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Violence erupts in Mexico amid military operation that killed cartel leader El Mencho CBS News
Sweden’s FSA to probe Swedbank compliance with money laundering regulations Reuters
Romance fraud: warning over scam that turns victims into insurance cheats The Guardian
Made in the EU, Dropped on Kyiv: How European Parts Are Enabling Russia’s Winter Drone War OCCRP
Breaking China’s Hold on Critical Minerals Requires More than Tariffs National Interest
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Treasury watchdog finds poor data practices in financial crimes unit FedScoop
IDFC First Bank probes suspected $65M fraud in accounts of government entities Reuters
Indonesian police probe $1.88 billion money laundering scheme linked to illegal gold mining The Straits Times
📘 Featured Report: Russia-linked cryptocurrency services and sanctions evasion Elliptic
The U.S. Is Hunting the Shadow Fleet. This Is What It’s Up Against. WSJ
Pardoned Binance Founder Hobnobs With Trump Sons and Administration Officials at Mar-a-Lago Crypto Fest WSJ
Six More Defendants Charged in International “ATM Jackpotting” Scheme DOJ
Treasury Sanctions Sudanese Paramilitary Commanders for Atrocities in El-Fasher U.S. Treasury Department
U.S. Intelligence Says at Least 15,000 at Large After ISIS Detention Camp Collapses in Syria WSJ
Hamas is reasserting control in Gaza despite its heavy losses fighting Israel BBC News
Radical pro-North Korea nonprofit gaining foothold in U.S. NYP
High School Student Facing More Than 300 Felony Charges for Running a ‘Sextortion’ Scheme That Exploited Minors People
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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
Hungary to block new EU sanctions on Russia over Ukraine pipeline dispute Reuters
Macron asks Trump to lift sanctions on former EU tech chief Thierry Breton Politico
Ukraine imposes sanctions against Belarus’ Lukashenko for aiding Russia’s war Reuters
Credit cards cancelled, Google accounts closed: ICC judges on life under Trump sanctions The Guardian
US grants sanctions waiver to Serbia’s Russia-owned NIS oil firm until March 20 Reuters
Leaked Emails Reveal UAE Network Moving $90B in Russian Oil Amid Sanctions Crackdown United24
The Shadow Crypto Economy Feeding Russia’s War Machine RUSI
As Ukraine War Enters Fifth Year, Europe Faces Hard Truth On China Radio Free Europe
Moscow’s De-Dollarization Dreams Meet Pragmatic Reality The Moscow Times
Love-struck suspected Moscow mole in NYC tells FBI agent, ‘Catch me, baby’ — only to land behind bars NYP
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Malaysia summons anti-corruption chief in stock ownership probe South China Morning Post
Appeal dismissed in B.C. forfeiture suit linked to alleged $220M money laundering case Vancouver Sun
HK$261 million of frozen crime funds may take 7 years to reach Hong Kong coffers South China Morning Post
Newly Released Epstein Records Detail Financial Ties Linking Billionaire, Art Adviser and Epstein OCCRP
Jury to get tax-evasion case against Supreme Court lawyer who became high-stakes poker player AP News
The Private Jet Fleet Of $8 Billion Ponzi Scheme Fraudster Allen Stanford Simple Flying
Former NFL Player and Laboratory Owner Convicted in $328M Genetic Testing Fraud Scheme DOJ
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PayPal discloses data breach that exposed user info for 6 months BleepingComputer
A Vast Trove of Exposed Social Security Numbers May Put Millions at Risk of Identity Theft Wired
Silicon Valley Engineers Charged With Stealing Trade Secrets From Leading Tech Companies And Transferring Confidential Data To Unauthorized Locations, Including Iran DOJ
‘Starkiller’ Phishing Service Proxies Real Login Pages, MFA Krebs on Security
FBI: Threats from Salt Typhoon are ‘still very much ongoing’ CyberScoop
Major cyberattack forces closure of clinics across Mississippi CNN
Ukrainian sentenced to 5 years in prison for facilitating North Korean remote worker scheme CyberScoop
House Dems Raise National Security Alarms Over Trump Family’s Crypto Bank Charter Request Decrypt
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Brown urges police probe into whether Prince Andrew used RAF bases to meet Epstein BBC News
Man admits trying to bribe juror at trial of ex-heavyweight boxer accused of trafficking $1 billion worth of cocaine CBS News
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Third suspect, known as ‘Prophetess,’ indicted in Kingdom of God Global Church forced labor case. Fox News
Trump stalls vote on bipartisan Russia sanctions bill Semafor
Australians with alleged ISIS ties are turned back after departing Syrian camp for repatriation AP News
‘Economic fighters’: the volunteers helping direct sanctions against Russia The Guardian
Euro uses Trump-shaped world order to encroach on U.S. financial power Axios
The record-breaking cocaine boom — and its deadly fallout NPR
France releases suspected Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker after fine paid BBC News
Ukraine’s former energy minister detained as suspect in money laundering probe France 24
How big is Ukraine’s corruption problem? The Independent
Vance Says Iran Is Ignoring Core U.S. Demands in Talks The Wall Street Journal
India seizes three Iran-linked US-sanctioned tankers Reuters
Worst of the worst: ICE sweeps up convicted pedophiles, traffickers in massive holiday weekend sting Fox News
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The Billionaire Brothers Betting on Syria’s Reconstruction Bloomberg
Chinese Oil Tankers Challenge US Blockade off Venezuela Newsweek
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U.S. sanctions Iranian, Venezuelan groups tied to weapons trade CNBC
Iran offers to sell advanced weapons systems for crypto The Street
Texas man accused of trying to support ISIS ordered held pending trial ABC
EU opens formal investigation into Shein over sale of child-like dolls and addictive app design Euronews
Russia Uses Ex-Wagner Operatives to Recruit ‘Disposable’ Saboteurs in Europe The Moscow Times
Beijing offers 53 African countries tariff-free trade access Semafor
Westwater Resources rises as US slaps duties on Chinese graphite anode materials Seeking Alpha
US citizen sentenced to four years in Russian jail after trying to smuggle Kalashnikov assault rifle stocks out of Moscow airport Reuters
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Ex-Executives of Private Equity-Backed Mobileum Charged With Inflating Revenue The Wall Street Journal
Collapsed law firm investigated on suspicion of stealing clients’ cash The Telegraph
Mexican president challenges UK asylum given to woman accused of corruption The Guardian
Peru ousts interim president over corruption probe DW
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📘 Featured Report: Stablecoins at Scale – Broad Adoption and Highly Concentrated Illicit Networks TRM Labs
As crypto industry expands, U.S. slashes office examining dirty money safeguards of cryptocurrency exchanges ICIJ
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US military says it killed 11 people in strikes on three drug boats CNN
The rise of the cocaine submarine The Guardian
How Ryan Wedding’s ‘right-hand man’ turned on him and helped take him down CBC News
Biden’s ‘quiet amnesty’ for nearly 1 million illegal immigrants New York Post
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
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