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  • MIL-OSI Security: Taos Man Admits to Killing Up-And-Coming Native American Artist Deanna Suazo

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    ALBUQUERQUE – Santiago Martinez pleaded guilty in federal court to voluntary manslaughter for the death of his girlfriend, DeAnna Autumn Leaf Suazo, a talented Indigenous artist, following a late-night argument in November 2021.

    According to court records, on November 12, 2021, Santiago Martinez and his girlfriend, DeAnna Suazo, were at their shared home, where they consumed alcohol and listened to music in her vehicle. Early in the morning hours, the couple engaged in a heated argument outside their home about the future of their relationship, during which Suazo reiterated her desire to end things. The argument escalated into a physical altercation, leading to Martinez intentionally running over Suazo with her SUV, resulting in her death due to mechanical asphyxia and blunt trauma

    Although Martinez had consumed alcohol, he acknowledged being aware of his actions and their wrongfulness at the time of the incident.

    DeAnna Autumn Leaf Suazo (Diné, Taos Pueblo) was a talented artist and the daughter of Native American artists Geraldine Tso, a Navajo artist, and David Gary Suazo, a Taos Pueblo painter. She celebrated her Indigenous heritage through figural paintings of strong Indigenous women, blending traditional and contemporary styles with inspiration from Japanese manga. Suazo’s work was exhibited nationwide, including at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts and the Balzer Contemporary Edge Gallery. In 2022, IAIA established the DeAnna Autumn Leaf Suazo Memorial Fund for Indigenous female artists in the MFA in Studio Arts Program, honoring her legacy and contributions to the art world.

    DeAnna pictured with her artwork courtesy of David Gary Suazo

    At sentencing, Martinez faces between 10 and 15 years in prison followed by not less than three years of supervised release.

    Acting U.S. Attorney Holland S. Kastrinand Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, made the announcement today.

    The Santa Fe Resident Agency of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office investigated this case with assistance from the Taos Pueblo Department of Public Safety. Assistant United States Attorneys Zachary Jones and Nora Wilson are prosecuting the case.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Former CBP Officer Sentenced to Federal Prison and Community Service for Bribery and Role in Alien Smuggling

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    EL PASO, Texas – A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer was sentenced in a federal court in El Paso to 51 months in prison and 80 hours of community service for one count of bribery of a public official and one count of bringing in certain aliens for financial gain.

    According to court documents, in December 2022, investigating agents received information that Omar Moreno, 46, of Horizon City, was smuggling illegal aliens into the United States as a CBP officer, receiving $4,000 per alien from a smuggling organization. On Feb. 1, 2024, a video recording captured Moreno escorting two illegal aliens, one being a foot guide, into the U.S. through the Ysleta Port of Entry without undergoing an inspection.

    On Feb. 23, 2024, two undercover officers posed as illegal aliens and used a confidential human source as a foot guide to enter the U.S. from Mexico. Again, Moreno allowed the smuggling to occur through the port of entry. After his shift ended, Moreno was paid $8,000 and arrested.

    Acting U.S. Attorney Margaret Leachman for the Western District of Texas made the announcement.

    The case was investigated by the FBI, Customs and Border Protection Office of Professional Responsibility, and Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General.

    Assistant U.S. Attorneys John Johnston and Andres Ortega prosecuted the case.

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  • MIL-OSI USA News: ONDCP Recognizes Law Enforcement’s Work to Stop Drug Traffickers

    Source: The White House

    class=”wp-block-heading has-text-align-center”>National High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Awards Ceremony Recognizes Excellence Across 14 Key Categories

    Washington, D.C.—Last night, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) recognized individuals and initiatives of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program at the 2025 National HIDTA Awards Ceremony for their critical work to combat the national security threat posed by drug traffickers, including those who traffic deadly illicit fentanyl in the United States, killing tens of thousands of Americans each year.  

    The Trump Administration is taking the fight to the cartels and drug traffickers in order to save American lives. The HIDTA Program plays a key role in disrupting and dismantling drug trafficking organizations and provides assistance to federal, state, local, Tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies operating in areas determined to be critical drug trafficking regions across all 50 states. Last year, the 33 HIDTAs seized 4.1 million pounds of fentanyl and other drugs and denied drug traffickers $17.7 billion in illicit profits. For every dollar invested in the HIDTA Program, the American people get $68.07 in benefits, making HIDTA an effective and efficient use of taxpayers’ money, and an important tool in the nation’s effort to stop drug traffickers and save American lives.  

    The following awards were presented March 27 to individuals and initiatives of the HIDTA Program for their efforts to reduce the supply and trafficking of dangerous drugs in communities across the country: 

    INVESTIGATIVE COLLABORATION

    Chicago HIDTA, Chicago HIDTA Counternarcotics and Cryptocurrency Task Force

    Created to identify, disrupt, and dismantle transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), the Chicago HIDTA Counternarcotics and Cryptocurrency Task Force (CNCTF) targeted one of the largest, fastest-growing dark net markets in the world – Nemesis Market. This marketplace facilitated drug trafficking, fraud, hacking, and other illicit activities responsible for more than $20 million in illicit transactions to more than 150,000 registered users around the world. Led by DEA and comprising an array of federal and local partners, CNCTF undertook Operation Keyboard Warrior, which received designation by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF). In March 2024, CNCTF, working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the German Bundescriminalamt, disrupted Nemesis Market by executing simultaneous, multinational search and seizure warrants on critical technological infrastructure. The warrants resulted in nearly $1 million in frozen and seized cryptocurrency-related assets, twelve computer servers, various electronic devices, and terabytes of data containing financial records and personal information of more than 1,000 vendors trafficking in drugs and engaging in fraud, hacking, and forgeries on the marketplace. CNCTF leveraged this information to effect arrests and warrants in eight U.S. federal districts, and provided investigative leads to foreign law enforcement counterparts in multiple countries using international treaty-based disclosure agreements that were novel to cyber cases.

    PROSECUTION

    South Florida HIDTA, Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kevin Gerarde and Sean McLaughlin

    With the support of the South Florida HIDTA and assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) Kevin Gerarde and Sean McLaughlin secured a jury verdict against the Premier of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) for drug trafficking. Andrew Fahie, who was elected as the Premier in 2019, was accused of assisting the Sinaloa Cartel in transporting loads of cocaine weighing three metric tons from the coast of Colombia through the BVI en route to the United States for distribution. In exchange for his assistance, Fahie allegedly received a 12 percent cut of the proceeds when the cocaine was sold in the United States. After an extensive undercover operation conducted with the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency and the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force, DEA arrested Fahie. In prosecuting Fahie, AUSAs Gerarde and McLaughlin overcame a variety of evidentiary challenges, including United Kingdom and BVI foreign law determinations regarding the applicability of U.S. money laundering statutes. On February 8, 2024, the jury returned a verdict finding Fahie guilty on all counts, and he was subsequently sentenced to 135 months imprisonment.

    PUBLIC HEALTH/PUBLIC SAFETY COLLABORATION

    Texoma HIDTA, Caprock Drug Initiative

    The Texoma HIDTA’s Caprock Initiative launched a program at the behest of local officials to address alarming increases in fentanyl overdoses in and around Lubbock, Texas. Since its inception, the program has reached nearly 26 thousand individuals from all walks of life. Undertaken with substantial support from the United States Attorney’s Office, the Texas Anti-Gang Center, and the Lubbock County District Attorney’s Office, the program has become the most requested fentanyl awareness presentation in the South Plains region. It has been presented to numerous local schools, including to the Texas Tech football team. The program provides candid, factual information from people in recovery, overdose survivors, and families of overdose victims. It is credited with raising public awareness and contributing to a reduction in overdoses in the region.

