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🎯 U.S. moves to claim $300M superyacht associated with ‘Russian Gatsby’. The U.S. Treasury sanctioned Kerimov, who's worth an estimated $14 billion and has ties to the Russian government, over alleged money laundering in 2018. NBC
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🚀 UAE Push to Exit Global Watchdog’s Dirty-Money List Gathers Pace. Emirati officials have embarked on a tour to key FATF states, including trips to Washington and Bern, Switzerland, to rally support. Bloomberg
🚀 Ex-ASML Staff Accused of Theft Went to Work for Huawei. The ex-worker stole data from a software system that the corporation uses to store technical information about its machinery. Bloomberg
🚀 The Coming Terrorist Attack on U.S. Soil. Among the 5.5 million illegal aliens recently arrived is an alarming number of individuals on the FBI’s terror watch list. National Review
🚀 Trump and Cohen to Meet Again, This Time as Enemies at Trial. The last time the two New York tough guys were in the same room, one was the American president and the other was his loyal fixer. NYT
🚀 So Much for the Embargo on Iran’s Missiles. A core problem with the 2015 nuclear talks negotiated by Obama was that key restrictions were allowed to sunset, at which point Iranian activities would be stamped legal. WSJ
🚀 Kremlin Says Russia Ready to Endure More Western Sanctions. Asked about such a prospect, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "Russia has been living under a sanctions regime for quite a long time, for decades, and we have sufficiently adapted to it." Reuters
🚀 In northeast China, Russian and Chinese firms ink deals from manufacturing to agriculture. In March, a new cargo hub for China-Europe freight trains was put into operation in Shenyang, with a train carrying 55 containers departing for Russia to mark the hub's inauguration. Reuters
🚀 They Cracked the Code to a Locked USB Drive Worth $235 Million in Bitcoin. Then It Got Weird. Stefan Thomas lost the password to an encrypted USB drive holding 7,002 bitcoins. One team of hackers believes they can unlock it – if they can get Thomas to let them. Wired
🚀 Why Middle East Peace Requires Turning Off Iran’s Oil and Increasing Saudi’s. Oil sales are a critical choke point for Iran, with oil exports representing up to 70% of Iranian government revenues by some estimates. Time
🚀 Bob Menendez Got Boeing Cash After Egypt Aircraft Deal. Cash from Apache-maker Boeing flowed to Menendez’s PAC after an alleged illicit meeting over an Egyptian chopper sale. Daily Beast
🚀 BTC Valued at $144M Sent to Coin Mixer From Defunct Darknet Market After Eight-Year Wait. The coins are linked to Abraxas marketplace, a darknet market that shut in 2015. CoinDesk
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