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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
How a Shadow Economy in Asia Is Keeping Iranian Oil Flowing. Companies continue to service a “dark fleet” of Iranian tankers in waters off Malaysia in spite of Washington’s threat to target them. New York Times
Ledger investigates wallet tampering after reports of $86 million in crypto stolen CoinDesk
How a Binance ‘High-Value Customer’ Established a Financial Lifeline for Iran Wall Street Journal
American Express National Bank fined $350 million for insufficient anti-money laundering program Reuters
Putin throws Trump midterm lifeline as Russian tyrant agrees to ‘immediately supply US with 300,000 tons of diesel’ Daily Mail
German regulator extends Deutsche Bank deadline to fix money laundering prevention systems Reuters
Operation Economic Outcast Neutralizes Iranian Regime’s Remaining Shadow Fleet Network U.S. Treasury
Man admits to running network of 15,000 money mules for cybercriminals BleepingComputer
The Pentagon Gave Contracts to Alvarez & Marsal Federal, a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Official ProPublica
Trump envoy kept financial ties to firm behind $15 billion Hormuz-bypass oil pipeline plan Reuters
FBI Seizes 7 Domains, Disrupts Flax Typhoon Tools Used in Critical Infrastructure Intrusions Hacker News
F.B.I. Arrests Key Suspect in ShinyHunters Hack of Its Own Agents’ Data New York Times
Iranian operatives used AI to plant fake stories in multiple US media outlets CNN
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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
Turning Russian Assets into Financing for Ukraine Now Carnegie
How Correspondent Banking Can Enable Sanctions Evasion New York Times
Pegasus Worldwide Logistics Settles with OFAC for $175,015 for Violations of Counter Narcotics Sanctions OFAC
Sanctioned Belarus Trucks And A Mystery Logo RFE/RL
Somalia claims to have killed another senior Shabaab leader Long War Journal
US says Iran-backed Houthis profit from trafficking, recruit child soldiers Iran International
Iran and Houthis Try to Regain Upper Hand in Hormuz With Spate of New Attacks Wall Street Journal
Hamas earning millions a day taxing goods and selling aid Times of Israel
ISIS-inspired pharmacy student charged with plotting mass killing of Jews using poisons Ynet
Trump Vowed to Wall Off TikTok From China. Did He? Politico
Montenegro Arrests then Expels Russian ‘Rybar’ Network Leader, Associates OCCRP
Ukrainian-Russian dual citizen pleads guilty to helping run $10M money laundering ring Washington Times
China’s Weaponization of Dual-Use Research Vessels for Undersea Data Dominance CSIS
The GRU’s dud drone: How Russian intelligence botched a sabotage plot at Leipzig airport The Insider
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CA charter school that blew millions on Hawaii trips, luxury ballparks and trips to Paris files for bankruptcy New York Post
Philippines thought Pogos were gone. Corruption and AI still power them. South China Morning Post
Hong Kong police arrest students as key figures in HK$2.16 million scam ring South China Morning Post
DR Congo uncovers $20B in payments to ineligible mining suppliers Semafor
How Hungary’s richest man funneled millions into Orbán’s propaganda machine ICIJ
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Leaked chats show Russian extortion gang sending ‘agents’ into US law firms Record
Low-cost Android phones ship with residential proxy malware BleepingComputer
Credential-Stealing GitHub Actions Workflows Planted in Tens of Thousands of Repositories The Hacker News
Swiss pension fund hit by data leak after cyberattack on software provider Reuters
Firefox has a crypto stealing extension infestation problem Cybernews
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The footprint of Los Mayos and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel on Mexico’s concert business El País
European and Ecuadorian cooperation leads to 20 arrests in major hit against drug trafficking Europol
Toronto-area man sentenced to 68 months in prison for smuggling cocaine allegedly tied to Ryan Wedding CBC
Nearly 50 Arrested as Police Target Western Balkan Drug Network OCCRP
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Russian cyberattacks against UK are ‘Putin Tax’ costing $3.3 billion. The British government is failing to measure what Russian cyberattacks, sabotage and threats to critical infrastructure are costing the country, according to a lawmaker’s report. Record
Iran evades U.S. sanctions to send Hezbollah $200 million Reuters
‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account Wall Street Journal
Significant Activity Identified at Minzadayi, an Iranian Nuclear Weapons Development Site Institute for Science and International Security
Man arrested in foiled ISIS-inspired mass shooting plot at Mall of America ABC News
Nicolás Maduro and his wife expected to face new charges over alleged torture of Americans CNN
A former Buddhist monk who founded a Thai AIDS hospice has been convicted of embezzlement Associated Press
Cybersecurity consultant convicted in $55 million crypto hack Quartz
Trump’s AI Rebrand Comes for First Music Streaming Fraud Case Rolling Stone
Board Chairman and Co-Owner of Puerto Rican Bank Sentenced in Multimillion-Dollar Wire Fraud Conspiracy DOJ
Ransomware recovery CEO charged over secret ransom payments BleepingComputer
233 arrested in environmental crime crackdown in Latin America and Caribbean Interpol
U.S. intercepts $3 million worth of fuel shipments to Cuba as energy blockade tightens CBS News
Jalisco cartel leader accused of drug trafficking and fuel smuggling arrested in Mexico Fox News
International Law Enforcement Operation Leads to Seizure of Websites Used to Traffic Child Abuse Material DOJ
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China is coming, slowly, for the dollar Semafor
US posts $10 million reward for accused Chinese ‘Hafnium’ hacker Record
Trading platform Webull’s China ties create national security risk, congressional panel finds; stock drops 18% CNBC
Leaked Emails Expose Rosatom’s Hidden Delays and Corruption at Hungary Nuclear Plant United24
From million-dollar mansions to surveillance missions, the life and travels of an alleged Chinese agent CBS News
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How a Small Business Got Entangled in U.S. Sanctions on Iranian Oil New York Times
EU agrees to sanction 1,600 people and entities linked to Russia’s war Euronews
Parsian Exchange transferred millions of dollars for Iran despite sanctions Iran International
Teen Terrorists: Why The Turn To Radical Ideology Is Starting Earlier Than Ever Daily Wire
Italy deports two foreign nationals suspected of attacking Milan Chabad emissary Jerusalem Post
9/11 families suing Saudi Arabia flood NYC courtroom as government tries to dodge blame New York Post
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Former TD employee in Florida pleads guilty to accepting bribes and laundering millions Financial Post
Gangs, corrupt politicians, cops fuel Haiti’s violent crisis Miami Herald
Sri Lanka’s ex-first lady arrested in charity corruption probe South China Morning Post
Whistle-Blower Says I.R.S. Leaked His Tax Records in Retaliation New York Times
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Leak exposes payments made to hacking group that has extorted millions from law firms Reuters
Cyberattack on Arizona’s court system leads to over a million people’s personal information breached New York Post
Qilin Ransomware Suspect Arrested in Japan, Extradited to Germany SecurityWeek
Crypto coin founder charged in Chicago with scamming investors in ‘rug pull’ scheme Chicago Tribune
Hackers Used AI Agents to Raid a Megachurch’s Database, Exposing 850,000 Members Decrypt
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Levantine Captagon Smuggling Following Assad’s Downfall New Lines Institute
6 arrested in North Texas labor trafficking investigation CBS News
Illegal Alien Sent to Prison for Role in Smuggling Nearly 200 Illegal Aliens DOJ
Alabama school board president resigns after human trafficking arrest NewsNation
Man returning from Cuba arrested at MIA after smuggling 10 birds in underwear NBC Miami
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
