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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
Inside the alleged IRGC Intelligence takeover of Iran’s sanctioned oil trade. Documents indicate that the IRGC Intelligence Organization orchestrated a quasi-coup to revive its corruption network and take control of Iran’s sanctioned oil trade. Iran International
Treasury Sanctions Rwandan Ministry of Defence and Financial Institution Supporting M23 U.S. Treasury
Utah files criminal charges against Kalshi for promoting gambling, unlawful activity ABC News
Australia’s Star Entertainment fined $183 million for anti-money laundering law breaches Reuters
Attorneys general sue Treasury Department over corporate ownership reporting exemptions Courthouse News
US bans imports from BGI Genomics, MGI Tech, citing ties to forced labor in Xinjiang Reuters
The Trump sons’ global network: money, influence and the family business Financial Times
Treasury Sanctions Facilitators of DPRK IT Worker Fraud Targeting U.S. Businesses U.S. Treasury
South Africa risks return to money-laundering grey list Reuters
Malaysia seizes $12 million worth of advanced AI chips hidden inside 30 servers Tom’s Hardware
Minnesota man convicted of defrauding food program sentenced to 30 years Associated Press
Turkey detains 85 gang members linked to Russian-ordered Starlink arson in Poland Insider
Trump Backs Down on an Opioid Ban After Kratom Industry Lobbying New York Times
Huawei opens defense in US criminal trial, touting its record of innovation South China Morning Post
Volt Typhoon’s Sophisticated Infection Chain into US Targets Exposed Zero Day
Crypto Perp Trades on Hyperliquid Raise Spoofing Concerns During Oil Volatility Bloomberg
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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
ISIS knifeman screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’ killed after attacking police officer outside Israeli embassy in Serbia Daily Mail
Settlement Agreement between the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and Extreme Networks, Inc. U.S. Treasury
France Will Seek EU Sanctions Over Russian Interference in Cameroon, Congo Wall Street Journal
US campaign to cripple Iran’s economy risks falling short without global partners Jerusalem Post
Criminal case against alleged Bondi terrorist delayed amid ‘unprecedented’ investigation Guardian
“Tell me how to make a bomb” Terrorist use of conversational AI: evidence and prospects ICCT
How China Surveils the ‘Five Poisons’ Newsweek
Seattle man arrested on indictment for illegally shipping restricted items to Russia by going through straw buyers in Turkey, Korea, and Kazakhstan DOJ
Russia Adds Apple and Microsoft to State Surveillance Registry Bloomberg
China’s new export curbs draw a line around its AI crown jewels Reuters
Russian Billionaire Takes Tiny Norwegian News Outlet to Court in London OCCRP
Alibaba wins preliminary injunction against Pentagon lobbying rule South China Morning Post
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Northern Nevada Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $8 Million From a Federal Grant Project DOJ
Retailers Cracked Down on In-Store Theft. Gift-Card Scammers Just Moved Online. Wall Street Journal
Foreign-Owned Companies To Pay $4.9 Million To Settle Fraud Allegations Related To PPP Loans DOJ
Chinese anti-scam blogger killed by criminals hired online to silence his work South China Morning Post
Brazilian judge orders investigation into JD Vance donor network Washington Post
State Department says it will give US visas to Flávio Bolsonaro and his family Associated Press
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Hackers hijack Convertr analytics script to steal payment card data BleepingComputer
Massive Leak Exposes 41,000 Homeland Security Workers—Including Undercover ICE Agents Wired
Bitcoin treasury stock plunges 50% after firm says it can’t access its BTC CoinDesk
UNM Health ransomware attack disrupts patient care, surgeries BleepingComputer
Hackers Target Critical Oracle E-Business Suite RCE Flaw Days After Security Patch The Hacker News
CISA warns of hackers now exploiting critical Node2Shell flaw BleepingComputer
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Classified material missing from Epstein files CBS News
Homeland Security Task Force Investigation Leads to Indictment of 24 in Sinaloa Cartel-Linked Drug Trafficking Conspiracy DOJ
Record amounts of Canadian cannabis seized as smuggling to Europe soars CBC
Lawyers for ‘King of the South’ Try to Chip Away at U.S. Drug Trafficking Case OCCRP
9 Mexican nationals in San Bernardino linked to Sinaloa Cartel busted in cargo theft ring Fox News
Fifteen Men Charged in Superseding Indictment Targeting a Transnational Methamphetamine and GBL Trafficking Organization DOJ
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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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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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
