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🎯 Iran Says International Financial Watchdog Showed Leniency. Iran announced that FATF accepted Tehran’s request to remove it from one of its warning categories. Iran International
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🌎 Turkey's Erdogan to take economic measures against Israel over Hamas war. Turkey has removed Israel from its list of countries targeted for export in blow to trade and relations. JPost
🌎 Qatar spy operation targeted GOP lawmakers opposed to Muslim Brotherhood. Documents reveal that Qatar’s espionage campaign targeted Sen. Ted Cruz because of FTO designation push. Fox
🌎 DHS raids Chinese car parts maker's U.S. headquarters. DHS executed a search warrant at the Ohio-based U.S. subsidiary of Qingdao Sunsong, a Chinese automobile parts manufacturer. Axios
🚀 Main Event: The State of Financial Crime – What To Expect in 2024 ComplyAdvantage
🌎 UN staff on £1.5B Iraq aid project ‘demanding bribes’. Whistleblowers allege large sums are being lost to corruption in Iraq as donors fail to track spending on postwar reconstruction. Guardian
🌎 West stands to lose at least $288B in assets if Russian assets seized. U.S. and British officials have worked in recent months to jumpstart efforts to confiscate Russian assets immobilized in Belgium and other European cities. Reuters
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💥 Colombia, Ecuador intercept narco-subs, beneficial ownership law catches business owners off guard, EU-Hamas sanctions target six, and scandal-plagued Iran envoy Malley eyes Yale teaching gig.
💥 Pandora Papers linked Malaysian politician tied to $52M offshore trust, crypto entrepreneur defrauded investors of $150M, what the UN knew about Hamas’ Gaza tunnels, and U.S. wildcat entrepreneurs jump into Venezuela oil market.
📕 REPORT: Government agencies are failing to track foreign land purchases adequately GAO
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