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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
Death Threats, Lawsuits and Billions in Play: The Battle Over Moving Russian Oil. A former Deutsche Bank executive got into business with the kingpins of Russia’s shadow fleet. It all went south. Wall Street Journal
Hezbollah readies for new regional war with funds from Iran Reuters
Chinese Prosecutors Seek to Confiscate $5.1B in Bitcoin Seized by UK in Qian Case Decrypt
Romance Scammers Turned a Texas Man Into an Unwitting Money Mule Wall Street Journal
In U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project Emerges New York Times
How purchases of sanctioned Iranian jet fuel were disguised by Myanmar Reuters
UAE leads $39 billion global digital fraud crackdown with more than 900 arrests The National
US regulator is probing suspicious Iran oil trading Reuters
James Comey charged for a third time by the Trump administration NBC News
FBI Explores Espionage Case Against Saudi OpenAI Suspect Wall Street Journal
British aid charity reviewed over ‘links to Hamas’ Telegraph
Lebanese widow can be pursued for husband’s role in $2bn corruption scandal The National
How Beijing’s Africa ambitions, financed by China’s mega banks, triggered a crisis in Zambia ICIJ
Federal agency reports nearly 600% increase in licences stripped from money services firms National Post
Scott Bessent says Iran’s economy is ‘collapsing’ as Treasury tightens financial vise Fox Business
FBI captures six Most Wanted fraudsters after combined 4,000 days on the run Newsweek
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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
UK sanctions Sudanese military leaders implicated in El Fasher ‘campaign of rape’ Guardian
U.S. intel memo warns of “advanced” Iranian plots to kill officials abroad Axios
Two UN-sanctioned North Korean tankers spotted repeatedly off China VOA
Yemeni forces intercept Houthi weapons being smuggled from coast The National
Jordan strikes southern Syria after linking church attackers to ‘terrorist groups’ Reuters
Terrorist linked to Isis ‘smuggled himself into UK on back of lorry’ The Times
How the Seizure of a Russian Vessel Brought the Ukraine War to the Arctic Wall Street Journal
Chinese copper tycoon He Jinbi gets life sentence for fraud The Standard
Pentagon designates Confucius Institutes in US a national security threat Reuters
Wealthy Chinese move offshore money to U.S. banks as Beijing’s tax net widens CNBC
Russian refiners ramp up diesel output after US deal Reuters
‘Pull Out the Sick Trees’: Xi’s Constant Purges Pave Way for Next Term New York Times
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Head of Mexico’s electoral authority resigns amid corruption allegations Reuters
Former NBA player Malik Beasley to plead guilty in federal sports betting case ABC News
Brazil: defeated Flávio Bolsonaro ordered to surrender passports Guardian
‘Body brokers’ responsible for ‘hundreds’ of homeless addicts in Skid Row — as secrets of sick drug rehab trade revealed New York Post
Turkey risks recession as massive fund scandal implicates Erdogan’s family and inner circle Nordic Monitor
Hungarian Tycoon’s Firm Funded Pro-Orbán Advertising Agency OCCRP
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Dutch police extradite Chinese national accused of laundering Cambodian investment scam funds Record
FBI Cybercrime Operation Nets Nine Arrests in Nigeria OCCRP
Jaguar Land Rover cyber-attack was state-sponsored, former minister admits Telegraph
South Korea Arrests Seven in First Big AI-Assisted Hacking Case Decrypt
Russia’s Sberbank links the crypto networks used by Moscow and Tehran to evade sanctions Insider
Chinese Scam Boss Murdered in Sri Lanka Had Multiple Identities OCCRP
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Leader of FARC Dissident Group Extradited to South Florida to Face Federal Cocaine Trafficking and Money Laundering Charges DOJ
Cars stolen in U.S. become daily drivers for Mexican cartels Washington Times
Old soldiers use military training to smuggle £34million of cocaine into UK after using fishing boat to scoop it up in English Channel Daily Mail
Indonesia Busts Mongolian-Flagged Tanker for Ketamine Smuggling Maritime Executive
Former Texas Tech professor sentenced to 480 months in federal prison for “pink flamingo” fentanyl trafficking conspiracy DOJ
Orange County couple sentenced for trafficking tiger pelt, rhino horns and other wildlife KTLA
