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🎯 Venezuela Set to Join Global Watchdog’s Dirty Money ‘Gray List’. FATF’s recommendations are taken seriously because no nation wants doubt cast on the integrity of its banking system. Bloomberg
💸 Monaco could be next on the financial crimes 'gray list' Quartz
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🌎 More than 12,000 Santander employees in US affected by Snowflake breach. The bank discovering that hackers accessed records from a third-party database used by one of its affiliates. Record
🌎 As climate change imperils Taliban’s shift from opium, impact could be felt worldwide. The farmers’ difficulties bode ill for an opium ban that has appeared successful. WaPo
🌎 Russia’s Richest Woman Gets Putin’s Nod to Build Payments System. The U.S. and EU sanctioned Russia’s key lenders, cutting them off from Swift and forcing Russia to use other payment options. Bloomberg
🚩 Russia, China find payments workaround as US sanctions net widens Reuters
🌎 U.S. Lawmakers Visit Detained Binance Exec in Nigeria. The two House members said Tigran Gambaryan is being wrongfully detained and should be freed. CoinDesk
🌎 China Sanctions Lockheed Martin. China banned a number of Lockheed business units and three of its executives over Taiwan arms deals. AP
🌎 U.S. proposes rules to stop Americans from investing in Chinese tech. The U.S. Treasury plans to restrict and monitor U.S. investments for AI, computer chips, and quantum computing. AP
🌎 U.S. bans Kaspersky amid threat of influence operation. Russia has total access to Kaspersky systems and data on all of its customers. ABC
🌎 Xi and Putin score wins as more Asian leaders want to join BRICS. Thailand — a US treaty ally — last month announced a bid to join the organization built by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Bloomberg
🌎 Why going cashless has turned Sweden from one of the safest countries into a high-crime nation. Although financial crime has garnered fewer headlines than a surge in gang-related gun violence, it’s become a growing risk for the country. Fortune
🌎 How “Sea Cocaine” Brought the World’s Smallest Porpoise to the Brink of Extinction. Vaquita are an accidental casualty of a black-market trade controlled by international crime syndicates. VICE
🌎 Five Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service With More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combined. Jetflicks, which charged $9.99 per month, generated millions of dollars in revenue. Variety
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