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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
Donald Trump Jr. Discussed Deals With Russian Businessman Close to Putin’s Personal Security Chief. Trump Jr. and Umar Kremlev have been widely reported as friends, with the controversial businessman even paying for Trump Jr.’s wedding. OCCRP
From Ponzi to Fonzi: the $20bn fraud scandal rocking Turkey Financial Times
Ontario court certifies class-action suit against TD Bank regarding money laundering Canadian Press
U.S. Sentences Venezuelan National to 12 Years for Laundering Over $1 Billion OCCRP
U.S. Sanctions Fraudulent Ship Registries and Aviation Support for Iranian Regime U.S. State Department
North Korea laundering Binance billions with Chinese help — to spend on new missiles New York Post
Ukraine’s corruption police tie senior security officials to major criminal ring Reuters
Crypto Giants Scrap Crime-Fighting Alliance as Hackers Circle Bloomberg
Hackers Hit Banks of the Cash and Blood Variety in France Gizmodo
US Bank Regulator Issues First AI Framework as Banks Battle Rogue Agents Decrypt
Fallen Austrian property tycoon Benko pleads not guilty at third fraud trial Reuters
Chinese court hears US$53.5 billion Covid defamation case against US state of Missouri South China Morning Post
LeT Reshuffle: Hafiz Saeed’s Son Takes Active Command, US-Sanctioned Operatives Get Key Regional Roles News18
Trial of accused USS Cole attack mastermind opens at Guantanamo Al-Monitor
California Recovers Over $4.8 Million for Scam Victims of Major Crypto ATM Company CoinFlip California DFPI
APT29-Linked Hackers Hijack Web Analytics Script to Deliver iOS and Android Exploits Hacker News
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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
Sherritt Furloughs 47% of Canada Workforce Amid Cuba Sanctions Bloomberg
Rwanda’s army team removed from BAL after US sanctions BBC
Belfast: Explosive devices linked to ‘extreme right-wing terrorism’ BBC
UK court weighs ban on pro-Palestinian group amid protests AFP
Made in Lebanon: Social Media Account Tied to Pro-Hezbollah Media Backs French Protests FDD
Extremists’ Targeting and Recruitment of Minors in Online Gaming Spaces: Insights From Seventeen Expert Interviews GNET
Chinese genetic firm Novogene sues US over military designation Reuters
U.S. Will Drop Smuggling Charges Against Russian-Born Harvard Medical School Scientist Reuters
Hungary to give up Russian gas by fall 2027 after years of Orbán government’s reliance on Moscow Insider
Former boss of Beijing-backed institute lands top US university job Daily Mail
China-Aligned Hackers Hijack Sogou Input Method DNS Requests to Deploy DarkVigil Backdoor Hacker News
How China Is Building Influence in Central Asia, One Laboratory at a Time Diplomat
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Federal grand jury indicts fourteen defendants in $370 million nationwide bank account takeover conspiracy DOJ
Express Service: California AG Mysteriously Reinstates Deadbeat Charity Controlled by Code Pink Activist Medea Benjamin, Despite Missing $54 Million Free Beacon
Two Years Ago, Raytheon Defrauded the US Military. Why Did It Just Get a $400 Million No-Bid Contract? National Interest
Second Circuit Won’t Pause New York, Connecticut Actions Against Kalshi and Coinbase Unchained
Top scams hitting Gen Z more than other generations Fox News
Investor seizes control of Ethan Allen after alleging director had used biopharma company as ‘personal piggy bank’ New York Post
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US charges two Canadians accused of hacking US universities BleepingComputer
Russian Police Arrest 3 Suspected VasyGrek Hackers, Dismantle Criminal Infrastructure Hacker News
Hackers stole DreamHost customer files and inboxes during months-long attack TechCrunch
CISA Confirms Hackers Exploiting WordPress Core Flaw During Software Upgrades Hacker News
BitMart hit by $391K hack amid security staff exodus Protos
Who Polices the Blockchain? The Binance Heist and the New Gatekeepers RUSI
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Moment six Brits are arrested after record £65million cocaine stash is found in Brazilian warehouse Daily Mail
Mugabe’s son arrested over ‘assault’ during luxury car smuggling probe BBC
One of the largest cigarette smuggling operations of all time thwarted Jerusalem Post
Spanish police arrest three over suspected war weapons trafficking Euronews
New and Emerging Threats from Mexican Cartels Across the Air, Cyber and Territorial Domains Small Wars Journal
An Idaho law targeted fentanyl dealers. Prosecutors are using it to charge users, too Washington Post
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Block Agrees to $964 Million Penalty on Money-Laundering Lapses. Block Inc. set aside more money to resolve a years long probe by the Department of Justice into its anti-money laundering program. Bloomberg
The Little-Known Chinese Bank in the Middle of Iranian and Russian Money Flows Wall Street Journal
Paraguay seizes major digital bank tied to president, leaving millions in limbo Associated Press
TV host who proposed to Tom Brady arrested by ICE in $160 million fraud scheme — after five years on the run New York Post
FBI Probes Autism Therapy Provider That Billed $30,000 a Day Wall Street Journal
Trump’s Russia Sanctions Reversal to Face Congressional Test Wall Street Journal
China Eastern Airlines’ former chairman Liu Shaoyong sentenced to 14 years for bribery Reuters
Serbian Bank Tied to Outgoing Regime Collapses After Internal Vault Theft OCCRP
Ex-beauty queen faces fraud, money-laundering, computer crime probe Bangkok Post
Eager to Rebut Rogue-Nation Image, North Korea Denies Role in Binance Heist Wall Street Journal
Binance says fake job interviews used as part of $6.3bn crypto hack BBC
27-year-old tech star jailed over $7m fraud Telegraph
New Wave of Refrigeration Cyberattacks Hits Supermarkets Across Europe, Forcing Stores to Pull Food The Hacker News
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US billionaire leads swap plan to buy Lukoil’s overseas assets Reuters
SK Hynix’s New York chip plans hit snag over US restrictions on China Reuters
How Smugglers Get Expensive Memory Chips to China from South Korea The Information
China Stock Market’s Hidden Problem: Foreign Investors Get a Different Truth Wall Street Journal
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Syria says it foiled Hezbollah plot to attack Homs oil refinery Reuters
Israeli Claims of Iranian Chemical Weapons Divide U.S. Officials New York Times
Iraq Sentences Nine French ISIS Members to Prison Terms of Up to 20 Years Kurdistan24
Alberta teen accused of terrorism offences connected to ISIS Global News
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London court rejects ex-Nigeria governor’s appeal in corruption case Reuters
‘Dubai Papers’: Paris trial for ‘large-scale tax fraud operation’ begins Le Monde
Auction sales of luxury homes seized in $3b laundering case falter amid mismatched expectations Straits Times
Nepal Anti-graft Body Charges ex-PM Madhav Nepal, 96 Others with Corruption OCCRP
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Brazil’s Biggest Bitcoin Exchange Says It Will Refund Users After a $40 Million Hack Decrypt
Liquid Network Restores Full Bitcoin Backing Two Months After $320M Exploit Decrypt
Chainstack Reports Production Systems Breach Exposing Customer Data and Password Hashes The Hacker News
Google dismantles botnet secretly running on 1.3 million Android TV boxes Ars Technica
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U.S. Assisted Venezuela in Deadly Drone Strike New York Times
Jordanian authorities arrest 33 in major drug trafficking crackdown Arab News
Instagram Trafficking Lawsuit Partially Revived on Appeal Bloomberg Law
Powerful Haitian gang leader writes UN seeking dialogue as clashes intensify Associated Press
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