    HIDTA SUPPORT

    Atlanta Carolinas HIDTA, Lydia Sheffield

    Lydia Sheffield has served the Atlanta Carolinas HIDTA for two decades, providing continuity with her outstanding support to three executive directors. In addition to her myriad duties as the Executive Assistant, Ms. Sheffield is the primary Performance Management Process (PMP) Coordinator for the HIDTA, and has established herself as an expert user of PMP. In that role, she has generously provided training to PMP users from multiple other regional HIDTAs at the behest of the National HIDTA Assistance Center and to National HIDTA Program staff. Ms. Sheffield has drawn upon her own background and experience as a skilled trainer to develop curriculum materials to support trainings to both peer PMP coordinators and initiative commanders across the United States.

    INVESTIGATION INVOLVING INNOVATIVE APPROACHES

    Gulf Coast HIDTA, Mobile Baldwin Major Investigations Team

    In 2023, the Mobile Baldwin Major Investigations Team (MBMIT) began investigating a deactivated DEA confidential source who was coordinating large shipments of methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine from Texas and Georgia into the Mobile, Alabama area. Because the former source was familiar with law enforcement communication and investigative techniques and was still being used by local law enforcement agencies, the source was emboldened to conduct illicit drug-related transactions via an end-to-end encrypted phone app. MBMIT agents successfully executed a search warrant to clone the source’s phone and initiated real-time Title III intercepts of the encrypted app. This was the first time an end-to-end encryption application was successfully intercepted in the New Orleans Division and only the third time this type of intercept had been conducted worldwide within DEA. The success of this investigative technique enabled 120 electronic and voice Title III intercepts resulting in 24 state and federal arrests, the seizure of 19 kilograms of cocaine and 20 kilograms of methamphetamine, and the seizure of over $500,000 in cash, jewelry, and vehicles. Additionally, these intercepts lead to the identification and follow-on investigation of regional drug traffickers in the United States with links to multiple Mexican TCOs.

    INTELLIGENCE AND INFORMATION SHARING

    Nevada HIDTA, Investigative Research Assistant Phillip Scichilone

    In early 2024, the Nevada Highway Patrol received a tip regarding a suspicious trucking company suspected of transporting illicit drugs from northern Nevada across the county, and subsequently passed the tip to Investigative Research Assistant Phillip Scichilone. Mr. Scichilone provided Northern Nevada Interdiction Task Force members with key intelligence related to the travel patterns of the vehicle involved, suspicious financial activity of the trucking company, and identification of the suspected owner and driver of the vehicle. The task force used this information to interdict the vehicle involved, resulting in the seizure of approximately $1 million and the identification of the driver and passenger, who were suspected of being linked to a known terrorist organization. After conducting follow-up analysis linking the suspects to out-of-state DEA and FBI investigations, Mr. Scichilone connected representatives of both agencies to deconflict and share information and then worked with both agencies to pass on key intelligence information.

    INTERDICTION

    New England HIDTA, Greater Boston HIDTA Task Force

    The Greater Boston HIDTA Task Force, co-led by the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), initiated an investigation targeting a California-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) involved in large-scale illicit drug smuggling, distribution, and transportation from the Southwest Border to destinations throughout the United States and Canada. The initial phase of this ongoing investigation resulted in the disruption of a large-scale criminal enterprise with two arrests and the interdiction of 32 kilograms of methamphetamine and 490 kilograms of cocaine from a tractor trailer that traveled cross country to meet with undercover law enforcement agents in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts State Police have claimed this to be the largest seizure of narcotics from a tractor trailer in New England history, and the ongoing investigation has wide-ranging impact on DTO operations in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

    INVESTIGATION INVOLVING A VIOLENT ORGANIZATION

    Texoma HIDTA, ATF Oklahoma City Violent Crime Initiative

    The ATF Oklahoma City Violent Crime Initiative led interagency Operation Sonic Boom that used information from the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) to overlay maps of Oklahoma City with shooting incidents to identify critical, high gun violence areas to deploy additional resources. In a 60-day operation, ATF Confidential Sources and Undercover Agents conducted 117 undercover firearm purchases that led to the indictment of 64 defendants and the seizure of 110 firearms, 83 machinegun conversion devices (MCDs), 53 kilograms of methamphetamine, 5 kilograms of cocaine, and more than 1.5 kilograms of fentanyl tablets. Highlighting the critical links between the undercover operations in this case and the ongoing violent crime investigations in Oklahoma City, twelve of the firearms purchased by undercover agents had confirmed links in NIBIN to open shooting and homicide cases by violent criminal gangs in the greater Oklahoma City area. From a HIDTA perspective, the case was also a statistical success, with investigators identifying eight separate Drug Trafficking or Money Laundering Organizations and disrupting six of them during the course of the operation. 

    COMMUNITY IMPACT INVESTIGATION

    Northwest HIDTA, DEA Bellingham Regional HIDTA Task Force

    Over the past year, the DEA Bellingham Regional HIDTA Task Force (BRHTF) initiated an investigation that resulted in a substantial impact concerning public safety and health on the greater Lummi Nation Tribal Lands. Over a one-year period, BRHTF, along with partner agencies, seized over 850,000 fentanyl pills, seven kilograms of fentanyl powder, seven kilograms of cocaine, 29 illicit firearms, over $120,000 in U.S. currency, and disrupted a centralized DTO responsible for trafficking and distributing fentanyl and other drugs in the Lummi Nation within Whatcom County, WA. This investigation resulted in a notable decrease in both fentanyl availability and overdose deaths on Lummi Tribal Lands.

    OVERDOSE REDUCTION

    South Texas HIDTA, Laredo DEA HIDTA Task Force

    In 2023, the DEA Laredo District Office created a HIDTA Overdose Task Force initiative to address the dramatic rise in overdose deaths in Laredo, Texas, and its surrounding communities. The City of Laredo experienced 21 overdose deaths in 2021, rose to 41 overdose deaths in 2022, and was on pace to experience nearly 100 overdose deaths in 2023, when the task force was launched. Formed with multiple local and federal agencies and comprising six task force officers, the task force proved to be effective, with Laredo reporting 73 deaths in 2023, well short of the expected numbers. Throughout 2024, Laredo and its surrounding communities experienced 40 overdose deaths, and preliminary data indicate the city is on pace for a remarkable 45 percent decrease.

    INVESTIGATION

    Arizona HIDTA, Metro Intelligence Support and Technical Investigative Center (MISTIC)

    Throughout 2024, the Phoenix Police Department (PPD) Drug Enforcement Bureau’s (DEB) Conspiracy Squad and the DEA Phoenix Field Division’s Financial Investigations Group (FIG) conducted a long-term, complex investigation that targeted a TCO responsible for the trafficking and distribution of bulk quantities of illicit drugs, as well as for money laundering. Investigators conducted 2,000 hours of surveillance, utilized 225 court orders and search warrants, and initiated 35 wire intercepts targeting TCO members. Through the course of this investigation, detectives identified, disrupted, and dismantled the international drug trafficking activities of both foreign and United States-based sources of supply, load coordinators, couriers, stash house operators, and distribution coordinators, while also dismantling metropolitan Phoenix-based DTO operations.

    TASK FORCE OF THE YEAR

    Appalachia HIDTA, Appalachia HIDTA Diversion Task Force

    In response to an influx of counterfeit pharmaceuticals flooding southeastern Kentucky that were contributing to a rise in drug poisoning deaths, investigators with the Appalachia HIDTA Diversion Drug Task Force initiated an investigation into a dark net market distributor operating under the name GreenBeansUSA. This investigation was conducted jointly with the Appalachia HIDTA DEA London Task Force in coordination with the FBI, Internal Revenue Service, and U.S. Postal Inspection Service under the OCDETF Operation “Loyal Business.” Investigators identified GreenBeansUSA as a global supplier responsible for the sale and distribution of over 16 million counterfeit pharmaceutical pills, and the receipt of over $11 million in drug proceeds in the form of illicit cryptocurrency. In the course of the operation, investigators issued more than 200 grand jury subpoenas, 47 pen registers, 8 ping orders, Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) requests, IP analysis, blockchain and cluster analysis, 2703(d) orders, undercover purchases, undercover money laundering operations, pole cameras, and electronic search warrants to multiple telecommunications and technological entities. Their efforts resulted in federal indictments of six key members of the organization, the seizure of 11 kilograms of controlled pharmaceuticals (nitazene, benzodiazepine, and ketamine), six pill press machines, and approximately $1.2 million in assets.

