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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
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Crime boss Daniel Kinahan’s return to Ireland ends global game of cat-and-mouse. Kinahan built boxing empire while in exile in Dubai but now faces trial in Dublin charged with directing organized crime. Guardian
Russia’s Hottest Startup Is a State-Backed Sanctions Evasion Network WSJ
Inside the War on Hezbollah’s Finances NYT
How North Korea amassed $22 billion despite sanctions Los Angeles Times
Trump Crypto Took $100 Million From a Businessman With Red Flags NYT
Treasury Dismantles Iranian Regime’s Global Clandestine Currency Networks U.S. Treasury
These major banks enabled Epstein’s crimes Axios
Tether: a $200 billion crypto company you can’t look inside ICIJ
Police dismantle alleged triad group accused of laundering HK$600 million South China Morning Post
Google says hackers are calling financial firm employees to hack and extort victims TechCrunch
EU watchdogs warn scammers are posing as crypto firms and regulators after MiCA deadline The Block
EU urges Caribbean nations to shut down golden passport programs or face travel restrictions CNBC
Former Goldman Sachs Investment Banker Convicted of Foreign Bribery and Money Laundering DOJ
US sanctions Dubai crypto exchange for aiding Iran’s IRGC Independent
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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
Treasury Sanctions Crypto Exchanges Funding Iran’s IRGC and Enabling Illicit Finance U.S. Treasury
UK targets ships and banks with new Russia sanctions Reuters
EU sanctions Russian weapons makers after dozens of civilians killed, injured in Kyiv bombing Washington Times
US sanctions Cuba’s military representative in Beijing over China procurement South China Morning Post
British Muslim charity funded Hamas, says FBI Telegraph
London-based Muslim Brotherhood member, 74, accused of living double life as terror financier by funnelling cash to Hamas through two sham charities Daily Mail
The UK, Turkey, and Europe Must Do More to Dismantle Hamas Financial Networks Washington Institute
New IRA terrorists plan to drive migrants out of Ireland with campaign of violence, intelligence officials reveal Daily Mail
Threats by Corsican separatist group FLNC-UC trigger anti-terrorism inquiry RFI
Former SK Hynix employee jailed for leaking information to a Chinese firm Reuters
China’s Legal Weapon: Beijing Is Quietly Seizing a New Form of Power Foreign Affairs
A Chinese spyware tool operates in 13 countries, cyber firm says Straits Times
US telecoms regulator chief says curbs on Chinese tech imports aim to spur production, counter security risks Reuters
Argentina extends US$19 billion China currency swap despite US pressure South China Morning Post
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China-born scam kingpin Chen Zhi’s key lieutenants revealed Straits Times
Pair wanted in $50M money laundering scheme arrested in Colombia NBC
Former Banker Convicted in Scheme to Bribe Ghanaian Officials DOJ
Billions are pouring into a Medicaid therapy for children — sparking fraud questions Fox Business
Deutsche Bank, KBC Freeze Some Radiant World Funds in Singapore Bloomberg
Treasury Continues to Follow the Money in Minnesota to Eliminate Fraud U.S. Treasury
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Russia: hardware wallet sales more than double as crypto rules near CoinDesk
Brazil tightens crypto transfers to curb fraud Reuters
Bybit sues North Korea and Lazarus Group over $1.5 billion hack, secures asset freeze CoinDesk
More than $30 million stolen in violent crypto attacks in 2026 as France emerges as ‘wrench attack’ hotspot The Block
Cyberattacks expose deeper vulnerabilities in U.S. water systems Axios
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How a defaced handgun and a shell casing led to an international gun smuggling ring CNN
Spanish-Led Operation Busts Violent Mediterranean Smuggling Ring OCCRP
Cardiff men accused of trafficking teens to Thailand as drug couriers BBC
The New Era of the Sinaloa Cartel InSight Crime
