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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 five Boeing 777s linked Madagascar’s power elite to Iran. Once among Madagascar’s most influential businessmen and a close ally of deposed president Andry Rajoelina, Mamy Ravatomanga stands at the center of one of the island’s most explosive corruption cases. AFP
UK watchdog restricts six private credit firms over anti-money laundering controls Reuters
Argentina follows Trump lead, designates criminal and guerrilla groups as terrorist organizations Washington Post
Sanctioned Investor in Cambodian Scam Compound Owns California Mansion OCCRP
Netanyahu warns Israel could face banking sanctions, prepares alternative financial system Jerusalem Post
Trump Advisers Give Fees Earned for Aiding Srpska to His Library New York Times
Defense Ministry sanctions UK registered company after transfer of fuel to Hezbollah-owned company Jerusalem Post
Australia sanctions 2 over North Korean fake IT workers scheme for nuclear funds AFP
Iran has detailed plans to hit Gulf undersea cables if war resumes Reuters
Cyprus Parliament Reviews Reports on Abramovich-Linked Asset Transfers OCCRP
Nasdaq CEO calls for a national strategy as global fraud losses reach $579B Fortune
Senate’s top Democratic investigator looking into Tether payments to Bo Hines’ firm CoinDesk
Venezuela’s Shrimp King Wanted His $700 Million Firm Back. Now He’s in Jail. Wall Street Journal
Pro-Palestine rally organiser’s links to Iran Telegraph
US Court Orders Lebanese Ex-Minister to Pay $35M in Torture and Fraud Case OCCRP
Understanding Illicit Political Finance to Counter State Threats Soufan Center
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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
Gunmen kill 7 at Christian church in Jordan in what king calls act of terrorism Fox News
Macron says deadly shooting near Paris is a ‘racist terrorist attack’ BBC
Iranian men to go on trial next year over alleged plot to target UK Jewish community Reuters
PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher welcomes ‘significant’ explosives find BBC
Jury deliberates in trial of New Yorker who became a teen bride to an Islamic State fighter Associated Press
Trump’s Iran sanctions run into limits Semafor
New charges for Royal Navy sailor accused of plotting to leak secrets to Russia Sky News
Democrats plan to investigate U.S. diesel companies involved in easing Russian sanctions Washington Post
Tanker Carrying Russian Diesel Signals U.S. Port After Trump-Putin Deal Wall Street Journal
A shipment of Russian uranium destined for Germany has arrived in Rotterdam Insider
UAE-made armored vehicles seen again in Russia Defence Blog
Singham-linked nonprofits defy House ultimatum, blast ‘MAGA-led witch hunt’ Fox News
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New Jersey Real Estate Investor and Online Influencer Admits to Committing Multi-Million Dollar Investment Fraud Scheme DOJ
Cambodia Cracked Down on Banks Allegedly Linked to Cyber-Scams. The IMF Says the Problem Persists. OCCRP
Salazar’s biggest donor accused in Honduras of environmental crimes, corruption Miami Herald
Australia’s Zip tumbles 50% after fraud incident dents first-quarter customer growth Reuters
Fast-fashion group Shein agrees to pay $100 million to settle US FTC probe Reuters
Albania’s student protests are only getting bigger DW
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CoinDCX denies hack, blames broken clean up job for $16 million outflow CoinDesk
Hackers Breach Enterprise Firewalls and VPNs, Exposing Over 70,000 Credentials The Hacker News
Iranian state-linked hackers used US server to target dissidents, researchers say Iran International
Hackers Are Serving Malware To iPhones Via Hundreds Of Infected Websites Forbes
PwC confirms cybersecurity incident involving employee learning records Reuters
Safety company acknowledges hack seven months after breach exposed millions of crime tips Reuters
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Deaths of 2 CIA agents in Mexico lead to treason charges against former state attorney general CBS News
Five jailed over nearly half a tonne of cocaine in at-sea smuggling attempt National Crime Agency
Syria seizes over 640,000 narcotic pills in balloon smuggling plot Rudaw
Iraq closes Sheeb border crossing with Iran to review security, sources say Reuters
Philippines announces bounty on senator wanted by the ICC for crime against humanity Associated Press
$10 Million Reward for Information on CJNG Member ‘El Tarjetas’ VOA
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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
Jared Kushner pushes back on report involving hacked phone, spies, billion-dollar transfer CBS News
Quest Diagnostics reports cyber breach affecting ‘certain patient records’ Associated Press
Feds bust $2B medical fraud rings secretly operating in California — as agents seen scaling rich doctor’s mega mansion New York Post
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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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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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
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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
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
