Greetings! It’s May 14, and we’re tracking today’s top stories: Judge allows Trump to use Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans, Iran proposes partnership with UAE and Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium, Sinaloa cartel father-son drug kingpins charged by Justice Department, Crypto CEO’s daughter, toddler assaulted in kidnap attempt in Paris, and much more…

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Judge allows Trump to use Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans.  U.S. District Judge Stephanie Haines is the first to approve the Trump administration's use of the 18th-century wartime law to quickly carry out deportations of Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador. Axios

Trump says U.S. will remove all sanctions on Syria CNBC

🔥 TOP STORIES

Iran proposes partnership with UAE and Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium Guardian

Sinaloa cartel father-son drug kingpins charged by Justice Department CBS

Crypto CEO’s daughter, toddler assaulted in kidnap attempt in Paris NYP

An $8.4 Billion Chinese Hub for Crypto Crime Is Incorporated in Colorado Wired

IE Originals: Corporate America’s China Challenge Coercive Capital with Elaine Dezenski

How China Turns Stanford Students Into Spies Free Press

DOJ to Reward Tipsters Reporting Immigration Violations, Tariff Cheats WSJ

Incalculable Damage: Ugly Houses Franchise trail of financial wreckage ProPublica

Germany bans extremist 'Kingdom of Germany' group, arrests leaders AFP

Toronto ISIS financier pleads guilty Global News

Slow Blockchain Governance Leaves Crypto Exposed to Quantum Threats CoinDesk

🚩 RUSSIA & CHINA

China Is Building Megaports in South America to Feed Its Need for Crops WSJ

IE Originals: Investing in America First Coercive Capital with Elaine Dezenski

U.S. imposes sanctions on companies that sent Iranian oil to China Reuters

North Korean scammers land jobs in U.S. with help from Chinese companies Axios

UK Sanctions Azerbaijan State-Owned Tanker for Shipping Russian Oil OCCRP

How China Captured Apple Free Press

🔐 CRYPTO & CYBER

Dems press Trump to divest from stablecoin Axios

M&S says customer data stolen in cyberattack BBC

US extradites Kosovo national over online marketplace Record

Curve Finance warns its DNS has been hijacked again Cointelegraph

💸 CORRUPTION & FINANCIAL CRIME

Mayor Adams blasts investigators in dismissed corruption case, blames dyslexia for forgetting cellphone passcode AMNY

Father-and-son fraudsters behind $100M New Jersey deli scam sentenced NYP

RI man faces prison time for laundering $35M as 'virtual CFO' Providence Journal

States push WeChat for answers over money laundering allegations Record

🚚 TRAFFICKING

A Mother Took Her Sons to an ICE Check-In. She Never Saw Them Again. New York Magazine

I work with sex trafficking victims. Here's how Diddy's trial could help them. USAT

From the ‘Culiacanazo’ to a deal with US authorities: Ovidio Guzmán El País

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