Joshua Shrager

Illicit finance, sanctions, IR, data analytics. Now: EVP @KharonData, AdjunctProf @AmericanU | Then: @USTreasury,@StateDept,@Quid, DJay | Always: a sartorialist

[Kharon @KharonData]

Iran’s agriculture sector, unlike its gold sector, is largely exempt from Western sanctions. That makes it an attractive loophole for the IRGC and other state players at a time when Iran’s currency is flailing, experts told The Brief.

“This is a regular supply of gold as an alternative [finance and trade] settlement structure that benefits the stability of Iran,” said @Norman_Roule, a senior nonresident advisor at the @CSIS. “There’s no reason for the Iranians not to exploit this asset class.”

Get the full story: https://t.co/B6OpLUFnV5

[Kharon @KharonData]

Nearly $200 million in gold, a Kharon investigation found, flowed into Iran from Türkiye last year through one network of Iranian companies that purport not to be involved in currency or precious metals but mostly in greenhouse-grown fruits and vegetables.

The firms are controlled by the directors of sanctioned Amin Exchange, which the U.S. said facilitated “hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign transactions for sanctioned Iranian persons,” including state oil companies.

Last year, they imported about eight times as much gold as their exports were worth, according to available trade data.

The disparity, said @M_S_Billingslea, Treasury’s former chief for terrorist financing, suggests only one plausible explanation: “Sanctions evasion.”

Read more: https://t.co/BAKHhnDMPU

[Jane Tang @ccjanetang]

EXCLUSIVE: For more than a decade, a company that described itself as U.S.-owned quietly won Pentagon contracts, including a $2 million subcontract last year supporting the Army’s next-generation combat vehicle program.

[Kharon @KharonData]

A U.S. firm linked to China's missile program won a $2M deal to test equipment for a major U.S. Army project.

According to a Kharon investigation, the Colorado-based company — which is testing equipment for a $2 billion combat vehicle modernization program — shares a founder, owner, and deep business ties with a Chinese firm the U.S. had placed on its export-restricting Entity List less than three months before.

And that Beijing affiliate traces up to one of the primary state-owned contractors for China's own defense and space programs.

https://t.co/Xmrxb1IAhn

[Joshua Shrager @shrager]

@POPMARTGlobal

Ordered (and paid for!) 6 Monster Big Into Energies for my kids directly from Popmart. 8 days later, box arrives - it’s 5 items, not 6. None are Monsters, all wrong items. Been another 9 days and customer service still hasn’t resolved. Sad kids, no help! Help!

[Jane Tang @ccjanetang]

NEW: Inside the Low-Profile Chinese Companies Named in the ‘Salt Typhoon’ Hack

Read our latest investigation in the Brief
(@KharonData ):

https://t.co/BcBr8Uif8o

[Neterium - The Next Generation of Screening Infra @neterium]

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[Joshua Shrager @shrager]

Happy Mother's Day?

For the first time, the U.S. is imposing sanctions on Gazprom execs.

https://t.co/4bqf8qE5Rf

[Kharon @KharonData]

Seeking to clear some of the fog of war, Western allies are blocking Russian disinformation outlets from operating in their countries and imposing sanctions on propagandists pushing the Kremlin’s narrative of its invasion of Ukraine

https://t.co/WxM7SeK3Vu

[Joshua Shrager @shrager]

@fadyhocheimy @fadyhocheimy x @GamIncubator = 🔥🔥💡💡

[Joshua Shrager @shrager]

Tomorrow: The 23rd summit between the European Union and Ukraine will take place in Kyiv.

Today: The European Union sanctioned eight judges, prosecutors, and security officers responsible for enforcing Russian law in the Crimean peninsula.

[Kharon @KharonData]

The European Union sanctioned eight officials enforcing Russian law in annexed Crimea

https://t.co/gzGVS7oguQ

[Kharon @KharonData]

More than USD 150 million worth of Iranian-origin bitumen has been shipped to Kenya and Uganda by traders based in Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Turkey and Hong Kong since 2018.

https://t.co/tgW1oJMgRZ

[Kharon @KharonData]

Join @KharonData + @ODNIgov for an overview of regulatory requirements, as we discuss best practices for securing the supply chain.

• Executive Order on America’s Supply Chains
• Expanding Supply Chain Coverage
• Military End-Use/User

https://t.co/zLtW9BEUi1

#supplychain

[The Sentry @TheSentry_Org]

$4 billion in conflict and high-risk #gold is smuggled out of East and Central Africa annually. The US and EU should work with African governments to harmonize gold export taxes. Story by @whitehouse789 @TheAfricaReport https://t.co/wuu5dpseT9

[Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome]

Three new studies, four locations, one main conclusion: the COVID-19 vaccines all-but-eliminated the virus in healthcare workers https://t.co/twmoPv8QsS

[War on the Rocks @WarOnTheRocks]

Washington could achieve more by lending its weight to international efforts to crack down on illegal fishing, which has been a problem off South America's coasts for some time
https://t.co/K5tUgxequ3

[Joshua Shrager @shrager]

Not so sustainable after all.

"The aquaculture farms that produce some of the most popular seafood, such as carp, salmon, or European sea bass, actually consume more fish than they ship to supermarkets and restaurants."

https://t.co/zbYlwLI9r6

[jeff stone @jeffstone500]

How Belarusian cops used sanctioned facial recognition technology to arrest an anarchist blogger living in a safe house.

This is an amazing @KharonData + @srubenfeld investigation into the company selling video surveillance to repressive governments. https://t.co/x3VpFxFabU

[Joshua Shrager @shrager]

@USTreasury @JanetYellen @IMFNews That's, St, to*,, to,,,, and#

[Joshua Shrager @shrager]

Significant addition to the Biden Administration whole of government approach responding to the coup in Burma.

- @USTreasury: application of sanctions
- @USAID: reallocation of development projects in country
- @CommerceGov: imposition of military end use/user export controls

[Kharon @KharonData]

The @BISgov on Thursday escalated its response to the coup and escalating violence in Burma, imposing restrictions on certain exports to the country, as well as specific controls on two government ministries and two large military-controlled conglomerates

https://t.co/8M7DbTxizk