    HIDTA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE

    Ohio HIDTA, Sergeant Breck Williamson, Ohio State Highway Patrol

    Sergeant Breck Williamson has distinguished himself as both a prolific and successful interdictor of illicit drugs transiting the nation’s highways, and as an expert instructor and mentor to other officers conducting highway interdictions. Since October 2023, Sergeant Williamson has personally seized over 405 pounds of methamphetamines, 11 pounds of fentanyl, 141 pounds of cocaine, 3,203 pounds of marijuana, and $135,000 in U.S. currency. He also serves as an instructor for both the El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC) and the Drug Interdiction Awareness Program (DIAP), sharing his expertise with hundreds of students throughout the past year. In addition to his day-to-day supervisory and highway interdiction duties, Sergeant Williamson is a DEA task force officer and is regularly called upon by DEA offices nationwide to advise on interdiction tactics and techniques.

    HIDTA OF THE YEAR

    SOUTH FLORIDA HIDTA

    The South Florida HIDTA has demonstrated an exemplary capacity for multidimensional vision and leadership. Through its Executive Director and Executive Board, it has targeted emerging threats, such as synthetic drugs, while remaining steadfastly committed to the interdiction of metric tons of cocaine destined for the United States from South America. It has inspired national efforts, like the launch of Crime Gun Intelligence Centers in HIDTA regions across the United States, without losing focus of the core HIDTA mission to disrupt and dismantle DTOs and while maintaining deep and sustaining partnerships at the local level. It has launched enterprising collaborations with law enforcement partners, such as partnering with the Federal Aviation Administration to access radar interdiction operability and records of straw registration of aircraft, while embracing public health initiatives focused on overdose reduction and drug use prevention.

    Among its many accomplishments, in 2023 South Florida HIDTA initiatives dismantled or disrupted 54 DTOs, of which 19 were international in scope and nearly 20 percent were OCDETF-designated or linked to consolidated or regional priority organization targets. Task forces seized illicit drugs with a total estimated value of $748 million, including 23 metric tons of cocaine, 248 kilograms of methamphetamine, and 224 kilograms of fentanyl. South Florida HIDTA initiatives also seized more than $105 million in cash and other assets, delivering a return on investment of $56.22 for every dollar financed by the National HIDTA Program. Finally, in pursuit of one of its most vital functions – ensuring officer safety – the South Florida HIDTA provided deconfliction services to all its partners, preventing more than 400 “blue on blue” incidents.

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  • MIL-OSI: Travis Credit Union Earns 2025 Great Place To Work Certification™

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    VACAVILLE, Calif., March 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Travis Credit Union (TCU) proudly announces it has been Certified™ by Great Place To Work®, a distinction based on feedback from current employees regarding their experiences at TCU. According to a survey, 81% of employees said TCU is a great place to work, 24 points higher than the average U.S. company.

    “We are proud to have achieved this certification based on our people, our culture, and our benefits. What makes it even more special is that 87% of employees surveyed feel good about the ways we contribute to the community,” said Catherine (CJ) Johnson, Travis Credit Union Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer. “We actively support and reinvest in the communities we serve. This is the heart of Travis Credit Union.”

    Great Place To Work® is the global authority on workplace culture, employee experience, and the leadership behaviors proven to deliver market-leading revenue, employee retention and increased innovation.

    “Great Place To Work Certification is a highly coveted achievement that requires consistent and intentional dedication to the overall employee experience,” says Sarah Lewis-Kulin, the Vice President of Global Recognition at Great Place To Work. “By successfully earning this recognition, it is evident that Travis Credit Union stands out as one of the top companies to work for, providing a great workplace environment for its employees.”

    According to Great Place To Work research, job seekers are 4.5 times more likely to find a great boss at a Certified great workplace. Additionally, employees at Certified workplaces are 93% more likely to look forward to coming to work, and are twice as likely to be paid fairly, earn a fair share of the company’s profits and have a fair chance at promotion.

    To view TCU’s survey results, click here.

    About Travis Credit Union 
    Travis Credit Union, based in Vacaville, Calif., has been recognized at the federal, state and local levels for its longstanding financial education and financial advocacy efforts. In 2022, TCU was once again selected as a Best-In-State Credit Union by Forbes. It has also earned the U.S. Air Force Distinguished Credit Union of the Year award in recent years. Founded in 1951 on Travis Air Force Base, TCU today serves 12 Northern California counties. It is the twelfth largest credit union in California, with 250,000 members and $5 billion in assets. Learn more about our mission at traviscu.org. 

    We’re Hiring!

    Looking to grow your career at a company that puts its people first? Visit our careers page at:

    https://www.traviscu.org/careers/why-travis/

    About Great Place to Work Certification™

    Great Place To Work® Certification™ is the most definitive “employer-of-choice” recognition that companies aspire to achieve. It is the only recognition based entirely on what employees report about their workplace experience – specifically, how consistently they experience a high-trust workplace. Great Place to Work Certification is recognized worldwide by employees and employers alike and is the global benchmark for identifying and recognizing outstanding employee experience. Every year, more than 10,000 companies across 60 countries apply to get Great Place To Work-Certified.

    About Great Place To Work®

    As the global authority on workplace culture, Great Place To Work® brings 30 years of groundbreaking research and data to help every place become a great place to work for all. Their proprietary platform and For All™ Model helps companies evaluate the experience of every employee, with exemplary workplaces becoming Great Place To Work Certified™ or receiving recognition on a coveted Best Workplaces™ List.

    Learn more at greatplacetowork.com and follow Great Place To Work on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Fitchburg Man Sentenced to Seven Years for Role in Drug Trafficking Organization

    Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) State Crime News

    MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that David Junius, 47, of Fitchburg, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 7 years in federal prison for possessing 500 or more grams of cocaine intended for distribution. Junius pleaded guilty to this charge on December 19, 2024.

    In late 2022, agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Federal Bureau of Investigation began investigating a large cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking organization operating in Portage, Madison, and La Crosse. Intercepted phone communications in April 2023 led to the surveillance of a delivery of 4 kilograms of cocaine from Junius to other individuals. Further investigation led agents to a storage unit in Madison rented and regularly accessed by Junius in which police found almost 1½ kilograms of cocaine and $20,000 in U.S. currency.   

    In sentencing Junius, Judge Peterson expressed concern that despite Junius’s extensive criminal history, which included nine prior convictions for drug-related offenses, Junius again became involved in drug trafficking. Judge Peterson found that Junius played a significant role in the drug organization by storing drugs and cash, as well as by making deliveries. Judge Peterson further found that such large-scale trafficking encouraged criminal enterprises and violence in the community.

    Junius’s co-defendant, Angel Flores, also pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges and is scheduled to be sentenced on April 3, 2025.

    The charge against Junius was the result of an investigation conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration, FBI, Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation, Dane County Narcotics Task Force, and Madison Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Robert Anderson and William M. Levins prosecuted this case.

    The investigation was conducted and funded by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), a multi-agency task force that coordinates long-term narcotics trafficking investigations.

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  • MIL-OSI: A Survey by Spruce Reveals Social Media’s Growing Influence on Gen Z’s Financial Decisions, Highlighting a Generational Divide in Learning about Money

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Designated as National Financial Literacy Month, April is intended to raise awareness about the importance of financial education and to encourage healthy financial habits. Yet, a survey conducted by Spruce, the mobile banking app built by H&R Block1, 2, reveals many may be relying on platforms where virality is valued over validity. The findings underscore the growing role of digital content in shaping financial habits and the pressing need for reliable, accessible financial education in today’s technology-driven landscape.

    The survey highlights a generational shift in financial education, with younger consumers, particularly Gen Z, increasingly turning to social media for financial tips and education, while older generations more heavily rely on traditional sources like family and banking institutions. The survey also revealed the impact of social media on their financial choices and their confidence in managing money. Despite the digital media shift, financial tools and apps remain essential across all generations.

