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Happy Friday! It’s January 10, and we’re tracking top stories to take you through the weekend: Yakuza leader admits trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar, Britain plans new sanctions laws to target people-smuggling gangs, Orbán’s key minister hit by U.S. Magnitsky sanctions, departing Wall Street regulator warns of crypto risks, and much more…

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🎯 Yakuza leader admits trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar. Takeshi Ebisawa tried to sell uranium and weapons-grade plutonium to a faux Iranian general who wanted them for nuclear weapons. CNN

Top Stories

🌎 Britain plans new sanctions laws to target people-smuggling gangs Reuters 

🌎 Orbán’s Key Minister Hit by U.S. Magnitsky Sanctions CEPA

🌎 Scams, crashes and calamity: Departing Wall Street regulator warns of crypto risks Politico

🌎 UBS Close to Large Settlement Over Credit Suisse Tax Case Reuters

🌎 China’s DeepSeek Shows Why Trump’s Trade War Will Be Hard to Win Bloomberg

🌎 Russia’s Economic Gamble: The Hidden Costs of War-Driven Growth MT 

🌎 House passes International Criminal Court sanctions bill in response to Netanyahu warrant CNN

🌎 The UK Grooming Gangs and the Cowardice of the West Free Press

🌎 Bayview Asset Management Enters Into $20M Cyber Settlement WSJ

🌎 Nicolás Maduro is set to be Venezuela’s president until 2031 AP

🌎 Far-right group Blood and Honour has assets frozen by government BBC

🌎 A Day in the Life of a Prolific Voice Phishing Crew Krebs

🌎 What to Know About BRICS and Its Growing Clout Bloomberg

China

🇨🇳 How China Is Advancing in AI Despite U.S. Chip Restrictions Time 

🇨🇳 Supreme Court to hear fight over looming U.S. ban on TikTok Reuters 

🇨🇳 White House Rushes to Finish Cyber Order After China Hacks Bloomberg 

🇨🇳 China Vows to Deepen Graft Fight in Areas Like Finance, Energy Bloomberg

Russia

🇷🇺 Biden set to push new Russia sanctions before Trump era begins Reuters

🇷🇺 U.S. seizes luxury Miami condos linked to sanctioned Russian oligarch UPI

🇷🇺 Japan imposes new sanctions on Russia AP

🇷🇺 Montreal man sentenced in U.S. for exporting weapon components to Russia CBC

Corruption & Financial Crime

💸 Nigeria, US sign deal to return $52.88M in assets forfeited by ex-official Reuters

💸 Ex-FBI informant who made up Ukraine bribery story about Biden gets 6 years in prison Fortune

💸 France Indicts Founder of Notorious Website Used in Pelicot Rape Case Guardian

💸 INTERPOL publishes first Silver Notice targeting criminal assets Interpol

Crypto & Cyber

🔐 Russia seizes $10M in Bitcoin from ex-official in bribery case Cointelegraph 

🔐 The School Shootings Were Fake. The Terror Was Real. Wired

🔐 Coinbase Receives CFTC Subpoena for Customer Data Related to Polymarket Decrypt

🔐 PowerSchool says hackers stole students’ sensitive data, including Social Security numbers TC

Trafficking

🚚 Ruthless Mexican cartel threatens to kill famed singer CBS

🚚 Outgoing ICE director says Biden 'absolutely' should have acted sooner to tighten the border NBC

🚚 Sheinbaum’s Support Slips as Mexicans Decry Crime and Corruption Bloomberg

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

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