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🎯 U.S. Treasury Sanctions 5 People, 4 Entities Tied to Russian Money Laundering Group. One of the entities which helped Russian oligarchs evade U.S. sanctions is registered in Sheridan, Wyoming. CoinDesk
🌎 Legendary Medellin cartel drug lord released from US prison after serving 25 years. Ochoa and his brothers amassed a fortune when cocaine started flooding the U.S. in the late 1970s and early 1980s. AP
🌎 New York Man Pleads Guilty in Connection with Transnational “Grandparent Scam” Operated from Dominican Republic. Valdez retrieved tens of thousands of dollars from defrauded victims at their homes in New York and New Jersey. DOJ
🔥 IE Originals: Uncovering “Pig Butchering” with Erin West Designated
🌎 UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was facing DOJ probe for insider trading when he was killed in targeted NYC shooting. Thompson’s stock options had several years until expiration, and the sale of shares was his first since assuming the helm in 2021. NYP
🌎 She Was a Russian Socialite and Influencer. Cops Say She’s a Crypto Laundering Kingpin. Western authorities say they’ve identified a network that found a new way to clean drug gangs’ dirty cash. Wired
🌎 Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat. The raids come days after Donald Trump promised massive hikes in tariffs on goods from Mexico. CNN
🔥 IE Originals: Networks that Fuel the Fentanyl Crisis with Ray Donovan Coercive Capital
🌎 Far from the front lines, a spy war rages over Russian weapons. Aided by covert operatives, Russia’s weapons production is soaring. WaPo
🌎 Court Blocks Corporate Transparency Act: A Win For Federalism? U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against the enforcement of the CTA. Forbes
🌎 At least 8 US telcos, dozens of countries impacted by Salt Typhoon breaches. Anne Neuberger, the U.S. deputy national security adviser for cyber, reiterated that Chinese actors are still inside the breached systems. Record
🌎 TD Bank fails to meet expectations as U.S. sanctions sting. This is the bank’s first report since it was fined over US$3 billion and ordered to cap expansion in the U.S. Financial Post
🔥 IE Originals: The TD Bank Disaster and How to Fix It Designated
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📌 China slaps sanctions on 13 US military firms over Taiwan arms sale Reuters
📌 We need a more agile EU sanctions regime to counter the Kremlin FT
📌 EU demands TikTok ‘freeze and preserve data’ over alleged Russian interference in Romanian elections Record
📌 Sanctions on Gazprombank Imperil Uzbek Copper Mine Expansion Diplomat
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💸 Eccentric millionaire killed in LA fire was ‘imposter’ posing as member of Rothschild dynasty NYP
💸 Ken Leech Funneled Gains to IBM in Alleged Cherry-Picking Fraud Bloomberg
💸 Professional poker player pleads guilty to massive bettor fraud scheme CBS
💸 Basel AML Index 2024 Basel
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🔐 Germany arrests suspected admin of country’s largest criminal marketplace Record
🔐 Europol Shuts Down Manson Market Fraud Marketplace, Seizes 50 Servers Hacker News
🔐 Researchers Uncover 4-Month Cyberattack on U.S. Firm Linked to Chinese Hackers Hacker News
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🎯 Kash Patel, Trump’s pick to lead FBI, targeted in Iranian hack. Trump announced last month that he planned to replace FBI director Christopher Wray with Patel. Axios
🌎 China Bans Rare Mineral Exports to the U.S. The move escalates supply chain warfare and comes a day after the Biden administration expanded curbs on the sale of advanced American technology to China. NYT
🇨🇳 U.S. announces new export controls on China’s chip industry NBC
🌎 Barclays reaches $19.5M settlement over debt sale blunder. Barclays agreed to settle a lawsuit in Manhattan by shareholders who accused the British bank of securities fraud. Reuters
🌎 Fintechs Launder Cocaine Cash for Brazil’s Largest Criminal Gang. The company scrubbed hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of dirty money for First Capital Command and funneled cash into political campaigns. Bloomberg
🌎 Alex Mashinsky, Founder and Former CEO of Celsius, Pleads Guilty to Fraud. Mashinsky repeatedly lied to investors about whether the platform was making uncollateralized loans. CoinDesk
🌎 US Ramps Up Sanctions on Iran’s Shadow Fleet. The fleet is a network of tankers and ship management firms that transport petroleum to its overseas customers using false documentation. Newsweek
🌎 Silk Road Bitcoin Worth Nearly $2B Moved to Coinbase Prime. The U.S. Marshals Service partnered with Coinbase to “safeguard and trade” the government’s large-cap digital assets. CoinDesk
🎙️Illicit Edge Originals: Special Agent on the Silk Road Designated
