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Greetings!  It’s October 25, and we’re tracking today’s top stories: U.S. and Gulf partners target secret Hamas investments, lawmakers demand ban on Chinese seafood over Uyghur forced labor, fraudulent Taliban NGOs, Rusal secures Chinese metal supplies in war push, and much more...

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🎯 US and Gulf nations target ‘secret’ Hamas investment portfolio worth up to $1B. Following the Hamas terror attacks on Israel, US and Saudi officials convened an emergency meeting on Tuesday in Riyadh of the Terrorist Financing Targeting Center. CNN 

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🌎 Forced labor concerns prompt US lawmakers to demand ban on seafood from 2 Chinese provinces. It’s the latest effort by U.S. lawmakers to restrict imports of Chinese goods on the grounds of rights abuse. AP

🌎 A US watchdog says the Taliban are benefiting from international aid through ‘fraudulent’ NGOs. The U.S. has spent around $185 million on education in Afghanistan since August 2021. AP

🌎 Rusal Secures China Alumina Supplies as Ukraine War Drags On. As the combatants have become bogged down, China has continued to offer economic and diplomatic support to Moscow. Bloomberg

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🌎 US surprises Nvidia by speeding up new AI chip export ban. Nvidia tried to end-run restrictions with new designs, but US government said not so fast. Ars Technica

🌎 Former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows granted immunity. Meadows informed Smith's team that he repeatedly told Trump in the weeks after the 2020 presidential election that the allegations of significant voting fraud were baseless. ABC

🌎 Hacker Denis Katana Helped Russian Crime Boss Launder Money With Bitcoin. The 'Bitcoin czar' is accused of advising a crime ring to launder their money with Bitcoin because of its “lack of state control.” Decrypt

🌎 Why Venezuela Is About to Lose Its Oil Crown Jewel. Venezuela is entering the final stage of a long legal battle over its most valuable foreign asset, Citgo Petroleum Corp. Bloomberg

🌎 Large-Scale Iranian Heroin Trafficker Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison. Malek Balouchzehi's drug trafficking operations brought large-scale quantities of deadly narcotics around the world for at least a decade. U.S. DOJ

🌎 Bed bug panic gripping Paris was stoked by Russian trolls. Doppelganger articles are nothing new and a popular method with to spread fake news. Daily Mail

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IN THE NEWS

Russia & China

💥 Former Tory chairman to join firm co-founded by sanctioned Russian billionaires CityAM

💥 Dutch lawmakers question new US export restrictions on ASML chip machine Reuters

💥 How Kazakhstan Helps Russia Bypass Western Sanctions Diplomat

💥 Finland says Chinese ship to blame for subsea pipeline break Record

💥 Namibia orders police to stop Chinese firm's lithium exports Reuters

Corruption & Financial Crime

💸 With Plea Deals in Georgia Trump Case, Fani Willis Is Building Momentum NYT

💸 Hitmen Just Murdered 13 Police Officers in Mexico’s Heroin Heartlands VICE

💸 Thieves steal 2 million dimes from tractor trailer and only launder $5K before bust NY Post

💸 Rio gangsters torch at least 35 buses after Brazil crime boss killed Reuters

Crypto & Cyber

🔐 FTX Is Negotiating With Three Bidders to Restart Crypto Exchange Bloomberg

🔐 Binance Says U.S. Law Doesn’t Control The World, Seeks to Dismiss CFTC Suit Gizmodo

🔐 September was a record month for ransomware attacks in 2023 Bleepingcomputer

🔐 23andMe notifies customers of data breach into its 'DNA Relatives' feature Reuters

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