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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
FBI says North Korea was behind $6.3 billion Binance heist, the biggest crypto hack in history. The FBI asked crypto exchanges, blockchain analytics companies and others to block transactions linked to various addresses to make sure the money is not laundered to cover up its origins. Associated Press
China places former Sinopec, CNOOC boss Fu Chengyu, 75, under corruption probe South China Morning Post
Treasury flags $8B in suspicious foreign-directed transfers through US money services firms Fox News
FBI agents dodge bullets in massive San Diego Mafia takedown New York Post
Alleged Engineer of CJNG Cartel’s Cross-Border Tunnel Indicted for Providing Material Support to Foreign Terrorist Organization DOJ
Monaco Taken Off Global Dirty-Money List Along With Bulgaria, Ivory Coast, Congo Bloomberg
British firms duped into funding North Korea’s nuclear arsenal Telegraph
Hong Kong fire exposes entrenched triad networks in building renovation industry Reuters
NYC ‘fraud factory’ stole $7M in federal benefits and bought fancy cars, payments to Yemen New York Post
Chainalysis Confirms Intrusion Into Internal Tools and Exposure of Customer Identity Data The Hacker News
Polymarket Is Investigating Suspicious Bets on Israeli Election New York Times
Amazon mining boss wanted by Brazil for sheltering Jair Bolsonaro’s spy chief has businesses, properties in Florida ICIJ
Alleged Turkish Crime Boss Assassinated Inside Spanish Hospital Room OCCRP
Lebanese military court judge charges 13 over seized Hezbollah explosives truck Times of Israel
Russia’s FSB Says Minor Detained Over Moscow Park Attack Threat After U.S. Tip-Off Reuters
Mexico City Gangs Seize Thousands of Homes via Violence, Extortion 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
California Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Material Support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham DOJ
U.S. blockade, sanctions crippling Iran’s economy Axios
Trump pressures Lithuania to crack EU potash sanctions on Belarus Politico
Florida teenager arrested in an Islamic State-linked bomb plot Long War Journal
Iran brands British air force and navy ‘terrorists,’ declares MI6 hostile i24
Former U.S. Government Contractor Arrested for Allegedly Leaking National Defense Information and Stealing Night Vision Goggles DOJ
Two Men Sentenced for Acting as Agents of the People’s Republic of China DOJ
US plans to ban Chinese telecom firms from direct access to US phone numbers Reuters
Lithuanian police connect Starlink arson attacks in three EU countries to the same group Insider
China Communist Party Urges Tougher Action on Crypto Corruption Bloomberg
Chinese hackers used DeepSeek and other AI tools in sweeping global cyberattacks NBC News
Russian businessman blames sanctions in £30mn divorce battle Financial Times
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Former BizJet Sales Manager Pleads Guilty to Foreign Bribery DOJ
Indian National Pleads Guilty to $227M Medicare Fraud DOJ
Alina Habba’s Husband Ignited Drama in Trump’s Circle. Now He’s Under Scrutiny. New York Times
Ex-South Lake Tahoe mayor pleads guilty to wire fraud in church embezzlement case Los Angeles Times
Fake film deals and emails from top agents: who is behind the explosion in literary scams? Guardian
Fraudfare: Weaponized Fraud Under International Law Lawfare
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Syrian Hacker Behind Fake Tweet That Triggered $136 Billion Market Drop Gets 42 Months in Prison The Hacker News
Notorious hacker says stolen crypto is like ‘holding a hot potato’ CNN
Binance Turns Up in India’s $500 Million-Plus Crypto Probe as a Route for Foreign Payouts Unchained
Trezor warns of suspected crypto-theft implant in hardware wallet BleepingComputer
How hackers broke into four of Canada’s top law firms, stole client files and caused chaos Globe and Mail
A Supply Chain Attack Put Malicious Anthropic Claude Extensions on Thousands of Devices Wired
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Chinese national sentenced to 12 years in prison for narcotics trafficking, money laundering, and material support to terrorism DOJ
Lebanon seizes largest drug shipment in Beirut airport history L’Orient Today
17 Disney and Universal employees among 281 arrested in Florida sex trafficking sting CBS News
‘Architect’ of prostitution ring jailed after trafficking Romanian women into UK BBC
‘If you don’t stop, they’ll kill all of us’: Somali pirates are back with a vengeance CNN
