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🎯 Swiss financial watchdog fines Bank Audi for AML violations. The Lebanese bank failed to comply with its duty to provide information and had not adequately vetted high-risk client relationships. Swissinfo
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🌎 Treasury Designates Russian Companies Supporting Sanctions Evasion Through VAST Procurement. Many of the individuals and entities designated facilitated transactions that helped OFAC-designated entities evade sanctions. U.S. Treasury
🇷🇺 Russia’s Oil Is Finally Getting Snarled by Sanctions. Bloomberg
🌎 China blocks use of Intel and AMD chips in government computers. The procurement guidance also seeks to sideline Microsoft’s Windows operating system and foreign-made database software in favor of Chinese solutions. CNBC
🌎 Binance executive escapes Nigerian custody as authorities file new tax charges. U.S. citizen Tigran Gambaryan and British-Kenyan Nadeem Anjarwalla were both charged and remanded in custody. CNBC
🌎 Israel stops advanced weapons from being smuggled into West Bank from Iran. Weapons were uncovered during an operation against Hezbollah and the IRGC. Reuters
🌎 US Yemen policy opens the way for humanitarian NGOs to fund terrorists. Biden’s contradictory policy allows the terror group to divert aid, exacerbating an already major security crisis. Hill
🌎 A Higher Bid, and National Security Concerns, for an Ammunition Maker. MNC Capital has raised its takeover offer for Vista Outdoor, the owner of Remington ammunition — and amplified worries about a non-American rival bidder. NYT
🌎 More UK sanctions expected over China democracy and security fears. The UK will tighten its espionage rules at the same time, with the Investigatory Powers Bill in the Commons. Sky
🌎 Ecuador's youngest mayor found shot to death alongside staffer. The mayor of San Vicente, 27-year-old Brigitte Garcia, and her communications director were found shot to death in the province of Manabi. Fox
🌎 Singapore ex-Transport Minister faces 8 new charges in graft case. Singapore’s first ministerial corruption case has expanded with more charges being filed against a former transport minister. AP
🌎 Terraform Goes on Trial as Do Kwon Awaits Extradition in Montenegro. The trial is the latest in a series of high-profile legal confrontations in which US prosecutors seek to assert greater control over the crypto industry. Bloomberg
🌎 Brazen Yogurt Heist Shows How Cyber Gangs Are Hijacking U.S. Goods. Thieves intercepted a refrigerated container bound for Florida and demanded a $40K ransom – part of a surge in fraud that has frustrated freight haulers. WSJ
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