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๐ Real estate database left sensitive data on celebrity homes unprotected โ including addresses for Kylie Jenner and Britney Spears. A cybersecurity researcher discovered an exposed real estate database containing more than 1.5 billion records. Daily Dot
๐ U.S. and Europe Eye Russian Assets to Aid Ukraine as Funding Dries Up. Despite legal reservations, policymakers are weighing the consequences of using $300B in Russian assets to help Kyivโs war effort. NYT
๐ Trump recorded pressuring Wayne County canvassers not to certify 2020 vote. The revelation of the contents of the call with the former president comes as he faces four counts of criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States. Detroit News
๐ US takes aim at financial institutions with new Russia sanctions authority. The executive order, part of a wider U.S. crackdown on sanctions evasion, gives Washington the ability to ban products originating in Russia but processed in third countries. Reuters
๐ How Putinโs Right-Hand Man Took Out Prigozhin. Nikolai Patrushev, a top ally of the Russian leader for decades, put in motion the assassination of the mutinous chief of the Wagner mercenary group. WSJ
๐ Hamas terror tunnels were built with your money. Hamas used the funds they didnโt pilfer to build this underground terror network which comes out in hospitals, mosques, and other places that the international community regards as sacred, but which Hamas does not. NY Post
๐ EU adopts 118M euros aid plan for Palestinian Authority. The commission said the aid would help pay salaries and pensions of civil servants in the West Bank, social allowances for vulnerable families and the payment for medical referrals. Reuters
๐ U.K. Serious Fraud Office Must Pay Mining Company After Botched Corruption Probe. Kazakh mining group ENRC is entitled to damages from the UK's Serious Fraud Office over a decade-long corruption probe that the SFO eventually aborted. Reuters
๐ฉ New Listings Under the Section 353 Corrupt and Undemocratic Actors Report. U.S. State Department
๐ Venezuela Renews Claims to Part of Guyana, the Oil-Rich โSecond Qatarโ. Venezuelaโs territorial claim has been made against leftists and by leftists. Itโs been about colonialism, nationalism, Cold War and oil, and itโs complicating U.S. foreign policy. NYT
๐ UAE regulator revises sanctions, AML policy to enact FATFโs Travel Rule. UAEโs Financial Services Regulatory Authority has updated its AML and sanctions rules with new elements related to digital assets. Cointelegraph
๐ Captagon: New bust shows drug becoming common in Europe. Captagon has emerged as the drug of choice among young adults throughout the Middle East and North Africa. DW
๐ฉ Settlement Agreement between OFAC and Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange U.S. Treasury