Power, profit, crime: Irregular migration out of east Libya DW
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Iran’s hidden web of military agencies is slipping hardware past the US blockade. Iran has harnessed a military-financial complex of 5,000 agencies to bring in components, explosives and heavy-duty trucks critical to its drone and missile programs. Even during the war, deliveries reached Iran by land, sea and air. Reuters
Binance probes possible $5.7 billion crypto hack, possibly the biggest in history Axios
Nvidia Chief, Jensen Huang, Is Seen as Target of Chinese Spy Plot New York Times
Thailand moves to seize US$1 billion in scam assets from money laundering group South China Morning Post
Canada ‘Crypto King’ Aiden Pleterski found guilty of fraud BBC
Israeli crypto suspect extradited to U.S. over $186 million Nomad hack Ctech
Warren urges DOJ criminal probe of Bank of America over anti-money-laundering violations CNBC
Financial intelligence agency slow to provide police with info to curb money laundering CBC
Wall Street con man used 87-year-old Obama donor as ‘front’ to secretly run Nasdaq firm despite SEC ban New York Post
Owner of Silicon Valley Complex Built Russian Military Telecom Network The NewsGround
DEA whistleblower says agency allowed millions of fentanyl pills on the streets CBS News
A Defense Contractor Gave Their Personal AI Agent Access to a Secure Pentagon System Wired
Trump admin sues Utah to save Kalshi from the state’s total ban on gambling Ars Technica
‘Ghost’ students have stolen millions in federal financial aid Washington Times
Iran’s plot to disrupt US midterms and meddle in Israel election Telegraph
Rights Group Uncovers North Korean Forced Labor Network in Russia Reuters
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China’s Communist Party confirms expulsion of 33 officials Reuters
Belarusian Woman Sentenced in D.C. for Illegally Exporting U.S.-Sourced Aviation Components to Russia DOJ
FCC votes to ban all Chinese labs from testing US electronics Reuters
As war strains Kremlin finances, Putin reaches into more pockets in search of new revenue streams Associated Press
New Jersey governor threatens to block delivery of Russian diesel cargoes Financial Times
Pablo de Greiff, UN expert: ‘Russia is responsible for human trafficking’ El País
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Lithuania charges two suspects with terrorism over Starlink arson attack Reuters
Kuwait sentences three to death over Iran links and plot to assassinate deputy PM The National
Lebanese Judiciary Identifies Seven Suspects in Hezbollah Explosives Case Asharq Al-Awsat
U.S., South Korea, partners back North Korea sanctions enforcement UPI
Russia shadow fleet sanctions: Can the EU act if the US pulls back? DW
Venezuelan leader demands Bank of England return gold Le Monde
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Iraqi MP Gets Six Years, $20M Fine for Oil Graft OCCRP
Former U.S. Postal Service Official Pleads Guilty to Bribery Scheme Related to Contracts Worth Hundreds of Millions of Dollars DOJ
Fixer Pleads Guilty to Bribery and Wire Fraud Charges in NCAA Basketball Point-Shaving Scheme Associated Press
El Salvador frees ex-President Saca after 10-year corruption sentence Reuters
Secret recordings detailing alleged deal played in corruption trial of ex-Oakland mayor Sheng Thao ABC News
Federal and state fraud investigators search autism centers Star Tribune
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Polymarket Halted International Trading After Hackers Drained Accounts Wired
Tracking AI adoption in North Korean threat actor tradecraft Microsoft
Pentagon treating military base freezer malfunctions as suspected cyberattack Reuters
Hackers Sympathetic to Russia Turn Cyberattacks Into a Physical Threat Bloomberg
A Hacker Targeted High-Stakes Poker Players With Malware That Exposed Their Cards Wired
Chrome extensions with 13.4 million installs caught hijacking searches BleepingComputer
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Ecuador extradites three suspects to U.S. on drug trafficking charges UPI
Criminal Probe Launched in South Africa Over Contraband Baobabs Bound for Georgia OCCRP
Feds focus attention on Texas Gulf Coast to combat cartel smuggling NewsNation
As criminal networks spread in Latin America, Quito is new battleground Reuters
Human trafficking victims stranded in Guinea-Bissau DW
Taliban’s poppy ban falters as Afghan farmers say they can’t feed their children Reuters
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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