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How five Boeing 777s linked Madagascar’s power elite to Iran. Once among Madagascar’s most influential businessmen and a close ally of deposed president Andry Rajoelina, Mamy Ravatomanga stands at the center of one of the island’s most explosive corruption cases. AFP
UK watchdog restricts six private credit firms over anti-money laundering controls Reuters
Argentina follows Trump lead, designates criminal and guerrilla groups as terrorist organizations Washington Post
Sanctioned Investor in Cambodian Scam Compound Owns California Mansion OCCRP
Netanyahu warns Israel could face banking sanctions, prepares alternative financial system Jerusalem Post
Trump Advisers Give Fees Earned for Aiding Srpska to His Library New York Times
Defense Ministry sanctions UK registered company after transfer of fuel to Hezbollah-owned company Jerusalem Post
Australia sanctions 2 over North Korean fake IT workers scheme for nuclear funds AFP
Iran has detailed plans to hit Gulf undersea cables if war resumes Reuters
Cyprus Parliament Reviews Reports on Abramovich-Linked Asset Transfers OCCRP
Nasdaq CEO calls for a national strategy as global fraud losses reach $579B Fortune
Senate’s top Democratic investigator looking into Tether payments to Bo Hines’ firm CoinDesk
Venezuela’s Shrimp King Wanted His $700 Million Firm Back. Now He’s in Jail. Wall Street Journal
Pro-Palestine rally organiser’s links to Iran Telegraph
US Court Orders Lebanese Ex-Minister to Pay $35M in Torture and Fraud Case OCCRP
Understanding Illicit Political Finance to Counter State Threats Soufan Center
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New charges for Royal Navy sailor accused of plotting to leak secrets to Russia Sky News
Democrats plan to investigate U.S. diesel companies involved in easing Russian sanctions Washington Post
Tanker Carrying Russian Diesel Signals U.S. Port After Trump-Putin Deal Wall Street Journal
A shipment of Russian uranium destined for Germany has arrived in Rotterdam Insider
UAE-made armored vehicles seen again in Russia Defence Blog
Singham-linked nonprofits defy House ultimatum, blast ‘MAGA-led witch hunt’ Fox News
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Gunmen kill 7 at Christian church in Jordan in what king calls act of terrorism Fox News
Macron says deadly shooting near Paris is a ‘racist terrorist attack’ BBC
Iranian men to go on trial next year over alleged plot to target UK Jewish community Reuters
PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher welcomes ‘significant’ explosives find BBC
Jury deliberates in trial of New Yorker who became a teen bride to an Islamic State fighter Associated Press
Trump’s Iran sanctions run into limits Semafor
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New Jersey Real Estate Investor and Online Influencer Admits to Committing Multi-Million Dollar Investment Fraud Scheme DOJ
Cambodia Cracked Down on Banks Allegedly Linked to Cyber-Scams. The IMF Says the Problem Persists. OCCRP
Salazar’s biggest donor accused in Honduras of environmental crimes, corruption Miami Herald
Australia’s Zip tumbles 50% after fraud incident dents first-quarter customer growth Reuters
Fast-fashion group Shein agrees to pay $100 million to settle US FTC probe Reuters
Albania’s student protests are only getting bigger DW
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CoinDCX denies hack, blames broken clean up job for $16 million outflow CoinDesk
Hackers Breach Enterprise Firewalls and VPNs, Exposing Over 70,000 Credentials The Hacker News
Iranian state-linked hackers used US server to target dissidents, researchers say Iran International
Hackers Are Serving Malware To iPhones Via Hundreds Of Infected Websites Forbes
PwC confirms cybersecurity incident involving employee learning records Reuters
Safety company acknowledges hack seven months after breach exposed millions of crime tips Reuters
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Deaths of 2 CIA agents in Mexico lead to treason charges against former state attorney general CBS News
Five jailed over nearly half a tonne of cocaine in at-sea smuggling attempt National Crime Agency
Syria seizes over 640,000 narcotic pills in balloon smuggling plot Rudaw
Iraq closes Sheeb border crossing with Iran to review security, sources say Reuters
Philippines announces bounty on senator wanted by the ICC for crime against humanity Associated Press
$10 Million Reward for Information on CJNG Member ‘El Tarjetas’ VOA
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
