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🎯 Hunter Biden found guilty on all counts in gun case. A federal jury has convicted Hunter Biden, concluding he violated laws meant to prevent drug addicts from owning firearms. CNN
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🌎 Judge in Florida orders Chiquita Brands to compensate Colombia paramilitary victims. A jury determines that the banana company is civilly responsible for murders committed by the group it financed. AFP
🌎 Treasury Targets Corruption Network in Guyana. Nazar and Azruddin avoided $50M in taxes by underreporting gold exports. U.S. Treasury
🌎 Russia Taps Unlikely Allies to Help Ship Sanctioned Oil. Gabon has become a key player, with its ship registry growing to over 100 tankers, many with unclear ownership. WSJ
📕 Featured Report: Weaponisation of the FATF Standards – A Guide for Global Civil Society RUSI
🌎 U.S. bars imports from footwear, seafood, and aluminum firms over Uyghur labor. The U.S. has added three more companies to an entity list that bars imports from firms involved with Uyghur forced labor in China. Reuters
📌 U.S. Senate panel expands probe into BMW use of parts from banned Chinese supplier Reuters
🌎 Why Is the Head of the Terrorist Haqqani Network Traveling with Impunity? While the Hajj doesn’t start for another week, a video circulating of Haqqani in Mecca will boost his position within the Taliban government. Bulwark
🌎 Orbit Chain exploiter moves $48M through Tornado Cash after months of post-hack dormancy. The hacker remains in control of about $71M in ether and DAI stablecoins due to the assets' appreciation since the attack took place. Block
🔐 Senate Bill Could Open Crypto to U.S. Sanctions, but Industry Trying to Head It Off CoinDesk
🌎 Iran's Ties to the 'Palestine Chronicle'. Baroud defended Hamas's Oct. 7 terror strike on Israel and has written for Kayhan International, an outlet funded by Iran's supreme leader. Free Beacon
🌎 Senate's bipartisan talks on ICC sanctions break down. Republicans have demanded a vote on a House bill that slaps sanctions on the ICC, while Democrats have pushed for a tamer approach. Axios
🌎 Venezuela’s Maduro Ready to Sign Pact to Recognize Vote Results. Maduro’s remarks come as most credible polls show a slight rise in his voting intentions but still place him behind opposition contender Edmundo González. Bloomberg
🌎 Singapore Ramps Up Scrutiny of Family Offices, Hedge Funds. Singapore is stepping up scrutiny of financial institutions after a series of criminal cases highlighted the challenges of policing the influx of foreign wealth. Bloomberg
🌎 Menendez prosecutors’ star witness describes bribery scheme over brandy and cigars. Uribe said he wrote down the names of companies and people being investigated by the New Jersey attorney general’s office. Politico
🌎 Inside a cartel's human smuggling operation. Human smuggling is not new, but it has been transformed in the last few years into an industry. ABC
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