Hello! It’s June 9, and we’re tracking today’s top stories: Inside the world’s scam capital, 3 U.S. men arrested on charges of plotting to support ISIS, Andrew Tate’s Empire of Abuse, Putin’s Inner Circle Travels on Western-Made Private Jets Despite Sanctions, and much more…

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Inside the world’s scam capital, where enslaved workers are forced to defraud Americans online. Lured by the promise of well-paying jobs, hundreds of thousands of people are getting caught up in one of the world’s most sophisticated fraud networks. NBC News

🔥 TOP STORIES

3 U.S. men arrested on charges of plotting to support ISIS NBC News

Andrew Tate’s Empire of Abuse New Yorker

Putin’s Inner Circle Travels on Western-Made Private Jets Despite Sanctions Wall Street Journal

US plans to use Iranian assets to rebuild Gulf allies New York Post

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried officially files for a presidential pardon from Trump The Block

C.I.A. Officer Found With Gold Bars Said to Have Created Fake Spy Program New York Times

Chinese triads are being directed by Beijing to spy in the UK and could use brothels to blackmail MPs Daily Mail

The back-channel bid to go soft on Maduro Politico

Moroccan banks reach €175 million settlement in investigation into illegal activities Belga News

Georgia detains Russian citizen wanted by FBI on suspicion of violating sanctions by supplying aircraft parts to Russia The Insider

Pentagon says Alibaba, Baidu, BYD and Unitree support China's military TechCrunch

Kinahan crime gang 'lieutenant' Sean McGovern jailed for 24 years The Journal

Senior executives at Islamic charity privately warned that £350,000 aid to Gaza 'very likely to have helped fund Hamas and other terror groups' Daily Mail

Christine Hunsicker, CaaStle CEO, Confessed to Fraud. The Board Let Her Stay in Charge. New York Times

Agentic AI opens the door to weaponizing financial systems Atlantic Council

Meta takes legal action against Israeli spyware firm NSO Group Reuters

US Probe Finds 101 More Staffers for UNRWA ‘Gaza Relief Organization’ Are Hamas Soldiers From October 7: Schoolteachers, Principals Exposed as Terrorists Free Beacon

🚩 RUSSIA & CHINA

Roman Abramovich's Behind-the-Scenes Role in Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks Moscow Times

US urges NATO allies to use defense funds to replace Huawei gear Straits Times

Canadian businessman accused of aiding Russia sanctioned by EU, but not Ottawa Globe and Mail

China Introduces New Outbound Investment Laws To Prevent U.S. Decoupling FDD

Report on the PRC's Transnational Repression and Malign Influence U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China

Xi to Leave China for First Time This Year. Destination: Pyongyang. Wall Street Journal

💸 CORRUPTION & FINANCIAL CRIME

Trump DOJ Killed Criminal Probe of Sen. Jim Justice’s Southern Coal ProPublica

DOJ Moves to Strip U.S. Citizenship from 17 Naturalized Sex Offenders, Fraudsters, Drug Dealers, and More Justice Department

Prosecute Orbán’s inner circle over ‘stolen’ billions, Hungary’s anti-corruption watchdog says Politico

Bank boss contests FCA fine for not revealing Venezuela and US penalties Financial Times

The Cattle Empire That Turned Out to Be a Giant Ponzi Scheme Wall Street Journal

Corporate regulator investigating KPMG Australia partners over audit leak scandal Reuters

🌎 SANCTIONS & TERROR

US imposes travel bans on over 100 Nicaraguan officials amid human rights concerns AP

EU sanctions two Iranians, IRGC unit for participating in Hormuz blockade Reuters

Foreign Businesses Are Fleeing Cuba as Its Economy Collapses Wall Street Journal

US draft resolution at IAEA demands Iran open up on sites, uranium stocks Reuters

UK readies sanctions against Israel to deter proposed illegal West Bank settlement Guardian

What Beirut’s Port Scanners Miss About Militant Supply Chains War on the Rocks

Innovation in AI-Enabled Harms: The Transference of AI Knowledge from Cybercriminals to Extremists GNET

ISKP Boasts January Bombing of Chinese Nationals; Threatens, Alongside Pro-IS Groups, to Increase Attacks Avenging Uyghur Persecution Militant Wire

Could this one man have been behind terrorist attacks on Jewish communities across Europe? Guardian

🔐 CRYPTO & CYBER

Former cyber executive turned whistleblower accuses IBM of covering up several data breaches TechCrunch

Check Point links VPN zero-day attacks to Qilin ransomware gang BleepingComputer

Over 20,000 Instagram accounts stolen in Meta AI support hack BleepingComputer

HTX to delist Trump-linked USD1 after saying World Liberty Financial froze exchange-linked addresses The Block

Silent Ransom Group targets law firms with fake IT support calls BleepingComputer

🚚 TRAFFICKING

Honduran Drug Gangs Rule the Streets of San Francisco City Journal

Fishing boss fined for breaching human trafficking court order BBC

Chicago man sentenced nine years prison selling heroin and cocaine dark web Justice Department

Combating Chinese Fentanyl Trafficking: Policy Considerations for Supply Reduction and International Coordination RAND

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