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🌎 How Trump Moved Money to Pay $100M in Legal Bills. Trump has averaged more than $90K a day in legal-related costs for more than three years – none of it paid for with his own money. NYT
🌎 Treasury Sanctions Hamas Aligned Terrorist Fundraising Network. US and UK take coordinated actions against Hamas-linked fundraiser and its partners. U.S. Treasury
📌 Sanctions have become a tool of first resort. But enforcement needs upgraded and updated resources. Atlantic Council
🌎 Munchables Exploited for $62M, North Korea-Linked Exploiter Returns Private Keys to Web 3 Firm. The broader crypto community is calling for a controversial chain rollback in a bid to recover funds. CoinDesk
📌 Upholding North Korea Sanctions in the Age of Decentralized Finance RUSI
🌎 Jumbotron Hacker And Prolific Child Molester Sentenced To 220 Years In Federal Prison. Jacksonville Jaguars hired Thompson as a contractor in 2013 to consult on the design and installation of their new video board network. DOJ
🌎 Russia struggles to collect oil payments as China, UAE, Turkey raise bank scrutiny. Several banks have boosted their sanctions compliance requirements in recent weeks. Reuters
🌎 Crypto Exchange KuCoin Violated AML Laws. KuCoin lied to investors about operating in the U.S. and failed to both register with USG entities and maintain an AML program. CoinDesk
📌 Hackers Are Targeting Bitcoin Hot Wallets – Here’s How Decrypt
🌎 SEC scores big win in lawsuit against crypto exchange Coinbase. A judge ruled that the SEC’s claim that the cryptocurrency exchange engaged in unregistered sales of securities could be heard by a jury at trial. CNBC
🌎 Feds seek two NY apartments worth $14M tied to former Mongolia leader in mining scheme. Batbold and his family used state-owned mining contracts to move money through shell companies to fund lavish lifestyles. CNBC
📌 U.S. progress in strengthening AML/CFT measures FATF
🌎 The standoff at Gate 36: Texas sends in the troops to block migrants from seeking asylum. The governor’s aim is to prevent migrants from reaching the gate – part of the 30-foot high border wall built during the Trump presidency. LAT
🌎 What Diddy Court Document Photos Reveal. The suit shows multiple video stills with Diddy dancing with women whose faces are blacked out, but claims they are underage or sex workers. Newsweek
📌 Prince Harry Named in Blockbuster Diddy Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Daily Beast
🌎 Largest cocaine shipment of the year seized in Colombian Caribbean after high-speed boat chase. After a chase that spanned several miles, the boat — which was covering its cargo in a blue tarp — was finally intercepted. CBS
🌎 Private school students get fake ADHD diagnoses for 200-point boost to SAT after tests brought back by Ivy League. One mom of a junior at an elite Manhattan prep school said that out of her daughter’s eight closest friends, six have gotten extra time. NYP
🌎 U.S., South Korea launch task force to thwart North Korean oil smuggling. The new Enhanced Disruption Task Force held its inaugural meeting on Tuesday in Washington. UPI
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🚩 More Chinese Companies to Be Added to U.S. Import Ban List WSJ
🚩 FTC investigating TikTok over privacy and security CNN
🚩 The Oil Weapon Against Moscow WSJ
🚩 Sanctions Complicate Arctic LNG Ship Sales Bloomberg
🚩 UK Treasury staff worked at Chinese bank accused of communist links BBC
🚩 The True Direct Cost of Oil Sanctions on Russia’s Exports Bloomberg
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💥 At Columbia, an Israeli-Designated Terror Group Teaches ‘Palestinian Resistance 101’ Free Beacon
💥 Will Biden allow Hamas a ‘terrorist veto’? Hill
💥 U.S. sanctions facilitators of Iran’s Quds-Force, proxy militias UPI
💥 Iran’s Censoring Tech Firm To Be Removed From EU Sanctions Iran International
