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🎯 Singapore Seizes More Than $2 Billion as Massive Money Laundering Probe Widens. Singapore authorities also recently seized assets and arrested 10 foreigners — all originally from China — for forgery and laundering proceeds from scams and illegal online gambling. Bloomberg
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🌎 Banners from Mexico's Sinaloa cartel say gang has sworn off sales of fentanyl. Experts quickly cast doubt on the veracity of the claim, saying that fentanyl — which has caused tens of thousands of overdose deaths in the United States — remains one of the cartel’s biggest money makers. AP
🌎 Stripe faces backlash after payments firm cut off small family business for selling gun accessories amid 'de-banking' controversy. In January 2021, Stripe also made headlines after it stopped supporting payments to the Trump campaign website shortly after the Capital riots. Daily Mail
🌎 Key Taiwan Tech Firms Helping Huawei With China Chip Plants. Several Taiwanese technology companies are helping Huawei build infrastructure for an under-the-radar network of chip plants across southern China. Bloomberg TV
🌎 Leaked U.S. strategy on Ukraine sees corruption as the real threat. The “sensitive but unclassified” version of the long-term U.S. plan lays out numerous steps Washington is taking to help Kyiv root out malfeasance and otherwise reform an array of Ukrainian sectors. Politico
🌎 Billionaire Bernard Arnault hits back at ‘absurd’ and ‘senseless’ money laundering allegations. The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed Friday that a preliminary investigation had been underway since 2022. CNBC
🌎 Largest Dutch Shipbuilder Sues Government Over Russia Sanction Losses. The Netherlands’ largest shipbuilder is suing the Dutch government in rare instance of a European company taking its grievances to court over the corporate fallout from the invasion of Ukraine. Bloomberg
🌎 Venezuela's September oil exports hit second highest this year. The South American nation also discharged imports of Iranian crude and U.S. heavy naphtha between late August and September. Reuters
🌎 Crypto Investors Lost $686 Million to Hacks, Fraud in Just 3 Months. Two hacks in Mixin Network and Multichain accounted for nearly half of the total amount stolen, with a total of $326 million between them. Decrypt
🌎 Coinbase Obtains Payment License in Singapore. The Coinbase International Exchange received regulatory approval from Bermuda's financial regulator, and Coinbase registered with Spain's central bank last week. CoinDesk
🌎 Mexico's Pemex, Vitol reach graft settlement worth more than $30 million. In return, Pemex has lifted its three-year ban on business with the world's largest independent commodities trader. Reuters
🌎 The network that looted PDVSA gave a million-dollar apartment to a Miss Venezuela. The frontman of the plot, Luis Mariano Rodríguez Cabello, bought a luxury property in Caracas for the model Claudia Paola Suárez and acquired a $5.3 million home for himself in Miami. El Pais
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