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🎯 Special counsel reveals plans to use Trump’s phone data at trial. Jack Smith has extracted data from the cell phone Donald Trump used while in the White House and plans to present evidence of his findings to a Washington, D.C. jury. Politico
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🌎 Binance Monitor Must Build an ‘Army’ for Unique Compliance Role. Big Law attorneys, forensic accountants, and crypto consultants began positioning themselves months ahead of a plea deal by Binance to land a lucrative monitorship that’s rife with pitfalls. Bloomberg
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🌎 Psychedelic Toad Hunters Are Under Attack by Mexican Cartels. Those making a living off harvesting the potent venom of the Sonoran desert toad are getting caught in the crossfire of narco traffickers. VICE
🌎 Malaysia Can’t Rule Out If Millions in Donations Went to Hamas. Malaysia’s anti-graft body on Oct. 17 froze as many as 41 bank accounts of the Aman Palestin Berhad charity organization, which contained nearly $15 million. Bloomberg
🌎 Raimondo Vows ‘Strongest Possible’ Action on Huawei’s Chip Breakthrough. Commerce Secretary Raimondo is under increasing pressure to act since new SMIC chips demonstrate a clear violation of US sanctions. Bloomberg
📌 Publication of Quint-Seal Compliance Note – Know Your Cargo U.S. Treasury
🌎 China’s cyber army is invading critical U.S. services. More than two dozen high-value targets have been attacked in the last year as China seeks to inflict 'societal chaos' in the event of war. Daily Mail
🌎 EU nears deal on 12th Russia sanctions package, softens tanker sale ban. The text includes tougher measures on how to prove Russian oil is traded under the ceiling as compliance has waned in recent months. Reuters
🌎 Fraud in a bottle: How Big Pharma takes on criminals who make millions off counterfeit drugs. Counterfeiting lifesaving medications is a lucrative criminal enterprise, part of a $431 billion worldwide fraud. CNBC
🌎 Miami prosecutors drop $1.2B case against banker linked to Venezuelan-laundering ring. Five defendants, including three PDVSA officials, a Venezuelan banker and a Miami money manager, have pleaded guilty and been sentenced to prison. Miami Herald
🌎 Qatar sent millions to Gaza for years – with Israel’s backing. $15M was sent into Gaza in cash-filled suitcases – delivered by the Qataris through Israeli territory. CNN
🌎 US flags early 2024 for new rule targeting real estate money laundering. FinCEN will require real estate professionals report the identities of the beneficial owners of companies buying real estate in cash. Reuters
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