Daily Intel Brief
The U.S. takes out Zawahiri in Afghanistan, North Korea plans to test another nuclear missile, and a report finds Balkan ports ideal for trafficking...
Counterterrorism
A North Texas militia member who charged up the U.S. Capitol steps with body armor and a handgun while urging a violent mob forward has been given the longest prison sentence to date of any Jan. 6 rioter. U.S. District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich, a Donald Trump…
The United States conducted a "successful" counterterrorism operation against a "significant" Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahiri in Afghanistan over the weekend, a senior administration official told Fox News. President Biden on Monday night at 7:30 p.m…
Military & Defense
As speculation mounted over a potential visit by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, the White House has warned that military activity planned by China could raise the risk of tensions spiraling out of control in the sensitive flashpoint. As Pelosi arrived in…
North Korea’s “very fraught” and consistent provocations will strengthen the U.S.-South Korea alliance and a nuclear test from the communist regime will prompt a firm response from Washington and Seoul, according to a weekend statement from the South’s Ministry of…
Cybersecurity
A 24-year-old Australian national has been charged for his purported role in the creation and sale of spyware for use by domestic violence perpetrators and child sex offenders. Jacob Wayne John Keen, who currently resides at Frankston, Melbourne, is said to have created the…
Two companies based in Luxembourg are grappling with an alleged ransomware attack that began last week, the latest in a string of incidents involving European energy companies. Encevo Group said its Luxembourg entities Creos – an energy network operator – and the…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
Iran's intelligence ministry said Monday it has arrested members of the Bahai minority suspected of spying for a centre located in Israel and of working illegally to spread their religion. Intelligence agents "arrested a number of members of the central core of the Bahai…
Britain is helping Ukraine hunt Russian spies targeting Western-supplied weapons, the acting head of Kyiv’s military intelligence has said. Finding and destroying military aid flowing into Ukraine from Western countries is “goal number one for Russian agents”, according to Major…
Transnational Organized Crime
Commercial seaports in South-eastern Europe (SEE) are nodes for cocaine and heroin smuggling and illicit trade. Drug shipments, mainly from Latin America, are frequently found in fresh fruit containers - specifically bananas, says a new report looking at the maritime…
The deaths of journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous rights defender Bruno Pereira in June this year exposed an interlocking web of crime involving drug trafficking, money laundering, and illegal fishing deep in the Brazilian Amazon. This sprawling criminal network stretches…