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Enforcement Drift: Chinese Money Laundering Networks Serving Mexico-Based Cartels. Beyond FinCEN Advisory FIN-2025-A003: Where Enforcement Has Moved and Where It Is Headed. Illicit Edge
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Treasury Intensifies Pressure on Shamkhani’s Expansive Illicit Shipping Empire. Iranian nationals Hossein Ghorbani Zahed and Mohammad Reza Rahbar Madani, both of whom also hold Dominica passports, have worked as primary financiers for Shamkhani’s network, providing it with exchange house services including access to foreign currency and shell companies based outside of Iran. U.S. Department of the Treasury
Treasury Targets Global Network Procuring Weapons for Iranian Regime U.S. Department of the Treasury
Binance bets on becoming a crypto ‘super app’ as stablecoins reshape growth CoinDesk
Russia’s Billionaires Face a Dilemma – Putin Threatens and Protects Their Wealth Moscow Times
Criminals scamming billions from Medicare using fake AI voices, hacking data — all without setting foot in the USA New York Post
US sanctions First VPN and administrator for supporting ransomware CyberScoop
Ninth Circuit upholds block on FinCEN US-Mexico border cash reporting rule Courthouse News
Trade Fraud Task Force Surpasses $1 Billion in Recoveries and Charged Losses in Less Than One Year U.S. Department of Justice
Dept of Justice launches new trade fraud enforcement unit Reuters
Brazil charges 22 with laundering $20 million for gangs, probes possible al Qaeda link Reuters
US indicts Russians alleged to be at center of major cybercrime network CNN
Circle suspended Tether-backed fund over market manipulation concerns, arbitration filings show The Block
Dutch police dismantle global crypto investment scam, arrest alleged mastermind The Record
Wanted in China with $100M in Properties Frozen in the UK, ‘Mr. X’ is Living in Japan OCCRP
Luxury jets, yachts and Miami shell firms: FBI probes Argentina soccer funds Miami Herald
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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
What’s in Lindsey Graham’s Russia-Tariffs Bill The Wall Street Journal
EU fails to strike Russia sanctions deal after 3 days of talks Politico
Crewing the shadows: the firms staffing Russia’s sanctions-busting fleet of oil tankers and why they matter The Insider
Sanctions Launderer Zarrab Avoids Prison After Aiding U.S. Prosecutors OCCRP
US groups sue Trump administration claiming ICC sanctions violate first amendment The Guardian
Hamas said to demand increased financial, diplomatic support from Iran The Times of Israel
Maryland Man Indicted on Domestic Terrorism Charges Against Federal Official and Others U.S. Department of Justice
Germany investigates suspected Iran-linked spying and attack plans Iran International
Meet the multi-millionaire pro-Hamas activist who was arrested in Spain Mother Jones
China Is Sabotaging the World That Enables Its Rise Foreign Affairs
ZTE among Chinese firms licensed to purchase Nvidia’s H200 chips Reuters
Russian Crude Piles Up at Sea as Refinery Strikes Cripple Oil Flows United24
EU accuses China of seeking to reshape global order in stark new strategy paper South China Morning Post
China’s sanctions on Philippine defense chief puts Japan ties in spotlight Radio Free Asia
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The Mystery Money Powering Trump’s Second Term The Wall Street Journal
Gautam Adani: Indian billionaire denies U.S. investment pledge influenced DOJ to seek case dismissal NBC News
Ghanaian National Extradited to U.S. to Face Accusations of Using Romance Fraud Schemes to Take $8+ Million from Elderly Victims U.S. Department of Justice
Iraq seizes mounds of gold and millions in cash from officials in corruption crackdown CBS News
Graft, Gold, and Blackouts: Indonesia Prosecutes Its Own in $278 Million Coal Scandal OCCRP
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Ostium loses $18 million in oracle attack that gamed its own price-feed infrastructure CoinDesk
Alleged Russian cyber spy in Boston case previously worked for Kaspersky Reuters
Bolivia weighs adding Tether’s USDT to its national payments system CoinDesk
US Govt Moves $297M Crypto to Coinbase Prime Cointelegraph
US-UK transatlantic taskforce unveils digital asset roadmap promoting stablecoin innovation The Block
Young cybercriminals facing jail over TfL hack that cost millions The Independent
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Petro leaves office with Colombia’s largest armed group still standing El País
