Emerging Threat

A Russian cryptocurrency payments network founded by sanctioned actors is expanding into Africa as Moscow seeks new channels to move money around western restrictions imposed after the invasion of Ukraine.

Americans reported more than 1-million internet-crime complaints to the FBI in 2025, with disclosed losses rising to a record $20.877 billion, up 26 percent from the prior year, according to the bureau’s annual IC3 report published Monday. 

Trade misinvoicing is occurring at “massive scale” across Asian supply chains, with discrepancies in reported invoice values reaching a record $1.7 trillion in 2022 across developing Asia.

Soaring chocolate prices and strong Easter demand are helping drive a rise in shop theft across Britain, with organized crime gangs increasingly targeting confectionery because it is portable, easy to resell, and difficult to trace.

German authorities have uncovered an alleged €300-million payments fraud that has drawn in former staff and executives at several payment companies, deepening the sector’s long-running crisis years after the collapse of Wirecard.

French anti-terrorism prosecutors are investigating whether a thwarted bombing at Bank of America’s Paris office was linked to an Iran-backed group that has urged attacks on Jewish communities and businesses across Europe, according to a Financial Times report.

Cargo theft in Britain is evolving into a high-yield criminal business that costs the economy about £700 million a year, as organized gangs target truckloads of food, alcohol, electronics, and consumer goods that can be quickly resold through online platforms and grey-market wholesalers.

Tehran has intensified cyber attacks against Israel and the United States in response to the Iran war, using operations designed to spread fear, gather intelligence, and support military targeting.

Iranian-linked wealth has continued to find its way into London property despite years of Western sanctions, with luxury homes, apartments, and a boutique hotel tied to figures accused by British and U.S. authorities of supporting Tehran’s sanctions-evasion networks.

Florida shell companies and virtual office addresses are at the center of an expanding international investigation into at least $260 million in funds tied to Argentina’s top soccer authority.