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🎯 US Treasury's Adeyemo sees more actions against Hamas in coming days, weeks. Adeyemo said the efforts to cut off Hamas funding will increasingly focus on facilitators in third countries. Reuters
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🌎 China's Animal Lovers Fight Illegal Cat Meat Trade. 33-year-old Han is one of a small but dedicated number of people in China fighting the abuse of pet cats and dogs in the absence of broader institutional protections for domestic animals. AFP
🌎 Putin Offers Way for Russians to 'Swap' Frozen Assets. According to the Kremlin, more than $16B worth of foreign investments belonging to Russian citizens are now stuck abroad. AFP
🌎 Industrial and Commercial Bank of China dealing with LockBit ransomware attack. The bank sent out an emergency notice saying the incident is “impacting all of ICBC’s clearing customers” and that due to the attack, they were temporarily not accepting orders. Record
🌎 Bitwise co-founders face federal charges alleging $100-million fraud scheme. It all collapsed on Memorial Day, when the company furloughed all 900 of its employees and told them their jobs were permanently eliminated two weeks later. LA Times
🌎 Forced Uyghur labor undergirds Xinjiang’s export boom. How is this growth possible after many major international corporations stopped sourcing from the region, and after the U.S. government implemented an import ban? Hill
🌎 Explainer: Iran's expanding oil trade with top buyer China. China's oil imports from Iran have hit record highs as Iran ramps up output despite the threat of further U.S. sanctions. Reuters
🌎 OneCoin’s Compliance Head Pleads Guilty in $4B Crypto Fraud Case. Irina Dilkinska, the head of compliance for OneCoin, pled guilty Thursday to wire fraud and money laundering charges. Axios
🌎 COVID-19 fraudster used stolen relief aid to purchase a private island in Florida. Greedy criminals have plundered more than $280B in federal COVID-19 aid; another $123B was wasted or misspent. AP
🌎 Former Baltimore prosecutor Marilyn Mosby found guilty of perjury. The DOJ said Mosby submitted COVID-19 related distribution requests for withdrawals of $40,000 and $50,000 respectively. ABC
🌎 Illegal Shark Fin Bust Leads to Company Owned by Colombian Drug Lord’s Son. In 2021, Colombian authorities seized a large shipment of illegal shark fins destined for Hong Kong. A company owned by the son of the former head of the Cali Cartel had sent the package to Bogotá. OCCRP
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