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THE ILLICIT EDGE
Breaking News for Financial Crime Professionals
June 9, 2022

Hello!

Here are your top stories for Thursday.

Stay with The Illicit Edge for real-time regulatory and news updates throughout the day...

 
TOP STORIES

Musk’s Twitter Bid Leans on Financier Linked to Russian Tycoon Ivan Levingston and Ben Bartenstein, Bloomberg
 
IAEA warns of 'fatal blow' to nuclear deal as Iran removes cameras John Irish, Reuters
 
UkraineX: How Elon Musk’s space satellites changed the war on the ground Christopher Miller, Mark Scott & Bryan Bender, Politico
 
How Russia’s ‘richest’ lawmaker used his partner’s secret companies to own two yachts and a Seychelles villa Scilla Alecci, ICIJ
 
Four Members of Child Sex Trafficking Gang Convicted Henry Pope, OCCRP
 
CFTC Chief Heaps Praise on Bill That Boosts Agency’s Crypto Reach Jesse Hamilton, CoinDesk
 
U.K. to Embrace Stricter Standards Around Sanctions Enforcement Dylan Tokar, Wall Street Journal
 
China and Russia defend North Korea vetoes in first at UN Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press
 
U.S. suspends three firms' export privileges for alleged illegal exports to China David Shepardson, Reuters
 
Blockchain, 'Decentralized' Exchange Taken Offline After Hacker Steals Millions Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, VICE
 
Sanctions Take Toll on Laundering Tools Used by Ransomware Gangs David Uberti, Wall Street Journal
 
The 17 bizarre things you didn’t know about North Korea NY Post
 

IN THE NEWS
 
Russia’s War on Ukraine
 
Welcome to Bulgaria, where the Ukraine war is NATO’s fault Boryana Dzhambazova, Politico
 
Inside the Dreamliner: Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich’s luxe private jet Jeanette Settembre, NY Post
 
EU Blacklists Two Serbians For Supporting Russia and Belarus Zdravko Ljubas, OCCRP
 
Depositary receipt holders of Russia's Sberbank, VTB face conversion headache Reuters
 
 
Crypto
 
Do Celebrities Have a Responsibility to Fans When Backing an NFT? Bloomberg
 
$15M of Optimism Tokens Stolen by an Attacker After Wintermute Sent Wrong Wallet Address Sam Kessler, CoinDesk
 
Self-regulatory orgs for crypto keep ecosystem afloat pending clear regulations Prashant Jha, Cointelegraph
 

Iran
 
If I go back to Iran, my husband will kill me BBC News
 
German intel report shows Iran stepped up illegal attempts to aid nuke program Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News
 
Iran expands advanced centrifuge work underground, IAEA report shows Francois Murphy, Reuters
 
Greek court overturns decision on U.S. seizure of Iranian oil cargo Reuters
 
  
Venezuela
 
Biden sidelines Venezuela’s pro-democracy leader from summit Joshua Goodman and Chris Megerian, Associated Press
 
Venezuelan Crude Sanctions Ease as Italy’s Eni Books Tankers Bloomberg
 
Turkish president sees $1 billion trade with Venezuela in 2022 Reuters
 

Corruption and Financial Crime
 
A growing army of online trolls is using dangerous lies to take down executives and companies Jeffrey M. O’Brien, Fortune
 
Prosecute looted antiquities dealers for war crimes: Clooney Foundation Agence France-Presse
 
Police arrested in crackdown on major Spanish drug gangs Associated Press
 

China
 
Chinese blockchain platform ChainMaker says it has new technology to keep it secure from quantum attacks Holly Chik, South China Morning Post
 
Nike says to end run club app in China; to offer 'localised solution' Winni Zhou and Casey Hall, Reuters
 
China, Cambodia begin revamping naval base amid reports of secret deal Thomas Maresca, UPI
 
An Opportunity to Address China’s Growing Influence over Latin America’s Mineral Resources Adina Renee Adler and Haley Ryan, Lawfare
 
 
Cyber
 
CISA exec: Lack of ransomware incident reporting is crippling defense efforts Jonathan Greig, The Record
 
The Billionaires Behind a Push to Reinvigorate U.S. Chip-Making Ephrat Livni, NY Times
 
Cyberspace Solarium congressman, water officials decry EPA inaction on cybersecurity Suzanne Smalley, Cyberscoop
 
FBI cybercrime seizure takes down one-time Ukraine IT Army collaborator AJ Vicens, Cyberscoop

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