    “With nearly 70% of Gen Z influenced by financial trends on social media, it’s clear they are open to improving their financial knowledge, but it’s also imperative they have the capacity to discern fact from fiction, which is obviously difficult,” said John Thompson, Vice President, Spruce. “This Financial Literacy Month, we want to empower individuals to take control of their finances by offering a safe and accessible space to manage their money with Spruce as they learn, plan, and build a secure financial future.”

    Financial Education Pivots from Tradition to Trends

    The survey data paints a clear picture: traditional sources of financial education are being supplemented—and in some cases, supplanted—by newer sources, often on platforms where the origin or the validity of the guidance may not be clear.

    Parents and banking institutions remain the most common sources of financial education. While the landscape is evolving, key findings highlight a critical gap in formal education:

    • 31% of respondents cite family members as the main source for financial guidance
    • 29% of respondents turn first to banks
    • only 13% of respondents reported learning about personal finance in school, highlighting a critical gap in financial literacy programs.

    Social media, however, has become an increasingly popular source of financial information, particularly among younger generations, with 16% of all respondents looking to social media for financial education.

    • Gen Z leads the charge as 33% note that they look to social media for financial education
    • Millennials follow closely behind at 23%

    Viral Tips on Social Sway Financial Behaviors

    The survey also explored the impact of social media trends on financial behavior, examining the influence of viral concepts, which includes ideas like soft saving, loud budgeting, cash stuffing, and doom spending on consumer choices.

    These viral trends have proven to play a significant role in shaping financial behaviors, with 37% of respondents admitting they have been swayed by social media and tried a finance trend they discovered online.

    • The influence of these trends varies dramatically across generations, with Gen Z impacted the most at 68%
    • 51% of Millennials and 27% of Gen X cite being inspired to try social media finance trends
    • While not as likely as other generations, 12% of Boomers still noted being influenced to partake in a financial trend

    Among the platforms driving this shift, TikTok (39%) and Instagram (34%) are the most popular sources of financial information for Gen Z, followed by Facebook (23%) and even podcasts (17%). These findings highlight the growing impact of digital content on personal finance decisions, particularly among younger generations.

    Digital Tools Bolster Financial Management

    Online financial tools and apps have become essential for money management, with Millennials and Gen Z being the most likely to utilize them for everyday matters such as keeping track of a budget, planning for the future or establishing savings. Credit score monitoring emerged as the most common use case among respondents (38%). Budgeting was cited as a key priority, with 29% of respondents using financial tools or apps to track their expenses.

    However, reliance on digital financial tools extends beyond convenience—confidence in making major financial decisions is bolstered by the use of online tools or apps. From our findings, 66% of Gen Z share that they are not confident or only somewhat confident in making large decisions without digital assistance. These findings highlight the increasing role of technology in empowering individuals across all generations to manage their finances with greater confidence and ease.   Furthermore, many of the traditional rules-of-thumb for financial management are becoming out of reach, and tools to support decision-making become even more critical when thinking through more nuanced choices in a more complicated financial world.

    With 70% of American households working to become “financially healthy,”3 selecting the right resources that promote sound financial practices is essential. According to John Thompson for many people this can start with selecting a mobile banking solution with no sign-up fees, no minimum balance requirements, and no monthly fees, while also offering features, such as the Watchlist budget tracker and multiple saving goals, that can aid in financial planning and management.

    “We purposefully designed Spruce to remove barriers to accessing useful banking tools, such as the ability to customize saving goals, earn high-yield interest and provide access to innovative tools and features that can help improve financial wellness such as the ability to set spending guardrails, jumpstart savings with a tax refund allocation, and view credit score insights4 at any time,” said Thompson. “By opting into savings with 3.50% APY,5 you can build your savings faster than at the national average rate6.”

    To learn more about Spruce’s saving, budgeting, spending, and other financial-planning features, and how you can make your money go further, visit sprucemoney.com. To take advantage of the many secure and innovative tools offered through Spruce, sign up here. To get access to financial articles vetted by experts, head over to sprucemoney.com/resource-center/news/.

    1Spruce fintech platform is built by H&R Block, which is not a bank. Spruce℠ Spending and Savings Accounts established at, and debit card issued by, Pathward®, N.A., Member FDIC, pursuant to license by Mastercard®. Mastercard and the circles design are registered trademarks of Mastercard International Incorporated.

    2Research conducted with Morning Consult via online research on the omnibus fielded in March 2025 among a national sample of 2,200 adults. All data are weighted to their respective representative sample on age, ethnicity/race, education, and region based on in-market available data (such as the U.S. Census). Results from the full survey have a margin of error of +/- 2 percentage points.

    3Research conducted by the Financial Health Network: Financial Health Pulse® 2024 U.S. Trends Report.

    4Credit score is FICO® Score 8 based on Experian data. Your lender or insurer may use a different FICO Score than FICO Score 8, or another type of credit score altogether. FICO® is a trademark of Fair Isaac Corporation. This is a separate service from your Spruce Spending and Savings accounts, provided by Pathward®, N.A., Member FDIC.

    5The Annual Percentage Yield (APY) is accurate as of 04/02/2025. This rate is variable and can change without notice. Fees may reduce earnings. To start earning interest on your Spruce Savings Account, simply opt in through the Spruce app or at sprucemoney.com.

    6Based on FDIC average national savings rate as of 04/02/2025.

    About H&R Block
    H&R Block, Inc. (NYSE: HRB) provides help and inspires confidence in its clients and communities everywhere through global tax preparation services, financial products, and small-business solutions. The company blends digital innovation with human expertise and care as it helps people get the best outcome at tax time and also be better with money using its mobile banking app, Spruce. Through Block Advisors and Wave, the company helps small-business owners thrive with year-round bookkeeping, payroll, advisory, and payment processing solutions. For more information, visit H&R Block News.   

    About Spruce
    Spruce helps you stay in control of your money through spending and savings accounts backed by technology that provides budgeting tools, automatic saving options, and financial insights that help you be good with money. To learn more, see sprucemoney.com/features.

    About Pathward®
    Pathward®, N.A., a national bank, is a subsidiary of Pathward Financial, Inc. (Nasdaq: CASH). Pathward is a U.S.-based financial empowerment company driven by its purpose to power financial inclusion. Pathward strives to increase financial availability, choice and opportunity across our Partner Solutions and Commercial Finance business lines. The strategic business lines provide support to individuals and businesses. Learn more at Pathward.com.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: NATO Aviation Committee meets in New Zealand to discuss future cooperation on air activities

    Source: NATO

    The NATO Aviation Committee was hosted by the Royal New Zealand Air Force in Christchurch, on 18-20 March 2025. This was the first time a NATO senior policy level committee met in the Indo-Pacific region, and a demonstration of NATO’s commitment to boosting cooperation with its four Indo-Pacific partners (Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and the Republic of Korea).

    Over 100 participants – including from partner countries and international organisations – shared views on the challenges faced by the military aviation of Allied and partner countries, and on the prospects of enhanced resilience, interoperability and civil-military cooperation.

    In the margins of the meeting, a NATO Industry Seminar brought together senior civil and military officials and industry leaders from the region, to better understand the strategic importance of aviation and space capabilities, share lessons learned, and enhance the safe development of cutting-edge commercial innovation. NATO officials also engaged with government officials and representatives of local universities to discuss NATO’s relations with New Zealand.

