Huione Carries On: Chinese-Language Platform’s Persistence Reveals the Complexity of On-chain Financial Crime Disruption

Reported by Chainalysis (Excerpt featured below. To read full report, go to: https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/huione-guarantee-still-active-despite-shutdown/) Following the takedown of its website, Telegram channels, and an officially announced closure, activity linked to the illicit Chinese-language marketplace Huione has not declined — in fact, it has increased. Our data shows that the platform continues to process billions of dollars […]

GTA Online: Money Fronts Coming June 17

Reported by Rockstar Games (Excerpt featured below. To read full report, go to: https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/513kao973a73ko/gta-online-money-fronts-coming-june-17) Expand and Connect Your Criminal Network in the New GTA Online Update Take control of San Andreas’ biggest money laundering operation and clean up your criminal empire’s bottom line in Money Fronts — the latest GTA Online update arriving on June 17. Acquire […]

Treasury Sanctions Iranian Network Laundering Billions for Regime Through Shadow Banking Scheme

Reported by The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Excerpt shown below. To read full report, go to: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0159.) On June 6, 2025, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated over 30 individuals and entities tied to Iranian brothers Mansour, Nasser, and Fazlolah Zarringhalam, who have collectively laundered billions of dollars through the international […]

LA: At a troubled fashion company, workers found community. Then ICE came

Reported by Brittny Mejia and Anita Chabria (Except featured below. To read full report, go to: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-10/los-angeles-ambiance-apparel-workers-ice-raid) Saraí Ortiz’s father, Jose, worked 18 years for Ambiance Apparel, rising to become a floor manager at the sprawling fast-fashion warehouse in downtown Los Angeles.  His tenure ended Friday, when federal authorities raided the company, arresting Jose Ortiz and more […]

NYSE WARNED OF VIOLATING US ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAWS IF IT LISTS JBS SHARES

(Except shown below. To read full report, go to: https://mightyearth.org/article/nyse-warned-of-violating-us-anti-money-laundering-laws-if-it-lists-jbs-shares/) Reported by Sydney Jones In a new legal Notice, Mighty Earth has warned the board of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), that it risks knowingly violating US Anti-Money Laundering (AML) laws if it allows Brazilian meat giant JBS to list its shares on the NYSE. […]

Investment Advisers to Launch AML Programs January 1, 2026

Reported by Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP (Except featured below. To read full report, go to: https://www.hunton.com/insights/legal/investment-advisers-to-launch-aml-programs-january-1-2026) Beginning January 1, 2026, many investment advisers will be required under federal law to implement anti-money laundering (“AML”) programs.[1] These requirements are intended to deputize investment advisers to help law enforcement prevent money laundering, terrorist financing, and other illicit finance […]

‘Ruinous Burdens’: Border Businesses Struggle Under Trump’s Cartel Crackdown

Reported by Zach Montague (Except shown below. To read full report, go to: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/us/politics/trump-cartels-border-businesses.html) Federal judges have lauded the government’s goal of rooting out money laundering schemes but questioned the effectiveness of a tactic that’s wreaking havoc on small money services operations. Scrolling through Instagram one day in March, Ashley Light froze on a post […]