Russia
🇷🇺 Putin calls on KGB's heirs to bust the West's sanctions Reuters
🇷🇺 Russians will no longer be able to access Microsoft cloud services, business intelligence tools Record
🇷🇺 Armenian Banks to Suspend Russia’s Mir Payment System Moscow Times
🇷🇺 Foreign ministers back new Russia sanctions following Navalny’s death Politico
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Corruption & Financial Crime
💸 Pro-Trump attorney arrested after hearing over leaking Dominion documents AP
💸 US Blacklists North Macedonia Presidential Hopeful Over Corruption AFP
💸 Senior Iranian Cleric Accused Of Corruption In Land Deal RFE
💸 Iraq's former defense minister arrested in Swedish airport for benefits fraud Fox
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China
🇨🇳 China Set for Record Russian Oil Imports in March Bloomberg
🇨🇳 EU Weighs Joining US in Reviewing Risks of Chinese Legacy Chips Bloomberg
🇨🇳 US is still chasing down pieces of Chinese hacking operation, NSA official says Record
🇨🇳 China’s corruption watchdog zeroes in on cadres’ fake business investments SCMP
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Trafficking
🚚 Terror watchlisted migrant criminal from Colombia arrested at Texas border NYP
🚚 Dirty gold can still slip into London market Reuters
🚚 Colombia cops seize 7.3M gallons of crude in raids on illegal refineries Reuters
🚚 Morocco reports first legal cannabis harvest of 294 tons Reuters
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Crypto & Cyber
🔐 Binance Tasks Prime Brokers With Checks to Root Out US Investors CoinDesk
🔐 EU Lawmakers Vote for Three Major Texts in AML Package That Also Targets Crypto CoinDesk
🔐 Four big questions for DC following massive health care hack Politico
🔐 FTX Bankruptcy Trade Mints 200% Windfall and Sparks Legal Battle Bloomberg