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French naval forces have detained an Indian ship’s captain following the interception of an oil tanker suspected of operating within the covert maritime network that sustains Russian energy exports. The vessel, the Grinch, was stopped on the high seas and escorted under military supervision to the Gulf of Fos-sur-Mer, where it arrived on January 25, 2026. The ship’s captain, a 58-year-old Indian national, was taken into custody as part of a criminal investigation led by prose

Authorities in the United States have broadened their enforcement campaign against overseas groups accused of washing billions of dollars in illegal profits through elaborate shadow banking arrangements, a move that follows a detailed briefing from the Congressional Research Service on how these specialized systems enable financial crime for transnational organizations such as the Sinaloa Cartel. The briefing explains that these syndicates rely on underground banking structur