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🎯New Sanctions on Wagner Group: US implements new sanctions on companies from Russia, UAE, and Central African Republic over illicit gold dealings funding the Wagner Group. CNN
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🌍 Putin Probes Rebellious Wagner Group Leader: Russian President Putin announces a money probe into Yevgeny Prigozhin, the defiant Wagner Group leader whose businesses received $2 billion from government. NY Post
🌍 Georgia Secretary of State Meets Special Counsel: Raffensperger is set to meet with special counsel investigators amidst subpoenas for communications involving Trump's campaign. NBC News
🌍 $200 Billion Lost to COVID Fraud in US: A government watchdog estimates potential fraud through two COVID relief programs cost the US government over $200 billion. Axios
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🌍 Syria’s Neighbors Battle Drug Trafficking: Drug traffickers with apparent backing from Syrian authorities clash with security forces in neighboring countries. OCCRP
🌍 Israel Seizes Cryptocurrency Linked to Iran: Israel confiscates millions of dollars in cryptocurrency connected to financing schemes for Iranian military and Hezbollah. AP
🌍 Lebanon's Bank Robbers Robbing Themselves: Desperate measures by depositors cut off from their savings create folk heroes amidst financial crises. Bloomberg
🌍 The Wild Murder-For-Hire Plot of Paris Hilton’s Ex Biz Partner: Florida tycoon Khalilian, former co-owner of Club Paris, implicated in a murder-for-hire plot. Daily Beast