https://rbtfl.xyz/en/track/shadow-economy Sanctions evasion, trafficking, illicit flows and cybercrime. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/us-cjng-reward-0805 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/us-cjng-reward-0805 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT The US Trump administration announced on August 5 a package of rewards totalling more than US$100 million targeting eight CJNG leaders; NBC News reports one of those targeted is a US citizen reportedly running the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, with a US$25 million bounty; Al Jazeera says the move is aimed at weakening CJNG leadership and increasing bounties under the administration's cartel pressure campaign [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/nigeria-kwara-rescue-0806 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/nigeria-kwara-rescue-0806 Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Nigeria's military and police rescued 308 people abducted from Kwara and Niger states on August 5, in what President Tinubu's office called the largest single-day rescue operation ever conducted by Nigerian security agencies; Tinubu directed agencies to intensify early warning systems and community intelligence after the operation [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/russia-fpv-drone-ceo-shot-0729 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/russia-fpv-drone-ceo-shot-0729 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Andrey Cherezov, who leads a Russian UAV research company, was shot three times in the entrance of his apartment block in Tula and left in critical condition; Russia's Investigative Committee confirmed the attack; no group has claimed responsibility [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/nigeria-serap-nnpc-0727 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/nigeria-serap-nnpc-0727 Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project filed a lawsuit against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company on July 26, asking a court to compel the state oil firm to account for N211 trillion recorded as 'Sundry Receivables' and 'Accrued Expenses' in its 2023 audited financial statements, saying the unexplained entries undermine transparency and public oversight [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/iraq-jumaili-0726 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/iraq-jumaili-0726 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Iraq's Central Anti-Corruption Court announced on July 26 the seizure of 27 billion Iraqi dinars (roughly US$20 million) linked to an oil ministry corruption investigation involving official Adnan al-Jumaili; a court statement said the funds were recovered through 'precise monitoring' of financial proceeds allegedly generated through waste in ministry projects, and that investigations would continue to 'reach all those involved' [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/ukraine-strike-wildberries-0724 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/ukraine-strike-wildberries-0724 Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ukraine launched what Meduza described as one of its biggest strikes on Russia in 2026, sending 571 drones against 15 regions overnight on July 24; Flamingo cruise missiles struck the AVITEK plant in Kirov, Russia's only serial maker of fighter ejection seats and a supplier of Tor air-defense and Kh-101 cruise missile components, killing 6 and wounding 26; Wildberries warehouses near St. Petersburg were hit for at least the fifth time in a week, as Russia officially called the e-commerce strikes terrorist attacks while Ukrainian defense analysts documented FPV drones and attack-drone components listed for sale on the platform [escalating] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/south-africa-da-consulum-0724 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/south-africa-da-consulum-0724 Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Democratic Alliance paid Dubai-based advisory firm Consulum more than R7.7 million to run its GNU operation; Consulum is a Bell Pottinger spin-off; DA figure Ryan Coetzee helped negotiate the DA into the GNU while serving as Consulum's CEO, then the DA hired his former firm three months later under a confidential contract [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/russia-exiles-bankfreeze-0721 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/russia-exiles-bankfreeze-0721 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Russian authorities have quietly frozen the accounts of prominent emigre cultural figures through an interagency counterterrorism commission acting on a secret list, with no court order and no notification, independent media Meduza reported July 21; separately, Russia's State Duma approved amendments and is preparing a second reading of a bill that would formally cut exiled anti-war Russians off from online banking, property sales and consular services [escalating] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/mexico-zacatecas-massacre-0721 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/mexico-zacatecas-massacre-0721 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Unknown gunmen killed 10 businesspeople and politicians in Mexico's Zacatecas state in a massacre that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum called on July 21 an event her government is actively investigating; five people have been arrested in connection with the killings as of July 22, and a video attributed to the Sinaloa Cartel claiming responsibility was declared false by authorities [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/russia-crypto-duma-0721 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/russia-crypto-duma-0721 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Russia's lower house of parliament held final readings on July 21 of a sweeping cryptocurrency bill that bans domestic consumer crypto payments, caps retail investor holdings, requires all exchanges to be licensed, and formally allows cross-border crypto transactions for trade settlement under sanctions [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/spain-plus-ultra-zapatero-0720 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/spain-plus-ultra-zapatero-0720 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Julio Martinez