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🎯 How Raiffeisen's bet on Russia took it to the brink. Raiffeisen is on the front line of America’s intense push to isolate Russia by reinforcing sanctions. Reuters
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🌎 How the U.S. is putting the squeeze on the Sinaloa Cartel. Washington closes in on the Mexican crime gang responsible for huge volumes of fentanyl trafficking. El País
☠️ Poisons in Paradise: How Mexican cartels target Hawaii with meth, fentanyl USAT
🌎 A Beautiful Chinese Launderette. In Mexico, cartels turn chemicals into pills and smuggle these north across the border, where they are sold for cash that needs to be cleaned. FT
🌎 Hacker infiltrated OpenAI’s messaging system and ‘stole details’ about AI tech. A security breach last year revealed internal discussions among researchers, but not the code behind OpenAI’s systems. Independent
🌎 Security group led by China, Russia 'key pillar' of world order. Putin and Xi have expanded the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to include India, Iran and Pakistan as a counterweight to the West. Reuters
🇷🇺 Russian armor-piercing tank rounds to be made in India Reuters
🇷🇺 Update to Certain Russia-related Listings OFAC
🌎 The Not-So-Secret Network Access Broker x999xx. Certain old-school Russian hackers have done little to prevent people from figuring out who they are in real life. Krebs
💥 IE Insights: What Are Access Brokers? Illicit Edge
🌎 Re-learning lessons from the past: NATO and economic deterrence. There’s a growing need for the West to seamlessly integrate military deterrence with economic warfare once more. Politico
🌎 Maduro’s Dirty Playbook. If his electoral ploys work, he may be able to rig the election long before election night, without the need to manipulate the vote count. MH
🌎 Brazilian police indict ex-President Bolsonaro in undeclared diamonds case. This indictment dramatically raises the legal threats facing the divisive ex-leader. AP
🌎 Former Defense Contractor Le Dain Faces Extradition for $350M Tax Evasion. He earned $350M but pretended funds were income to his wife. DOJ
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