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🎯 Repeated Takes, Coaching on Lines: Inside Hamas’s Hostage Video Machine. Former Oct. 7 hostages detail the efforts to get them on video, as Hamas raises its bet on psychological pressure. WSJ
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🌎 ‘Everyone’s mad': Inside crypto’s civil war over the 2024 elections. Crypto players are at odds over how to influence races for the White House and Congress. Politico
📕 Featured Report: Learn how to detect, analyze, and disrupt the use of crypto in disinformation and other malign interference. Chainalysis
🌎 Pontiff Plot: Terror plot to kill Pope Francis on visit to Indonesia uncovered as 7 suspects arrested after swearing ISIS allegiance. Sun
🌎 Iraqi Banks Used U.S.-Created System to Funnel Funds to Iran. NY Fed’s process to move Baghdad’s oil earnings lacked key AML safeguards, resulting in illicit transfers that financed terror groups for years. WSJ
🌎 Russia's links with Iran are growing stronger - and Ukraine and the West will have to retaliate. Western allies may retaliate with sanctions if Iran has provided Russia with ballistic weapons. Sky
🌎 How Telegram Became Criminals’ Favorite Marketplace. Arrest of founder Pavel Durov has drawn fresh attention to how illicit actors use the app as a shop window to sell their wares. WSJ
🌎 When Students Become Terrorists. The Weather Underground railed against the establishment. Today’s campus protesters are supported by it. Free Press
🌎 Wynn Resorts paying $130M for letting illegal money reach gamblers at Las Vegas casino. Wynn said it severed ties with all people and businesses involved in what the government characterized as “convoluted transactions” overseas. AP
🌎 Inside Thailand's $2B Scam Industry Targeting Americans. In 2023, U.S. authorities issued a stark warning about the growing danger of Americans being trafficked into scam syndicates in Southeast Asia. Newsweek
🌎 Philippines Arrests Duterte’s Pastor as Feud With Marcos Deepens. The 74-year-old pastor has been on the FBI’s most wanted list for human trafficking and bulk cash smuggling. Bloomberg
🌎 Hong Kong Poses Growing Risk for Business. The Biden administration warned of the growing risks of doing business in Hong Kong, including from U.S. sanctions. WSJ
🌎 Leader of ‘biggest art fraud in the world’ sentenced in Canada. Prosecutors described David Voss as the leader of a forgery ring that created thousands of fake works by Norval Morrisseau. Art Newspaper
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