As bitcoin ATMs spread across the globe, concerns about the machines have only mounted. Criminals have taken notice of a key feature: their ability to move funds across borders with deep anonymity and few checks. https://t.co/JSC2sUf7xc
China adds 10 US firms, including rare-earth miner, to export control list
Export ban follows move by Pentagon to blacklist major Chinese companies like Alibaba and Baidu.
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Iran has relied for years on “shadow” banking networks to evade sanctions and move billions of dollars’ worth of trade across borders. The Iranian Money Changers Society and its high council have been at the center of it.
Here’s how the shadow system works: https://t.co/bcJUSz8qpC
Colombia elected nationalist lawyer Abelardo De La Espriella as its new president, according to an initial vote count, marking a sharp political turn and bringing a hardline security agenda and market-friendly policies to the fore https://t.co/TgNnYDA3eS
Beyond intergovernmental platforms, effective national-level cooperation is critical to tackling illicit artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM).
The IISS Illicit Gold Preparedness and Response Matrix benchmarks vulnerabilities and preparedness in addressing illicit gold mining and trafficking in ten gold-producing countries across the Amazon basin, Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Read the report by Dr Irene Mia, Dr Daniel Watson and Fernanda Rios Herrera: https://t.co/t5B4RSEVOd
Economic pressure in Lebanon is weakening Hezbollah’s support base, with some Shiite communities increasingly questioning the group’s direction, according to a new ITIC assessment.
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This is a great piece from my friend Aurora - a true expert on Hizballah. The article examines the group's scheme to evade sanctions by exchanging Iranian oil for Venezuelan gold.
https://t.co/k2dkIcJnjD
Hizbullah Official Wafiq Safa: Our Doctrine Is to Prepare a Generation to Invade the Galilee; We Were Too Gentle with the Lebanese Government and Should Have Been More Violent; Our Drones Will Reach Tel Aviv
"Miller said the US lacks data about #China’s position in #pharmaceutical supply chains, & that China cutting us off would be catastrophic.
“We do not currently have the transparency necessary to get to the bottom of what these supply chains actually look like, which has made it very difficult, in turn, for Congress to make good policy,” Miller said.
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