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🎯 Raiffeisen and Deripaska skirt Russia sanctions with $1.5B deal. Raiffeisen shares rallied after the bank agreed to buy a stake in construction company Strabag held by sanctioned businessman Oleg Deripaska. Bloomberg
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🌎 Dozens of documents naming Jeffrey Epstein’s victims and associates to be made public in 2024. Epstein was indicted in 2019 on federal charges of operating a sex trafficking ring. CNN
🌎 Biden administration finalizes Venezuela deal that would trade Maduro ally for American detainees. Colombia-born Alex Nain Saab Morán was charged in Florida in 2019 for money laundering. CBS
🌎 Interpol operation arrests 3,500 cybercriminals, seizes $300M. South Korean authorities led HAECHI operations and worked with law enforcement agencies from 34 countries. Bleepingcomputer
🌎 Meet the four Colorado justices who kicked Trump off the ballot. Four Colorado Supreme Court justices were behind the landmark ruling Monday night that former President Donald Trump would not be allowed to appear on the 2024 presidential ballot in the state. NY Post
🌎 New US rule targeting real estate money laundering reaches White House review. The rule requires real estate professionals to report the identities of the beneficial owners of companies buying real estate in cash. Reuters
🌎 Iranian, Chinese charged by US with exporting drone components to Iran. The Justice Department said Lam had a division of the French company ship the analog-to-digital converters to Hong Kong where they were then reexported to Iran. AFP
🌎 Russian court fines Google $51M over 'fake' information. Alphabet's YouTube has been a particular target of the Russian state's ire but, unlike Twitter and Meta Platforms' Facebook and Instagram, it has not been blocked. Reuters
🌎 The Real Force Behind the Houthis' Attacks on U.S. Warships Isn't Iran. It's China. With increased purchases of sanctioned Iranian oil, China is making it possible for Tehran to financially support the Houthis and other terrorist proxies. Newsweek
🌎 BlackCat Ransomware Raises Ante After FBI Disruption. BlackCat unseized its darknet site with a message promising 90% commissions for affiliates who continue to work with the crime group. Krebs
🌎 U.S. Bank fined $36 million for freezing unemployment debit cards during Covid-19 pandemic. U.S. Bank administered prepaid debit cards to distribute unemployment insurance benefits through its ReliaCard program. CNBC
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