💥 US says it doesn’t support Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project going forward Reuters
💥 ICRC taps former UN Palestinian refugee agency director as new chief AFP
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💸 The Shocking Story Behind One Megadonor’s Support of RFK Jr. Daily Beast
💸 Texas AG Ken Paxton reaches deal to end securities fraud charges after 9 years Politico
💸 Qatari royal reportedly invested $50 million in pro-Trump news channel Newsmax CNBC
💸 EY drops appeal against German sanctions over Wirecard audits FT
💸 Ex-UBS Trader Tom Hayes Loses UK Appeal Over Libor Crimes Bloomberg
💸 SEC settles insider trading charges against Andy Bechtolsheim, co-founder of Arista, Sun Microsystems CNBC
💸 Hungarian insider releases audio he says is proof of corruption in embattled Orbán government AP
💸 Romanian mob is coming for your debit cards, with ATM-style skimmers now at self-checkouts Fox
💸 Project to save children from the mafia extended to Sicily and Naples Guardian
💸 Thief sold stolen gems to at least 45 buyers on eBay BBC
💸 Kyrgyzstan Detains Ex-Customs Official Suspected of Money Laundering OCCRP
💸 Glencore’s ex-head of oil loses UK legal fight over tax Reuters
💸 Britain’s financial watchdog warns social media influencers Reuters
💸 House committee subpoenas agency head amid probe of $127M paid to Teamsters’ pension fund with dead participants NYP
💸 Son of Guinea-Bissau’s ex-president jailed in US for trafficking drugs to fund coup BBC
💸 Fraud office ordered to pay £12m to mining company after botched investigation Telegraph
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🔐 Project Ghostbusters: Facebook Accused of Using Your Phone to Wiretap Snapchat Gizmodo
🔐 Treasury Releases Report on Managing AI-Specific Cybersecurity Risks U.S. Treasury
🔐 Illicit Funds in Crypto Ecosystem Shrank 9% Last Year, Yet Criminals Still Handled Nearly $35B CoinDesk
🔐 Zero-days exploited in the wild jumped 50% in 2023, fueled by spyware vendors Record
🔐 Insurance Broker Marsh Introduces $825M Crypto Custody Coverage CoinDesk
🔐 Serious security breach hits EU police agency Politico
🔐 SEC Ramps Up Massive-Hack Probe With Focus on Tech, Telecom Companies Bloomberg
🔐 Recent ‘MFA Bombing’ Attacks Targeting Apple Users Krebs
🔐 The Science of Crypto Forensics Survives a Court Battle – for Now Wired
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🚚 Appeals court keeps controversial Texas immigration law on hold CNN
🚚 Thousands of Migrants Could Be Released En Masse In Days Newsweek
🚚 Illicit Fentanyl and Mexico’s Role CRS
🚚 Drug cartel tied to El Chapo’s son claims responsibility for kidnapping 66 people in response to a rash of home invasions Daily Mail
🚚 A Legal Pot Pioneer Was Busted in Idaho With 56 Pounds. He Has a Plan. NYT
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📘 China Rubicon Report – The Institutional Investors & Funds financing the rise of technology innovation in China and other adversarial autocracies. Future Union
📘 Paper Wall: Chinese Websites Posing as Local News Outlets Target Global Audiences with Pro-Beijing Content Citizen Lab
📘 Bankrolling Terror: Iran’s Role in Fundraising and Recruiting for Hamas Post-10/7 Cloudburst
📘 Safer Scrolling: How algorithms popularize and gamify online hate and misogyny for young people University of Kent
📘 Patterns and Targets for Ransomware Exploitation of Vulnerabilities: 2017–2023 Recorded Future
📘 Financial Crime Salary Guide 2024 FincSelect
📘 Proposal of FinCEN Special Measure Regarding Convertible Virtual Currency Mixing Crypto Council for Innovation
📘 Top Five Crypto Regulatory and Policy Trends for 2024 Elliptic
📘 Grooming, radicalization and cyber-attacks: INTERPOL warns of ‘Metacrime’ Interpol
📘 Financial Sanctions Evasion, Money Landering Through the Art Storage Sector HM Revenue & Customs
📌 China’s Oppression of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang
📌 How Are U.S. Financial Sanctions Developed?
