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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
Fraud losses among older Americans hit $3 billion in 2025 as big losses surge. The rising losses come as scammers increasingly target Americans’ life savings by impersonating banks, businesses and government agencies. CNBC
Berkeley Public Schools Raised Money for Group With ‘Fiscal and Personnel Ties’ to Palestinian Terror Outfit Free Beacon
Norwegians Leave Gold in Forest as Some Fall for Scam Bloomberg
The Case for Economic Espionage: America Should Spy On Foreign Companies to Help Its Own Foreign Affairs
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Quest Diagnostics reports cyber breach affecting ‘certain patient records’ Associated Press
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Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas indicted on drug and money laundering charges CNN
Feds Target Worldwide Money Laundering Operation Court Watch
Unvetted AI agents are accessing U.S. bank accounts Axios
German regulator revokes license of Bank Saderat Iran in Hamburg Reuters
Ecuadorean opposition leader Gonzalez arrested over alleged irregularities in campaign financing Reuters
Hegseth bans DoD personnel from using nonpublic info to bet on U.S. military operations CBS News
Cybercrime crackdown across Africa leads to 1,462 arrests, $105 million seized Record
From Flights to ‘Incentives,’ Indonesian Nickel Giant Harita Approved Payments for Local Politicians and Leaders OCCRP
US Treasury drops Venezuela from countries facing outbound US investment restrictions Reuters
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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
Additional Visa Restrictions on Colombian Individuals to Defend Our Hemisphere Against Corruption and Narcotrafficking U.S. State Department
Greece says it is implementing sanctions linked to Iran Reuters
Iran’s Fleet of Shadow Tankers Has Run Out of Oil After Monthslong U.S. Blockade Wall Street Journal
Hezbollah recruiting Brazilian criminals to launch terror attacks against Latin American Jews and Israelis i24NEWS
EU Sanctions Envoy Pushes for Action Against Rusal’s Irish Alumina Refinery OCCRP
Putin sends fishing trawlers to spy on Britain Telegraph
US blocks two devices with Chinese-made surveillance chips Reuters
As the Kremlin Seizes Control of European Companies, U.S. Rivals Remain Largely Spared Reuters
EU mulls sanctions reprieve for Chinese fabric-maker accused of aiding Russia South China Morning Post
Taiwan probes organized crime links to China’s ‘transnational repression’ Reuters
Russian operatives likely spread fake videos targeting the Texas Senate race NBC News
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New York woman sentenced to 9 years in prison in Charlotte-based Chinese money laundering case NBC News
Justice Department investigating Republican operative Corey Lewandowski over alleged contract misconduct at DHS, sources say CNN
Utah Wants Millions From ‘Back-Alley Gambling Den’ Kalshi for Allegedly Running Illegal Gambling Business Gizmodo
DOJ reaffirms plans to retry DC Council member Trayon White after bribery mistrial FOX
The US is letting a convicted Bolsonaro spy chief stay in Florida. Brazil wants answers. ICIJ
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Irish central bank fines Coinbase unit €3.25 million Reuters
Crypto shareholder sues Trump, family-backed crypto venture Politico
Microsoft blames ConnectWise attacks on Chinese state hacker using ARTEX AI agents Record
Developer platform Railway urges ‘all users’ to revoke secret keys after cyberattack TechCrunch
Hackers Exploited the PHP Vulnerabilities Days Before They Were Patched Wired
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Cartel Commander Charged with International Cocaine and Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy and Firearm Offenses DOJ
Smugglers Collected Up to $509M on Europe Routes in 2025 OCCRP
Myanmar’s Shan State Is a Meth Lab Foreign Policy
China still shipping fentanyl precursors to Mexican cartels Washington Times
SF records first death from potent new opioid found in smoke shops San Francisco Chronicle
