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Jan
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SEAsian politics, security, business, financial crime, corruption, money laundering - or any combination thereof.
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Elon Musk's Starlink enabling criminal exploitation of thousands of victims in scam compounds, many from SEA/South Asia who are facing truly despicable conditions and millions targeted by online fraud, writes @wired.com Echo call for link to be immediately severed. www.wired.com/story/starli...
Elon Musk’s Starlink Is Keeping Modern Slavery Compounds Online
A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online.
www.wired.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Yesterday, President Trump issued an executive order to pause all enforcement of the FCPA. This is a betrayal of U.S. leadership in global anti-corruption efforts & sends a dangerous signal that bribery is back on the table.
U.S. pausing of foreign bribery enforcement will harm economies and…
U.S. pausing of foreign bribery enforcement will harm economies and governance worldwide
www.transparency.org
February 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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The Waiting: The patience of Nate Anderson

It's the end of an era, too short in my opinion, when diligent work on fraud and corporate governance failings could get big results.

#Hindenburg #Research

By @fmckenna.bsky.social
The Waiting: The patience of Nate Anderson
It's the end of an era, too short in my opinion, when diligent work on fraud and corporate governance failings could get big results.
thedig.substack.com
January 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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“With Chinese ships suspected to have cut key undersea communications cables around the world, a Newsweek review of Chinese-language patent applications shows that engineers in China invented devices to sever such cables quickly and cheaply.” www.newsweek.com/china-confli...
Exclusive – Chinese patents reveal aim to cut undersea cables
Patent applications showed that Chinese scientists had been devising ways for severing undersea cables
www.newsweek.com
January 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM