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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
Trump Explores Lifting Sanctions on Russia’s Flagship Investment Fund. The move would be the latest U.S. concession to Moscow as President Trump pursues economic incentives he hopes will secure an end to war in Ukraine. New York Times
Gold smuggling funds Islamic State-linked insurgency in eastern Congo Reuters
RAF Fairford plot coordinated by handler known as ‘Ali’ Sky News
Hundreds of staged armed robberies helped thousands pose as crime victims in US immigration scam Fox News
National Security Division Announces First “Near Miss” Non-Prosecution Agreement Under the Department-wide Corporate Enforcement Policy DOJ
Inside Donald Trump Jr’s Mongolian hunting trip with a Kremlin-linked businessman Financial Times
US indicts Malaysian national after Madagascar scam operation uncovered Record
What It Will Take to Defeat the Houthis New York Times
US agency is again probing if Polymarket broke 2022 settlement Reuters
Alexander Brothers Sentenced to 30 Years Each for Sex Trafficking New York Times
Hackers target US FEC system, disrupting campaign finance disclosures days before midterms Reuters
FBI Miami searches for Colombian fugitive in $54M drug-money laundering operation NBC Miami
U.K. man faces allegations of worldwide money-laundering in Northern California courtroom FOX
Russian court sentences IT specialist to 13 years after crypto exchange handed over his data to Moscow Insider
Ghanaian twins and US woman plead guilty to romance scams BBC
Bitcoin Wallet Maker Keystone Pulls Devices as Stolen Key Opens Door to Fakes Decrypt
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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
Iraqi court sentences seven French ISIS members to prison The National
NYC native who became ISIS teen bride faces decade in prison as she’s found guilty of training with terror group New York Post
State Department ‘monitoring’ Palestine Action for ignoring new terror sanctions Washington Examiner
Can The EU Put Russia’s GRU On Its Terror List? RFE/RL
Europe’s New Financial Firewall: Closing the Door on Iranian Terror Financing and Russian Sanctions Evasion JCFA
Dozens of Somali soldiers killed in battle with al Shabaab Reuters
At least 62 people killed in attack on a community in northeastern Nigeria Associated Press
China hands former security regulator anti-graft official suspended death sentence Reuters
Russian Satellites Help Iran’s Allies Strike Saudi Arabia Associated Press
DHS suspends visa-free travel program for Chinese nationals amid birth tourism, security concerns New York Post
Caught stealing: An employee of Russia’s top-secret Department K has been convicted of selling a classified database Insider
German soldier led local branch of Putin-linked Night Wolves biker club for years Insider
China’s new trade secrets law draws White House warning Politico
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Evening sessions urged as fraud, money-laundering cases pack Hong Kong courts South China Morning Post
Fugitive Fraudster Herb Kimble Sentenced to 20 Years for International Healthcare Fraud Scheme DOJ
U.S. Court Sentences Lender to 15 Years over $76M Ponzi Scheme OCCRP
Nigerian Man Extradited from Benin to Face Federal Charges in $100 Million Stolen Identity Tax Scheme DOJ
Minnesota appeals court reinstates guilty verdict in $7.2 million fraud case Star Tribune
Multiple Individuals Arrested for Health Care Fraud Conspiracy following Homeland Security Task Force Investigation DOJ
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Ukrainian National Sentenced for Role in Hacking Hospitals, Businesses, and Governments as Part of Ransomware Conspiracies Causing Over $100 Million in Losses DOJ
Japan internet giant GMO says hackers posted stolen customer data TechCrunch
“Bulletproof” website domain seized in international law enforcement operation DOJ
CyberStrikeAI Uses 44 AI Agents to Automate Hacking Operations Against Japan Targets The Hacker News
Crypto Casino Gamdom Faces $15M Bitcoin Ransom After Multimillion-Dollar Hack Bitcoin.com
US government says hackers are now exploiting critical PHP web bugs TechCrunch
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Attorney General James Uthmeier Charges Sinaloa Cartel Network in RICO Cocaine Trafficking Case Florida Attorney General
Fugitive mom wanted in daughter’s Arizona murder used cartels to hide for years before capture in Mexico Fox News
Terrorism-Linked Colombian Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Import Nearly 62 Pounds of Cocaine into U.S. DOJ
Guatemalan National Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Narcotics Trafficking DOJ
