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Lack of New U.S. Sanctions Allows Restricted Goods and Funds Into Russia. President Trump has issued no new restrictions on Russia this year, in effect allowing Moscow to acquire the money and materials it needs in its conflict with Ukraine. NYT
Britain’s FBI sends red alert on shady Russian Shadow Fleet Daily Mail
Colombia seizes first unmanned narco-submarine with Starlink antenna AFP
Operation Mongolian Beef: Dozens arrested after violent shootout between rival Florida biker gangs Fox
Thrown from the balcony, stabbed in the street: Switzerland suspects Iran killed 3 of its diplomats YNET
Iran suspends cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog IAEA AP
Liquidators File $2.7B Lawsuit Against Standard Chartered Bank Over 1MDB Role WSJ
Russian bulletproof hosting service Aeza Group sanctioned by U.S. Dark Reading
Qantas cyber hack could have stolen ‘significant’ amount of data from six million customers CNN
Trump adds at least $620M to his net worth thanks to crypto investments NYP
Elizabeth Warren Calls for Bribery Investigation Into Paramount-Trump Settlement Hollywood Reporter
Mexican banks face cascading consequences following U.S. sanctions AP
Obama’s Trump-Russia collusion report was corrupt from start NYP
Tribunal in waiting: Why the special body set up to prosecute Russia’s crime of aggression cannot touch Vladimir Putin — for now The Insider
U.S. Drops Sanctions on Russian Oligarch, Chess Champion Ilyumzhinov KP
EU’s Putin Fan Club Secures Sanctions Win CEPA
Quad countries agree to diversify critical mineral supplies amid China concerns Guardian
2 Chinese arrested in U.S. for espionage for spying on naval base SCMP
Adult entertainment industry payments used to evade Russian sanctions Globe and Mail
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Mexico City attorney pleads guilty to laundering money for Sinaloa Cartel through San Diego shell companies ABC
Mexican Authorities Arrest Colombian Mercenaries Building Explosives for Cartels Breitbart
She defended drug lord El Chapo – now, she’s running for office BBC
Two Utah men charged with supporting Mexican cartel designated as terrorist group Fox
Police bust major drug trafficking ring in Portugal, seizing cash and weapons Euronews
Police Suspect Brazilian Singer Worked With Cocaine Traffickers OCCRP
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Turkey detains 120 opposition officials including former mayor AP
Two soccer bribery convictions reinstated by U.S. appeals court Reuters
Costa Rica’s top court seeks to strip President Chaves’ immunity over corruption case AP
Michigan attorney general investigating company promoting ‘twin flame’ romance AP
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Ransomware gang attacks German charity that feeds starving children Record
DOJ’s $225M Seizure Puts Human Cost of Crypto Scams in Focus CoinDesk
Hacker with ‘political agenda’ stole data from Columbia Record
DOJ investigates ex-ransomware negotiator over extortion kickbacks BC
China-linked hackers spoof big-name brand websites to steal shoppers’ payment info Record
Tornado Cash founder nears $2M legal fund goal ahead of trial Protos
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Diddy denied bail after mixed verdict clears him of top charges in sex crimes case AP
App that allows people to share ICE sightings gets boost in downloads after White House backlash NBC
Son of notorious cartel leader “El Chapo” to plead guilty in U.S. CBS
700 pounds of meth found in cucumbers USAT
Kim Zetter / Brian Krebs / Nicole Perlroth /
Josh Rogin / Ellen Nakashima / Matt Levitt /
Clarissa Ward / Gary Kasparov / Joseph Cox / Mark Dubowitz
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya / Bill Browder / Jen Easterly /
Zack Kopplin / Laura Shin / Dmitri Alperovitch / Tom Keatinge
Catherine Belton / Nazanin Boniadi / Chris Krebs /
Kevin Hall / Farnaz Fassihi / Kevin Collier / Patrick Howell O’Neill /
Michael McFaul / Jonathan Schanzer / Catalin Cimpanu /
Liza Lin / Enes Kanter FREEDOM / Bianna Golodryga
Financial Action Task Force /
Egmont Group /
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project /
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists /
Money Laundering Watch/
C4ADS /
Combating Terrorism Center /
Royal United Services Institute /
Don’t Let Sanctions Against Iran Lapse. Presciently, President Trump instructed his administration in February to “work with key allies to complete the snapback of international sanctions and restrictions on Iran.” National Review
U.S. insurance giant Aflac says customers’ personal data stolen during cyberattack TC