Martinez, described as the alleged frontman of former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, told Spain's National Court (Audiencia Nacional) on July 20 that Zapatero personally intervened to secure the government rescue of airline Plus Ultra; Plus Ultra confirmed it paid 527,417 euros to a network linked to Zapatero for fictitious reports [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/ukraine-shadowfleet-jul18 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/ukraine-shadowfleet-jul18 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces struck 13 additional vessels linked to Russia's sanction-evasion fleet on July 18, including tankers and cargo ships in the Black Sea and Azov Sea, pushing Operation Molochka's cumulative tally to 172 ships targeted since the campaign began [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/ukraine-shadow-fleet-jul17 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/ukraine-shadow-fleet-jul17 Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ukraine's naval drone force struck nine dry cargo ships, one oil tanker, one gas carrier, and one tugboat in the Black Sea on July 17 in what commanders described as the largest single operation against Russia's evasion fleet yet; Russia responded by ordering armed troops onto the remaining vessels [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/nigeria-malami-forfeiture-jul15 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/nigeria-malami-forfeiture-jul15 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT A Nigerian court ruled on July 15 that 48 properties tied to former Attorney-General Abubakar Malami must be permanently forfeited to the government, finding the respondents failed to rebut the EFCC's case that the assets were proceeds of crime [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/paraguay-china-cyberspy-jul14 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/paraguay-china-cyberspy-jul14 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Paraguay's Fiscalía launched a criminal investigation on July 14 after the country's ICT ministry and the US Embassy jointly announced that multiple Chinese government-linked cyber threat actors, including the Flax Typhoon group identified in a 2024 review, had infiltrated Paraguayan state networks; China's Foreign Ministry denied the allegations [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/eu-russia-21st-fac-stalled-jul13 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/eu-russia-21st-fac-stalled-jul13 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT EU ambassadors failed ahead of the July 13 Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels to reach consensus on the EU's 21st package of sanctions against Russia; EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the package was not ready for approval and proposed that ministers might instead approve a separate targeted list of 250 persons and entities at the same meeting [pending-decision] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/nigeria-pfipc-fake-agency-0708 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/nigeria-pfipc-fake-agency-0708 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Nigerian President Bola Tinubu directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission to investigate how a fictitious government body secured close to US$1m in public funds, with a full report due within 30 days; civil society groups, opposition politicians and senior lawyers have called for a fully independent inquiry instead [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sudan-ofac-colombian-mercenaries-jul4 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sudan-ofac-colombian-mercenaries-jul4 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT OFAC designated 8 individuals and entities on both the RSF and SAF procurement sides, including a Colombian retired officer and his wife running firms that sent former Colombian soldiers to Sudan as combatants and technical advisers [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/monaco-bombing-ermolaev-jun29 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/monaco-bombing-ermolaev-jun29 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT A backpack bomb packed with buckshot and bolts detonated outside a residential building on Rue Révérend Père Louis Frolla on June 29, seriously wounding Ukrainian billionaire Vadim Ermolaev and two family members; surveillance footage shows a suspect crossing on foot into Beausoleil minutes later [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/guo-wengui-sentenced-jun29 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/guo-wengui-sentenced-jun29 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Judge Analisa Torres handed the exiled Chinese billionaire the longest available sentence after nine fraud convictions, ordering $889 million in forfeiture; prosecutors say he raised over $1 billion from followers while building an anti-Beijing media empire with Steve Bannon [resolved] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sudan-china-debt-cancellation-jun29 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sudan-china-debt-cancellation-jun29 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A protocol signed in Port Sudan on June 28 cancels four interest-free Chinese loans totalling 344.52 million yuan; Beijing's finance minister framed it as proof that China has kept investing in Sudan while Western governments pulled back, and the deal takes effect immediately [stable] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/italy-ranucci-bomb-arrests-jun30 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/italy-ranucci-bomb-arrests-jun30 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Carabinieri arrested suspects in Naples and Avellino for the October 2025 bombing at Sigfrido Ranucci's home in Pomezia; the attack destroyed two cars and damaged a wall, and investigators say the commando acted on commission, with mafia-style methods an aggravating charge [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sudan-rsf-libya-uae-network-jun29 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sudan-rsf-libya-uae-network-jun29 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Lighthouse Reports, Der Spiegel, Evident, and Sudan War Monitor identified four RSF military bases in eastern Libya, at