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Cambodian scam compound yields trove of fraud evidence. The six‑story building was strewn with documents, including long lists of what appeared to be potential targets and their contact details, as well as scripts for scam dialogues. Reuters
FBI busts Latin Kings gang nationwide, nearly 50 arrested in sweeping crackdown Fox News
‘Cashing all day’: The Instagram star accused of corrupting NCAA hoops Washington Post
‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company Wall Street Journal
Impose sanctions on refineries that buy Russian crude oil to end war The Guardian
Treasury Sanctions Iranian Regime Officials for Violent Repression and Corruption U.S. Department of the Treasury
📘 Featured Report: 2026 Crypto Crime Report TRM Labs
U.S. government seizes $400 million Helix made from drug-linked transactions CoinDesk
Solana DeFi platform step finance hit by $27 million treasury hack as token price craters CoinDesk
Stablecoin law allows crypto firms to profit from fraud CNN
Popular open-source coding application targeted in Chinese-linked supply-chain attack Reuters
Asian financial hubs are reshaping Africa’s offshore economy ICIJ
Saudi Arabia Arrests 127 in Ongoing Anti-Corruption Campaign OCCRP
Hong Kong police arrest hundreds in HK$620 million fraud, money-laundering crackdown South China Morning Post
Inside Russia’s Secret Campaign of Sabotage in Europe New Yorker
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Time to Stir the AML Pot FinCrime Unfiltered
Human Intelligence in Conflict Zones Coercive Capital
WISE and Monzo Penalties, and FinCEN Special Measures FinCrime Unfiltered
Tehran’s Tightrope: The Cost of Confrontation Coercive Capital
UK announces sanctions against perpetrators of human rights violations in Iran GOV.UK
Cuba struggles under sanctions as Trump hints at possible deal AFP
Sanctions by the Numbers: 2025 Year in Review CNAS
The ‘Ghost Fleets’ Moving Oil Around the World The New York Times
Texas oil executive lobbies against Georgia sanctions legislation The Hill
Trump declares national emergency over Cuba, threatens tariffs on nations that supply oil to communist regime Fox News
Russia uses ‘shadow mail’ postal system to bypass EU sanctions Euronews
Despite Sanctions and Boycotts, Some Western Musicians Return to the Stage in Russia The Moscow Times
Trump to Create $12 Billion Rare-Earth Stockpile to Counter China Wall Street Journal
Russia’s biggest bitcoin mining firm’s founder arrested for tax evasion while his company faces bankruptcy CoinDesk
Germany detains 5 men accused of illegally exporting goods to Russia AP
EU Mulls Ban on Russian Copper, Platinum in New Sanctions Bloomberg
China Sentences Corrupt Ex-Minister to Life in Prison Newsweek
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Somali Welfare Fraud in Minnesota Has Cost American Taxpayers Billions The Heritage Foundation
The Epstein files expose just how cheap corruption is in the UK The Guardian
Siddiq given second Bangladesh jail sentence as Labour criticises process BBC News
Real, fake or overblown? Sorting fact from fiction in fraud allegations surrounding Newsom, California Los Angeles Times
Fintech CEO and Forbes 30 Under 30 alum has been charged for alleged fraud TechCrunch
Trial of ex-FirstEnergy executives charged in $60M Ohio bribery scheme set to begin The Independent
NFL Stars Fundraise for Islamic Charity Tied to Minnesota’s Feeding Our Future Fraud Scandal The Free Beacon
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The Wild Markets Behind Polymarket’s ‘Truth Machine’ The Wall Street Journal
Secret US cyber operations shielded 2024 election from foreign trolls, but now the Trump admin has gutted protections CNN
Crypto crime is getting violent: ‘wrench attacks’ jumped 75% in 2026 CoinDesk
Notepad++ hijacked by suspected state-sponsored hackers The Record
Department of Justice seizes domains for Bulgarian piracy sites The Record
Please Don’t Feed the Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters Krebs on Security
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Epstein’s sex empire was ‘KGB honeytrap’: Pedophile financier had multiple talks with Putin after conviction – with Russian girls flown in to harvest ‘kompromat’ on world-famous figures Daily Mail
NYC woman sentenced for laundering $20M in drug money through airline ticket business New York Post
