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Corpse Trade, Mafia Milk, and Iran Snap Back

Illicit Edge - Edition for December 12, 2024

Greetings! It’s December 12, and we’re tracking today’s top stories: Dealing corpses from a Las Vegas strip mall, mafia milking €3.3 billion a year from tourism in Italy, Europeans tell UN their ready to 'snap back' Iran sanctions, the global war machine supplying Colombian mercenaries in Sudan, and much more…

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🎯 Dealing corpses from a Las Vegas strip mall. A disgraced chiropractor found a new job selling bodies. In an industry with few guardrails, he soon faced accusations of mishandling human remains. NBC

Top Stories

🌎 Mafia milking €3.3 billion a year from tourism in Italy, with a 2026 Winter Olympics windfall forecast AFP

🌎 Europeans tell UN ready to 'snap back' Iran sanctions if needed Reuters 

🌎 The Global War Machine Supplying Colombian Mercenaries to Fight in Sudan WSJ

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 🌎 Former Florida TD Bank employee charged in cartel money laundering scheme CNN 

🌎 EU approves new sanctions on Russian ‘shadow fleet’ Politico

📌 The Elements of Sanctions Ripe for Reform Columbia/SIPA

🌎 China Comes Out Swinging as Trump Trade War Looms WSJ

🌎 Macy’s employee responsible for a $151M accounting scandal made one mistake Fortune

🌎 Video points to Assad regime’s involvement in large-scale trafficking of illicit drugs CNN

📘 CTRs: Improvements Could Reduce Filer Burden While Still Providing Useful Information GAO

IN THE NEWS

Russia

🇷🇺 Rosneft, Reliance agree biggest ever India-Russia oil supply deal Reuters 

🇷🇺 Yellen Sees ‘Opportunity’ for Action Against Russia in Softer Oil Market Bloomberg 

🇷🇺 Russia takes unusual route to hack Starlink-connected devices in Ukraine Ars

China

🇨🇳 Chinese arms flow into the US despite manufacturers’ role in Xinjiang repression ICIJ 

🇨🇳 Canada sanctions 8 Chinese officials for human rights violations RFA 

🇨🇳 Huawei’s New Mate 70 Phone Shows Its Chip Advances Are Stalling Bloomberg 

📘 Understanding the Biden Administration’s Updated Export Controls CSIS

Corruption & Financial Crime

💸 Fuel theft, violence siphoning $215 million from Ecuador oil industry Reuters

💸 Exchange Bank of Canada fined $2.46M by Fintrac for AML failures Canadian Press

💸 Trafigura Argues the Swiss Bribery Case Against it Is an Unjust ‘Crusade’ Bloomberg

💸 Switzerland reports $112M in frozen Syrian assets Reuters

Crypto & Cyber

🎙️How China Hacked America’s Phone Networks NYT 

🔐 Trump crypto venture partners with platform linked to Middle East militants Reuters

🔐 Google’s quantum computer could break Bitcoin in two ways Protos

Trafficking

🚚 Americans Are Using a Drug 100 Times More Potent Than Fentanyl VICE

🚚 Luxury real estate brokers indicted on federal trafficking charges in New York CBS

🚚 As billion-dollar webcam industry booms, models suffer at hands of Colombian studios ICIJ

“A doctor gave a man six months to live. The man couldn't pay his bill, so he gave him another six months.” —Henny Youngman

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