Seweidiya near al-Kufra, Sabha, al-Jufra, and Camp 17 outside Benghazi, despite prior RSF denials; eight defectors described the network and an RSF spokesman confirmed 'The Emirates gave it to us' [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/iraq-green-zone-arrests-jun29 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/iraq-green-zone-arrests-jun29 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT PM al-Zaidi called it 'the first phase' at a June 29 cabinet session; confessions from ex-Deputy Oil Minister Jumaili triggered the sweep, which one named target had been sanctioned by the US Treasury for routing Iraqi oil to Iran [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/ukraine-sbu-40day-pressure-jun25 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/ukraine-sbu-40day-pressure-jun25 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ukraine's Security Service launches a classified influence and covert-action operation, running alongside military strikes, as Kyiv intensifies multi-domain pressure on Moscow [escalating] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/captagon-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/captagon-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT A synthetic stimulant that generated an estimated US$2.7 billion annually for Assad's Syria, captagon is now a fragmented warlord trade threatening Gulf Arab normalization efforts. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/cocaine-routes-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/cocaine-routes-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The global supply chains moving cocaine from South America's Andean coca zones to North American, European, and emerging markets, the defining geography of transnational organized crime. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/conflict-minerals-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/conflict-minerals-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo fund armed groups; US and EU law require importers to trace and disclose their supply chains. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/crypto-laundering-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/crypto-laundering-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cryptocurrency rails used globally to launder illicit proceeds, linking ransomware gangs, North Korean hackers, and Russian exchanges in a US$82 billion shadow financial system. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/danish-straits-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/danish-straits-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The three waterways between Denmark and Sweden that are the sole marine exit from the Baltic Sea, through which Russia's sanctioned shadow-fleet tankers pass almost daily. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/fentanyl-precursors-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/fentanyl-precursors-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Chemical feedstocks for synthesizing fentanyl, primarily supplied by China to Mexican cartel labs, that sit at the center of the US opioid crisis and US-China trade diplomacy. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/illegal-gold-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/illegal-gold-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Criminal extraction and trafficking of gold outside licensing rules funds Sahel insurgencies and launders drug proceeds across Latin America and South-East Asia, accelerated by record prices. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/illegal-sand-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/illegal-sand-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Criminal extraction of sand outside licensing rules, the world's most-used solid material after water, sustains violent organised networks on four continents and kills hundreds each year. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/illegal-timber-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/illegal-timber-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT A US$51-152 billion shadow trade that strips tropical forests and bankrolls cartels, rebel groups, and corrupt state actors across Southeast Asia, the Congo Basin, and Latin America. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/iran-oil-evasion-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/iran-oil-evasion-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Iran routes roughly 1.5 million barrels of crude per day through a shadow fleet and front-company network to circumvent US and EU sanctions that have been in place since the 1990s. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/iran-sanctions-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/iran-sanctions-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The interlocking US, UN, and EU sanctions regimes imposed on Iran since 1979 are the primary mechanism constraining Iran's oil revenues, nuclear program, and weapons procurement, shaping Middle East geopolitics and global energy markets. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/iuu-fishing-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/iuu-fishing-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Global catch-theft framework covering illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, worth US$10-23 billion in annual losses and increasingly entangled with organized crime and geopolitical fleet rivalries. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/methamphetamine-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/methamphetamine-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The world's dominant synthetic stimulant, manufactured industrially in Myanmar, Mexico, and Afghanistan, funding armed groups and reaching record seizure volumes as the global drug economy pivots away from cropland. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/mexico-cartels-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/mexico-cartels-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel and CJNG dominate global fentanyl and cocaine supply chains, driving a conflict that has killed more than 463,000 people since 2006. