Hello Tuesday! It’s April 21, and we’re tracking today’s top stories: HSBC and Standard Chartered: Banking giants accused of links to Iranian money laundering, EU to widen Iran sanctions to those who block Hormuz, Sinaloa family visa restrictions, Iranian woman arrested in US for trafficking arms to Sudan, and much more…

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🎯 FEATURED STORY

HSBC and Standard Chartered: Banking giants accused of links to Iranian money laundering. They are among five banks – including JP Morgan Chase, Citibank and Bank of New York Mellon – which have been ordered by a United States judge to hand over their records for inspection. The Telegraph

🔥 TOP STORIES

Seized Iranian-Flagged Ship Was Part of Fleet That Frequented China WSJ

EU to widen Iran sanctions to those who block Hormuz Reuters

Visa Restrictions on Family Members or Close Personal or Business Associates of Sinaloa Cartel Affiliates U.S. Department of State

Iranian woman arrested in US for trafficking arms to Sudan BBC

How a Brazilian Prison Gang Became a Global Cocaine Power WSJ

India arrests officials at aviation regulator, Reliance in drone bribery probe Reuters

Senior Executive Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Leading a Money Laundering Operation for Transnational Criminal Organizations U.S. Department of Justice

Banking industry scrambles for Anthropic's Mythos as global regulators review risks Reuters

LayerZero Pins $292M KelpDAO Bridge Hack on North Korea's Lazarus Group Decrypt

Florida Man Working as a Ransomware Negotiator Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Deploy Ransomware and Extort U.S. Victims U.S. Department of Justice

British National Pleads Guilty to Hacking into Companies and Stealing At Least $8 Million in Virtual Currency U.S. Department of Justice

ENRC sues for more than $168mn over botched SFO investigation Financial Times

How Cybercrime Became a Leading Industry in 'Scambodia' WSJ

🚩 RUSSIA & CHINA

Money worries blocking navy from boarding Russian tankers The Times

Russian economy is faltering despite oil windfall Financial Times

Civil Groups Sue Mali Over Wagner Abuses Moscow Times

China threatens EU firms over cybersecurity plans targeting Chinese companies South China Morning Post

China, not Epstein, is the real Mandelson scandal UnHerd

Dispatch from Geneva: Uyghur communities need cross-border protection from China's ongoing atrocities Atlantic Council

🚀 SANCTIONS & TERROR

Palestinian Authority Has Paid Convicted Terrorists Released as Part of Gaza Ceasefire Deal Free Beacon

Iranian citizen extradited from Panama to U.S. on indictment in Seattle U.S. Department of Justice

Dominica Revokes 'Golden Passport' of Slain Iranian Official's Son Amid Sanctions Probe OCCRP

US sanctions sons of Nicaragua's leaders and officials in country's gold industry Border Report

The dangerous national security shell company game FDD

Israel reveals Iran's secret Unit 4000 Israel Hayom

UAE says dismantled Iran-linked group planning attacks Iran International

💸 CORRUPTION & FINANCIAL CRIME

Risk management must evolve to remain fit for purpose Financial Times

United Kingdom Citizen Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for $97 Million Wine Fraud Scheme U.S. Department of Justice

Texas AG Ken Paxton sues ActBlue over alleged 'rampant donor fraud' on major Dem donation platform New York Post

Sri Lankan Energy Minister Resigns Amid Probe Into Substandard Coal Deal OCCRP

Millions of dollars linked to Magnitsky fraud case leave Switzerland SWI

Police Chiefs Allegedly Faked Robberies in $5,000-a-Pop Visa Fraud Scheme WSJ

France probes alleged illicit cash flight from Lebanon Insider Paper

Defence spending is 'magnet' for criminals, warns EU fraud chief Financial Times

Grandson of mob boss John Gotti sentenced on Long Island for COVID fraud ABC

🔐 CRYPTO & CYBER

Aave could face up to $230m in losses after Kelp DAO bridge exploit triggers DeFi chaos CoinDesk

Why Most AI Deployments Stall After the Demo Hacker News

Russia-linked Payment Processor Cryptomus Likely Behind Launch of Parallel Service Heleket TRM Labs

Vercel's security breach started with malware disguised as Roblox cheats CyberScoop

China's Apple App Store infiltrated by crypto-stealing wallet apps BleepingComputer

Crunchyroll slammed with lawsuit as millions of users' data exposed Daily Mail

Bluesky blames app outage on 'sophisticated' DDoS attack The Record

🚚 TRAFFICKING

Conspirators Arrested for Running St. Thomas Strip Club as Prostitution Ring and Harboring Illegal Aliens U.S. Department of Justice

Accused drug trafficker considered one of Europe's most wanted fugitives is captured in Mexico CBS News

El Salvador holds mass trial of nearly 500 alleged gang members AFP

Rio De Janeiro: Tourists stranded on hilltop after police raid on favela BBC

"In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story." —Walter Cronkite

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