    In the current context of increasing geopolitical competition, NATO and New Zealand have been strengthening their relations to address shared security challenges and to contribute to defending international law. They also cooperate as part of NATO’s broader relations with its partners in the Indo-Pacific region. New Zealand has made valuable contributions to NATO-led operations and missions for many years, and in support to Ukraine – including through the NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine (NSATU) – following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

    “The Euro-Atlantic region and the Indo-Pacific region are closely interlinked; we have had historic links for decades, and currently we face many of the same security challenges, and share the same values and the same strong interest in protecting international law,” NATO’s Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment, Taja Jaakkola highlighted. “Let me be clear: this is not about NATO going to the region. NATO is and will remain a regional alliance whose aim is to protect its own region – North America and Europe; but we need to have a global outlook, and we see our partnerships with countries in the Indo-Pacific region as key in the current context; we have had closer dialogue in the last three NATO Summits with the leaders of Australia, Japan, the Republic of Korea and New Zealand; this dialogue is very important to better understand the challenges we face in our respective regions, and share best practices about how we deal with them,” she underscored.

    “NATO is a longstanding and likeminded security partner for New Zealand; our enduring partnership is key to providing the doctrine, tactics, training and procedures that underpin the New Zealand Defence Force’s interoperability with key partners; the finalisation last year of the New Zealand NATO Individually Tailored Partnership Programme demonstrates our intent to continue partnering with the Alliance on shared security challenges, including emerging disruptive technologies, cyber defence, industrial cooperation and climate change,” said New Zealand’s Associate Minister of Defence, Chris Penk. “With the launch last year of the ‘New Zealand Space and Advanced Aviation Strategy’ New Zealand aims to have an aviation regulatory environment that supports innovation while maintaining safety and protecting our national interests, including national security and New Zealand’s foreign policy interests; this strategy will support the growth and development of New Zealand’s space and advanced aviation sectors, with a view to New Zealand becoming an even greater hub of space and aviation activity,” he added.

    The Aviation Committee advises the North Atlantic Council on a “Total System Approach to Aviation (TSAA)” in support of NATO’s core tasks (collective deterrence and defence, crisis prevention and management, and cooperative security). It contributes to making Allied air activities more effective and to mitigate hazards, safety and security risks to air activities. It is NATO’s primary forum for the engagement of international aviation organisations and institutions at the policy and technical levels.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Attorney General Alan Wilson issues warning to parents on the dangers and signs of children being victimized by violent online gore-seeking groups such as 764Read More

    Source: US State of South Carolina

    (COLUMBIA, S.C.) – Attorney General Alan Wilson is warning parents of the increasing presence of an online gore trend, like the 764 movement, that is targeting teens. Those perpetuating these trends, who often are teens themselves, seek to generate online gore material through coercion and victimization of other teens, including but not limited to:  cutting, blood signs, child sexual abuse material, sextortion, bestiality, the torture or killing of animals, and documented suicide. These subjects also encourage their victims to become the subject and victimize others via online video games and chat rooms.

    Leaders of these online trends also often encourage and execute attacks on others via swatting and bomb threats.

    Some signs that your child may be at risk for participating in or becoming a victim of these gore groups are:

    • Teens and pre-teens aged 11-17 who experience mood disorders such as depression and anxiety, or are part of the LGBT community.
    • Spend an unusual amount of time online in a private space such as a bedroom (these activities usually take place on a desktop, laptop, or gaming computer).
    • Refer to “friends” by screen names only.
    • Have any signs of cutting themselves (this can be done anywhere on the body). The cuts are used to make a “blood-sign,” which is the writing of a message in blood, usually written in the bathroom/shower, then photographed.
    • The harming of pets and animals (most specifically cats).
    • Receive gifts, money, food deliveries, etc. from online or unknown relationships.

    Many victims do not realize that they are victims. If they refuse to provide content, subjects will often be threatened when they refuse to meet requests and/or recruit new victims.

    If you think your child may be a victim of these crimes, you should immediately report it to local law enforcement or the Federal Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-CALL-FBI.

    More information on 764 and their activities can be found here: Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) | Violent Online Networks Target Vulnerable and Underage Populations Across the United States and Around the Globe

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  • MIL-OSI: BIO-key Partners with Arrow ECS Iberia to Strengthen Access to its Identity and Access Management Solutions in Spain and Portugal

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    LISBON, Portugal and HOLMDEL, N.J., March 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BIO-key® International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKYI), an innovative provider of workforce and customer Identity and Access Management (IAM) software for phoneless, tokenless, passwordless, and phishing-resistant authentication experiences, today announced a strategic partnership with Arrow ECS Iberia, a leading cybersecurity and enterprise IT solutions, value-added distributor in Spain and Portugal. Through this collaboration, Arrow ECS Iberia joins BIO-key’s Channel Alliance Partner program, expanding the availability of BIO-key’s cutting-edge IAM solutions across the Iberian market.

    With the increasing demand for robust, regulatory-compliant security solutions in Spain and Portugal, the Arrow ECS Iberia partnership reinforces BIO-key’s commitment to providing next-generation identity security solutions that are phoneless, tokenless, and passwordless, improving both cybersecurity resilience and user experience.

    Partnership to be Unveiled at Arrow ECS Partner Event Wednesday, April 2nd in Lisbon
    BIO-key and Arrow ECS Iberia will officially present the partnership at the Arrow ECS Event, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at MEO ARENA in Lisbon, Portugal. Arrow ECS Iberia expects to host over 800 partners, technology leaders, and cybersecurity experts, providing a unique opportunity to showcase BIO-key’s advanced IAM solutions to a large audience.

    BIO-key will have a dedicated booth for live demonstrations of its solutions, including Multi-factor Authentication (MFA), Single Sign-On (SSO), and Identity-Bound Biometrics (IBB). BIO-key will also be a featured presenter, joining industry leaders to discuss the future of IAM and how organizations can enhance security while ensuring compliance with the Network and Information Security Directive 2 (NIS2) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

    Arrow ECS Iberia Support for Driving Adoption of BIO-key Solutions in Iberian Market:

    • Pre-sales consultation, technical training, and deployment support.
    • Comprehensive Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions, including Multi-factor Authentication (MFA), Single Sign-On (SSO), and Identity-Bound Biometrics (IBB).
    • Advanced biometric authentication that eliminates the need for traditional passwords.
    • Regulatory-compliant cybersecurity solutions as aligned with European directives, including NIS2 and GDPR.

    “Arrow ECS Portugal is committed to providing best-in-class cybersecurity solutions to organizations. Partnering with BIO-key enables us to offer innovative IAM technologies that help businesses enhance security, simplify identity management, and comply with evolving regulatory requirements. Our deep market knowledge and extensive reseller network make us the perfect partner to drive the adoption of BIO-key’s advanced authentication solutions in the region. Arrow ECS has a global presence and offices in 45 countries.” Alexandre Silva, Security Business Development Manager at Arrow ECS Portugal.

    Accelerating Cybersecurity and Digital Identity Protection
    BIO-key’s Channel Alliance Partner (CAP) program empowers strategic cybersecurity distributors like Arrow ECS Iberia to offer BIO-key’s full suite of biometric authentication, identity security, and adaptive authentication solutions. This partnership will enable enterprises in key industries—including financial services, healthcare, critical infrastructure, and the public sector—to enhance security while ensuring a seamless user experience.

    “Arrow ECS Iberia is a recognized leader in IT security distribution, and their extensive experience in cybersecurity and identity solutions makes them an ideal partner for BIO-key in Spain and Portugal. Together, we are committed to supporting organizations in Iberia with secure, scalable, and regulation-compliant IAM solutions. The upcoming Arrow ECS Event provides a fantastic platform to introduce our partnership, connect with IT leaders, and demonstrate how our Identity-Bound Biometrics and IAM solutions are revolutionizing cybersecurity.” – Alex Rocha, International Managing Director at BIO-key.

    About Arrow ECS Iberia (http://www.arrowiberia.com)
    Arrow ECS Iberia is a leading Value-Added Distributor (VAD) in Spain and Portugal, specializing in enterprise IT solutions, cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, and identity management. The company works with top-tier technology vendors to deliver high-value IT solutions and services to resellers, system integrators, and managed service providers (MSPs), helping organizations accelerate digital transformation while ensuring security and compliance.

