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🎯 ‘You’re Never Too Busy For Your Banker’: How Italy’s ’Ndrangheta Mafia Infiltrated Canadian Banks. A faction of the ’Ndrangheta relied on relationships with staff at two major Canadian banks to move money. OCCRP
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🌎 How Kim Jong Un Secretly Aided the Attack on Israel. South Korea’s spy agency is examining whether North Korean technology was used in the ballistic missiles that Iran shot at Israel. Daily Beast
🌎 Chinese diplomats are quietly meeting with Hill staffers about TikTok. After a bill that would force the sale of the company passed the House, diplomats from the Chinese Embassy pushed talking points defending the app. Politico
📌 How an Obscure Chinese Real Estate Start-Up Paved the Way to TikTok NYT
🌎 $14.5M gold heist from Toronto airport results in charges for airline employee and 8 other people. 6,600 gold bars worth $14.5M were stolen, the biggest gold theft in Canadian history. AP
🌎 US and UK slap fresh Iran sanctions in wake of Israel attack. The sanctions don’t target Iran's oil industry, instead targeting a steelmaker and auto manufacturer materially supporting the IRGC. Politico
🌎 Revitalized' Palestinian Authority Boasts of Rewarding Attacks on Israel With Biden Funds. Days after Biden blessed a newly formed PA government in the West Bank, the PA handed out bonus payments for security forces involved in attacks on Israelis. Free Beacon
📌 Lebanon says Israeli agents likely killed Hezbollah-linked currency exchanger near Beirut AP
🌎 U.S. revives oil sanctions on Venezuela, saying Maduro reneged on democracy deal. Venezuela failed to fulfill an agreement that offered a temporary easing of sanctions in exchange for democratic reforms. Politico
📌 Venezuela to Hand Seized Conoco Assets to Little-Known Firm Bloomberg
🌎 Pop-Up Russian Oil Traders Emerge As US Tightens Sanctions Grip. New firms, going by names unfamiliar to even the most experienced merchants, have been constantly emerging to handle shipments. Bloomberg
🌎 Putin's Plan to Displace US Dollar Failing Spectacularly. Putin insisted last August that a drop in the importance of the U.S. dollar was "irreversible”. Newsweek
🌎 Hong Kong customs arrests 3 over HK$1.8B money-laundering scheme linked to crypto platform. The criminals set up five companies and 18 local bank accounts that handled more than 1,000 suspicious transactions. SCMP
🌎 Inside Amazon’s Secret Operation to Gather Intel on Rivals. Staff went undercover on Walmart, eBay and other marketplaces as a third-party seller called ‘Big River.’ WSJ
📌 FinCEN Renews Real Estate Geographic Targeting Orders FinCEN
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