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🔴 COMMANDER OF THE BASIJ UNIT ELIMINATED Yesterday, the IDF targeted & eliminated Gholamreza Soleimani, who operated as commander of the Basij unit for the past 6 years. Under Soleimani, the Basij unit led the main repression operations in Iran, employing severe violence, widespread arrests, and the use of force against civilian demonstrators.

Hundreds of Chinese Nationals Just Moved Into a Sihanoukville Building With Computers and Equipment I can't confirm exactly what's happening here, but I can confirm the building is being filled with Chinese nationals. Scam vans, loads of people going in and out, some with roller suitcases. It lines up with what this Chinese social media post is claiming, which I checked last night. According to the post, a large group of Chinese nationals moved into the Wuzhou Express Apartment Hotel (五洲快捷公寓酒店) in Sihanoukville carrying computers and equipment, effectively converting the residential hotel into an office. The group reportedly relocated from the Zhejiang Business Hotel (浙商酒店). Existing residents were told by management to vacate immediately to make room. This same area already has history. Back in December, police raided a building in Sihanoukville's Sangkat 3 and arrested five Chinese nationals and six Cambodians for allegedly grabbing a Chinese man off the street, beating him, and dragging him inside. cc-times.com/posts/30798

The Islamic State is actively expanding into northern Azerbaijan after officially establishing a new branch there in 2024. Authorities have recently thwarted multiple plots by The Islamic State's Khorasan Province to attack diplomatic and religious targets in Baku. Islamic State’s New Threats in Northern Azerbaijan (by @SaladinAlDronni for @JamestownTweets) jamestown.org/islamic-states…

Today, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated four sham charities that directly fund Hamas’s Military Wing and its terrorist activities. Hamas continues to rely on deceitful practices to hide its revenue-generating activities behind civilian organizations under the pretense of conducting humanitarian work, while in reality supporting the group’s continued efforts to fund their terrorist operations.

Thailand now threatening up to three years in prison for anyone caught registering "mule SIMs" on behalf of scammers. Those who broker or advertise the sale of mule SIMs face two to five years. Part of an escalating crackdown on call center fraud infrastructure. nationthailand.com/blogs/news/gen…

Last night, John Daghita – a U.S. government contractor who allegedly stole more than $46 million in cryptocurrency from the U.S Marshals Service – was arrested on the island of Saint Martin by the French Gendarmerie’s premier elite tactical unit in a joint operation with the @FBI.   Thanks to the International Cooperation Team Serious Crime Unit of the French Gendarmerie National in Saint Martin, and the Groupe d’intervention de la Gendarmerie nationale of Guadeloupe for the outstanding coordination.   FBI will continue working 24/7 with our international partners to track down, apprehend, and bring to justice those who attempt to defraud American taxpayers—no matter where they try to hide.

@volkova_ma57183 yes, a beautiful AI mash-up of the 2015 Tianjin chemical fire and some stock footage from Erbil. (the crane in the flames is a dead giveaway)

🇮🇷🇺🇸 Tasnim has published footage of a massive fire at an American base in the Iraqi city of Erbil. At least four impact sites have been confirmed—a huge plume of smoke is visible from space.

[▶️VIDEO] El General Ricardo Trevilla se quiebra al dar el pésame a las familias de compañeros que perdieron la vida tras operativo en el que murió El Mencho short.do/ej9XzS

Nigerian national Matthew A. Akande was sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in a scheme to steal taxpayers’ personal information from Massachusetts tax preparation firms via phishing attacks and computer intrusions. Akande and his co-conspirators filed more than 1,000 fraudulent tax returns seeking over $8.1 million in refunds. justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/nig…

@NBAPR They forgot to fake an injury first …

The following has been released by the NBA.

