Hello! It’s November 20, and we’re tracking today’s top stories: Drug Trafficker “Brother Wang” Returned from Mexico to Face Charges, Inside a Wild Bitcoin Heist, Brazil central bank shuts Banco Master as police detain top investor, China’s Myanmar Project Could End U.S. Sanctions, and much more…

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Drug Trafficker “Brother Wang” Returned from Mexico to Face Charges. Wang Led a Large-Scale Narcotics Trafficking and Money Laundering Organization That Operated Throughout Mexico and the United States. DOJ

🔥 TOP STORIES

Inside a Wild Bitcoin Heist: Five-Star Hotels, Cash-Stuffed Envelopes, and Vanishing Funds Wired

Brazil central bank shuts Banco Master as police detain top investor Reuters

China’s Myanmar Project Could End U.S. Sanctions WSJ

Russia sanctions bite before Senate piles on Politico

Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s web of power, revealed in new emails CNN

Abbott calls Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR foreign terrorist groups Axios

New sanctions target Russian web hosting service over suspected ransomware operations AP

Bitcoin ATM Company Founder Charged in $10M Money Laundering Scheme Decrypt

Senators push for probe into Trump-linked crypto firm over token sales tied to North Korea and Russia CNBC

Ryan Wedding, Olympic snowboarder turned drug kingpin, charged in death of federal witness NBC

The Fraud Case Against an Indian Tycoon Is Stuck in Legal Limbo NYT

A Chinese firm bought an insurer for CIA agents - part of Beijing's trillion dollar spending spree BBC

The Ex-FBI Agent Who Spent Four Years Hunting Down a North Korean Spy WSJ

China mole Linda Sun’s lavish life in $3.6M LI mansion with Birkin bag, Patek Philippe watch and Ferrari revealed during bombshell trial NYP

🚩 RUSSIA & CHINA

U.S. Supply Chains Deemed Vulnerable to Chinese Exploitation WSJ

US warns others to avoid loans from Chinese state banks, but it is biggest recipient AP

On the front line of Europe's standoff with Russia's sanction-busting shadow fleet BBC

European Parliament rejects Russian energy ban exemptions for landlocked countries Euro News

The Netherlands takes a big step to defuse its dispute with China that threatened car production CNN

Russia's Novatek gives deep discounts to sell sanctioned LNG to Chinese buyers Reuters

Exxon joins Chevron in pursuing parts of Lukoil global empire Reuters

💸 CORRUPTION & FINANCIAL CRIME

Myanmar’s military says it detained foreigners in raid on a second major online scam center AP

Punjab Police to seek Anmol Bishnoi’s custody once NIA is done with him Indian Express

Eight Members of Global Insider Trading Network Charged With Fraud DOJ

Florida Congresswoman Indicted for Stealing $5M in Taxpayer Funds Free Beacon

CEO Of Steel Manufacturer Charged With $66M Fraud Scheme DOJ

Philippines sentences 'Chinese spy mayor' to life in jail BBC

Trafigura's $600M nickel fraud trial starts in London Reuters

🔐 CRYPTO & CYBER

China-aligned threat actor is conducting widespread cyberespionage campaigns Record

Samourai Wallet Co-Founder Bill Hill Sentenced to 4 Years CoinDesk

Mt. Gox moves $956M worth of bitcoin to unmarked wallet address Block

International operation traces $55M crypto trail of digital piracy sites Record

Hawk Tuah Girl Added to Solana Meme Coin Lawsuit Decrypt

🚚 TRAFFICKING

81 monkeys and meth found in car driven by wildlife smugglers CBS

Spain arrests 20 people linked to powerful Mexican drug cartel targeted by U.S. CBS

Divers find over 450 pounds of cocaine hidden underneath ship bound for Europe CBS

Warning signs appear on Mexican beach declaring area restricted by U.S. as Mexico rejects Trump offer to strike cartels CBS

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