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Anchorage Digital faces scrutiny from U.S. Homeland Security.  The exact nature of the probe remains unclear, though DHS’s El Dorado Task Force primarily targets international money laundering and financial crimes. Cointelegraph

Kidneys for Cash: Inside a global organ trafficking network DW

Ransomware disrupts operations of kidney dialysis company DaVita Record

Trump and the Atomic Ayatollah WSJ

The Most Dangerous Hackers You’ve Never Heard Of Wired 

Trump’s tariffs will lead to a cascade of corruption CNN

Binance Seeks to Curb U.S. Oversight While in Deal Talks With Trump’s Crypto Company WSJ

Chinese suppliers are offering U.S. Amazon sellers a tariff solution – but it’s not legal Fortune

Forget tariffs — Beijing is already choking off US exports on the sly Politico

EU’s Kallas says EU working on 17th package of Russia sanctions Reuters

Recruited by Mexican Crime: ‘The four letters of Guadalajara invite you to work’ El Pais

Trump Retreats From White Collar Criminal Enforcement WSJ

FinCEN Renews Residential Real Estate Geographic Targeting Orders FinCEN

TFTC Designates Al-Shabaab Networks in Somalia U.S. Treasury

đŸš© RUSSIA & CHINA

Back to Russian gas? Trump-wary EU has energy security dilemma Reuters

Russia Asked U.S. to Lift Sanctions From Aeroflot MT

China halts critical material exports amid escalating trade war Semafor

Estonia Says Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tanker Can’t Sail Without Resolving 40 Deficiencies AFP

Taiwan says Cambodia deported its nationals to China after fraud arrests RFA

💾 CORRUPTION & FINANCIAL CRIME

How a Secretive Gambler Called ‘The Joker’ Took Down the Texas Lottery WSJ 

Fugitive Indian jeweler accused of a $1.8B bank fraud arrested in Belgium AP

What to know as Social Security anti-fraud measures take effect News Nation

Bangladesh issues arrest warrant for British MP Tulip Siddiq BBC

Greece: Worry as Turks buy property and ‘golden visas’ DW

Indonesia arrests judges who cleared palm oil companies of graft charges Reuters

🔐 CRYPTO & CYBER

Hackers using AI-produced audio to impersonate tax preparers, IRS Record 

A tech CEO has been charged with fraud for saying his e-commerce startup was powered by AI Fortune

NFT trader faces prison for $13M tax fraud on CryptoPunk profits Cointelegraph

Mantra Token Crashes 90% in One Hour, Team Blames ‘Reckless Liquidations’ Decrypt

🚚 TRAFFICKING 

ICE director wants to run deportations like ‘Amazon Prime for human beings’ Guardian

FinCEN Convenes FinCEN Exchange Sessions to Provide Stakeholders with Information About U.S. Southwest Border GTO FinCEN

IRS reaches data-sharing deal with DHS to help find immigrants for deportation CNN

‘A moral stain’: Global Commission delivers new report calling to eradicate modern slavery by 2030 CNN

 


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TD anti-money laundering ex-staffer pleads guilty to data theft.  Sewell’s phone contained images of 255 checks belonging to customers and personal information of nearly 70 others, including names, addresses, and social security numbers. Bloomberg

U.S. to keep monitors in place for TD Bank Reuters 

💾 How TD Bank Laundered $670M Illicit Edge

Hedge Fund Veteran Set to Lead Trump’s Sanctions Strategy Bloomberg

Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht to make first public appearance at Bitcoin conference Block

đŸ’„ Head of Silk Road Tried to Murder His Staff Illicit Edge

Harvard advisor steps down after lawsuit details alleged ties to Hamas Independent

China admits cyberattacks on U.S. in secret meeting Telegraph

🇹🇳 Can we prevent American tech leaks to China? Illicit Edge

Block Agrees to $40M Settlement With NY Over Faulty AML Controls CoinDesk

How Nintendo Is Navigating Tariff Chaos with Secret Shipments and New Factories WSJ

Meta whistleblower tells senators Facebook worked “hand in glove” with China CBS

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One of the dark web’s largest drug-dealing networks was run by four L.A. County men LAT

Ballerina imprisoned by Russia after $52 donation to Ukraine charity released NBC