Nation-state actors do not need to use zero-days when your edge devices stopped getting security updates years ago. Over the last few years, we have seen PRC state-sponsored actors targeting and exploiting vulnerable end-of-life (EOL) edge devices. Volt Typhoon used the KV botnet—consisting of hundreds of privately owned EOL routers—to pre-position and exploit that access to inflict damage on U.S. critical infrastructure. Flax Typhoon compromised thousands of internet-connected devices to create a botnet designed to steal sensitive information and launch disruptive cyber-attacks. Back in 2023, the #FBI and our partners conducted an operation targeting Volt Typhoon, seizing and removing malware from infected devices and taking steps to prevent reinfection. The following year, the FBI led an operation disrupting Flax Typhoon, taking control of the hackers’ computer infrastructure. To better protect your critical systems, organizations should regularly update devices and replace or isolate EOL assets. Learn more at fbi.gov/wintershield

WIRED's Andy Greenberg shared a video about the scammer who started corresponding with him from inside a scam compound in Laos. In the video they show a translation tool that I wrote about back in August and mention "There is even a music service here to stream EDM while they work!" And I was like OMG HOW DID I MISS THAT! And now I'm listening to Cambodian Psychedelic Trance while I work and I couldn't be happier! music.gdlusdt.cn/lists/content/…

A Myanmar worker who had been trapped inside told The Irrawaddy that Bavet compounds are the “worst” in the country, with many victims sold multiple times before ending up there. irrawaddy.com/news/burma/nea…

【805 People Found in Sihanoukville Casino Raid】 Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities raided the Xinli Casino this morning, inspecting the 18th and 19th floors of the building in Sangkat 4, Sihanoukville. The joint operation, led by Deputy Governor Min Kompheak with coordination from Deputy Prosecutor Vuth Savy, involved provincial police and military police forces. Inside, they found 805 people spanning eight nationalities: Chinese, Korean, Japanese, American, Filipino, Pakistani, Indian, and Cambodian. Finding Japanese nationals in a suspected scam compound is uncommon. An American is even rarer. Raids across the region almost never turn up US citizens. Authorities seized 650 computers and 1,000 mobile phones.

Today, authorities in Sihanoukville raided a casino and arrested 805 suspects—American, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Pakistani, Indian, Filipino, and Cambodian—seizing about 650 computers and 1,000 mobile phones.

The Colombo Telegraph responded to the Special Economic Zone’s Commission’s formation with the headline “Nandasena Appoints Cabal of Corruption to Run Beijing’s Port City” in an article that highlights the fraud scandals the Sri Lankan President chose to ignore when announcing the Commission. colombotelegraph.com/index.php/nand…

【As Cambodia Cracks Down, Scam Networks Are Finding a New Home】 Amid Cambodia’s accelerated crackdown on scam operations, one question keeps coming up. Where is everyone headed next? Since 2024, hundreds of Chinese nationals have been arrested running pig-butchering scams from rented hotels and luxury bungalows across Sri Lanka. Entire hotel floors leased in Colombo, Kandy, and Panadura. Hundreds of phones and laptops seized. China had to send its own investigators because Sri Lankan police couldn’t read the evidence. As recently as June 2025, another 130 were arrested in Kandy alone. Even China’s own embassy in Colombo acknowledged that “some electronic fraud criminal gangs have moved to Sri Lanka.” The conditions are familiar. A $1.4 billion Chinese-financed special economic zone in Colombo. A $1.2 billion casino resort that opened last August. An economy in recovery, hungry for foreign capital. Tourist visa entry with minimal screening. Overwhelmed law enforcement.

The SEZ claims their goal is “ease of doing business” emphasizing that all governance, dispute resolution, and operational matters” are handled by the SEZ’s Economic Commission. The Colombo Telegraph responded to the Commission’s formation with the headline “Nandasena Appoints Cabal of Corruption to Run Beijing’s Port City” in an article that highlights the fraud scandals the Sri Lankan President chose to ignore when announcing the Commission. colombotelegraph.com/index.php/nand…

The SEZ claims their goal is “ease of doing business” emphasizing that all governance, dispute resolution, and operational matters” are handled by the SEZ’s Economic Commission. The Colombo Telegraph responded to the Commission’s formation with the headline “Nandasena Appoints Cabal of Corruption to Run Beijing’s Port City” in an article that highlights the fraud scandals the Sri Lankan President chose to ignore when announcing the Commission. colombotelegraph.com/index.php/nand…

The official website of the SEZ claims their goal is “ease of doing business” emphasizing that all governance, dispute resolution, and operational matters” are handled by the SEZ’s Economic Commission. The Colombo Telegraph responded to the Commission’s formation with the headline “Nandasena Appoints Cabal of Corruption to Run Beijing’s Port City” in an article that highlights the fraud scandals the Sri Lankan President chose to ignore when announcing the Commission. colombotelegraph.com/index.php/nand…