions of ex-Ohio House speaker and lobbyist in $60M bribery scheme Independent

Disgraced Ex-Goldman Partner Sought by Malaysia for Extradition in 1MDB Scandal WSJ

How sanctions are propping up Bitcoin’s price DL News

Boston councilwoman pleads guilty to federal corruption charges AP

Hacking Group That Wreaked Havoc on Las Vegas Appears to Be Back WSJ

Trump Ally Lindsey Graham Pushes Russia Crackdown.  South Carolina senator builds support for new sanctions on Moscow and tariffs on countries that buy Russia’s oil. Hill 

U.S. and Ukraine sign minerals deal that solidifies investment in Kyiv’s defense Guardian 

Investigating Shrimp Fraud Is an Urgent Matter on the Gulf Coast NYT

Inside Movement’s Token-Dump Scandal: Secret Contracts, Shadow Advisers and Hidden Middlemen CoinDesk

Cocaine, corruption and bribes: the German port under siege by Europe’s criminal drug gangs Guardian

Coinbase Urges Supreme Court to End IRS Surveillance of Crypto Users on Exchanges Decrypt

‘Scattered Spider’ Member Extradited to U.S. Krebs

UAE says it foiled attempt to transfer ammunition to Sudan’s army Reuters

Mexico’s attorney general says ranch was used for cartel training, but no mass graves found AP

France accuses Russia-linked hackers of targeting the Paris Olympics AP

ICE Invades Wrong Home, Steals Their Life Savings, and Then Leaves TNR

‘It’s Like a War Zone’: What Happened When Portland Decriminalized Fentanyl.  After a failed experiment with legal leniency, Oregon’s liberal stronghold tries to chart a path out of the fentanyl crisis. Rolling Stone 

Networks that Fuel the Fentanyl Crisis with Ray Donovan Coercive Capital

Trump floats tougher Russia sanctions, meets Zelenskyy for first time since Oval Office blowup NBC

Accused ‘Master of Mutilation’ charged with supporting Cameroon separatist groups NBC

UN cash app for Gazans exploited by Hamas as terror group steals aid money Fox

 

🚩 RUSSIA & CHINA

Trump Floats Traveling to Turkey This Week for Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks Politico

China’s Sinister Back Door Threatens US National Security Hill

European Commission Working on Tougher Russia Sanctions Reuters

Axis of Illusion: How Russia and Iran Are Partnering to Manipulate Trump Hill

💸 CORRUPTION & FINANCIAL CRIME

ICC Set Plan to Charge Netanyahu Just After Prosecutor Was Accused of Sexual Assault WSJ

Trump Energy Sec Hints at Canceling Billions of Dollars of Biden’s Green Energy Loans Free Beacon

As Equatorial Guinea Burned Through Oil Riches, Millions Were Funneled to a Company Owned by Its ‘Playboy Prince’ ICIJ

Crime Rings Using Stolen Identities to Steal Billions in Taxpayer Money from Federal, State Governments CBS

🔐 CRYPTO & CYBER

Which Crypto Founders Are Seeking Pardons From President Trump? Decrypt

Tech companies have a big remote worker problem: North Korean operatives Politico

SEC Chair Atkins Unveils Vision for Crypto Regulation as Agency Charts a Friendlier Approach Block

Malaysia Power Theft by Illegal Crypto Miners Rose 300% Since 2018 CoinDesk

 

🚚 TRAFFICKING

Chinese App Sits at the Center of Fentanyl Epidemic The Charlotte Observer

Why Mexico is banning drug war ballads LAT

Oil Tycoon Busted at Lavish Utah Mega-Mansion, Accused of Working with Cartels in $300M Scheme NYP

Nigeria Rescues 78 from Sex Trafficking Syndicate OCCRP

 


COMPLIANCE TOOLBOX

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

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