🌎 ‘Mr. Non-Compliant’ Believed He Was Part of Trafigura ‘Family’. The evidence shines a light on how Trafigura used companies set up by former employees as intermediaries around the world. Bloomberg
🌎 How Cuba fooled the U.S. to get millions of dollars from Miami for its armed forces. Cuba has been fooling U.S. sanctions by concealing the true nature of the company that handles money sent by Cuban-Americans to the island. MH
🌎 The Israeli Investigator Who Delivered Dirt on Exxon’s Enemies. Formerly a sleuth with the Manhattan DA’s office, Eitan Arusy is now caught up in a globe-spanning ‘hack-and-leak’ probe. WSJ
🚩 Hackers pivot from data breaches to total destruction. Axios
🌎 Mexican Cartels Lure Chemistry Students to Make Fentanyl. Criminals turn college campuses into recruitment hubs, recruiting chemistry students in Mexico with big paydays. NYT
🌎 Debanking and tech founders. Investor Marc Andreessen set off a firestorm last week when he said dozens of tech executives were quietly “debanked” during the Biden administration. Axios
🌎 China Is Studying Russia’s Sanctions Evasion to Prepare for Taiwan Conflict. Officials report back to Beijing with lessons it can use in the event of war and Western penalties. WSJ
🚩 Trump mustn’t go wobbly on Russia: Sanctions are working – time to double down. NYP
🌎 President Biden pardons his son Hunter Biden. The decision is a reversal for the president, who repeatedly said he would not use his authority to pardon his son. NBC
🌎 India’s Adani says his group is committed to compliance after U.S. bribery and fraud charges. Adani said the allegations by the U.S. DOJ and SEC against directors of Adani Green were baseless. AP
🌎 Millions of Americans Have Failed to Comply With New Tax Ownership Rules. Three-quarters of the 32 million private companies and pass-through entities that are required to file ownership information this year haven’t done so. Barron’s
🌎 Nigeria restarts $35M money laundering case against Binance. Tigran Gambaryan, who heads Binance’s financial crime compliance, was detained in Nigeria for eight months on trumped up charges. CoinGeek
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📌 Sanctioned Tanker Is Taking Russian Crude the Long Way to Suez Bloomberg
📌 Dual US-Russian national arrested for attempting to smuggle Cessnas to Russia AFP
📌 Hungary requests US sanctions exemption for gas payments to Gazprombank Reuters
📌 To defend Taiwan tomorrow, we must prepare to sanction China today Hill
📌 Chinese hack of global telecom providers is ongoing Politico
📌 California Man Arrested for Exporting Firearms, Ammunition to North Korea DOJ
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💸 San Francisco’s $30,000 ‘Equity-Centered’ Plan Used DEI Formulas To ‘Target’ Majority-Asian School. Free Beacon
💸 Mitsubishi Corp loses $90M in suspected copper fraud Bloomberg
💸 Former EU justice chief Didier Reynders suspected of money laundering Euro News
💸 Super Micro whistleblower doubles down on claim he was fired for complaining about accounting practices. Fortune
💸 Florida woman who led a nearly $200M Ponzi scheme sentenced to 20 years in prison CNBC
💸 Bangladesh Estimates $16B Siphoned Yearly in Hasina Rule Bloomberg
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🔐 Trump’s currency cakeism Axios
🔐 The Guy Who Bought (and Ate) That Banana Art Is Actually a Dangerous Criminal Slate
🔐 Japanese Crypto Exchange to Shut Down After $300M Hack, Transfer Accounts to SBI Decrypt
🔐 Police shutter MATRIX encrypted chat service used by criminals Record
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🚚 Greece dismantles sex trafficking ring targeting Colombian women Reuters
🚚 NYC Mayor Says He’ll Work with Trump to Deport Illegal Immigrant Criminals National Review
🚚 Grains for gold: Indian export curbs drive boom in barter smuggling Reuters
🚚 They went to rehab to kick drugs. Instead, they died in S.F.’s biggest treatment program SFC
📌 China’s Oppression of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang
📌 How Are U.S. Financial Sanctions Developed?
📌 Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program: A Dangerous Evolution
📌 Top 10 Ways Money Launderers Are Caught Red-Handed
📌 What are the Top 10 Books on Corruption, Kleptocracy, and Illicit Financing?
📌 What Are 10 Ways China Is Stealing Intellectual Property?
📌 These are Mexico’s Most Powerful Drug Cartels
🔑 Cryptocurrency Regulation Tracker Atlantic Council
🔑 COMTRADE: Using Trade Data to Uncover Fraud and Smuggling OCCRP
🔑 2022 Rule of Law Index World Justice Project
🔑 Global Organized Crime Index Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
🔑 Anti-Corruption Helpdesk Transparency International
🔑 Flight Intelligence for Investigators Icarus Flights, C4ADS
🔑 Global Legislative Map: Violent Extremist and Terrorist-Related Online Content Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism
