Hello! It’s September 9, and we’re tracking today’s top stories: Israeli strike targets Hamas leadership in Qatar, Trump launches Chicago immigration crackdown Operation Midway Blitz, SEC Closes Investigation into Swedbank, Woman Scammed Out of $6,800 by ‘Astronaut’ Who Said He Was Running Out of Oxygen, and much more…

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Israeli strike targets Hamas leadership in Qatar. Zaher Jabarin is responsible for Hamas' finances and is a key player in the terrorist organization's West Bank operations. Fox

🔥 TOP STORIES

Trump launches Chicago immigration crackdown Operation Midway Blitz USAT 

SEC Closes Investigation into Swedbank Reuters

Woman Scammed Out of $6,800 by ‘Astronaut’ Who Said He Was Running Out of Oxygen VICE

Treasury Sanctions Southeast Asian Networks Targeting Americans with Cyber Scams U.S. Treasury

How JPMorgan Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein NYT 

Nepal’s prime minister has quit amid deadly Gen Z protests over a social media ban and corruption CNN 

Europeans Aim To Coordinate First Russia Sanctions With Trump Administration Reuters

DEA arrests over 600 people in massive operation against the Sinaloa drug cartel ABC

FinCEN Issues Modified Southwest Border Geographic Targeting Order FinCEN 

Kenya Uses U.S.-Funded Antiterrorism Courts for Political Crackdown WSJ

LeBron James Writes Op-Ed for CCP Mouthpiece Involved in Propaganda Campaign To Deny Uyghur Genocide Free Beacon

🚩 RUSSIA & CHINA

DuPont secures 10-year US import ban on China's Dawnsens in Tyvek case Reuters

EU Eyes Tougher Measures Hitting Russian Banks and Oil Trade Bloomberg

EU Considers Sanctions on China Over Purchases of Russian Energy FT

Researchers Find Dozens More ‘Salt Typhoon’ Domains Register

China Sanctions Japanese Lawmaker Over Critical Comments SCMP

💸 CORRUPTION & FINANCIAL CRIME

Brazil’s Supreme Court nears a verdict in coup plot trial of Bolsonaro AP

Abramovich Faces Jersey Probe For Money Laundering and Sanctions Moscow Times 

Kenyan Man Indicted In ‘Feeding Our Future’ Money Laundering Case CBS 

‘Digital Arrest’ Scam Leaves Indian Woman Out Millions, Banks Face Questions BBC

ATM Operator Athena Bitcoin Profits From Elderly Scams Decrypt

🔐 CRYPTO & CYBER

SwissBorg crypto platform robbed of over $40M in Solana Block

U.S. Probes Malware Email That Targeted China Trade Talks Reuters

You Didn't Get Phished — You Onboarded the Attacker Hacker News

JLR Cyberattack Disruptions Could Extend Into October Guardian

Ledger CTO Warns of Massive NPM Supply-Chain Attack Draining Crypto Coindesk

🚚 TRAFFICKING

Myanmar’s Junta-Linked Scam Hubs Expand, With Mass Trafficking Alleged Guardian

FinCEN Issues Notice on Financially Motivated Sextortion FinCEN 

High-Ranking Member of Violent Mexican Drug Cartel Sentenced on Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Charge DOJ

Dozens Rescued in Austria; Five Arrested In Colombia In Sex-Trafficking Bust Europol 

Venezuela Says It’s Ramping Up Anti-Drug Operations CBS

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—Ida B. Wells-Barnett

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