THE ILLICIT EDGE
January 10, 2022

Greetings from The Illicit Edge – Breaking News for Financial Crime Professionals.

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TOP STORIES

PayPal Explores Launch of Own Stablecoin in Crypto Push – Mark Gurman and Jenny Surane, Bloomberg

US sanctioned China’s top facial recognition firm over Uyghur concerns. It still raised millions – Johana Bhuiyan, The Guardian

Kazakh despot's daughter went on London spending spree after moving $300m out of country – Patrick Sawer, The Telegraph

China, Lithuania, and Supply Chains – Andrew Stuttaford, National Review

Stop relying on China. Move the supply chain to Central America – Elaine Dezenski, Dallas Morning News

Terror group Jemaah Islamiah wants to ‘take over’ Indonesia and create a caliphate – Amy Chew, South China Morning Post

Cyber Ninjas CEO Launched Second Company Last Year – Kim Zetter, Zero Day

Dirty Money Ties Worried Some at Swedbank While Bosses Kept Mum – Niclas Rolander, Bloomberg

Kosovo Seizes Hundreds Of Cryptocurrency Mining Devices – Agence France-Presse

FBI: FIN7 hackers target US companies with BadUSB devices to install ransomware – Catalin Cimpanu, The Record

Discord Hacking is the Newest Threat for NFT Buyers – Corin Faife, The Verge   

This Guy Wants to Invest Millions in a Taliban Weed Plant – Tim Geyer, VICE 

Colombia's leftist ELN rebels claim responsibility for bombing – Oliver Griffin and Luis Jaime Acosta, Reuters

Iran sanctions more than 50 Americans for 2020 Soleimani killing – Kierra Frazier, Axios

A French journalist bagged an interview with a jihadist leader in Mali.  Nobody has seen him since – Mia Jankowicz, Insider

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