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Former Shaolin Temple abbot indicted for bribery and embezzlement. Prosecutors formally charge ‘CEO monk’ Shi Yongxin four months after his arrest following financial and sexual scandals. South China Morning Post
Fentanyl found inside Barbies sold at Missouri discount store CBS News
Friendship fraud: warnings of rise in ‘insidious’ scam targeting older people The Guardian
The Gates Foundation and Jeffrey Epstein Were More Entangled Than We Thought Vanity Fair
Sanctioning a global network supporting Hizballah financing U.S. Department of State
Maximiliano Davila Perez, Former Director Of Bolivia’s National Anti-Narcotics Agency, Sentenced To 25 Years For Conspiring To Import Cocaine DOJ
U.S. financial regulator issues long-awaited cryptocurrency guidance Reuters
Swiss government approves anti-money laundering plan Reuters
2026 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community Office of the DNI
US seizes domains and infrastructure used in sprawling botnet campaigns The Record
Slain Iranian Official’s Sons Hold $29M in Dubai Property Using Assumed Names OCCRP
A Russian General’s Secret Bribes: Inside A Wartime Corruption Network RFE/RL
Black Cube, leaked tapes and corruption: Israeli spy firm crashes Slovenia’s election Politico
Phantom Contracts and Kickbacks: Poland’s Judicial Corruption Scandal Widens OCCRP
Trio sentenced for facilitating North Korean IT worker scheme from their homes Cyberscoop
Interlock ransomware exploited Secure FMC flaw in zero-day attacks since January Bleeping Computer
Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero in plea talks in US Reuters
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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
Former Binance CEO CZ waves off accusations on Iran, terror ties CoinDesk
Bloody NYC Khamenei vigil reveals anti-US protest network linked to Iran Fox News
Indiana University’s Muslim Philanthropy Gave Fundraising Advice to ‘Sham Charity’ Bankrolling Hamas Free Beacon
Searching for Clues – Donations for Islamist Terrorism? DW
Refiners in India, elsewhere in Asia look to buy Iranian oil after US waives sanctions Reuters
Chelsea Chief Under Abramovich Could Face Scrutiny Over Soccer Cheating The New York Times
Oil for repression: How Venezuela spent billions on a Cuban-backed security state Miami Herald
Chongqing mayor under investigation as anti-corruption crackdown gathers pace South China Morning Post
US lawmaker asks Pentagon to review Safran ventures in China Reuters
Russia benefits from Iran war’s oil shocks Semafor
New questions arise over TikTok sale Axios
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Money laundering probes, a multimillion-dollar deal and misleading evidence: The curious case before Victoria’s racing tribunal Sydney Morning Herald
Political operatives with Trump ties raked in millions of dollars in commissions from DHS ad campaign Politico
Some DHS contractors told White House officials they were asked to pay Corey Lewandowski NBC News
FBI and IRS to investigate nonprofit groups for domestic terrorism links CBS News
Foreign nationals among arrested on charges they used stolen identities fraudulently DOJ
Secretary of State Marco Rubio to testify against Florida Rep. David Rivera in foreign agent, money laundering case CBS News
Disgraced ex-Gavin Newsom aide breaks silence as corruption trial looms New York Post
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Spyware once used by governments is now spreading to cybercriminals Axios
CoinDCX co-founders arrested by Indian police for fraud deny wrongdoing, blame impersonation scheme The Block
Google warns over 200 million iPhone crypto wallets at risk Protos
Dollars and death threats: the dark side of prediction markets The Times
The Company Paid to Protect Your Identity Just Got Hacked Gizmodo
Resolv’s USR stablecoin depegs after attacker mints 80 million unbacked tokens, extracts roughly $25 million The Block
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Pot Inc. is waiting to cash in on Trump’s marijuana reclassification — but the DOJ is still dragging its feet New York Post
Leader of Ecuador’s Los Lobos crime group arrested in Mexico City Reuters
