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🔥 NEW PODCAST DROP: Episode 8 of FinCrime Unfiltered with Sarah Beth Felix
Cheyenne State Bank Consent Order + FINCEN’s Iranian Advisory
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Iran Says It Will Open Secret New Enrichment Site After U.N. Atomic Agency Censure. Iran’s new nuclear steps cast a fresh shadow over struggling U.S.-Iran nuclear talks. WSJ
Russia says it’s ready to remove highly enriched uranium from Iran Reuters
Supply Chains Become New Battleground in the Global Trade War WSJ
🎙️Coercive Capital: Department of Defense Supply Chain Economics – Elaine Dezenski, Wes Spurlock, and David Rader Illicit Edge
EU faces uphill battle to pass new Russia sanctions Politico
Hegseth wavers on Russia sanctions, insists U.S. should not use ‘every tool’ NYP
China-backed militia secures control of new rare earth mines in Myanmar Reuters
Telegram, the FSB, and the Man in the Middle OCCRP
Secretary of State Rubio seeking sanctions investigation of Harvard NBC
Sham Palestinian Charity Sanctioned Over Work With Hamas Has Also Partnered With Elite US Universities Free Beacon
World’s largest aircraft owner can now claim over $1B in insurance over jets stuck in Russia Guardian
DOJ Resumes Foreign-Bribery Work but Cuts Cases After Trump’s Pause WSJ
EU commission removes UAE, adds Lebanon and Algeria to money laundering list Al-Monitor
CCP Uses Harvard as ‘Fertile Human Capital Recruiting Ground’ to Further Military Goals Free Beacon
EU Proposes Sanctioning Two Small Chinese Banks for Russia Trade Bloomberg
Huawei founder Ren’s remarks illuminate China’s strategy to overcome US curbs SCMP
China Puts Six-Month Limit on Its Ease of Rare-Earth Export Licenses WSJ
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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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Former Lebanese economy minister is arrested on corruption charges AP
Creating a culture of corruption coda
Michael Madigan, ComEd and Corruption Chicago Tribune
Founder of N.Y.C. Public Defender Office Is Charged With Fraud NYT
French antiques fraudsters found guilty of Versailles chair scam BBC
Argentina’s top court upholds 6-year prison sentence for ex-President Fernández AP
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Singapore leads multinational operation to shutter scam centers tied to $225M in thefts Record
Suspects in New York City crypto torture case plead not guilty to kidnapping and assault ABC
Shaquille O’Neal to pay $1.8M to settle FTX investor lawsuit CNBC
Five plead guilty to laundering $36M stolen in investment scams Bleepingcomputer
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US pushes Mexico to prosecute, extradite politicians with cartel ties Reuters
Texas Operation Rescues Over 100 Kids from Human Trafficking Newsweek
Italy Busts Immigration Ring as EU Crossings Drop OCCRP
Lake County Man Facing Up To 135 Years For Firearms Trafficking DOJ
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 /
Graham’s ‘bone crushing’ Russia sanctions bill could freeze US trade with the world’s largest economies. Tariffs of 500% on imports made in China would send prices soaring, disrupt supply chains and could drive up U.S. unemployment to recessionary levels. Politico
White House tries to water down Russia sanctions Telegraph
Syria Moves to End Captagon Empire Built Under Assad OCCRP
Soaring Gold Prices Draw Illicit Miners — and Armed Gangs — to Colombia’s Jungles WSJ
‘Albanian Mafia Leader’ in Ecuador Accused of Laundering Cocaine Cash Via UAE Firms OCCRP
Ross Ulbricht Got a $31M Donation From a Dark Web Dealer Wired
🎙️Special Agent on the Silk Road: Jared Der-Yeghiayan Illicit Edge
US sanctions money laundering network aiding Iran FOX
Star Entertainment Could Be Wiped Out by Proposed $400M Fine Casino.org
Argentina anti-corruption office clears Javier Milei in Libra crypto promotion scandal Block
Millions of AT&T customer records repackaged for sale on the dark web ZDNet
OpenAI blocks ChatGPT accounts linked to North Korean IT worker fraud Axios
The furniture fraud who hoodwinked the Palace of Versailles BBC
Congress Nears Move To Designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a Terrorist Organization. Momentum for the policy grew in the wake of Donald Trump’s trip to the Middle East. Free Beacon
How the Muslim Brotherhood Is Capturing Europe Free Press
Elon Musk’s Reign of Corruption Chronicled in Elizabeth Warren Report Rolling Stone
2 Chinese nationals charged with smuggling ‘potential agroterrorism’ fungus into US ABC
AI, bot farms and innocent indie victims: how music streaming became a hotbed of fraud and fakery Guardian
Citi exec tapped for Treasury terrorist financing role Banking Dive
Federal Reserve ends scandal-era restriction on Wells Fargo Axios
Are Lindsey Graham’s contortions about to prod Trump into Russia sanctions? Guardian
Trump poised to extend TikTok ban deadline – for third time NYP
China’s New Trade Negotiator Is Ready to Play Hardball WSJ
Influencer Andrew Tate got Vanuatu Passport Around Time of Arrest on Rape Charges OCCRP
Truth Social files for Bitcoin ETF, marking Trump Media’s latest crypto expansion Block
Victoria’s Secret postponing release of report earnings amid breach impact Cybersecurity Dive
Britain’s in a legal minefield as it tries to hand Abramovich billions to Ukraine Politico
Global alarms rise as China’s critical mineral export curbs take hold Reuters
Ukrainian delegation to brief senators amid Russia sanctions push Politico
Trump’s tariff threat exposes China’s tight grip on the global pharmaceuticals industry CNN
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Tom Girardi, former ‘Real Housewives’ husband, sentenced to 7 years NBC
Indian Billionaire Gautam Adani Comes Under New Scrutiny from U.S. Prosecutors WSJ
Pension fraud scandal threatens stability of Lula government in Brazil UPI
SFO investigates alleged multimillion-pound fraud at collapsed council Guardian
Firings, pardons and policy changes have gutted DOJ anti-corruption efforts NBC
These Destinations Have the Highest Levels of Travel Fraud, According to Mastercard
Travel + Leisure
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Coinbase data scandal sparks calls to scrap KYC Cointelegraph
$302M Lost to Crypto Scams, Hacks, and Exploits in May CoinDesk
MainStreet Bank reports vendor cyber incident that leaked customer info Record
Taiwanese crypto exchange BitoPro confirms estimated $11.5 million hack Fortune
North Face and Cartier customer data stolen in cyberattacks BBC
Germany hands Vodafone $51 million fine over data privacy violations Record
New Chrome Zero-Day Actively Exploited; Google Issues Emergency Out-of-Band Patch
Hacker News
Tornado Cash founder Roman Storm is running out of money for legal fees Protos
Bitcoin Scandal Triggers Czech Government Crisis OCCRP
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Keeping the Lights On: Uncovering the Networks Enabling the Distant Water Squid Fleet
C4ADS
Brits could face death over Bali drugs plot BBC
Leader of Drug Organization That Trafficked Narcotics Shaped Like Candy Sentenced to 20 years DOJ
Swedish inquiry finds abuse and fraud in international adoptions dating back decades
AP
Attorney helps launder $52M for Sinaloa Cartel using CA companies SacBee
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