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/north-korea-evasion-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/north-korea-evasion-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT North Korea's state-directed system for funding its weapons programs by smuggling oil and coal and stealing cryptocurrency outside the international sanctions order. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/ransomware-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/ransomware-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Malware that encrypts victim files and demands cryptocurrency ransoms, now present in 44% of global data breaches and the primary revenue engine for state-linked criminal networks. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/russia-sanctions-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/russia-sanctions-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The multi-jurisdictional package of US, EU, and G7 financial, trade, and personal restrictions targeting Russia following its February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/shadow-fleet-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/shadow-fleet-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Russia's network of roughly 600 aging tankers that moves sanctioned crude oil outside G7 oversight, funding the war in Ukraine. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/stablecoins-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/stablecoins-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Private digital tokens pegged to fiat currencies, primarily the US dollar, that have grown into a US$300 billion global payments and settlement layer with rising regulatory scrutiny. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/venezuela-oil-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/venezuela-oil-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Venezuela holds the world's largest proven oil reserves but produces a fraction of its peak output, making its recovery the most consequential upstream story in the Western Hemisphere. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/operation-endgame-stealc-amadey-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/operation-endgame-stealc-amadey-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Europol, Microsoft and partners take 326 servers and 142 domains, freezing €41m in crypto [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/syria-captagon-suwayda-seizures-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/syria-captagon-suwayda-seizures-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Damascus arrests two top traffickers and seizes 600,000 pills; the state monopoly gives way to warlords, with Jordan striking smuggling hubs across the southern border [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/ransomware-surge-fragmentation-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/ransomware-surge-fragmentation-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT After two years of fragmentation, the top 10 crews drive 71% of victims; a Qilin-defector brand scales faster than any on record [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/costa-rica-narco-threats-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/costa-rica-narco-threats-2026 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Costa Rican authorities arrested a suspect on 20 June 2026 over an alleged death threat against President Rodrigo Chaves Robles, the second such incident since January; InSight Crime has documented what it calls Costa Rica's worst narco corruption scandal, with judges, prosecutors, and police among officials bribed or threatened by criminal networks [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/cocaine-record-ecuador-superhighway-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/cocaine-record-ecuador-superhighway-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Global production topped 3,700 tonnes in the last UNODC count; Ecuadorian ports now move up to 80% of Europe's cocaine as Petro rejects UN monitoring [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/iran-lpg-shadow-banking-sanctions-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/iran-lpg-shadow-banking-sanctions-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Treasury names front companies relabelling Iranian LPG as Omani to move millions of barrels to South and East Asia [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/milei-libra-pfa-forensics https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/milei-libra-pfa-forensics Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT A federal-police report finds the token's supply concentrated in one address; Inecip and Cipce seek Milei's indagatoria [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/cjng-desintegracion-mencho https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/cjng-desintegracion-mencho Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Mexico's security chief reports the Jalisco cartel splintering 'like Sinaloa did', with a stepson among the contenders facing extradition [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/uk-russia-shadow-fleet https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/uk-russia-shadow-fleet Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Royal Marines seize the 'Smyrtos' in the Channel days before a sanctions package hitting ships, insurers and procurement networks [escalating] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/china-distant-water-iuu-fishing-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/china-distant-water-iuu-fishing-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A January 2026 congressional report calls the ~16,000-vessel fleet a coordinated state instrument; Japan funds drone surveillance off South America [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/synthetic-meth-afghanistan-golden-triangle-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/synthetic-meth-afghanistan-golden-triangle-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Taliban opium ban coincides with a meth surge; East and Southeast Asia logged a record 236 tonnes seized as Shan State super-labs run flat out [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/china-fentanyl-precursor-controls-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/china-fentanyl-precursor-controls-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Beijing schedules all INCB-listed precursors and adds export controls; Washington indicts