FBI Director Kash Patel met China's Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong in Beijing, focusing on fentanyl trafficking, scam operations, and violent crimes, ahead of the Trump-Xi Jinping summit in September.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet vowed to intensify the crackdown on transnational online scam networks, acknowledging their adaptation into smaller, decentralized cells. Authorities have shut down over 670 operations and increased intelligence sharing with partners like the US FBI, as Cambodia faces international pressure over these criminal enterprises.
O influenciador Rodrigo Pereira Gonçalves, 26 anos, foi detido em Nova York após operar um drone perto da Ponte do Brooklyn. Ele alegou ter recebido autorização verbal de um policial, mas foi abordado pelo FBI e multado em US$ 1 mil.
FBI alumni have formed an FBI Support Network to address legal, job, and mental health needs of former agents, citing a "systematic undermining" of bureau values under Donald Trump and Director Kash Patel. The network aims to defend the FBI's integrity and legacy against perceived political interference.
A suspect was killed in an officer-involved shooting by FBI personnel after a 12-hour standoff at a Chase Bank in downtown Bakersfield. The incident began with a bomb threat, and all hostages were freed unharmed.
Three people were killed in a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, which authorities are investigating as a hate crime. Two suspects died from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds. The FBI is seeking public information.
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is pushing through legislation to establish the country’s first centralised intelligence agency since the second world war, driven by concerns that its existing set-up is too fragmented to keep pace with espionage, cyberthreats and “grey zone” operations. The plan, recently endorsed by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, would transform the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office (CIRO) into a central hub, drawing in analysts, technologists and...
Police in Thailand have arrested a 33-year-old Indonesian man at a luxury resort in Phuket for allegedly defrauding Americans of approximately US$10 million through phoney investment schemes using models on video calls, dating apps and social media. The suspect was arrested on Friday following a tip-off from the FBI, which had informed Thai authorities he travelled from Dubai to Thailand on Wednesday. He is currently detained in Bangkok awaiting extradition to the United States.
FBI Director Kash Patel filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic magazine and journalist Sarah Fitzpatrick, alleging the publication published false claims about his excessive drinking and job insecurity. The complaint, filed in federal court in Washington, accuses the article of being a 'malicious' attack designed to drive him from office. The Atlantic has defended its reporting and vowed to fight the lawsuit.
According to The Atlantic, Patel's job as head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is in jeopardy in part because of what it said were "bouts of excessive drinking" and "unexplained absences."