    About BIO-key International, Inc. (www.BIO-key.com)
    BIO-key is revolutionizing authentication and cybersecurity with biometric-centric, multi-factor identity and access management (IAM) software securing access for over forty million users. BIO-key allows customers to choose the right authentication factors for diverse use cases, including phoneless, tokenless, and passwordless biometric options. Its cloud-hosted or on-premise PortalGuard IAM solution provides cost-effective, easy-to-deploy, convenient, and secure access to computers, information, applications, and high-value transactions.

    BIO-key Safe Harbor Statement
    All statements contained in this press release other than statements of historical facts are “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “Act”). The words “estimate,” “project,” “intends,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “believes” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are made based on management’s beliefs, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management pursuant to the “safe-harbor” provisions of the Act. These statements are not guarantees of future performance or events and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those included within or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include factors set forth under the caption “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 and other filings with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to disclose any revision to these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

    Engage with BIO-key

    Investor Contacts
    William Jones, David Collins
    Catalyst IR
    BKYI@catalyst-ir.com or 212-924-9800

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  • MIL-OSI: Westport Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Results

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Westport Fuel Systems Inc. (“Westport”) (TSX: WPRT / Nasdaq: WPRT) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2024, and provided an update on operations. All figures are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated.

    “The past year has been transformative for Westport as we sharpened our strategic focus, advanced our clean transportation technologies, and enhanced operational efficiencies. We have made significant strides in aligning our operations with our competitive strengths, improving margins, and reinforcing our commitment to delivering cost-effective solutions that drive decarbonization in the transportation sector. We have also transformed our culture to be one built on discipline and excellence, driving a high-performance mindset in everything we do.

    The launch of Cespira, our joint venture with Volvo Group, was a key milestone for us in 2024. Cespira is committed to accelerating the commercialization of HPDI™ technology with carbon-neutral fuels like hydrogen and renewable natural gas. This partnership underscores the industry’s recognition of HPDI as a leading solution to enable affordable, sustainable heavy transport.

    Additionally, we are taking bold steps to streamline our operations and strengthen our financial footing, allowing us to focus on areas with the highest growth potential. A prime example of this strategic realignment is our recently announced proposed divestiture of the Light-Duty business. This decision is expected to enable us to concentrate fully on providing affordable solutions for hard to decarbonize mobility applications like long haul and heavy-duty trucking that can take advantage of the unique, practical and affordable HPDI technology and our world class high-pressure components and systems technologies and scalable alternative fuel solutions, ensuring that we remain at the forefront of emissions-reducing innovations that are cost effective.

    Looking ahead, we are focused on scaling our alternative fuel-based solutions, including advancements in CNG, RNG, and hydrogen systems, while navigating a rapidly evolving transportation landscape. Hydrogen remains a critical component of the future but, in the meantime, we are delivering practical, commercially viable low-carbon solutions today such as natural gas and renewable natural gas solutions which, in some cases, can represent a lower total cost of ownership than incumbent technologies. Driven by these environmental and economic considerations we are seeing a global resurgence of interest in the heavy-duty transport sector towards utilizing natural gas as an alternative to diesel. While we will continue to invest in technology, we are positioned to take advantage of markets that are embracing products enabled by our years of investment in innovation as the world pivots to more practical and cost-effective solutions to decarbonize.  

    We are committed to providing sustainable, high-performance solutions that help our customers achieve their commercial and environmental goals, now and for years to come.”

    Dan Sceli, Chief Executive Officer

    2024 Highlights

    • Revenue was $302.3 million for 2024 and $75.1 million for the fourth quarter. Full year results were primarily driven by the transition of the Heavy-Duty OEM business into Cespira, partially offset by an increase in revenue in our Light-Duty segment. Cespira earned $22.8 million for the three months ended December 31, 2024 and $43.1 million for the period from June 3, 2024 through to December 31, 2024.
    • Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2024 was $21.8 million, or $1.27 loss per share, compared to net loss of $49.7 million for the prior year. Net loss for the fourth quarter in 2024 was $10.1 million, or $0.59 loss per share, compared to net loss of $13.9 million, or $0.81 loss per share, for the same period in 2023. For the year, the net positive change was primarily a result of improvements in gross margin, a $15.2 million gain on deconsolidation of the HPDI business in the formation of the joint venture with Volvo Group on June 3, 2024, reductions in operating expenditures and depreciation and amortization expense due to continuation of the HPDI business in Cespira, partially offset by higher income tax expense and foreign exchange losses in the year.
    • Adjusted EBITDA1 loss of $11.2 million, compared to a loss of $21.5 million in the prior year. Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter was a loss of $1.8 million.
    • Cash and cash equivalents were $37.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. Cash provided by operating activities during the year was $7.2 million.
    • Announced the closing the HPDI joint venture, Cespira, with Volvo Group, working together to accelerate the commercialization and global adoption of the HPDI™ fuel system technology for long-haul and off-road applications.

    1 Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation is a non-GAAP measure. Please refer to GAAP and NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES in Westport’s Management Discussion and Analysis for the reconciliation.

    Consolidated Results            
    ($ in millions, except per share amounts)     Over / (Under)
    %    		     Over / (Under)
    %
      4Q24 4Q23 FY24 FY23
    Revenue $75.1 $87.2 (14)% $302.3 $331.8   (9)%  
    Gross Profit(2) 14.3 8.0 79% 57.6 48.9   18%  
    Gross Margin(2) 19% 9% — 19% 15%   —  
    Income (loss) from Investments Accounted for by the Equity Method(1) (2.0) 0.1 (2,100)% (5.4) 0.8   (775)%  
    Net Loss (10.1) (13.9) 27% (21.8) (49.7)   56%  
    Net Loss per Share – Basic (0.59) (0.81) 27% (1.27) (2.90)   56%  
    Net Loss per Share – Diluted (0.59) (0.81) 27% (1.27) (2.90)   56%  
    EBITDA (2) (6.1) (10.9) 44% (6.6) (35.9)   82%  
    Adjusted EBITDA (2) (1.8) (10.0) 82% (11.2) (21.5)   48%  

    (1)This includes income or loss primarily from our investments in Cespira and Minda Westport Technologies Limited
    (2)Gross margins, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP measures. Please refer to GAAP and NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES for the reconciliation to equivalent GAAP measures and limitations on the use of such measures.

    Segment Information

    Light-Duty Segment

    Revenue for the three months and year ended December 31, 2024 was $68.0 million and $262.2 million, respectively, compared with $63.4 million and $263.6 million for the three months and year ended December 31, 2023.

    Light-Duty revenue increased by $4.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2024 as compared to the prior year. This was primarily driven by a significant increase in sales of LPG fuel system solutions to a global Original Equipment Manufacturer (“OEM”) for their Euro 6 vehicle applications in our light-duty OEM business and an increase in delayed OEM business, partially offset by lower revenues in other business lines.

    Light-Duty revenue decreased by $1.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the prior year. This was primarily driven by a decrease in sales in our delayed OEM business in the first half of 2024, decrease in sales to customers in developing markets, and our fuel storage business. This was partially offset by the aforementioned increase in sales of LPG fuel system solutions in our light-duty OEM business.

    Gross profit increased by $2.0 million to $14.0 million, or 21% of revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2024, as compared to $12.0 million, or 19% of revenue, for the same prior year period. This was primarily driven by a change in sales mix with an increase in sales to European customers and a reduction in sales to developing regions along with an increase in sales volumes.

    Gross profit for the year ended December 31, 2024 increased by $6.3 million to $55.4 million, or 21% of revenue, compared to $49.1 million, or 19% of revenue, for the prior year. This was primarily driven by a change in sales mix with an increase in sales to European customers and a reduction in sales to developing regions. The segment’s manufacturing operations continues to implement operational improvement initiatives lowering its manufacturing overhead costs in the year. For the year ended December 31, 2024, Light-Duty recorded inventory write-downs of $2.1 million related to our restructuring activities in India for $0.9 million and $0.5 million related to components for markets that we have exited, and the remainder due to our periodic analysis of excess and obsolete inventory.

