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15 November 2023 Security News

Australian Intelligence Report Identifies China as Major Backer of Cyber Crime VOA 15 Nov 2023 -- Australia's digital spy agency has identified China as the major backer of serious hacking against Australian companies and critical infrastructure.

Fourteen Gang Members and Associates Indicted for Racketeering Conspiracy and Fentanyl Trafficking US Dept. of Justice 15 Nov 2023 -- A superseding indictment was unsealed today in the District of Minnesota charging 14 additional members and associates of the Minneapolis Highs gang with racketeering (RICO) conspiracy and fentanyl trafficking. Additional charges include firearms violations, kidnapping, assault, and carjacking.

High-Ranking MS-13 Fugitive Arrested on Terrorism Charges US Dept. of Justice 15 Nov 2023 -- At the conclusion of a removal hearing, a federal court in Houston, Texas ordered Elmer Canales-Rivera, aka Crook de Hollywood, a high-ranking leader of La Mara Salvatrucha, aka MS-13, to be transferred in custody to the Eastern District of New York where he and 13 other high-ranking MS-13 leaders were indicted in December 2020 on terrorism offenses relating to their direction of the transnational criminal organization's criminal activities in the United States, El Salvador, Mexico, and elsewhere over the past two decades.

Treasury and Costa Rican Government Cooperate on Sanction Against Notorious Narcotics Trafficker US Treasury 15 Nov 2023 -- Today, in support of President Biden's National Drug Control Strategy and in cooperation with the government of Costa Rica, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Gilbert Hernan de Los Angeles Bell Fernandez (Bell), a Costa Rican narcotics trafficker, known not only for the volume of drugs he moves but the violence with which he operates, who has played a significant role in Costa Rica's recent transformation into a major narcotics transit hub.

Terrorist groups and non-state actors pose a persistent and significant threat to international peace and security: UK statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 15 Nov 2023 -- Statement by UK Political Coordinator Fergus Eckersley at the UN Security Council meeting on the subsidiary bodies of the Security Council.

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