Well, I think the rainy season is here, after being caught inan absolute deluge today, ending up with hands looking like I’d been wallowing in a bath for hours…
19 APRIL 2024
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On 19 April, OFAC advised that TIANJIN CREATIVE SOURCE INTERNATIONAL TRADE CO LTD and XI’AN LONGDE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED had been added to sanctions lists, and the entry for the MINSK WHEEL TRACTOR PLANT in Belarus had its entry amended.
https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20240419
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On 19 April, OFAC announced that it had imposed sanctions on 2 entities – Mount Hebron Fund and Shlom Asiraich – for their roles in establishing fundraising campaigns on behalf of Yinon Levi and David Chai Chasdai, 2 violent extremists who were themselves sanctioned on 1 February in connection with violence in the West Bank. Ben-Zion GOPSTEIN was also added to sanctions lists.
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2281
https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20240419
https://www.state.gov/designations-related-to-destabilizing-activities-affecting-the-west-bank
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On 10 April, the University of Oxford announced the first-ever ‘World Cybercrime Index’, which identifies the globe’s key cybercrime hotspots by ranking the most significant sources of cybercrime at a national level. The World Cybercrime Index has been developed as a partnership between the University of Oxford and UNSW and has also been funded by CRIMGOV, an EU-supported project based at the University of Oxford and Sciences Po.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0297312
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On 11 April, a report from Transparency International contains warnings about the use of offsets – financial sweeteners added to overseas arms sales in addition to the military hardware the country receives.
https://ti-defence.org/blissfully-blind-security-risks-defence-contract-offset
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