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Crypto / Digital Assets
Bybit Falls Victim to $1.5bn Crypto Theft, the Largest in History
By Thisanka Siripala | 24/02/2025
The theft was reportedly orchestrated by North Korea’s Lazarus Group. Security experts are investigating how the self-custodial multi-sig wallet used by Bybit was compromised.
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DPRK Sanctions Monitoring Team Holds Inaugural Meeting
By Manesh Samtani | 21/02/2025
The team, set up after Russia forced the dissolution of the UN expert panel monitoring North Korea sanctions compliance, plans to publish a report in the coming months.
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UK Imposes Sanctions on Three Russian Officials, Two Companies
By Editors | 17/02/2025
The three officials have “links to Putin’s inner circle”. The two entities are “linked to Russia’s nuclear energy giant Rosatom”.
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US Releases Convicted Former Operator of BTC-e in Prison Swap
By Editors | 14/02/2025
Alexander Vinnik was in US custody awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty last year for conspiracy to commit money laundering.
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US, UK, Australia Sanction Russian Internet Hosting Company
By Editors | 12/02/2025
Russian internet hosting company Zservers and six staff members were sanctioned for facilitating ransomware attacks globally
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US Announces Tariffs on Steel and Aluminium Imports
By Editors | 12/02/2025
Exemptions previously granted to certain countries will end and the duty rate on aluminium increases from 12 March.
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US DOJ Shifts Focus to Cartels and Transnational Crime
By Manesh Samtani | 11/02/2025
The DOJ is disbanding Task Force KleptoCapture and changing the way the FCPA and Foreign Agents Registration Act are enforced.
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US Seizes Second Plane Belonging to Venezuela
By Editors | 10/02/2025
The seizure was overseen by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The Venezuelan foreign ministry called him “an aircraft thief”.
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Singapore-Listed Firm Linked to Myanmar Junta’s Oil Supply
By Nithya Subramanian | 10/02/2025
Singapore-listed Interra Resources reportedly supplied oil worth more than $150mn to Myanmar’s military regime.
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US Announces Sanctions on International Criminal Court
By Manesh Samtani | 10/02/2025
Executive order says the US will impose “tangible and significant consequences” on those responsible for the ICC’s “transgressions”
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