El Paso federal court sentences human smuggler ‘Monstro’ to 9 years in prison KFOX14
Indonesia Seizes More Than 2 Tons of Narcotics in Major Anti-drug Operations Diplomat
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Death Threats, Lawsuits and Billions in Play: The Battle Over Moving Russian Oil. A former Deutsche Bank executive got into business with the kingpins of Russia’s shadow fleet. It all went south. Wall Street Journal
Hezbollah readies for new regional war with funds from Iran Reuters
Chinese Prosecutors Seek to Confiscate $5.1B in Bitcoin Seized by UK in Qian Case Decrypt
Romance Scammers Turned a Texas Man Into an Unwitting Money Mule Wall Street Journal
In U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project Emerges New York Times
How purchases of sanctioned Iranian jet fuel were disguised by Myanmar Reuters
UAE leads $39 billion global digital fraud crackdown with more than 900 arrests The National
US regulator is probing suspicious Iran oil trading Reuters
James Comey charged for a third time by the Trump administration NBC News
FBI Explores Espionage Case Against Saudi OpenAI Suspect Wall Street Journal
British aid charity reviewed over ‘links to Hamas’ Telegraph
Lebanese widow can be pursued for husband’s role in $2bn corruption scandal The National
How Beijing’s Africa ambitions, financed by China’s mega banks, triggered a crisis in Zambia ICIJ
Federal agency reports nearly 600% increase in licences stripped from money services firms National Post
Scott Bessent says Iran’s economy is ‘collapsing’ as Treasury tightens financial vise Fox Business
FBI captures six Most Wanted fraudsters after combined 4,000 days on the run Newsweek
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How the Seizure of a Russian Vessel Brought the Ukraine War to the Arctic Wall Street Journal
Chinese copper tycoon He Jinbi gets life sentence for fraud The Standard
Pentagon designates Confucius Institutes in US a national security threat Reuters
Wealthy Chinese move offshore money to U.S. banks as Beijing’s tax net widens CNBC
Russian refiners ramp up diesel output after US deal Reuters
‘Pull Out the Sick Trees’: Xi’s Constant Purges Pave Way for Next Term New York Times
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UK sanctions Sudanese military leaders implicated in El Fasher ‘campaign of rape’ Guardian
U.S. intel memo warns of “advanced” Iranian plots to kill officials abroad Axios
Two UN-sanctioned North Korean tankers spotted repeatedly off China VOA
Yemeni forces intercept Houthi weapons being smuggled from coast The National
Jordan strikes southern Syria after linking church attackers to ‘terrorist groups’ Reuters
Terrorist linked to Isis ‘smuggled himself into UK on back of lorry’ The Times
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Head of Mexico’s electoral authority resigns amid corruption allegations Reuters
Former NBA player Malik Beasley to plead guilty in federal sports betting case ABC News
Brazil: defeated Flávio Bolsonaro ordered to surrender passports Guardian
‘Body brokers’ responsible for ‘hundreds’ of homeless addicts in Skid Row — as secrets of sick drug rehab trade revealed New York Post
Turkey risks recession as massive fund scandal implicates Erdogan’s family and inner circle Nordic Monitor
Hungarian Tycoon’s Firm Funded Pro-Orbán Advertising Agency OCCRP
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Dutch police extradite Chinese national accused of laundering Cambodian investment scam funds Record
FBI Cybercrime Operation Nets Nine Arrests in Nigeria OCCRP
Jaguar Land Rover cyber-attack was state-sponsored, former minister admits Telegraph
South Korea Arrests Seven in First Big AI-Assisted Hacking Case Decrypt
Russia’s Sberbank links the crypto networks used by Moscow and Tehran to evade sanctions Insider
Chinese Scam Boss Murdered in Sri Lanka Had Multiple Identities OCCRP
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Leader of FARC Dissident Group Extradited to South Florida to Face Federal Cocaine Trafficking and Money Laundering Charges DOJ
Cars stolen in U.S. become daily drivers for Mexican cartels Washington Times
Old soldiers use military training to smuggle £34million of cocaine into UK after using fishing boat to scoop it up in English Channel Daily Mail
Indonesia Busts Mongolian-Flagged Tanker for Ketamine Smuggling Maritime Executive
Former Texas Tech professor sentenced to 480 months in federal prison for “pink flamingo” fentanyl trafficking conspiracy DOJ
Orange County couple sentenced for trafficking tiger pelt, rhino horns and other wildlife KTLA
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
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