Russia
🇷🇺 Russian Oil Squeeze Tightens as Sovcomflot Admits Difficulties Bloomberg
🇷🇺 Put sanctions on Russian-origin aluminium not on Rusal, industry group says Reuters
🇷🇺 North Korea’s Kim enjoys a Russian luxury limo gifted by Putin as the two nations expand ties AP
🇷🇺 The Canadian behind the West’s massive sanctions on Russia says it’s time for Round 2 Politico
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China
🇨🇳 China’s former anti-terrorism chief Liu Yuejin under investigation for corruption SCMP
🇨🇳 CATL, the little-known Chinese battery maker that has the US worried Guardian
🇨🇳 Americans Invested Billions in Chinese Companies. Now Their Money Is Stuck. NYT
🇨🇳 China Police Takes ‘Coercive Measures’ Against Staff at Zhongzhi Bloomberg
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Corruption & Financial Crime
💸 Jared Kushner's New Foreign Deals Spark 'Corruption' Accusation Newsweek
💸 Biden promoted top staffers involved in classified docs bungling within 24 hours of special counsel’s report NYP
💸 Sophisticated ‘burglary tourists’ fly from South America to rob wealthy homes LAT
💸 Anger rises over South Africa making millions in US benefits while cozying up to Iran, Russia and Hamas Fox
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Crypto & Cyber
🔐 China’s crypto investors made gains of about $1B in 2023 despite sweeping government ban SCMP
🔐 Prosecutors seek from 40-50 years in prison for SBF for crypto fraud AP
🔐 CEO of Data Privacy Company Onerep.com Founded Dozens of People-Search Firms Krebs
🔐 NFT platform NFPrompt alerts FBI after hack compromises multiple wallets Protos
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Trafficking
🚚 Horrors of the migrant crisis just the beginning Boston Herald
🚚 Montana man pleads guilty to wildlife trafficking charges in scheme to clone sheep CNN
🚚 Vance Rips Tyson Foods For Replacing Americans With Illegal Migrants Daily Caller
🚚 EU pledges billions of euros for Egypt as it seeks to curb migration Reuters