Woman who schemed to lure vulnerable migrants to US for sex work pleads guilty CNN
Vietnam jeweller rattled after India-Hong Kong diamond-smuggling ring bust South China Morning Post
Man Posing as Pilot Allegedly Caught Trying to Smuggle 22 lbs. of Cocaine Under Ill-Fitting Fake Uniform People
Undercover in Laos: how Chinese tourism fuels animal trafficking The Guardian
U.S. Man Extradited for Smuggling Drugs Through Subterranean Border Railway OCCRP
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UK to list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as terrorist organization. The prime minister announced his government would designate the branch of the Iranian military under a new National Security Act, enabling law enforcement to take action against anyone deemed to be providing it with support. The Guardian
The Chinese graduate accused of becoming Mexico’s ‘fentanyl king’ BBC
Hackers Rebrand to Thwart Cyber Defenses Wall Street Journal
Wagner’s Remnants Are Running an Opioid Empire in the Center of Africa Wall Street Journal
Treasury Sanctions Malware and Infrastructure Providers Supporting Ransomware Attacks Against Americans U.S. Department of the Treasury
Russia’s FSB blamed for Poland grid attack as UK and EU impose first joint cyber sanctions The Record
Chinese prosecutors call for more proactive approach to investigating crypto money laundering The Block
Bank of Thailand Flags Abnormal Stablecoin Trades in ‘Grey Economy’ Crackdown Decrypt
US bank regulators warn firms on lending to undocumented workers Reuters
As Investment Fraud Losses Hit $8.6 Billion, The SEC Rethinks A Job It Was Already Supposed To Be Doing. Forbes
Europe Buys Record Amount of LNG From Russia’s Largest Producer Moscow Times
Trump backs Russia sanctions package spearheaded by Graham CNN
DOJ charges inmate with laundering seized cryptocurrency funds Washington Times
Nigel Farage: The secretive crypto firm backed by Reform’s biggest donor BBC
A Puerto Rico Government Agency Exposed 1 Million Social Security Numbers ProPublica
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China detains US seismologist who has studied North Korean nuclear tests Reuters
Iran oil stuck at sea surges as China’s teapots turn to rival Middle East supplies Reuters
How Putin Turned Japan Into a Den of Spies New York Times
Russia hacks doorbell cameras to spy on Nato bases Telegraph
EU Sanctions VK for Developing Messenger App Max Moscow Times
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Iranian-born engineer convicted in US of exporting technology to Iran Reuters
Further Sanctions on the Cuban Regime’s Sources of Funding and Tools of Oppression U.S. Department of State
Alarming new satellite images show signs Iran may be trying to rebuild suspected nuclear facilities New York Post
Trump Administration Working With Venezuelan Leader Linked to Killing in Chile ProPublica
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Terrorism CSIS
The Forgotten Threat GW Program on Extremism
Trump administration probes UNRWA over alleged employment of 1,500 terrorists Fox News
Weapons found near synagogue in Paris suburb in suspected terrorist attack attempt Haaretz
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What happens when Indonesia’s top corruption buster is suspected of graft himself? Bloomberg
Corruption probe triggers Zelenskyy’s surprise Ukraine cabinet reshuffle Politico
DOJ opens probe into allegations against United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain Reuters
‘Fat Leonard’ planning to ask Trump for pardon or commutation The Hill
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Land O’Lakes Ransomware Negotiator Who Extorted and Attacked Multiple U.S. Victims Sentenced to Prison U.S. Department of Justice
Sudan: Council strengthens EU sanctions regime by targeting gold trade Council of the European Union
DHS network intrusion was twice ruled a false positive before breach confirmed Nextgov
Lessons Learned from CISA’s Recent GitHub Leak KrebsOnSecurity
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Bangladeshi appears in court on human smuggling charges after extradition from Brazil Border Report
La Nuestra Familia leader sentenced in Yakima for trafficking fentanyl from prison NBC
India news: US to seek Lawrence Bishnoi’s extradition DW
Minneapolis gang member sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for selling fentanyl CBS News
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
