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🎯 U.S. Accounting Watchdog Hits KPMG Netherlands With $25M Fine Over Exam Cheating. Widespread and egregious nature of the answer sharing for exams prompted the large fine. Reuters 

Top Stories

🌎 Biden plans order to limit southern border crossings by end of month. President Biden used an interview to send a massive signal that he plans to issue an EO to dramatically limit the number of asylum-seekers who can cross the southern border. Axios

🌎 Nuclear deal in tatters, Iran edges close to weapons capability. Tehran is rapidly accumulating enriched uranium – experts fear that a bomb could be a short dash away. WaPo

💥 U.S. transfers thousands of seized Iranian munitions to Ukraine CNN

🌎 US restricts trade with 11 entities from Russia, China, UAE. Four Chinese entities were cited for acquiring U.S. items to support China's military modernization. Reuters

🌎 Congress eyes sanctions on "under the radar" Gaza terror group. Despite the group's connections to prominent Palestinian U.S.-designated terror groups, it has managed to avoid U.S. sanctions. Axios

💥 College student and his 'pop-Islamist' followers want to establish a caliphate in Germany Ynet News

🌎 Ex-Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months for perjury in Trump civil fraud trial. Manhattan DA Bragg recommended the sentence after Weisselberg pled guilty to two counts of perjury. NBC

🌎 Russia’s Rosatom Fuels Putin’s War Machine. The nuclear company’s expanding corporate empire is an urgent target for sanctions. Foreign Policy

🌎 Putin and Xi’s Unholy Alliance. Why the West Won’t Be Able to Drive a Wedge Between Russia and China Foreign Affairs

🌎 The Hacking Lawsuit Looming Over Truth Social. The founding CEO of DWAC has accused his former assistant of hacking into his accounts as part of a coup d'état. Wired

🌎 Moscow Accuses Hunter Biden-Linked Company of Terror Attacks. Investigators are looking into the involvement of “specific” individuals in the U.S. government in deadly attacks. Daily Beast

🌎 Woman sentenced to prison for stealing and selling Biden’s daughter’s diary. Aimee Harris of Florida sold Ashley Biden’s diary to conservative group Project Veritas in actions judge called ‘despicable’. AP

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IN THE NEWS

Russia & China

💥 European court takes Russian billionaires off sanctions list Politico

💥 Chinese Organized Crime’s Latest U.S. Target: Gift Cards ProPublica

💥 Russia, China to Work on ‘Double Counteracting’ US-Led Alliance Bloomberg

💥 Russia Runs a Hidden Prison System for Ukrainian Detainees – In Crimea VF

💥 Biden administration preparing to prevent Americans from using Russian-made software over national security concern CNN

💥 Russian court rejects Google's appeal against $50M fine over Ukraine content Reuters

Much more news at Illicit Edge!

Corruption & Financial Crime

💸 President Biden’s Sweeping Proposals to Crack Down on Pandemic Fraud White House

💸 COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force 2024 Report DOJ

💸 Sanctions Haven’t Stopped Notorious Serbian Arms Merchant Slobodan Tešić OCCRP

💸 Bulgarian fraud gang in north London swindled £54m in benefits before being caught Evening Standard

💸 Corporate Transparency: President Biden, If Democracy is on the Ballot, Act Now to Protect it Newsweek

💸 FinCEN’s Anti-Money Laundering Plan Should Put Advisers on Alert Bloomberg

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Latin America

📌 Venezuela Talks With Colombian Firms Over Chavez-Era Asset Seizures Bloomberg

📌 Colombia attorney general's office confirms ex-President Uribe will face trial Reuters

📌 Former Venezuelan Oil, Finance Ministers Arrested in PDVSA Corruption Case Reuters

📌 Ex-Ecuadorian official accused of laundering $10M in bribes faces trial in Miami Miami Herald

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Crypto & Cyber

🔐 American Binance security expert transferred to notorious Nigerian prison Fox

🔐 AI Instagram Influencers Are Deepfaking Their Faces Onto Real Women’s Bodies 404

🔐 FCC looks to limit how domestic violence abusers use connected cars Cyberscoop

🔐 Ukrainian security service’s cyber chief suspended following media investigation Record

🔐 The Real Battle for Data Privacy Begins When You Die Bloomberg

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Trafficking

🚚 Almost No One Is Happy With Legal Weed Atlantic

🚚 UK and Rwanda look forward to first migrant deportation flights in spring Reuters

🚚 Spanish Police Seize 16.5 Tons of Cocaine-Filled Pellets OCCRP

🚚 Senate set to sidestep Mayorkas trial Hill

🚚 Crime concerns grow as members of a violent Venezuelan gang arrive in American cities Miami Herald

🚚 German minister to speed up deportations to fight rising crime Reuters

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