"Britain’s drug gangs and Moscow’s hackers were just two nodes in a vast criminal super-network [that] included sanctioned oligarchs, Russian intelligence operatives and an Irish crime family."
(and of course that network also now includes the #Trump administration, because Howard Lutnick is/was Tether's money manager)
* #TheEconomist: https://www.economist.com/1843/2025/07/04/how-tether-became-money-launderers-dream-currency
* no paywall: https://archive.ph/NiCRD
#moneylaundering #crime#corruption #crypto #cryptocurrency #iran #russia #uspol#howardLutnick #economist #economics #finance #uk #ukpol #garantex #threatintel #ransomware #cybersecurity #vladimirputin #oligarchs #putin #ukraine #kinahans #kinahan
The vibrations, the buildings shaking, the crack of air defense teams firing at incoming, the sneering buzz of #Russian kamikaze drones in the dark – all remind you that there is a threat to your life.
A fresh CIA review agreed with earlier conclusions that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to help President Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton — while criticizing what it called procedural flaws. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/03/world/politics/trump-cia-2016-assessment-putin/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #johnratcliffe #cia #us #donaldtrump #republicans #vladimirputin
Ah, the cry of Assimilate to de-facto European/American style "Atheist" (ie Christian) hegemony.
That's the same oppression that they did to the Native American/First Nation people and what they did to Jews throughout history, as well as the Crusades.
I'm not saying how to achieve a non violent outcome, but, it can't be based on using violence. I'm simply stating the explicit facts such as, & for example, certain leaders often speak rhetoric that indicates a religious undertone such as, & to quote Trump "god bless America", during a speech in which, & for example, he was detailing how the US has bombed another country. Russia ( #putin), & l assume #Iran & #Israel , have similar leaders (" business as usual")
First he switched off Starlink for #Ukraine & cosied up to #Putin. Then he spent $42bn turning #X into a #FarRight cess pit. Then he spent hundreds of millions to deliver #Trump the #US presidency. THEN he negotiated a £100m deal with #ReformUK, & now he's claiming this 👇🏾
He's a real life Bond villain, who won't be satisfied until he's exported #Fascism globally & has their leaders in his pocket like Murdoch. When will we wake up?
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