The Incredible Story of the Cartel Olympics The Atlantic
Five Mexican nationals indicted after massive meth lab bust uncovers enormous quantities of drugs Fox News
US Border Patrol nabs Mexican fugitives in California wanted for murder, child sex crimes Fox News
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The president of Colombia has just been labeled a “priority target” for his alleged drug ties by the DEA. In recent months, prosecutors in Brooklyn and Manhattan have been questioning drug traffickers about their ties to Petro and specifically about allegations the Colombian president’s representatives solicited bribes to block their extradition to the United States. Fortune
Millions in cash, undercover agents: Inside a Texas poker club probe Austin American-Statesman
Super Micro co-founder indicted on Nvidia smuggling charges leaves board CNBC
Russia’s Shadow-Fleet Kingpin Is Back in Business Wall Street Journal
U.S. eases Iranian oil sanctions in scramble to contain energy prices, handing Tehran a boost NBC News
Belarus releases 250 political prisoners in a deal with the U.S. to lift some sanctions AP News
US judge strikes down rule targeting money laundering in real estate Reuters
Questions swirl around US plans for record $15B Prince Group crypto seizure ICIJ
TD Bank Pushed by New Jersey Judges on Money Laundering Secrecy Bloomberg
Iran’s Kill Network Ran Through Toronto The Bureau
Deepfakes and an elite hacker school: How cybercrime is growing as a source of income for North Korea El País
A U.S. Citizen Now Runs Mexico’s Top Drug Cartel—and Targeting Him Is Complicated Wall Street Journal
SEC Targets Auditing ‘Bad Actors’ With New Enforcement Team Bloomberg
Spylandia: How a Stretch of Florida Real Estate Has Become a Covert Corridor for Chinese and Russian Spies Vanity Fair
FBI updates Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list Newsweek
Children of Iran’s regime leaders are educating America’s students at colleges from New York to Los Angeles New York Post
FBI seizes website tied to Iranian cyberattack on U.S. company NBC News
How Hezbollah rebuilt while its enemies declared it dead Middle East Eye
Terror group planned India hits, backed Myanmar rebels Times of India
U.S. Lifts Fertilizer Sanctions on Belarus as Iran War Causes Price Surge DW
Is Russian Fuel Headed for Cuba, Testing the U.S. Blockade? The New York Times
U.S. says Cuba is prohibited from taking Russian oil as two tankers head to island CNBC
How China opened the door to creating a direct rival to US payment systems South China Morning Post
Second iOS exploit kit now in use by suspected Russian hackers Cyberscoop
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State records show 89 hospice companies at one Los Angeles office plaza. We went to look for ourselves. CBS News
French tycoon Bolloré to face corruption trial over elections in Togo and Guinea AFP
Slovenia corruption scandal deepens as Prime Minister Robert Golob urges EU probe Euronews
FBI arrests 11 in real estate and loan fraud of Los Angeles elderly victims CBS News
Two Feeding Our Future defendants enter pleas, another rejects deal Star Tribune
US citizenship revoked for Nigerian native after federal fraud conviction Baltimore Sun
FBI fugitive found hiding in Wales has assets confiscated by police BBC
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Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild Wired
Crypto hacks average $25 million as largest exploits skew industry losses The Block
Bankrupt exchange FTX set to repay $2.2 billion to creditors this month CoinDesk
Zip Ties, Sleeping Pills And Pepper Spray: Canadian Crypto Millionaire Targeted In Foiled Madrid Kidnapping Bitcoin Magazine
Fake FBI Crypto Tokens Are Being Used to Threaten Tron Users Decrypt
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A U.S. Citizen Now Runs Mexico’s Top Drug Cartel—and Targeting Him Is Complicated Wall Street Journal
Sacramento police offer help to 41 sex trafficking victims in 16-day operation Sacramento Bee
At least 11 killed in raid on cartel in northern Mexico’s Sinaloa Reuters
Leader of Ecuador’s Los Lobos crime group arrested in Mexico City 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
