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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
Iranian operative used coded messages on NY jail call to direct failed UK terror plot. From a jail in New York, a commander of an Iranian terrorist proxy group helped direct a failed plot to attack a key UK Air Force base used by the US to execute the war with Iran. CNN
Russian Push to Escape Dollar for Yuan Collapses Under Sanctions Bloomberg
U.S. Received $12 Billion From Venezuela’s Oil New York Times
New Jersey town loses $26 million in ‘sophisticated financial theft’ Washington Post
Arrests made in Mohamed Al Fayed probe in France BBC
Wall Street regulator poised to bring charges against prediction market giant Kalshi Politico
US SEC enforcement activity plunges two years into Trump administration Reuters
Nvidia Hires Wachtell Lipton to Investigate CEO Jensen Huang’s Affair With Chinese Executive New York Times
US Army soldier suspected of spying for Russia arrested in UK BBC
From Politicians to Academics, Hundreds Around the Globe Interviewed and Featured in Notorious Russian Disinformation Campaign OCCRP
Malaysia’s Najib begins house arrest after leaving jail, but another possible prison sentence looms DW
Australia’s corporate regulator starts official probe into $2.3 billion Bathla collapse Reuters
Canada reimposes sanctions on 11 entities over Iranian non-compliance with nuclear obligations Jerusalem Post
Federal government blocks nearly $113 million to Minnesota amid fraud concerns Star Tribune
Commerce’s Lutnick was sent warning on Nvidia CEO affair Axios
Republicans release 137-page bombshell report on government’s glaring Jeffrey Epstein ‘failures’ Daily Mail
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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
FBI Washington Field Office Adds Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Member to Most Wanted Terrorists List, Releases Seeking Information Posters on Three IRGC Associates FBI
Jury convicts Canadian woman who ‘answered ISIS’s call’ Global News
Idaho Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS in Plot to Attack Churches DOJ
Egypt Lists 35 Europe-Linked Organizations and 36 Individuals as Terrorists: Full Names and Legal Implications Egypt Today
Hezbollah reportedly rebuilding networks in southern Lebanon pilot zones Long War Journal
Eight people killed in Kenya’s northeast in suspected al Shabaab attack Reuters
Johnny on the spot: A hack of ex-Marine-turned-defector John Dougan’s messages reveals the rise and fall of a Russian disinformation asset Insider
Poland arrests two Ukrainians over alleged Russian espionage, sabotage Reuters
Three China-Nexus Espionage Campaigns Linked Through Sparrow Malware Ecosystem Hacker News
Russia’s ‘unfriendly countries’ list now targets individuals Euronews
Russians in Serbia Count the Cost of Alta Bank’s Collapse Moscow Times
Mapping Russian Supply Routes in Africa C4ADS
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FIFA Boss Faces Congressional Subpoenas Within Weeks Mediaite
Alina Habba Loses $50 Million Contract That Enraged Trump New York Times
Lawsuit Says Republican Strategist Alex Bruesewitz Took Money From Qatari Interests New York Times
Criminals reuse fake bank accounts to scam dozens of businesses Reuters
Susie Wiles’ old lobbying firm made $186 million under Trump. Now it’s caught in MAGA’s feud. CBS News
Scammed out of $700,000 on Tinder: Even smart people are falling for romance cons Washington Post
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Cyber criminal orchestrated £2m crypto theft bid from jail cell BBC
AI-fueled hacking is getting worse — top cyber companies are turning away some victims NBC News
Russian Turla Hackers Use New Cereal Malware to Steal Emails From Government Exchange Servers Hacker News
Binance warns of iOS flaw that could leak crypto wallet secrets BleepingComputer
Railway breach leads to $740,000 in fraudulent AI charges BleepingComputer
Binance Labs-backed Initia hacked again, $3.3M lost in three weeks Protos
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Interpol Crackdown on Migrant Smuggling Nets 262 Arrests OCCRP
Fugitive South L.A. Gang Member Living in Mexico and Cartel Plaza Boss Charged with Using Political Ties to Help Canadian Olympian Traffic Drugs and Evade Capture DOJ
How Albanian coke gangs cracked Britain UnHerd
Former Mexican soccer player charged in $5.4M international counterfeit watch trafficking scheme DOJ
Moment feds bust boat smuggling 18 illegal migrants off California coast New York Post
The Man Who Helped the C.I.A. Secretly Operate in Mexico New York Times
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Binance Fired Investigators During Iran Probe. One Of Them Is Talking To The IRS. A former Binance financial crimes investigator tells the IRS that company leadership actively ignored attempts to investigate 2,000 Iran-linked accounts, as the federal investigation into the crypto giant ramps up. Forbes
U.S. Commerce Dept. Inquiry Into Megaspeed Was Halted After Nvidia Intervention New York Times
Brother of former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán detained in human trafficking investigation Insider
Danish court fines Nordea $23 million over insufficient money laundering checks Reuters
Trump says FBI is investigating Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s relationship with alleged Chinese spy NBC News
Iran acquires oil facilities in China to bypass US sanctions Iran International
Featured Report: North Korea is minting meme coins to launder the Binance hack Elliptic
EU Launches New Sanctions Office and Crypto Task Force Wall Street Journal
France blames Iran for cyberattacks targeting supermarket fridges Politico
Covert Russian network exploited French riots on social media Reuters
‘Largest jewelry heist in U.S. history’ suspect agrees to plead guilty Los Angeles Times
These Maps Show the Gangs and Guerrillas Ruling More Than 200 Million People Wall Street Journal
Operation Migrant: Inside the Russian smuggling scheme moving Middle Easterners and Africans into the EU Insider
Targeted by U.S., Armed Group Strikes Back in Colombia New York Times
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Canada announces fresh Russia-related sanctions Reuters
Russia Takes Control of Two Chinese Heavy-Lift Ships Used for Arctic LNG 2 Deliveries gCaptain
Wuxi Apptec removed from Pentagon list of chinese military companies Reuters
China extends sanctions suspension on US-linked units of S.Korea’s Hanwha Ocean by 2 months Reuters
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Egypt Designates Muslim Brotherhood as a Terrorist Entity Yemen Online
ISIS-loving Aussie teen who plotted a terror attack on the Sydney Opera House avoids jail as judge claims his parents taught him well Daily Mail
IDF finds weapons stockpiles, Hezbollah military site near UN posts in south Lebanon Long War Journal
GOP AGs Warn UK, Netherlands on Israel Sanctions Newsmax
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Ukraine arrests four in $5 million crypto scam targeting Germans Record
Devious scammers pose as FTC agents — convince elderly victims to drain savings for gold bars New York Post
Disgraced NBA star’s gambling addiction included betting millions on Russian Ping-Pong New York Post
Trump Sons’ Kazakh Mining Venture Loses US Government Lender Support Bloomberg
READOUT: FinCEN Hosts Exchange Event to Combat Overseas Scam Centers FinCEN
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Binance faces renewed scrutiny as CFO exits amid compliance turmoil Protos
Binance denies data breach after alleged ShinyHunters claims BleepingComputer
Coinbase gets full U.S. trust charter from federal banking regulator CoinDesk
LNbits Urges All Operators to Shut Down Their Bitcoin Lightning Wallet Servers Amid Attacks Hacker News
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14 Charged in Deadly Human Smuggling Scheme That Killed 7 Aliens Earlier This Year DOJ
Mexico captures alleged cartel cell leader in operation aided by DEA intelligence Reuters
Cocaine smugglers jailed for £40m plot BBC
Prolific Human Smuggler Extradited from Brazil Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Aliens into the United States 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