    Westport began supplying its Euro 6 LPG fuel system to its global OEM customer in early 2024. This production supply agreement has been instrumental in improving revenue and delivering higher margins, which more than offset the decline in revenue as a result of a key delayed OEM customer continuing to work through their inventory. Production for the Euro 7 LPG fuel system for the same global OEM customer is anticipated to begin mid-to-late 2025.

    High-Pressure Controls & Systems Segment

    Revenue for the three months and year ended December 31, 2024 was $1.4 million and $8.8 million, respectively, compared with $2.5 million and $12.0 million for the three months and year ended December 31, 2023. Revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2024 decreased by $1.1 million compared to the prior year period. Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2024 decreased $3.2 million compared to the prior year.

    The decrease in revenue for the three months and year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the prior year periods continues to be primarily driven by the general slowdown in hydrogen infrastructure development, leading to a slower adoption of automotive and industrial applications powered by hydrogen.

    Gross profit for the three months ended December 31, 2024 decreased by $0.4 million to nominal, or 0% of revenue, compared to $0.4 million, or 16% of revenue, for the same prior year period. This was primarily driven by lower sales volumes, increasing the per unit manufacturing costs in the quarter.

    Gross profit for the year ended December 31, 2024 decreased by $1.3 million to $1.5 million, or 17% of revenue, compared to $2.8 million, or 23% of revenue, for the prior year. This was primarily driven by decrease in sales volume for the year. The segment recorded $0.8 million in inventory write-downs in the year due to slow-moving inventory.

    Heavy-Duty OEM Segment

    Revenue for the three months and year ended December 31, 2024 includes revenue until the closing of the transaction to form Cespira, which occurred on June 3, 2024. Revenue for the three months and year ended December 31, 2024 was $5.7 million and $31.3 million, respectively, compared with $21.3 million and $56.2 million for the three months and year ended December 31, 2023.

    The decrease in revenue for the three months and year ended December 31, 2024 is a result of the continuation of the business in Cespira. Refer to the “Selected Cespira Financial Information” for more information on the performance of the business. Revenue earned in the three months ended December 31, 2024 reflects revenue earned from a transitional services agreement in place with Cespira that we expect to expire by the end of Q2 2026.

    Gross profit for the three months ended December 31, 2024 increased by $4.7 million to $0.3 million, or 5% of revenue, compared to negative $4.4 million or negative 21% of revenue, for the three months ended December 31, 2023. The Heavy-Duty OEM segment was impacted by a $4.5 million inventory write-down in the prior year period.

    Gross profit increased by $3.7 million to $0.7 million, or 2% of revenue, for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to negative $3.0 million, or negative 5% of revenue, for the prior year. Heavy-Duty OEM recorded $0.4 million in inventory write-downs in the year. The segment was impacted by the aforementioned inventory write-down of $4.5 million in the prior year.

    Selected Cespira Financial Information

    We account for Cespira using the equity method of accounting. However, due to its significance to our long-term strategy and operating results, we disclose certain financial information from Cespira in notes 8 and 22 in our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024 and the period from June 3, 2024 to December 31, 2024.

    The following table sets forth a summary of the financial results of Cespira for the three months ended December 31, 2024 and the period between June 3, 2024 to December 31, 2024:

      (in millions of U.S. dollars)   Three months ended December 31,   Change   Year ended December 31,   Change
        2024   2023   $   %   2024   2023   $   %
    Revenue   $ 22.8     $ —     $ 22.8     — %   $ 43.1     $ —     $ 43.1     — %
    Gross profit     1.4       —       1.4     — %     0.5       —       0.5     — %
    Gross margin1     6 %     — %             1 %     — %        
    Operating loss     (4.8 )     —       (4.8 )   — %     (12.1 )     —       (12.1 )   — %
    Net loss attributable to the Company     (2.6 )     —       (2.6 )   — %     (6.7 )     —       (6.7 )   — %

    1Gross margin is non-GAAP financial measure. See the section ‘Non-GAAP Financial Measures’ for explanations and discussions of these non-GAAP financial measures or ratios.

    Cespira revenue was $22.8 million for the three months ended December 31, 2024. For the prior year period, the Heavy-Duty OEM segment, which included our HPDI business, earned $21.3 million. This was primarily driven by an increase in HPDI fuel systems sold in the period.

    Cespira gross profit was $1.4 million for the three months ended December 31, 2024. For the prior year period, the Heavy-Duty OEM segment had negative $4.4 million in gross profit primarily driven by the aforementioned $4.5 million inventory write-down in the prior year period.

    Cespira incurred operating losses of $4.8 million for the three months ended December 31, 2024. For the prior year quarter, the Heavy-Duty OEM had operating losses of $9.3 million. Aside from the aforementioned inventory write-down in the prior year period, the Heavy-Duty OEM had comparable operating losses compared to Cespira.

    As previously announced, Westport and Weichai are parties to a technology development and supply agreement which contains an obligation for Weichai to order, and Westport to supply, certain volumes of HPDI fuel system components prior to December 31, 2024. Significant orders for HPDI fuel system components against this agreement were not received prior to year-end. Westport and Cespira continue to collaborate with Weichai Power Co. Ltd (“Weichai Power”) on an HPDI fuel system equipped version of the Weichai Power engine platforms. The parties are currently discussing the next stages of this work and the obligations of each party going forward.

    Liquidity and Going Concern

    In addition, as disclosed in Westport Management Discussion & Analysis, for the year ended December 31, 2024, we continue to sustain operating losses and use cash to support our business activities. Cash provided by operating activities was $7.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 was primarily driven by reductions in working capital.

    As at December 31, 2024, we had cash and cash equivalents of $37.6 million and long-term debt of $33.7 million, of which $14.7 million was current. Based on our projected capital expenditures, debt servicing obligations and operating requirements under our current business plan, we are projecting that our cash and cash equivalents will not be sufficient to fund our operations through the next twelve months from the date of the issuance of this MD&A. These conditions raise substantial doubt about Westport’s ability continue as a going concern within one year after the date our December 31, 2024 Consolidated Financial Statements are issued.

    We plan to improve our liquidity position by selling certain subsidiaries in Europe and Argentina which comprise substantially all the assets and liabilities reported within the Light-Duty segment and continue our cost reduction initiatives. On March 30, 2025, we entered into a share purchase agreement (“SPA”) with a wholly-owned investment vehicle of Heliaca Investments Coöperatief U.A. (“Heliaca Investments”), a Netherlands based investment firm supported by Ramphastos Investment Management B.V. a prominent Dutch venture capital and private equity firm, to sell all of the issued and outstanding shares of Westport Fuel Systems Italia S.r.l for a base purchase price of $73.1 million (€67.7 million), subject to certain adjustments and potential earnouts of up to an estimated $6.5 million (€6.0 million) if certain conditions are achieved, in accordance with the terms of the Share Purchase Agreement. If we are successful in closing the sale, we will receive sufficient cash to fund our operations for the next twelve months and alleviate the risk of substantial doubt identified. As of the date of issuance of our December 31, 2024 financial statements, we are seeking shareholder approval of the plan to complete the sale of these businesses to the buyer. As such, there can be no assurances that Westport will be successful in obtaining sufficient funding. Accordingly, we concluded under the accounting standards that these plans do not alleviate the substantial doubt about Westport’s ability to continue as a going concern.

    Divestment of the Light-Duty Business and 2025 Outlook

    Westport recently announced the proposed divestment of its Light-Duty business, which includes the light-duty OEM, delayed OEM, and independent aftermarket businesses (the “Transaction”). The Transaction is designed to focus the Company’s strategy and streamline its operations allowing Westport to direct its energy on solution to address hard to decarbonize sectors like long-haul, heavy-duty trucking and off-road applications that can take advantage of Cespira and our High-Pressure Controls & Systems technology – where Westport sees the largest opportunities to grow and where the Company has a unique and differentiated offering generating interest with customers as the world transitions to a more practical and easier to adopt approach to decarbonization.

