Greetings! It’s November 26, and we’re tracking top stories for Thanksgiving Weekend: Moscow’s Offshore Menace, Safe haven to sanctions, 9 tigers seized every month as global trafficking crisis decimates big cat populations, Scientology-Linked Startup Dream Exchange Loses Bid for SEC License, and much more…

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🎯 FEATURED STORY

Moscow’s Offshore Menace: How the Shadow Fleet Enables Russia’s Hybrid Warfare in Europe Foreign Affairs

Russia's oil fire sale Axios

🔥 TOP STORIES

Safe haven to sanctions: how Jersey sheltered Roman Abramovich’s billions Guardian

How Sweeping Sanctions Missed a Business Partner of Head of Major Asian Crime Organization OCCRP

9 tigers seized every month as global trafficking crisis decimates big cat populations CBS 

Scientology-Linked Startup Dream Exchange Loses Bid for SEC License WSJ 

Pentagon suggests adding Alibaba, Baidu, BYD to list for aiding China military Reuters 

Federal Investigators Work To Blacklist Hamas-Tied UNRWA Staffers Free Beacon

Former Peruvian President Vizcarra gets 14 years in prison in corruption case AP 

FBI Reports $262M in ATO Fraud as Researchers Cite Growing AI Phishing Hacker News

Miss Universe Owner Vanishes in Thailand Amid Fraud Case Newsweek 

Daughter of ex-South African leader Zuma is accused of luring men to fight in Russia-Ukraine war AP

How Venezuela uses crypto to sell oil—and what the US should do about it Atlantic Council 

The emergence of the shadow shipbreaking market Politico 

'How I lost £80K to fake Jason Momoa Facebook scammers' BBC

🚩 RUSSIA & CHINA

Lukoil Co-Founder Leonid Fedun Sells Back His Stake in Company Moscow Times

How sanctions made a showpiece Chinese refinery's Western partners run for the exits Reuters 

China South Industries Group's former deputy general manager charged with bribery Reuters 

Chinese businessman jailed over money laundering operation linked to ‘zombie’ iPhone fraud Irish Times

Ex-Vladivostok Mayor Has Bribery Sentence Cleared After Receiving Military Award Moscow Times 

The Impact of U.S. Sanctions and Tariffs on India’s Russian Oil Imports Carnegie Endowment

💸 CORRUPTION & FINANCIAL CRIME

US group sues Apple over Congo conflict mineral Reuters

US sanctions high-ranking Haitian official and accuses him of supporting gangs AP

Bolsonaro ordered to begin serving 27-year prison sentence for attempted coup CNN 

Credit Suisse loses UK appeal against Bermudan ruling for Georgia's Ivanishvili Reuters 

NYCHA bribery crackdown ends with convictions of all 70 workers charged Gothamist

Ukraine's Security Council Chief Questioned in Corruption Probe Reuters

🔐 CRYPTO & CYBER

House Democrats Issue Report Detailing Trump Crypto Ties as 'New Age of Corruption' CoinDesk 

Cyber ‘issue’ hits three London councils with shared IT services Record 

Code beautifiers expose credentials from banks, govt, tech orgs Bleeping Computer 

CISA alert draws attention to spyware’s targeting of messaging apps Cyberscoop

Russia arrests young cybersecurity entrepreneur on treason charges Record

🚚 TRAFFICKING

How Industrial-Scale Crypto Laundering Sustains Mexico’s Synthetic Drug Trade Insight Crime 

Dutch Prosecutors Seek 20-Year Sentence for Human Trafficker OCCRP 

Miami-Dade crackdown on human trafficking leads to eight arrests, victim rescued Miami Herald

9 men indicted after takedown of Maryland, Texas drug trafficking organization CBS

Colombian sentenced, ordered to forfeit $1.2 million for laundering drug money Washington Times

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