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🎯 Russians banned from travel to hand over passports within five days. Russia's security services have been confiscating the passports of senior officials and state company executives to prevent overseas travel. Reuters
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🌎 Treasury Targets Transnational Corruption. OFAC sanctioned two former Afghan government officials – “the Rahmanis” – for their extensive roles in transnational corruption. U.S. Treasury
🌎 How a factory city in Wisconsin fed military-grade weapons to a Mexican cartel. A single sniper rifle led investigators to a syndicate deep in the United States that armed Mexico’s fentanyl-trafficking Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Reuters
🌎 World’s newest haven for billionaires is a skyscraper-studded emirate. It is not publicly known where individual billionaires moved their assets from, why they did so or what each one contains. Bloomberg
🌎 Tether Freezes 41 Crypto Wallets Tied to Sanctions. Several of the frozen wallets had been using Tornado Cash over the past six months. CoinDesk
🌎 Huawei to start building first European factory in France next year. The move comes even as some European governments restrict or ban the use of equipment made by Huawei and China's ZTE, citing security concerns. Reuters
🌎 What to know about Trump’s decision to not testify again in New York civil fraud trial. Trump’s about-face on his testimony comes as he has relentlessly attacked the civil fraud case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James. CNN
🌎 New unit to clamp down on firms dodging Russian trade sanctions. Sanctions evaders are to face harsher penalties with the establishment of the new Government office. Independent
🌎 How Hamas Used Sexual Violence on October 7th. Physicians for Human Rights Israel issued a report collecting evidence of sexual and gender-based violence. New Yorker
🌎 Italy, France, Germany call for ad hoc EU sanctions on Hamas. "The swift adoption of this sanctions regime will enable us to send a strong political message about the European Union's commitment against Hamas and our solidarity with Israel." Reuters
🌎 George Soros funneled more than $50M to Iran-sympathizer groups linked to Robert Malley. Soros’ Open Society Foundations records shows the progressive kingmaker has given a staggering $47M since 2016 to a think tank tied to an Iranian plot. NY Post
🌎 U.S. Postal Inspector Charged with Mail Theft, Obstruction of Justice, and Money Laundering. In this role, Morse was responsible for investigating and preventing crime that involved mail and package theft. DOJ
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