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President Donald Trump has granted a pardon to Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, the founder of Binance, after months of behind-the-scenes efforts by Zhao and his allies to secure clemency.

Illegal gold mining has grown into one of the Western Hemisphere’s largest and fastest‑expanding illicit economies, out‑earning narcotics in parts of Colombia and Peru and pushing conflict‑linked gold toward U.S. ports and banks. 

Jeffrey Epstein remained embedded in Wall Street’s elite financial networks in the years before his 2019 death, maintaining accounts at more than 20 banks and executing large transactions with prominent investment firms, according to new reporting by The Wall Street Journal. 

Canada’s anti–money laundering watchdog has levied a C$19.5 million penalty against crypto exchange KuCoin for violations of the country’s AML rules.

JPMorgan Chase processed more than $1.1 billion in transactions for Jeffrey Epstein over a 15-year period, despite repeated anti-money laundering (AML) red flags raised internally, according to an investigative report by The New York Times.