The New York Times and other obituaries predictably left this out Richard Armitage, the number two official at the State Department from 2001 to 2005, died on April 13. The New York Times and other obituaries emphasized that Armitage was a Naval Academy graduate and Bronze Star recipient in Vietnam who served senior roles in […] The post Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage is Alleged to Have Coordinated CIA Drug Trafficking Network in Southeast Asia that Financed Black Operati...| CovertAction Magazine
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PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, July 1: The French left-wing papers rejoice after a controversial public broadcasting bill is rejected by parliament. The New York Times looks at how the Sinaloa cartel is making…| France 24
1. Introduction Today Financial Crime News is publishing a Financial Crime Dashboard (see Annex 1) for Latvia and a summary of the progress made, a week after the new Moneyval report for Latvia was discussed at the joint FATF Moneyval Meeting and is said to be positive. Nevertheless, we will have to wait until Q4 2025 as Latvia is the first country to be assessed under the 6th round of country evaluations so it will go through a full quality check. For the avoidance of any doubt, FCN has not ...| Financial Crime News
The UAE ML/TF Risk Assessment 2024 dropped last week and it’s a very big improvement on those prior NRA extracts reported in 2019 and 2021. The UAE has been through a lot during this period, including being added and then removed from FATF’s Grey List. FCN has reported on the journey the UAE has been on including reporting on improvements made, which suggest where genuine political commitment to make improvements in combatting financial crime and money laundering are real a lot can be ach...| Financial Crime News
Adolfo Macias, alias "Fito", was extradited to the US late Sunday weeks after the head of the Los Choneros gang was recaptured following his escape from an Ecuadoran prison. He is the first Ecuadoran…| France 24
The Colombian navy on Wednesday seized its first unmanned narco-submarine, equipped with a Starlink antenna, off the Caribbean coast. No drugs were found, but officials and regional security sources…| France 24
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government will contribute $50 million for patrol helicopters to beef up the province’s capacity to defend the border amid a tariff dispute with the United States.| True North
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is appointing his deputy national security advisor to become Canada’s first fentanyl czar.| True North
Honduras President Xiomara Castro is facing pressure to resign following reports her family previously cooperated with Honduran drug traffickers to secure campa| The Floridian
Pavel Durov, Franco-Russian billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at the Bourget airport outside Paris, French media reported, citing unidentified sources, and is set…| France 24
President Gustavo Petro authorized a “socio-judicial conversation” with the EGC, Colombia’s largest paramilitary organization. According to a presidential decree, this conversation seeks to convince the EGC’s top commanders of the…| Colombia News | Colombia Reports
The threat from the production, use, and trafficking of illegal drugs throughout the State of Michigan continues to be of great concern. In 2022, the demand and availability of some commonly used drug| Public Intelligence