UK Bans Palestine Action Group as terror organization Politico
Telegram Purged Chinese Crypto Scam Markets – Then Watched as They Rebuilt Wired
Two sides of the same ruble: The Russian currency’s recent strength isn’t likely to last — and it’s already hurting the country’s economy The Insider
Italy has frozen Russian oligarchs’ assets worth over $2.6B Reuters
FATF Identifies Jurisdictions with AML/CFT and Counter-Proliferation Finance Deficiencies FinCEN
Funeral scams: ‘It’s hard to imagine a more callous form of fraud’ Guardian
Ex-TV news anchor Stephanie Hockridge convicted in massive scheme to fraudulently obtain COVID relief funds NYP
Huawei’s new laptop uses older China-made chip, U.S. curbs stall SMIC Reuters
ZachXBT slams Bitcoin bridge Garden Finance for laundering hacked funds Cointelegraph
New INTERPOL report warns of sharp rise in cybercrime in Africa Interpol
Bank hacks, internet shutdowns and crypto heists: Here’s how the war between Israel and Iran is playing out in cyberspace Politico
U.S. offering $10M for info on Iranian hackers behind IOControl malware. The State Department is seeking information on Iranian hackers targeting critical infrastructure using a strain of malware deployed against industrial control systems. Record
Iranian news site confirms banking issues due to cyberattack after hacking claim TOI
Europe-wide takedown hits longest-standing dark web drug market Europol
Trump hints at no more U.S. sanctions on Russia at G7 summit Politico
UK announces new sanctions against Russia Reuters
Schumer Requests $600k in Taxpayer Funds for Left-Wing Group Accused of Training
Illegal Immigrants To Avoid ICE Free Beacon
Many Exporters No Longer Want Dollars Bloomberg
Venezuelan National and U.S. Citizen Arrested for Sanctions Evasion and Smuggling DOJ
CFTC secures Court order directing Agridime to pay $103M in restitution FX News
$124M armored truck crypto money laundering operation busted Tom’s
Crypto Tycoon Justin Sun’s Tron Group to Go Public in U.S. via Reverse Merger WSJ
Corruption scandals put Spain’s Sánchez under pressure to call snap elections Politico
US targets Los Chapitos money laundering network in Mazatlán run by a businessman and makeup artist El País
Hungary and Slovakia set to block EU’s fresh Russia sanction package Euro News
Canadian Government Imposes Sanctions on Russian Conductor Valery Gergiev Violin Channel
Ford Still Scrambling to Get Rare-Earth Magnets WSJ
Texas governor signs bill banning Chinese citizens from buying property in the state SCMP
Prosecutors Seek 14.5-Year Prison Sentence for Ex-Deputy Defense Minister Ivanov MT
China’s first counterterror chief Liu Yuejin receives suspended death sentence for bribery SCMP
Swiss Coach’s Controversial Move to CSKA Moscow Risks Violating Sanctions MT
Chinese medicine chief Yu Wenming caught in corruption crackdown SCMP
Obscure Chinese Stock Scams Dupe American Investors by the Thousands WSJ
China Is Unleashing a New Export Shock on the World NYT
Trump Officials Weighed Broader China Tech Restrictions Ahead of Trade Talks WSJ
Chinese woman schemes to make $1.4M by living with rich men, looting luxury homes SCMP
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Switzerland fines Pictet for money laundering, sentences former employee Reuters
LA County executives sentenced for faulty dehumidifiers linked to more than 450 fires CBS News
$124M armored truck crypto money laundering operation busted Tom’s
DOJ Declines Prosecution of Private Equity Firm Following Voluntary Disclosure of Sanctions Violations DOJ
These Destinations Have the Highest Levels of Travel Fraud, According to Mastercard
Travel + Leisure
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Expert warns of ‘war of codes’ after Iranian crypto exchange gets hacked Fox
FTX lawyers say 3AC’s $1.5 billion claim ‘defies logic’ and should be tossed Block
WhatsApp banned on House staffers’ devices Axios
Fiserv debuts bank-friendly stablecoin as fintechs join digital dollar race CNBC
The stablecoin evangelist: Katie Haun’s fight for digital dollars TC
Canada says Salt Typhoon hacked telecom firm via Cisco flaw Bleepingcomputer
Steel giant Nucor confirms hackers stole data in recent breach Bleepingcomputer
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DHS Flip-Flops Again on TACO Trump’s Immigration Raids Daily Beast
Grooming gangs in UK thrived in ‘culture of ignorance’ Guardian
Cops remove 88 children from a Bible study camp in Iowa NYP
G7 to explore possible sanctions on criminals linked to migrant smuggling Reuters
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
