Reported by Laura He, CNN (Summary of original article featured below) The United States has imposed sanctions on several Chinese and Mexican companies for their involvement in the production and distribution of equipment used to make counterfeit pills, including those laced with fentanyl. The US Treasury Department announced sanctions on seven Chinese entities, six Chinese […]
Reported by Ana Swanson and Niraj Chokshi Last August, Oleg Patsulya, a Russian citizen living near Miami, emailed a Russian airline that had been cut off from Western technology and materials with a tempting offer. He could help circumvent the global sanctions imposed on Rossiya Airlines after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by shuffling the aircraft […]
Reported by Antonio Graceffo U.S. intelligence and defense services, as well as the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) 2023 Threat Assessment recognize China and Russia as the two greatest threats to U.S. national security. The U.S. has more firepower than either of the two and is a member of the world’s most […]
Reported by Jim Bronskill The Canadian Press Canada’s financial intelligence agency is warning that Russians subject to economic sanctions due to Moscow’s attack on Ukraine could try to evade them using shell companies, cryptocurrency and real-estate transactions. The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre also says in a new special bulletin that those seeking to launder the […]
Reported by Ryan Smith Steven Seagal continued to show his appreciation for his adopted home of Russia over the weekend, when he headlined the festival Guitars in Formation. The actor, who is the special representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry for Russian-American humanitarian relations, recently received an Order of Friendship medal from President Vladimir Putin for his work in supporting […]
Reported by Reuters The European Union has proposed sanctions on Chinese companies accused of selling equipment that could be used in weapons to support Russia’s war machine, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Seven Chinese businesses have been listed in a new package of sanctions that will be discussed by EU member states this week, […]
Reported by Edmond Ng South Korean media have reported that the country’s car manufacturer Hyundai Motor has pulled out of the Russian market. The company said it is in the final stages of selling its plants in Russia to a Kazakh company. The recent trend of manufacturers leaving Russia as a consequence of Putin’s invasion […]
Reported by TOM KEATINGE In February 2022, I compared the UK’s first round of sanctions against Russia and the Putin regime to taking a peashooter to a gunfight. The threat of sanctions failed to deter Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and their early imposition was slow and lacked bite. Western leaders were initially poor at articulating […]
Reported by Jennifer Sor Russia is relying on its “dark fleet” of oil tankers to skirt Western sanctions, but that’s raising the risk of ship collisions out at sea, according to industry experts, who have flagged concerns as Russia attempts to evade trade restrictions. Executives from maritime shipping and insurance firms have said Russia’s growing […]
Reported by Breck Dumas Cryptocurrency crimes like hacking heists reached an all-time high in 2022, but new technologies using AI are cracking dow Cryptocurrency crimes hit an all-time high last year as digital tokens’ popularity with criminals soared to a record, but the meteoric rise of artificial intelligence means there’s a new sheriff in town, and its […]
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