Trump says China could get tariff relief if it approves TikTok deal.  Trump made the comments a day after he announced a 10% baseline tariff on all imports to the United States and higher duties on some of the country’s biggest trading partners. Reuters 

Russia not on Trump’s tariff list Axios

Trump sued over China tariffs Hill

This Startup Wanted to Revolutionize Fashion. Now It’s Under Investigation for Fraud. WSJ

Illegal luxury timber from Brazil’s COP state makes its way to US and Europe Reuters

How North Korea Cheated Its Way to Crypto Billions WSJ

U.S. Targets Houthi Link to Russia Newsweek

Treasury Secretary Remarks at FinCEN Iran Maximum Pressure and Counter Terrorism (IMPACT) Exchange Series FinCEN

Dem fundraiser ActBlue made donation standards ‘more lenient,’ received foreign contributions during 2024 election NYP

SEC Charges Three Arizona Individuals with Defrauding Investors in $284M Municipal Bond Offering That Financed Sports Complex SEC 

 

🚀  IRAN

US and Iran to begin critical nuclear talks as Trump threatens war CNN

Why Iran’s Supreme Leader Came Around to Nuclear Talks With the U.S. NYT

How UN sanctions on Iran could be restored Reuters

CAIR Seeks To Block Columbia University From Submitting SJP Records to Congress Free Beacon

Judge rules Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported ABC

US targets China oil storage terminal in new Iran-related sanctions Reuters

China’s March Iranian oil imports surge on US sanctions fears Reuters

đŸš© RUSSIA & CHINA

3 senators lead effort to ban Chinese-owned GNC from military installations Fox 

Russian Sanctions And Trump’s Tariffs Help Chinese EVs Make Inroads In Central Asia RFE

China-based SMS Phishing Triad Pivots to Banks Krebs

Estonia seizes Russian shadow tanker in Baltic Sea Politico

Allies pledge €21B in weapons for Ukraine Politico

Hong Kong police arrest 6, bust cross-border syndicate that laundered HK$290M SCMP

💾 CORRUPTION & FINANCIAL CRIME

USG moves for release of ex-FBI informant who fabricated bribery story about the Bidens AP

Fintech founder charged with fraud after ‘AI’ shopping app found to be powered by humans in the Philippines TC 

DOGE discovers millions in taxpayer dollars wasted on unemployment claims for ‘fake people’ NYP

Hundreds of barbers, car washes and American sweet shops raided in money laundering crackdown Sky

Art dealer led plot to sell forged Andy Warhol pieces at Miami gallery MH

NJ politician, Lucchese mobster arrested in sprawling gambling ring ABC

European companies risk sanctions breaches amid surge in shady transactions Euro News

Republicans Probe Secret Biden-Era Settlement With Green Groups To Shut Down Family Ranches Free Beacon

🔐 CRYPTO & CYBER

US to sign Pall Mall pact aimed at countering spyware abuses Record

New York AG warns Congress of non-US stablecoin issuers like Tether amid legislation talks Block

North Korean IT workers are spamming tech firms with fake rĂ©sumĂ©s. One founder says he came up with ‘a foolproof way’ of weeding them out Fortune

Researcher uncovers dozens of sketchy Chrome extensions with 4 million installs TC

Moroccan cybercrime group Atlas Lion hiding in plain sight during attacks on retailers Record

Atomic, Exodus wallets targeted in new cybersecurity exploit Cointelegraph

 

🚚 TRAFFICKING

Two Men Sentenced in Largest-Ever Bird Mount Trafficking Case DOJ

Migrants With Criminal Records Got Medicaid Benefits Newsweek

Bodies of 11 murder victims found in Mexico state plagued by drug trafficking CBS

 


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How a top Chinese AI model overcame US sanctions MIT

Taskforce on Public-Private Partnership in Fighting Financial Crime in Ukraine RUSI

The Digital Asset Ecosystem in El Salvador: Challenges and Risks to Countercheck Financial Global Financial Integrity

Money Laundering from Environmental Crime: Typologies and Trends in Countries in the Amazon Region Fact Coalition

INTERPOL Financial Fraud assessment: A global threat boosted by technology Interpol

Sanctions by the Numbers: Comparing the Trump and Biden Administrations’ Sanctions and Export Controls on China CNAS

The threats posed by the global shadow fleet—and how to stop it Atlantic Council

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