Reported by Alexander Verhagen, Angela Luget, Vasiliki Stergiou, Debanjan Banerjee, and Olivia Conjeaud (Summary featured below. To read full report, go to: https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/risk-and-resilience/our-insights/how-agentic-ai-can-change-the-way-banks-fight-financial-crime#/) Banks are spending more than ever on know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money-laundering (AML) compliance, but the return on investment remains alarmingly low. Interpol estimates that only around 2% of global financial crime flows […]

Reported by Lynsey Chutel (Excerpt featured below. To read full report, go to: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/world/americas/drug-cartels-us-terrorist-designation.html?searchResultPosition=7) President Trump’s directive to the Pentagon to begin using military forceagainst certain Latin American gangs and cartels has turned a spotlight on those groups and raised a host of questions about legal issues, U.S. intervention abroad and which organization might be targeted. […]

Videos by Tom from Texas and Our Animals (TikTok) The first video below shows what familiar goods from the EU and U.S. you can still buy in a typical grocery in Russia. The other video shows that you can afford to own a pet bear in Russia.

Videos by Snydexplores (TikTok) Two videos below show how you can travel to Afghanistan and other countries with Sanctions

Reported by Ghost Ghost (Excerpt featured below. To read full report, go to: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/kyc-is-the-quiet-kill-switch) The know-your-customer (KYC) threat isn’t coming. It’s already here, and it didn’t arrive through a nationwide ban or an emergency executive order. It quietly showed up with a checkbox and a Terms of Service agreement. While the influencers make noise about CBDCs and paper […]