Greetings! It’s March 11, and we’re tracking today’s top stories: Russian military men are manning Moscow's Shadow Fleet, explosive residue found in Bucks Co. storage unit connected to New York terrorism case, hundreds of LA hospices show multiple state indicators of fraud, DOJ releases first-ever corporate enforcement policy for all criminal cases, and much more…

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From Wagner to GRU, Russian Military Men Are Manning Moscow's Shadow Fleet. Cargo ships transporting sanctioned Russian oil through the Baltic Sea are routinely setting sail with two extra crew on board: a pair of Russian men with backgrounds in security organizations. OCCRP

🔥 TOP STORIES

Explosive residue found in Bucks Co. storage unit connected to New York terrorism case ABC

Who Are the Men Accused of Bringing Homemade Bombs to Gracie Mansion? New York Times

Hundreds of LA hospices show multiple state indicators of fraud, 3 years after California vowed crackdown CBS News

U.S. Department of Justice Releases First-Ever Corporate Enforcement Policy for All Criminal Cases U.S. Justice Department

📘 Exclusive: Sigma360 raises $17.3M to automate compliance work Axios

Turkey's Halkbank Settles U.S. Criminal Case Over Iran Sanctions Violations Reuters

U.S. seeks October retrial for Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm CoinDesk

Switzerland Adopts New International Sanctions Against Iran Bloomberg

FinCEN Issues Expanded Southwest Border Geographic Targeting Order FinCEN

Chinese Telecommunications Company Fined $50 Million for Conspiring To Steal Technology From Motorola U.S. Justice Department

Trump says will waive some oil sanctions as Iran war roils markets AFP

Terrorist Designation of the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood U.S. State Department

Afghanistan Designated as a State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention U.S. State Department

Iran may be activating sleeper cells outside the country ABC News

Regulators urge vigilance on financial crime risks from Iran as banks brace for headwinds The Globe and Mail

Democrats eye extending foreign bribery statute of limitations The Hill

Pennsylvania Brothers Convicted of Decades Long Racketeering Conspiracy U.S. Justice Department

Marco Rubio's Florida Bestie Is an Accused 'Foreign Agent' Set to Go on Trial Vanity Fair

🚀 SANCTIONS

Roman Abramovich lawyers warn: Don't confiscate £2.35bn from Chelsea sale The Times

Chevron, Shell closing in on first big oil production deals in Venezuela since US captured Maduro Reuters

Ukraine's Oschadbank demands money back and denies opposition links after Hungary cash seizure Euronews

Trump said he ended a war in Africa. U.S. sanctions say otherwise. Washington Post

🚩 RUSSIA & CHINA

Malaysia Smashes Cross-Border Scam Ring, Deports 16 to China OCCRP

China aims deeper fight against corruption with cross-border law Reuters

India's 30-day Russian oil waiver comes with a steep US price tag South China Morning Post

Nexperia China says it has begun producing its own chips Reuters

Salt Typhoon is hacking the world's phone and internet giants TechCrunch

Russia targets Signal and WhatsApp accounts in cyber campaign AIVD

💸 CORRUPTION & FINANCIAL CRIME

Jailed Istanbul mayor goes on trial in huge corruption case slammed by supporters as political AP News

Two directors of Capital Asia Investments arrested over suspected money laundering offences The Straits Times

Ex-Missouri lawmaker who admitted to COVID fraud sentenced to prison USA Today

'Ghost projects' push Philippines to record US$26.5 billion budget deficit South China Morning Post

Former head of Republic of Congo soccer federation gets life sentence for embezzling FIFA funds Washington Post

Texas man headed to jail for nearly $60M Medicare fraud UPI

Feud between Vegas gambler and Paramount exec sparks $150-million fraud lawsuit Los Angeles Times

Voting tech firm Smartmatic seeks to dismiss money laundering charge as part of Trump's 'campaign of retribution' Fortune

🔐 CRYPTO & CYBER

Senators try to unlock stalled crypto Clarity Act with compromise on stablecoin yield CoinDesk

Treasury tells Congress mixers have valid privacy uses, recommends 'hold law' for suspicious crypto The Block

Bithumb faces 'heavy disciplinary action' after violating money laundering rules DL News

How AI Assistants are Moving the Security Goalposts Krebs on Security

New 'Zombie ZIP' technique lets malware slip past security tools Bleeping Computer

Ohio judge rules that Kalshi is sports betting and must adhere to state law NBC News

💥 TERROR

AI and the New Blueprint of Terrorism War on the Rocks

Homegrown: U.S. Federal Cases Against ISIS (2014-2025) University of Nebraska

From Tehran to Europe: Terrorism Risks After the Killing of Iran's Ayatollah ICCT

Suspected Hamas member detained in Cyprus over weapons procurement Reuters

🚚 TRAFFICKING

Alexander brothers are convicted of sex trafficking in case that shocked real estate world AP

37 teens rescued, 7 people arrested in California human trafficking operation CBS News

Neighbors expose mysterious activity and lavish upgrades at California home linked to El Mencho daughter New York Post

Belgium at risk of becoming 'narco-state' The Guardian

The Race to Stop Wildlife Trafficking in Africa New York Times

Sheinbaum tells Trump: stop illegal arms trade from the US to Mexico The Guardian

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