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Greetings!  It's November 22, and we're tracking today's top stories: Federal trial of Venezuelan drug lord starts in New York, how Huawei’s chipmaker turned U.S. sanctions into China success story, Uyghur forced labor supplies American school lunches, Wagner Group prepares air defense weapons for Hezbollah, and much more...  

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🎯 Federal trial of Venezuelan drug lord starts in New York. Venezuelan drug lord Carlos Orense Azocar is charged with partnering with high-ranking officials of the Maduro regime to export a ton of cocaine per week. Miami Herald 

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Top Stories

🌎 How Huawei’s Chipmaker Turned US Sanctions into a China Success Story. SMIC has emerged as Beijing’s secret weapon in breaking through a US-organized blockade aimed at containing China’s technological progress. Bloomberg

🌎 How Uyghur Forced Labor Makes Seafood That Ends Up in School Lunches. Uyghurs are forced to work in Chinese seafood processing plants while the U.S. government purchases millions of dollars of the product. Politico

🌎 WH declassifies intel suggesting Wagner Group is preparing to provide air defense capability to Hezbollah or Iran. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad agreed to provide Hezbollah with the Russian-made missile defense system, known as Pantsir. CNN

🌎 Iran prepares ballistic missiles for Russia. WH Spokesman Kirby highlighted a recent meeting where Iran hosted Russian Defense Minister Shoigu to show off a range of ballistic missile systems. AP

🌎 Historic fine on Binance over Hamas financing signals new era in crypto crackdown. Binance is being booted out of the U.S. for aiding terror networks, violating sanctions, and facilitating human and narcotics trafficking. Politico

🌎 US reviewing 'terrorist' designations for Houthis. One of Biden’s first acts as President was revoking terrorist designations of the Houthis over fears the sanctions could worsen Yemen's humanitarian crisis. Reuters

🌎 Crypto firm Kronos Research says $26 million stolen after cyber-attack. Cybersecurity experts say centralized exchanges “have API keys that allow traders to access market data in real time and execute trades from third party services.” Record

🌎 Secret Warnings About Wuhan Research Predated the Pandemic. A series of alarms and clashes over US-funded research in China reveal long-standing friction between two groups of government scientists. Vanity Fair

🌎 Property seized in money laundering probe linked to Indian opposition's Gandhis. India's money laundering investigators seized properties worth $90M in probe linked opposition Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and his mom. Reuters

🌎 A US billionaire took over a tropical island pension fund and hundreds of millions of dollars went missing. Hushang Ansary set up shell companies that drained Curacao pensions for 30,000 people. ICIJ

IN THE NEWS

Russia & China

💥 Russia rented out Prague apartments to pay for Ukraine invasion Telegraph

💥 Supertanker chartered by Polish firm to load Venezuelan oil for China Reuters

💥 Another top executive is being investigated by China’s corruption watchdog CNN

💥 Evergrande chairman's two luxury mansions seized by creditor Reuters

💥 Ukraine unveils corruption probes into reconstruction schemes Reuters

Crypto & Cyber

🔐 Tether froze $225M but $70M slipped the net Protos

🔐 Hacktivists breach U.S. nuclear research lab, steal employee data Bleepingcomputer

🔐 Auto parts giant AutoZone warns of MOVEit data breach Bleepingcomputer

Corruption & Financial Crime

💸 Pentagon requests $114M for DEI in 2024 Fox

💸 India's financial crime-fighting agency issues notice to Byju's Reuters

💸 Ex-Citgo CEO helped launder Venezuelan drug money Reuters

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