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🎯 Magnitsky case: How Switzerland failed to investigate Russian millions. An in-depth investigation shows why and how millions in illicit money from a global Russian tax fraud case were not investigated in Switzerland. Swissinfo
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🌎 U.S. imposes fresh sanctions on Iran over nuclear escalations. Blinken says Tehran has expanded uranium enrichment project ‘in ways that have no credible peaceful purpose’. Guardian
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🌎 Columbia riot reveals the ‘revolutionary ecosystem’ linking pro-Hamas groups to BLM. American Muslims for Palestine, which also was involved in recent university protests, helped bring 200 Palestinian activists to the BLM riots in Ferguson, Miss., in 2014. NYP
🌎 Justice Department charges 200 people in $2.7B health care fraud crackdown. Doctors, nurse practitioners and other licensed medical professionals, were charged over two weeks in federal courts across the country. CNN
🌎 Turkish Billionaire Said to Fund $750M Venezuela Plant. Maduro is seeking investment from Turkey, China, and Iran as renewed U.S. sanctions limit multinational companies’ ability to do business there. Bloomberg
🌎 Milwaukee Tool Sued Over Alleged Chinese Forced Labor in Supply Chain. Milwaukee Tool faces a lawsuit from a former Chinese prisoner who alleges he was forced to make work gloves after being jailed for his activism. WSJ
🌎 The new money laundering network fueling the fentanyl crisis. Chinese organized crime groups are laundering much of the cash accumulated by Mexican drugs cartels. FT
🌎 Secret Briefing Zeroes in on Suspected Russian Spy Station in New York. Classified talks were held in D.C., with pressure growing on counterespionage officials to stamp out a suspected Russian intelligence compound in the Bronx. Daily Beast
🌎 Multibillion-euro court battle over stranded Russian jets begins in Dublin. Lessors are suing dozens of insurers around the world over losses of at least $8B. Reuters
🌎 Supreme Court claws back SEC’s enforcement powers. The decision is poised to force a shift in how the SEC protects investors against fraud and possibly create spillover effects for other agencies. Hill
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