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🎯 The Accountability-Free University. Twenty-two students occupied Columbia's Hamilton Hall in April. Eighteen of them remain in good standing with the university and will return to campus in days – this after the university said they would face expulsion. Free Beacon
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🌎 The American Con Man Who Pioneered Offshore Finance. How a now-obscure financier turned the Bahamas into a tax haven – and created a cornerstone of global plutocracy. Atlantic
🌎 Why is the U.S. obsessed with sanctions? The U.S. has imposed economic sanctions on roughly one-third of the countries in the world, with more than 15,000 sanctions currently in effect. WaPo
🌎 Manhattan Franciscan Friar Charged With Wire And Mail Fraud Related To Fake Medical Charity In Lebanon. Bielecki engaged in a fraudulent scheme related to fake medical clinics he claims to operate in Lebanon. DOJ
🌎 Kidnapping, capture, cover-up? Cremated body baffles Mexican officials in ‘El Mayo’ arrest. The tale of kidnapping, secret deals and betrayal that saw two of Mexico’s most wanted drug lords taken into U.S. custody last month has taken another twist. LAT
🌎 Investor Carl Icahn charged with hiding billions in loans. The investigation came after a report from short-seller Hindenburg Research sent shares in Icahn’s investment firm spiraling last year. CNN
🌎 Bankers Charged by Singapore Were Stars of Race for China’s Rich. Less than two years out of college, Wang Qiming was making waves within Citibank Singapore by bringing in millions in deposits from his rich clients. Bloomberg
🌎 It Was Supposed to Be an Economic Hub. It Became a Criminal’s Paradise. How the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone in Laos became a notorious hub for drugs, scammers and human traffickers. Bloomberg
🌎 An economic catastrophe is lurking beneath Russia’s GDP growth as Putin ‘throws everything into the fireplace’. Resurgent cynics have painted an unrealistically optimistic picture of a supposedly resilient Russian economy despite sanctions and the exit of over 1,000 global multinational corporations. Fortune
🌎 U.S. mulls applying fiat reporting mandate on crypto transfers. The U.S. Treasury and Fed plan to redefine “money” used under the BSA, as they aim to include cryptocurrencies and digital assets in new reporting requirements. Cointelegraph
🌎 Shaquille O'Neal Will Have to Defend Some of the Allegations Against Him in the Astrals NFT Lawsuit. The case alleged that O'Neal acted as the face of Astrals urging investors to "[h]op on the wave before it’s too late." CoinDesk
🌎 North Korea Is Reopening Its Doors to Tourists. Visitors will be allowed to travel to the city of Samjiyon, while other parts of the country will remain restricted. Robb Report
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