Florida AG announces trafficking convictions, 122 missing children recovered ABC
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Moscow Airport Sells for Half Off, a Sign of Russia’s Global Isolation. The government opened the sale to cut-rate bidding for Domodedovo Airport after it received no offers at its initial asking price of $1.7 billion. The New York Times
Deutsche Bank offices raided in money laundering probe BBC News
Iran elite ‘transfer $1.5bn to Dubai’ as they ‘abandon ship’ amid US strike fears The Express
Google Aims Knockout Blow at Chinese Company Linked to Massive Cyber Weapon Wall Street Journal
Trump, two sons, Trump Org sue IRS, Treasury for $10 billion over tax records leak CNBC
Does Qatar Fund Antisemitism at American Campuses? Wall Street Journal
US Eases Venezuela Sanctions After Oil Sector Reforms AFP
White House set to meet with banks, crypto companies to broker legislation compromise Reuters
EU designates Iran’s revolutionary guard as terrorist organization The Guardian
EU has blacklisted Russia for risk of money laundering Reuters
Russia plans to cap retail crypto buys at $4,000 as it brings digital assets into the legal fold CoinDesk
Who Operates the Badbox 2.0 Botnet? Krebs on Security
FBI seizes RAMP cybercrime forum used by ransomware gangs BleepingComputer
Russia’s Lukoil in Talks to Sell Some Assets to U.S. Investment Firm AP
Repressive States Misuse Interpol Red Notices to Pursue Political Targets OCCRP
Palestinian Authority Promised Terrorists More Than $200 Million in ‘Pay-To-Slay’ Payments After it ‘Scrapped’ Program The Free Beacon
Behind Closed Doors: Secret Tape Reveals Plans To Launder Venezuela’s Oil Money OCCRP
Chinese Oil Tankers Challenge US Blockade off Venezuela Newsweek
Why Chevron still operates in Venezuela despite US sanctions Euronews
U.S. sanctions Iranian, Venezuelan groups tied to weapons trade CNBC
Iran offers to sell advanced weapons systems for crypto The Street
Texas man accused of trying to support ISIS ordered held pending trial ABC
Suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker ‘GRINCH’ grounded in Marseille port Reuters
The FSB, Lies, And Drunk Texting The FBI: The Curious Case Of Nomma Zarubina Radio Free Europe
German court rejects claims that Putin-friendly Russian oligarch uses his wealth “in the interests of the Kremlin” The Insider
China executes 11 members of Myanmar-based group in crackdown on scam operations AP
CCP-Controlled Messaging App WeChat Used for ‘Coordination Among Chinese Criminal Networks’ in US The Free Beacon
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Muslim nonprofit director allegedly ‘misled’ senators over $20M for refugees New York Post
Spy Chief Tulsi Gabbard Is Hunting for 2020 Election Fraud Wall Street Journal
Trump Names First-Ever ‘Fraud Czar,’ Raising Concerns of Politicized Investigations TIME
Ex-Casino chief Jean-Charles Naouri found guilty of corruption Financial Times
A string of scandals and luxury handbags: Who is South Korea’s former first lady? BBC News
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Landmark crypto bill clears Senate hurdle but Democrats withhold support over lack of ‘gryfto’ rules to prevent Trump family conflicts of interest Fortune
Feds get second guilty plea in takedown of dark web Empire Market The Record
UK-based pair behind messaging app accused of giving data to Iranian regime The Guardian
Long-running North Korea threat group splits into 3 distinct operations CyberScoop
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A Secret FBI Bust Nabbed an Alleged Drug Lord—and Rocked Relations With Mexico Wall Street Journal
FBI carries out drug trafficking bust on Chicago’s West Side, in West Suburbs CBS News
DHS’s list of the “worst of the worst” arrested in Minnesota CBS News
Miami club facilitated sex trafficking of women to Alexander Brothers Miami Herald
Trade-Related Illicit Financial Flows in Africa, 2013-2022 Global Financial Integrity
Do Export Controls Erode the United States’ Lead—Or Protect It? CSIS
Three Years of War in Ukraine: Are Sanctions Against Russia Making a Difference? CFR
Why does the U.S. use secondary sanctions, and do they work? DW
Teaching the Business and Art of Sanctions Circumvention RUSI
Understanding the Libra Case: Identifying Red Flags in The Crypto Assets Industry GFI
The next generation: Russia’s future rulers Atlantic Council
How overly aggressive bans on AI chip exports to China can backfire Brookings