📌 Top 10 Ways Iran Supports and Empowers Hamas
📌 Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program: A Dangerous Evolution
📌 Top 10 Ways Money Launderers Are Caught Red-Handed
📌 What are the Top 10 Books on Corruption, Kleptocracy, and Illicit Financing?
📌 What Are 10 Ways China Is Stealing Intellectual Property?
📌 These are Mexico’s Most Powerful Drug Cartels
📌 The Hypocrisy of Labeling Terrorists as ‘Militants’
📌 Sanctions and the IRGC: How Iran’s Paramilitary Group Profits from Economic Hardship
📌 What are the Arguments For and Against ESG?
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🎙 Treasury in the Time of Russia Sanctions: Insights with Liz Rosenberg RUSI
🎙 Sanctions Past, Present, and Future with OFAC Director Brad Smith Lawfare
🎙 FBI Director Wray talks takedown operations, nation-state hackers, and growing threats in cyberspace Record
🎙 Do sanctions still work as a weapon of war? Economist
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🎙️Davos, WWIII, Essential Books GoodFellows
🌎 Treasury Sanctions Financial Facilitators and Illicit Drug Traffickers Supporting the Syrian Regime. OFAC sanctioned 11 individuals and entities supporting Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad through Captagon trafficking. U.S. Treasury
🌎 SWIFT planning launch of new CBDC platform in 12-24 months. 90% of the world’s central banks are now exploring digital versions of their currencies. Most don’t want to be left behind by bitcoin and other cryptos but are grappling with tech complexities. Reuters
🌎 New York Starts Distributing Debit Cards to Migrants, Despite Uproar. City Hall said a family of four with two children under the age of 5 years old will get $350 loaded onto their card weekly. PIX
📌 NYC council asks state’s highest court to allow non-citizens to vote in local elections NYP
🌎 Blood and Oil: Russian Oil Deliveries Follow North Korean Weapons Transfers. DPRK tankers have begun loading oil from a Russian port in the country’s Far East, lifting the veil on what Pyongyang has secured in return for the transfer of vast quantities of munitions and missiles. RUSI
🌎 Sean Combs’ Homes Raided as Part of ‘Sex Trafficking’ Investigation. Officials descended upon the rap mogul’s LA and Miami homes on Monday, four months after Cassie accused him of sexual assault. Rolling Stone
🌎 US sanctions, indicts China-based hackers for allegedly targeting critical infrastructure. National security leaders have consistently warned that Chinese state-affiliated actors were carrying out cyber operations in the U.S. ABC
📌 Who are Chinese hacking group APT 31? Telegraph
🌎 CCP-Backed Businessman in Fiji is a Top Australian Criminal Target. Prominent Fiji-based businessman Zhao Fugang is a trusted advocate for China’s interests in the Pacific. Australian law enforcement and intelligence agencies suspect he plays another part. OCCRP
🌎 Marina Granovskaia linked to secret payments by former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich. Powerful chief executive of Chelsea under Abramovich appears in documents showing offshore payments by oligarch. Guardian
🌎 Elon Musk’s Starlink Terminals Are Falling Into the Wrong Hands. How they are smuggled and the sheer availability of Starlink on the black market suggests that its misuse is a systemic global problem. Bloomberg
🔑 Cryptocurrency Regulation Tracker Atlantic Council
🔑 COMTRADE: Using Trade Data to Uncover Fraud and Smuggling OCCRP
🔑 2022 Rule of Law Index World Justice Project
🔑 Global Organized Crime Index Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
🔑 Anti-Corruption Helpdesk Transparency International
🔑 Flight Intelligence for Investigators Icarus Flights, C4ADS
🔑 Global Legislative Map: Violent Extremist and Terrorist-Related Online Content Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism
🔑 Basel AML Index Map Basel Institute on Governance
🔑 Scorched Earth: Using NASA Fire Data to Monitor War Zones Bellingcat