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Stranger Pings: Chinese Telecom Companies Infiltrate U.S. Infrastructure. Although China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom had their Section 214 telecommunications licenses denied or revoked previously, they retain extensive unregulated footprints in the United States. House Select Committee on the CCP
UAE procured $100M in stolen gold from Sudan Semafor
Canadian man pleads guilty to Snowflake hacks that led to 165 breaches Recorded Future
U.S. offers $25 million reward targeting US citizen who reportedly leads Mexico’s most powerful cartel AP
Bank of America’s new disclosure highlights compliance risk American Banker
OpenAI: Cambodian scam centers used ChatGPT to lure Indian nationals, conduct investment fraud Recorded Future
Prosecutors Probed Whistleblower Claims That JPMorgan Mishandled Fraud Cases WSJ
US lifts sanctions on Fly Baghdad, previously linked to Iran’s IRGC Reuters
A Security Pro Hacked North Korean Hackers. He Found They’d Breached Hundreds of Networks Worldwide. WIRED
Federal Probe Reveals How Hamas Bullies and Coerces Gaza Aid Groups, Diverts American Aid Dollars to Their War Effort Free Beacon
Companies once tied to Assad kept winning UN contracts under Syria’s new rulers ICIJ
How a Canadian company’s cold wallets were compromised in a $140 million bitcoin hack Financial Post
AI-Powered ‘Vishing’ Attacks Targeted Top Hedge Funds Gizmodo
Ransom Cartel ransomware creator sentenced to 16 years in prison BleepingComputer
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Can ‘Russia’s Amazon’ Survive Ukraine’s Drone Campaign? Moscow Times
Russia’s Matryoshka bot network targets Emmanuel Macron’s political heir ahead of France’s 2027 election The Insider
New batch of officers quietly takes helm of PLA after anti-corruption drive South China Morning Post
China jails retired defense tech overseer for 10 years in US$6.3m corruption case South China Morning Post
US companies are stepping up to cut reliance on China for critical minerals used in key weapons AP
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EU using interest from frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine on the battlefield Washington Times
China hits US with sanctions, drone export curbs ahead of Xi visit CNN
US Bans Export of Tungsten, Battery Waste to Protect Supplies Bloomberg
State Department revokes visa for Brazil’s ambassador to U.S. CBS News
Is Trump’s New Tariff Lever IEEPA 2.0? The Dispatch
Germany: Court jails far-right youth terror cell members DW
Explosive drone at German airport raises new danger Reuters
How the Axis of Resistance Recovered: The Iranian-Led Network Is More Dangerous Than Ever Foreign Affairs
Hamas shifts covert organizational units, activities to Turkey following Qatari crackdown Jerusalem Post
Spanish police ‘identify multiple suspected jihadists’ among 60,000 migrants who stormed border into Ceuta Independent
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NFT Startup Founder Charged With Fraud DOJ
Capital One dismissal bid puts Trump’s JPMorgan Chase “political debanking” lawsuit in sharper focus CBS News
Ukraine’s former ambassador to US faces anti-corruption probe Euronews
‘I terminated this channel’: Inside the Fake Copyright Racket Silencing News Outlets OCCRP
Scammers are targeting church land in latest twisted scheme to steal properties from their owners New York Post
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Binance sues RedotPay over alleged $473 million user losses Cointelegraph
AI Hacks Are Bad. AI Worms and Viruses Will Be Worse. WIRED
Cyberattacks on water systems expand to 12 states as South Dakota, Georgia announce incidents Recorded Future
Anthropic AI agent faked identities, phished real developers in UK government hacking test Recorded Future
This Bitcoin Bridge Shut Itself Down Because AI Was Finding Bugs Too Fast Decrypt
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Dozens arrested in raid against smuggling ring financed by Dubai investors AP
Spain and Ecuador target cocaine smuggling ring and make 44 arrests AP
Malaysia Airlines pilot busted smuggling 70,000 ecstasy pills into Indonesia New York Post
Classified report reveals how India’s Bishnoi gang uses Canada’s student visa program Global News
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
