Hello! It’s September 4, and we’re tracking today’s top stories: U.S. Seizes Record Meth-Precursor Shipment From China Bound for Sinaloa Cartel, Putin hails ‘unprecedentedly high’ relations with China, TD reaches 'major milestone' in rebuilding its anti-money laundering program, Inside Slain Hamas Spokesman Abu Obeida's Propaganda Network, and much more...

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🎯 FEATURED STORY

U.S. Seizes Record Meth-Precursor Shipment From China Bound for Sinaloa Cartel. The Operation in Houston Was the Largest Seizure of Such Chemicals Ever by U.S. Law Enforcement. DOJ

Treasury Sanctions China-Based Chemical Company to Combat Synthetic Opioid Trafficking U.S. Treasury

🔥 TOP STORIES

Putin hails ‘unprecedentedly high’ relations with China as Gazprom says it signed new gas deal CNN

TD reaches 'major milestone' in rebuilding its anti-money laundering program Financial Post

Inside Slain Hamas Spokesman Abu Obeida's Propaganda Network Free Beacon

Treasury Intensifies Pressure on Iranian Oil Smuggling and Sanctions Evasion Schemes in Iraq U.S. Treasury

Britain sanctions Russians responsible for Ukrainian child abductions Politico

U.S. Treasury queries Brazilian banks over sanctions Reuters

U.S. Charges Pennsylvania Man in $400 Million ATM Fraud Reuters

Prolific Russian ransomware operator living in California enjoys rare leniency awaiting trial CyberScoop

FATF Chief Urges Countries To Crack Down on Shell-Company Abuse Reuters

Ukraine Charges Ex-Cybersecurity Chief With Illicit Enrichment OCCRP 

Hacker Group Behind M&S Attack Says It Hit Jaguar Land Rover BBC

🚀 AML – The Truth Hurts

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🚩 RUSSIA & CHINA

The U.S. makes it harder for TSMC, SK Hynix and Samsung to produce chips in China CNBC

Russian Court Awards $105M Judgment Against Euroclear Over Frozen Assets Reuters

Hungary And Slovakia Keep Pressure On Brussels Over Russian Sanctions List RFE

U.S. Presses Europe To Curb Russian Oil Purchases and Join New Sanctions NYP

Export Controls Failed? China Begs to Differ. WSJ 

Congress pulls the rug on U.S. plan to beat Huawei Politico

💸 CORRUPTION & FINANCIAL CRIME

Bolsonaro’s Coup Trial Speeds Ahead as His Son Fights to Keep Trump Engaged Bloomberg

New York Sues Anti-Immigration Charity for Multimillion-Dollar Misuse of Funds Mother Jones

CSSF fines Alipay €214,000 for anti-money laundering breaches Luxembourg Times

Jewelry boss in £170m scam told shop staff to pretend to be customers BBC

The high cost of El Salvador's war on gangs Miami Herald

🔐 CRYPTO & CYBER

FTC fines toy manufacturer for allowing Chinese third-party to collect kids' data Record

With dollars scarce, Venezuela currency exchanges turn to crypto Reuters

Two arrested in Egypt as authorities take down Streameast sports piracy platform Record

The Loophole Turning Stablecoins Into a Trillion-Dollar Fight Wired

🚚 TRAFFICKING

Influencers Targeted as Mexico’s Cartel War Escalates Guardian

Western Balkans smugglers pushing West Africa deeper into cocaine trade Reuters

Hezbollah continues exploiting Canadian vehicular theft and money-laundering schemes Long War Journal

US, Mexico partner to fight criminal cartel drug trafficking NewsNation

“In the real world, as lived and experienced by real people, the demand for human rights and dignity, the longing for liberty and justice and opportunity, the hatred of oppression and corruption and cruelty is reality.” —John McCain

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