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Wallet Linked to Drift Exploit Sends $61 Million in Ethereum to Tornado Cash. The North Korea-linked attacker behind April’s $295 million Drift heist pushed 25,700 ETH through the mixer in two hours, and still controls roughly $198 million more. Decrypt
‘It really would open the door’: Lawyers see Maduro betting case as test for future prosecutions Politico
Global ‘Chaos Inc’ grows to 101 groups with plans for new rounds of demonstrations Fox News
ISIS militants slaughter up to 70 civilians, with some burned alive, amid growing clashes with Al Qaeda rivals in Mali Daily Mail
A Billionaire Wanted a Trump Pardon. His Family Gave Alina Habba a $50 Million Deal. New York Times
Elon Musk Ordered Ukraine Starlink Slowdown That Blindsided Kyiv Wall Street Journal
Feds raid NYC adult day cares in sweeping probe into Medicaid fraud involving money-laundering, kickbacks New York Post
FBI investigated whether Graham, Clyburn were involved in bribery scheme Hill
Russia buys ‘holiday homes’ around Nato bases Telegraph
CFTC Secures Federal Court Orders Requiring Former Long Island Resident and His Firm to Pay Over $288 Million for Operating a Commodity Pool Ponzi Scheme CFTC
Iran Strikes More Ship Engine Rooms in Ramp-Up of Hormuz Attacks Bloomberg
Trump to Offer Up to $30,000 for Tips That Expose Government Fraud Wall Street Journal
Two men re-arrested in RAF Fairford investigation BBC
The BookKeeper investigates FIFA’s ‘Forward’ fund: How it’s managed and who gets what The Athletic
Tether: Senator’s investigation misses positive work that’s led to lower Iran volumes CoinDesk
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Beijing blasts US sanctions on 5 Chinese firms tied to ex-Google engineer Associated Press
US nearing deal with Russia to free multiple jailed Americans ABC News
Vučić Rejects Russia Sanctions, Blames Foreign Powers for Protests OCCRP
China commerce ministry announces export controls for tunnel boring machines Reuters
Pentagon threatens universities that have ties to ‘foreign entities of concern’ DefenseScoop
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IRGC Threatens Undersea Internet Cables in Strait of Hormuz IranWire
More Republicans break with Trump on Russia sanctions Semafor
Kallas buys time on EU response to US sanctions against the ICC Politico
Crude Loading In Iran Stopped In Late August, Tracker Says Daily Caller
Iran tells Munir it won’t allow any enriched nuclear material to leave country Iran International
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Ex-cons, deadbeats oversee Detroit agency fleeced in $19M alleged fraud Detroit News
Eric Adams looms large over criminal bribery trial of former city official Politico
Feds subpoena Soros-backed Philly DA Larry Krasner after judge’s referral over pressure campaign New York Post
Winery owned by Ilhan Omar’s husband shuttered due to fraud Fox News
South Pacific Ponzi Scam “King” Noah Musingku Dies OCCRP
Migrants pretend to criticize Erdogan to gain asylum in Germany Telegraph
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Russian APT28 Breaches NATO Naval Shipbuilder in NATO Country, Deploys New Reflective Loader The Hacker News
Wolcott Man Pleads Guilty to Charges Stemming from Cryptocurrency Fraud Scheme DOJ
Ahold Delhaize: Cyberattack affects services across US and Europe BleepingComputer
The Internet goes on high alert after discovery of 8 compromised TLS certs Ars Technica
Mastercard Brings Its Fraud-Fighting Tools to Stablecoin Payments Decrypt
Anonymous hackers leak alleged email archive with hundreds of thousands of messages from Alternative for Germany party Insider
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Pimping websites: Human trafficking ‘hidden in plain sight’ online BBC
Guatemalan National Extradited to the United States Sentenced for Involvement in 2022 Mass Casualty Alien Smuggling Event DOJ
Gangs in Haiti target foreign troops in the biggest attack since a new force began operations AP
Grand jury returns 13-count superseding indictment following Homeland Security Task Force investigation into Sinaloa Cartel‑linked weapons scheme DOJ
Nature Credits: Europe’s Next Financial Crime Blind Spot RUSI
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
