Reported by The Economist (Excerpt shared below. To read full report, go to: https://www.economist.com/briefing/2025/10/16/the-traffickers-are-winning-the-war-on-drugs) Global production, seizures and consumption of cocaine are all at record highs, despite 50 years of the war on drugs—a fight that President Donald Trump is now intensifying by bombing alleged Venezuelan smuggling-boats in the Caribbean. This is in part because prohibition […]

Reported by Bloomberg News (Excerpt shared below. To read full report, go to: https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/10/19/gift-cards-key-money-laundering-net/amp/) Gift cards, one of the most basic financial products in the U.S. retail market, have become the backbone of a billion-dollar criminal economy that investigators say is moving American money into China. Homeland Security Investigations agents say Chinese organized-crime groups have […]

Reported by Business Insider and Futurism (Below is a summary from https://futurism.com/future-society/mit-grads-crypto-heist and https://www.businessinsider.com/crypto-brothers-fraud-trial-prosector-opening-statements-crypto-bots-frontrunning-2025-10$ Two brothers, Anton Peraire‑Bueno and James Peraire‑Bueno, are on trial in New York for a scheme that prosecutors say pulled off nearly $25 million in cryptocurrency in just 12 seconds.  According to the opening statements, the duo orchestrated a “bait-and-switch” on the Ethereum […]

Reported by The Economist From Hellfire missiles over the Caribbean to billion-dollar crypto laundering networks, the global drug trade has evolved far beyond the era of Pablo Escobar. Today’s traffickers operate like decentralized startups — using subcontractors, digital financiers, and crypto money-launderers to move drugs and profits across continents. The U.S. response, led by President […]

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Reported by Ellesheva Kissin (Excerpt shared below. To read full report, go to: https://www.ft.com/content/40b2acf3-9c69-485b-9352-d117c42f41a3) The UK’s financial watchdog has warned that banks are failing to prevent a growing threat of romance scams, with cases rising by almost 10 per cent last year. The Financial Conduct Authority said on Friday that it had identified “multiple instances” […]

Reported by Herrick K. Lidstone (Jennings Haug Keleher McLeod Waterfall, LLP) and Victoria B. Bantz (Clark Hill PLC) (Summary shared below. To read full report, go to: https://media.clarkhill.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/16152758/Anti-Money-Laundering-10.16.25.pdf) A new rule from the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) set to take effect on March 1, 2026, will compel professionals involved in residential real estate […]

Reported by Robert McMillan (Excerpt shared below. To read full report, go to: https://www.wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/url-scam-texts-china-gangs-68e96097?mod=mhp) The U.S. is awash with scam text messages. Officials say it has become a billion-dollar, highly sophisticated business benefiting criminals in China.  Your highway toll payment is now past due, one text warns. You have U.S. Postal Service fees to pay, […]

Reported by U.S. Department of the Treasury (Excerpt shared below. To read full report, go to: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0278) Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), in close coordination with the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO), took complementary actions against criminal networks […]

Reported by Chainalysis Team (Excerpt shared below. To read full report, go to: https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/southeast-asia-crypto-scam-network-mining-pig-butchering-october-2025/) On October 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), in coordination with the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO), took action against cryptocurrency-enabled scam networks operating in Southeast […]