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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
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Four days to make victims fall in love: How global scammers use US tech to fleece people. Online, Safeer Mohammed Koorimannil, who was trafficked to a scam center in Myanmar, impersonated a 28-year-old Singaporean woman named Ella. Associated Press
Chinese National Indicted for Running Sex Trafficking Operation in Boston Justice Department
Bank of Russia governor says ‘everything is ready’ for widespread use of digital ruble ahead of September rollout The Block
What to Know About How Iran Uses China’s Currency to Weaken U.S. Power Wall Street Journal
Romanians sentenced in London for Iran-directed attack on journalist Financial Times
How drug gangs use social media to recruit Thai air crew as couriers Reuters
FBI Seizes NetNut Proxy Platform, Popa Botnet KrebsOnSecurity
US Department of Homeland Security says it is probing a cyber breach at information-sharing network Reuters
Chemical weapons: EU sanctions six individuals involved in Navalny’s poisoning and death Council of the European Union
Ukrainian suspect hunted by police after Monaco bomb attack was ‘disguised as a man’ BBC
Alexis Podesta, the ultimate Dem insider, rose through California politics – then wore an FBI wire New York Post
US sanctions hindered Brazil probe into alleged drug gang associate Reuters
Suspected Crypto Terror-Financing Network Uncovered in Kosovo Balkan Insight
Inside a $1.5B Laundering Suspect’s Secret Subpoenas Project Brazen
Canada’s electronic spy agency conducted cyberattacks on criminals brokering fentanyl ingredients The Globe and Mail
Insiders Made $100 Million on China Brokerage Crackdown Wall Street Journal
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Time to Stir the AML Pot FinCrime Unfiltered
Human Intelligence in Conflict Zones Coercive Capital
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Former Iran director at NSC: Crypto legislation is a ticket to sanctions evasion Fortune
EU targets Russian drone-makers with sanctions following massive strikes on Kyiv Euronews
How Trump’s Understanding With Iran Echoes Obama’s 2015 Nuclear Deal FDD
Zelensky Demands Severing of Russian Supply Chains; Targets Irish Refinery OCCRP
The End of Hamas: And the Convenient Fiction of Continued Menace Foreign Affairs
US withdraws troops from Nigeria after Islamic State mission BBC
A New Chapter, Same Stalemate: Somalia’s War with Al-Shabaab International Crisis Group
Iran may have ‘directed’ recent attacks in Canada, intelligence report says Global News
Who are Chone Killers? Ecuadorian gang designated as terrorist group Newsweek
Nelson teenage Islamic extremist jailed over gun attack plot BBC
Russia lures African soldiers to deadly front in Ukraine PBS
Russian Economic Outlook Most Negative in 20 Years Gallup
Former Rosaviatsia Chief Charged With Fraud Moscow Times
EU Will Weigh Irish Probe in Russian Alumina Sanctions Decision Bloomberg
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Russian Army General Arrested on Fraud Charges Moscow Times
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Why Corruption Persists in Uzbekistan’s Water Sector The Diplomat
Feds seek lower prison term for $100M New Jersey deli fraudster — but some reasons why are hidden CNBC
Two jailed for Sembcorp Marine bribery attempt Straits Times
Democrats accuse Trump-linked fundraisers of fraud over diverted donations for America’s anniversary Associated Press
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More Espionage than Firepower: The Right Analogue for Understanding Cyber Operations Modern War Institute
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FATF’s Fraud Roadmap Expands Data Risks And Global Surveillance Forbes
Australia clears Sportsbet after anti-money laundering remediation Reuters
EU Enters MiCA Enforcement Phase for Crypto Companies Cointelegraph
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Italy condemns hospital security over fentanyl theft Reuters
Pakistan syndicate allegedly smuggled human placentas, say police BBC
Eurojust-supported joint investigation leads to Ireland’s first convictions for labour trafficking Eurojust
A Second Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 96 Months for Fentanyl Analogue Distribution and Money Laundering Conspiracies Justice Department
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Alibaba, U.S. Payment Processor to Pay $600 Million in DOJ Settlement Over Illegal Drug Sales. The payment resolves allegations that Alibaba Group and AUS Merchant Services violated the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act. Wall Street Journal
Treasury Sanctions Brazilian Criminal Network Exploiting U.S. Financial System to Launder Drug Proceeds Treasury Department
EagleBank Agrees to Pay More than $9.7 Million to Resolve Bank Secrecy Act Investigation Banking Dive
Chicago marijuana mogul gets year in prison for laundering cash used to book jets for cocaine trafficker Chicago Sun-Times
Binance Cuts Off European Users After Regulator Raises Financial Crime Concerns Wall Street Journal
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Taiwan Steps Up Probe Into AI Hardware Smuggling Wall Street Journal
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US Treasury imposes sanctions on Mexican cartel over fuel theft ring Independent
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Foreign Influence in the Campaign against American AI, Part II: The Singham Ground Game Bitcoin Policy Institute
China’s New Investment Regulations Block Strategic Technology Transfer The Diplomat
Botox Maker AbbVie Funded Clinical Trials at Chinese Military Sites House Select Committee on the CCP
US telecom watchdog to vote on barring sales of devices with parts from blacklisted firms Reuters
Yacht Linked to Putin Sails Through Danish Waters Escorted by Russian Warships Moscow Times
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Zelenskyy urges EU to sanction Russian-owned alumina plant in Ireland Financial Times
Israel sanctions IRGC-linked crypto accounts funneling millions to Hezbollah, other proxies Jerusalem Post
Finnish entrepreneur jailed for breach of EU sanctions after exporting trucks to Russia Euronews
Iran says it is selling oil at 20% premium as end of U.S. blockade sees 40 million barrels exported CNBC
Secretary Rubio Terminates Legal Status of Cuban Communist Foreign Influence Operative State Department
Decoding Sanctions: How Governments can get the Best out of Banks RUSI
764 Member Charged with Plot to Kill Two FBI Special Agents and a Federal Prosecutor and to Steal Incriminating Evidence from FBI Justice Department
NY woman allegedly sent over $30K to help fund militant group’s attacks on Israel NBC
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Inside the Egg Price-Fixing Scandal That Spiked American Grocery Bills Wall Street Journal
August Trial Date Is Set for Brooklyn Power Broker Accused of Bribery New York Times
Businessman goes on trial for murder of Maltese anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia AFP
German police raid national football HQ over Euro 2024 corruption allegations Guardian
$14 million hidden in the walls: Raid on home of Iraqi deputy oil minister seizes stacks of cash The National
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Binance and founder sued by crypto investors in London Financial Times
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Dutch Prosecutors Seek to Bankrupt Crypto Platform Knaken After Funds Frozen Decrypt
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5 men charged in Georgia-to-Chicago gun trafficking ring CBS News
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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
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The next generation: Russia’s future rulers Atlantic Council
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