six PRC nationals over chemicals sent to a Gulf Cartel network [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/drc-rubaya-coltan-smuggling-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/drc-rubaya-coltan-smuggling-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A 10 June 2026 investigation says Rubaya coltan, taxed by M23 at $4/kg, is relabelled Rwandan and sold into the world's biggest tech brands [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/milei-adorni-patrimonio-scandal https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/milei-adorni-patrimonio-scandal Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Manuel Adorni concedes off-the-books savings the anti-casta government had built ethics policy around; opposition pushes a censure session [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/north-korea-maritime-oil-evasion-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/north-korea-maritime-oil-evasion-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ship-to-ship transfers and AIS-spoofing tankers keep breaching the petroleum cap a vetoed UN body once policed [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/petro-us-decertification-fallout https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/petro-us-decertification-fallout Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Washington's first 'failed demonstrably' label since 1997, plus sanctions on Petro himself, collide with a Trump-endorsed successor [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/eu-russia-21st-sanctions-package-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/eu-russia-21st-sanctions-package-2026 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT First-ever hits on shadow-fleet enablers, LNG-tanker resales and a frozen oil price cap [pending-decision] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/mexico-cartel-timber-laundering-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/mexico-cartel-timber-laundering-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sinaloa and CJNG-allied factions match Chihuahua's legal logging output; PROFEPA shuts 25 sawmills as timber money buys Chinese precursors [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sahel-jihadist-gold-financing-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sahel-jihadist-gold-financing-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Al-Qaeda's Sahel coalition taxes and attacks gold sites to fund ~6,000 fighters; Niger kills 13 in mine raids aimed at drying up financing [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-sand-mining-mafia-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-sand-mining-mafia-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Supreme Court orders GPS tracking and CCTV in the Chambal sanctuary; 18 die in a mining blast as the sand mafia kills officials and reporters [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/huachicol-fiscal-farias-laguna-morena https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/huachicol-fiscal-farias-laguna-morena Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Farías Laguna's letters to Sheinbaum widen the huachicol fiscal case; his defence disputes that the full file was handed over [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sheinbaum-governors-cartel-probe https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sheinbaum-governors-cartel-probe Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Reports name Sonora's Durazo and Tamaulipas's Villarreal; Sheinbaum calls it a discrediting campaign as her predecessor breaks silence [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/amazon-illegal-gold-laundering-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/amazon-illegal-gold-laundering-2026 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Brazilian artisanal permits laundered 25 tonnes of gold from likely-illegal sites; mercury contamination pushes deeper into Cusco and Puno [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/france-shadow-fleet-tanker-seizures-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/france-shadow-fleet-tanker-seizures-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The French navy boards the 'Tagor' in the Atlantic as Paris, London and partners shift from blacklisting ships to taking them [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/pcc-cv-us-terrorist-designation-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/pcc-cv-us-terrorist-designation-2026 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The US State Department designated Brazil's Primeiro Comando da Capital and Comando Vermelho as Foreign Terrorist Organisations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists on 28 May 2026, effective 5 June; Paraguay had already made the same designation in October 2025, and Argentina followed suit in June, triggering highest-level border alerts across the Triple Frontier region [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/flavio-bolsonaro-vorcaro-audio-scandal https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/flavio-bolsonaro-vorcaro-audio-scandal Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The right's 2026 candidate confirms a recording asking ex-banker Daniel Vorcaro to release money for a biopic of his father, widening Lula's lead [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/garantex-grinex-crypto-sanctions-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/garantex-grinex-crypto-sanctions-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT OFAC names three executives and a Kyrgyz-Russian shell network; Grinex then halts, blaming a 'Western special services' hack [easing] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/north-korea-crypto-theft-it-workers-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/north-korea-crypto-theft-it-workers-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Pyongyang's hackers drove 76% of 2026 crypto-hack value while OFAC and DOJ pursued the fake-employee revenue machine [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/venezuela-oil-tanker-seizures-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/venezuela-oil-tanker-seizures-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Washington has taken at least seven Venezuela-linked tankers while issuing fresh general licences for a transition government [transition]