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🎯US Treasuries Blacklisted by German State as ESG Law Takes Hold. The new environmental, social and governance filters have resulted in US Treasuries ending up on an investing blacklist, due to America’s failure to ratify a number of treaties. [more]
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🔸Founder, ex-executive of edgy company OneTaste charged with forced labor conspiracy. Two former executives of company known for offering “orgasmic meditation” sessions have been charged with psychological abuse and economic exploitation. [more]
🔸'Night Fury': Documents Detail DHS Project to Give 'Risk Scores' to Social Media Users. Internal DHS documents detail a plan to monitor social media for content related to terrorists, the illegal opioid trade, and foreign interference bots. [more]
🔸Over 1,000 Companies Have Curtailed Operations in Russia – But Some Remain. Over 1,000 companies have publicly announced they are voluntarily curtailing operations in Russia beyond the bare minimum required by international sanctions — but some companies have continued to operate undeterred. [more]
🔸U.S. had intelligence of detailed Ukrainian plan to attack Nord Stream pipeline. Three months before saboteurs bombed the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline, the Biden administration learned from a close ally that the Ukrainian military had planned a covert attack. [more]
🔸Mark Meadows testified to federal grand jury in special counsel probe of Trump. Meadows was ordered to testify and provide documents after a judge rejected Trump’s claims of executive privilege. [more]
🔸US sanctions group of people and firms from Iran, China and Hong Kong tied to Iran ballistic program. Targets include the China-based firm Zhejiang Qingji, which sold centrifuges and other materials to an Iran-based firm affiliated with the nation’s defense ministry. [more]
🔸UK unveils plan to strip Chinese cameras from government buildings. Cabinet Office will create a National Security Procurement Unit and publish a timeline for the removal of cameras produced by companies subject to China’s National Security Law. [more]
🔸How to Build a Compliant Crypto Exchange Post-Coinbase. Crypto isn’t going anywhere – though Coinbase might – so what the market needs is a fresh start: new exchanges that can avoid the ever-present threat of SEC enforcement by being structured correctly in the first place. [more]
🔸Treasury sanctions Mexican cartel members for arms trafficking, fuel theft, money laundering. Treasury also sanctioned Mary Cruz Rodriguez Aguirre for helping to launder the CJNG's illicit funds between the U.S. and Mexico. [more]