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Chinese researchers suggest lasers and sabotage to counter Musk’s Starlink satellites. Stealth submarines fitted with space-shooting lasers, supply-chain sabotage and custom-built attack satellites armed with ion thrusters. AP
Iran’s plan to kidnap and kill UK and US citizens Telegraph
Mexican cartels using Ukrainian frontline to learn more about drone warfare Express
Inside Hamas’s Scheme To Steal Aid, Fund Terror, and Fool the World Free Beacon
Treasury Sanctions Global Network Supporting Iran’s Military UAV Program U.S. Treasury
US to deny visas to Palestinian officials BBC
The Kremlin’s Most Devious Hacking Group Is Using Russian ISPs to Plant Spyware Wired
Trump’s Russia Sanctions Strategy Runs Hot and Cold WSJ
U.S. intelligence intervened with DOJ to push HPE-Juniper merger Axios
China uses “dark fleet” to buy oil from Iran and evade U.S. sanctions in international waters CBS
CK Hutchison-operated Panama ports could be taken over by state partnerships Reuters
Former OpenSea Manager Has Conviction Overturned in First-Ever Crypto Insider Trading Case Decrypt
The Criminal Enterprise Run by Monkeys WSJ
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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
Nvidia’s China-bound H20 AI chips face Beijing scrutiny over ‘tracking’ and security concerns CNBC
What Is Behind Russia’s Wartime Prosperity Paradox? MT
Trump threatens Russia’s ‘failed former president’ Medvedev Politico
FBI opens first office in New Zealand ‘to counter China and cybercrime’ Guardian
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EU welcomes Ukrainian law restoring independence to anti-corruption agencies CNN
U.S. sanctions Brazilian judge overseeing Bolsonaro case Axios
Woman pleads guilty in $30M scam that sold access to Trump fundraiser CNBC
Lithuanian Prime Minister Resigns Amid Corruption Scandal Involving EU Funds OCCRP
Guatemala pushes money laundering bill to avoid international sanctions UPI
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SEC Chair Atkins debuts ‘Project Crypto’ to update rules and regulations Block
Bitcoin App Samourai Founders Face 5 Years in Prison Following Guilty Plea Decrypt
ShinyHunters behind Salesforce data theft attacks at Qantas, Allianz Life, and LVMH BC
Korean Hackers Used Job Lures, Cloud Account Access, and Malware to Steal Millions Hacker News
Workers are spilling secrets to chabots Axios
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Bulgarian arms trafficker indicted for conspiring to supply military-grade weaponry to Mexican drug cartels DOJ
Stronger Than Fentanyl: A Drug You’ve Never Heard of Is Killing Hundreds Every Year WSJ
Brazilian Police Officer Promoted Despite Arms Trafficking Charges OCCRP
‘Justice was not served’: Human trafficker sentenced in Nigeria ICIJ
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Money, sex and a Buddhist monk: Head of China’s famed Shaolin Temple under investigation CNN
Colombia ex-president Uribe guilty of abuse of process, bribery of a public official Reuters
Labubu underground: Lafufu makers defy Chinese authorities to feed the world’s appetite for viral doll Guardian
Muslim Brotherhood’s ‘grand jihad’ is growing — just over the US border NYP
Cadence Design Systems Pleads Guilty to Export Violation, Will Pay $140.6 Million in Settlement DOJ
Russia’s Coal Industry Is Collapsing. Will it Drag the Economy Down With It? MT
Hollywood elites are sitting ducks for new breed of burglars NYP
Fraudsters scammed Mexican billionaire out of $400M by claiming they were descendants of Astor family: ‘I feel like an absolute idiot’ NYP
Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison seeks Chinese investor to join Panama Ports deal AP
Trump Administration Launches Probe of Duke Law Journal, Warns Medical School Could Be Next Free Beacon
Aeroflot Cancels Dozens of Flights After Major Cyberattack MT
Barclays fined millions over financial crime risk lapses. The FCA said Barclays “facilitated the movement of funds linked to financial crime” by providing services to Stunt & Co and said there was “an increased risk” of client money misappropriation or money laundering from its failure to check WealthTek. BBC
Interactive Brokers fined nearly $12 million for alleged US sanctions breaches OFAC
Thai police arrest woman who seduced and blackmailed Buddhist monks AP
Top Russian University Launches Master’s Program on Sanctions Circumvention Moscow Times
Crypto Exchange BigONE Confirms $27M Hack, Vows Full User Compensation CoinDesk
How a Russian national laundered $530M in crypto via Tether Cointelegraph
Police in Haiti seize a ton of cocaine in a boat raid that leaves 3 suspects dead AP
America’s Biggest Rare-Earth Producer Makes a Play to End China’s Dominance WSJ
House GOP revolt slams brakes on GENIUS Act Axios
Trial starts for Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm in New York Block
Trump threatens countries that do business with Russia with 100% tariffs CBS
Europe gives Iran deadline to contain nuclear program or see sanctions reinstated Guardian
Lebanon Bans Banks From Dealing With Hezbollah ‘Charitable Organization’ Free Beacon
UAE Off EU Watchlist, Critics Say Reforms Fall Short OCCRP
Palestinian Terrorism, American Funds? WSJ
Transfers with ruble-backed crypto coin pass $40 billion after July spike Reuters
Trump shortens Ukraine ceasefire-or-sanctions ultimatum for Putin Axios
Serbia secures fifth postponement of US sanctions against NIS oil firm Reuters
China’s response to Trump’s AI Action Plan? Ship powerful new AI products Fortune
China faces off against U.S. for domination of the DR Congo’s critical minerals industry SCMP
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‘Fort Bragg Has a Lot of Secrets. It’s Its Own Little Cartel’ Rolling Stone
Portugal launches probe into construction giant’s dealings with Equatorial Guinea’s vice president ICIJ
Meta pirated and seeded porn for years to train AI Ars
Temu accused by EU regulators of failing to prevent sale of illegal products AP
Q Link Wireless LLC and Issa Asad to Pay More than $110M in Global Resolution to Resolve Criminal Charges and False Claims Act Allegations DOJ
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Allianz Life discloses massive data breach linked to supply-chain attack Cybersecurity Dive
Senator demands Musk’s Starlink explain allegations it’s being used by scammers Axios
Coinbase Reportedly in Talks to Acquire India’s CoinDCX Exchange Beincrypto
141 Million-File Data Breach Reveals Bank Statements And Crypto Keys Forbes
Scattered Spider Hijacks VMware ESXi to Deploy Ransomware on Critical U.S. Infrastructure Hacker News
PayPal to let U.S. merchants accept payment in more than 100 cryptocurrencies Fortune
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Brazilian Police Officer Promoted Despite Arms Trafficking Charges OCCRP
The forgotten children of Ciudad Juárez El Pais
DHS struggles to locate migrant kids that went ‘missing’ under Biden WashTimes
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
