Happy Monday! It’s September 29, and we’re tracking top stories to start the week: U.S. preparing options for military strikes on drug targets inside Venezuela, Canada Fines KuCoin $14M over Registration & AML Controls, Hackers contact Harrods after 430,000 customer records hit by IT breach, Regulators Push Banks To Examine Past Account Closures for Wrongful ‘Debanking’, and much more…

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U.S. preparing options for military strikes on drug targets inside Venezuela. Striking inside Venezuela would be another escalation in Trump’s military campaign against drug targets and its stance toward Maduro government. NBC

🔥 TOP STORIES

Canada Fines KuCoin $14M over Registration & AML Controls CoinDesk

Hackers contact Harrods after 430,000 customer records hit by IT breach BBC

Regulators Push Banks To Examine Past Account Closures for Wrongful ‘Debanking’ WSJ 

Iran inks deal with Russia to build $25 billion nuclear energy “megaproject” The Insider

UN imposes 'snapback' sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program ABC

Ex-Lebanon Central Bank Governor Faces Corruption Charges but Walks Free ABC

Hedge-Fund Manager Howard Rubin Faces New Sex-Trafficking Charges WSJ 

Russia’s Record Cocaine Bust Signals New Route From Ecuador OCCRP 

How China’s Secretive Spy Agency Became a Cyber Powerhouse NYT 

Shanghai Opens Digital Yuan Center to Expand Cross-Border Payment Systems BeInCrypto 

How a Russian oligarch imported a Canadian-made luxury jet despite sanctions CBC 

After sanctions, Indian oil refiner Nayara's exports find new markets Reuters

Police break up ring trafficking Kenyans to fight for Russia in Ukraine BBC

🚩 RUSSIA & CHINA

Putin Leans on Oil Revenues and Military Spending To Sustain War, Despite Sanctions Politico 

China sanctions 6 U.S. companies as trade frictions continue AP

Authorities investigate Russian "hybrid warfare" after oil tanker cuts undersea cables CBS

US sanctions on Serbia's Russian-owned oil company NIS postponed Reuters

Dutch Police Arrest Teens Suspected Of Spying For Russia Moscow Times

💸 CORRUPTION & FINANCIAL CRIME

Chairman of Puerto Rican Bank Pleads Guilty to Multimillion-Dollar Wire Fraud Conspiracy DOJ 

South Africa’s corruption makes it a risk to the global financial system Hill

What will Charlie Javice's sentence be for her $175M defrauding of JPMorgan Chase? BI 

Russia’s Ambitious Plans in Africa Are Unraveling WSJ

New Reports Point to Trump Corruption and Mishandling of Comey Investigation New Republic

🔐 CRYPTO & CYBER

‘Help! My robot vac is stealing my Bitcoin’ Cointelegraph

Proposed Crypto Bill Could Create National Security Risks Business Insider

Ransomware Hits Ohio County; Data of 45,000 Exposed Record

Africa Cyber-Fraud Crackdown Leads to Hundreds of Arrests BBC

Hackers Threaten To Publish More Children’s Profiles in UK Nursery Breach Guardian

🚚 TRAFFICKING

Reputed Mexican Mafia figure accused of brokering drug cartel alliance strikes plea deal LAT 

Leaders of Mexican megachurch led a sprawling sex-trafficking enterprise Guardian 

Hong Kong’s money laundering conviction sends right message to wildlife smugglers SCMP

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