    Highlights of the Transaction include:

    • Provides immediate up front proceeds to alleviate liquidity concerns, strengthening the balance sheet and funds near-term growth in Cespira and the High-Pressure Controls & Systems business;
    • Brings forward more cash today than the Light-Duty business was projected to earn over 5-years on an undiscounted cash basis; and
    • Enables management to focus exclusively on the higher growth HPDI and high-pressure segments.

    In light of the evolving market and regulatory environment, over the long term, the Light-Duty business’ ability to grow LPG / CNG sales in developed markets is expected to continue facing increased competition from pure electrification or petrol – electrification hybrids.

    The base purchase price of the Transaction is $73.1 million (€67.7 million), subject to certain adjustments and potential earnouts of up to an additional $6.5 million (€6.0 million) if certain conditions are achieved, in accordance with the terms of the Share Purchase Agreement. The purchaser is a wholly-owned investment vehicle of Heliaca Investments Coöperatief U.A. (“Heliaca Investments”), a Netherlands based investment firm supported by Ramphastos Investment Management B.V. a prominent Dutch venture capital and private equity firm.

    Net proceeds from the transaction are to be used to bolster the balance sheet, fund organic growth opportunities through Cespira and High-Pressure Controls & Systems over the near term as well as opportunistic bolt on acquisitions. The Transaction ultimately eliminates future restructuring costs required by the Italian operations in the light-duty business.

    Westport is shifting to a smaller, more focused organization, that is positioned to provide solutions to decarbonize challenging segments of the mobility and industrial markets.​ Westport has 30 years of experience delivering component solutions and developing HPDI fuel technology​. We are focused on scaling our alternative fuel-based solutions, including advancements in CNG, RNG, and hydrogen systems, while navigating a rapidly evolving transportation landscape.

    The Company anticipates that the closing of the transaction will occur late in Q2 2025, subject to receiving shareholder approval.

    Conference call

    Westport has scheduled a conference call for Monday, March 31, 2025, at 10:30 am Pacific Time (1:30 pm Eastern Time) to discuss these results. To access the conference call please register at https://register.vevent.com/register/BI1ba7402b85a5491292e48354a2e80b90. 

    The live webcast of the conference call can be accessed through the Westport website at https://investors.wfsinc.com/. 

    Participants may register up to 60 minutes before the event by clicking on the call link and completing the online registration form. Upon registration, the user will receive dial-in info and a unique PIN, along with an email confirming the details.

    The webcast will be archived on Westport’s website at https://investors.wfsinc.com. 

    Financial Statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis

    To view Westport full financials for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2024, please visit https://investors.wfsinc.com/financials/. 

    About Westport Fuel Systems

    At Westport Fuel Systems, we are driving innovation to power a cleaner tomorrow. We are a leading supplier of advanced fuel delivery components and systems for clean, low-carbon fuels such as natural gas, renewable natural gas, propane, and hydrogen to the global transportation industry. Our technology delivers the performance and fuel efficiency required by transportation applications and the environmental benefits that address climate change and urban air quality challenges. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with operations in Europe, Asia, North America, and South America, we serve our customers in approximately 70 countries with leading global transportation brands. At Westport Fuel Systems, we think ahead. For more information, visit www.wfsinc.com.

    Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements
    This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding future strategic initiatives and future growth, future of our development programs (including those relating to HPDI and Hydrogen) including testing to the HPDI fuel system, scaling our alternative fuel-based solutions, our expectations for 2025 and beyond, including the demand for our products, the future success of our business and technology strategies, shareholder approval of the Transaction, our ability to successfully close the Transaction and realize the benefits therefrom, including, potential earn-out payments, the Transaction alleviating liquidity concerns, our focus on providing affordable solutions to decarbonize long haul and heavy-duty trucking, our ability to bolster our balance sheet, fund organic growth as well as opportunistic bolt on acquisitions, a shift to operating as a smaller, more efficient organization. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on both the views of management and assumptions that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activities, performance or achievements expressed in or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and assumptions include those related to our revenue growth, operating results, industry and products, changes in business strategy, shifts in market demand, the general economy including impacts due to inflation, the effects of competition and pricing pressures, conditions of and access to the capital and debt markets, solvency, governmental policies, trade restrictions or other changes to international trade agreements, sanctions and regulation including the imposition of tariffs, technology innovations, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, operating expenses, continued reduction in expenses, ability to successfully commercialize new products, the performance of our joint ventures, the availability and price of natural gas, new environmental regulations, the acceptance of and shift to natural gas and hydrogen vehicles, the relaxation or waiver of fuel emission standards, the inability of fleets to access capital or government funding to purchase natural gas vehicles, the development of competing technologies, our ability to adequately develop and deploy our technology, the actions and determinations of our joint venture and development partners, the effects and duration of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, supply chain disruptions as well as other risk factors and assumptions that may affect our actual results, performance or achievements or financial position discussed in our most recent Annual Information Form and other filings with securities regulators. Readers should not place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they were made. We disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise such statements to reflect any change in our expectations or in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statements may be based, or that may affect the likelihood that actual results will differ from those set forth in these forward-looking statements except as required by National Instrument 51-102. The contents of any website, RSS feed or twitter account referenced in this press release are not incorporated by reference herein.

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    GAAP and Non-GAAP Financial Measures

    Our financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP“). These U.S. GAAP financial statements include non-cash charges and other charges and benefits that may be unusual or infrequent in nature or that we believe may make comparisons to our prior or future performance difficult. In addition to conventional measures prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, Westport and certain investors use EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA as an indicator of our ability to generate liquidity by producing operating cash flow to fund working capital needs, service debt obligations and fund capital expenditures. Management also uses these non-GAAP measures in its review and evaluation of the financial performance of Westport. EBITDA is also frequently used by investors and analysts for valuation purposes whereby EBITDA is multiplied by a factor or “EBITDA multiple” that is based on an observed or inferred relationship between EBITDA and market values to determine the approximate total enterprise value of a company. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures also provide additional insight to investors and securities analysts as supplemental information to our U.S. GAAP results and as a basis to compare our financial performance period-over-period and to compare our financial performance with that of other companies. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures facilitate comparisons of our core operating results from period to period and to other companies by, in the case of EBITDA, removing the effects of our capital structure (net interest income on cash deposits, interest expense on outstanding debt and debt facilities), asset base (depreciation and amortization) and tax consequences. Adjusted EBITDA provides this same indicator of Westports’ EBITDA from continuing operations and removing such effects of our capital structure, asset base and tax consequences, but additionally excludes any unrealized foreign exchange gains or losses, stock-based compensation charges and other one-time impairments and costs which are not expected to be repeated in order to provide greater insight into the cash flow being produced from our operating business, without the influence of extraneous events.

    Segment Information

    EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are intended to provide additional information to investors and analysts and do not have any standardized definition under U.S. GAAP, and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA exclude the impact of cash costs of financing activities and taxes, and the effects of changes in operating working capital balances, and therefore are not necessarily indicative of operating profit or cash flow from operations as determined under U.S. GAAP. Other companies may calculate EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA differently.

    Segment earnings or losses before income taxes, interest, depreciation, and amortization (“Segment EBITDA”) is the measure of segment profitability used by the Company. The accounting policies of our reportable segments are the same as those applied in our consolidated financial statements. Management prepared the financial results of the Company’s reportable segments on basis that is consistent with the manner in which Management internally disaggregates financial information to assist in making internal operating decisions. Certain common costs and expenses, primarily corporate functions, among segments differently than we would for stand-alone financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. These include certain costs and expenses of shared services, such as IT, human resources, legal, finance and supply chain management. Segment EBITDA is not defined under US GAAP and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies and should not be considered a substitute for net earnings or other results reported in accordance with GAAP. Reconciliations of reportable segment information to consolidated statement of operations can be found in section “NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES & RECONCILIATIONS” within this press release.

      Year ended December 31, 2024
      Light-Duty   High-Pressure Controls & Systems   Heavy-Duty OEM   Cespira   Total Segment
    Revenue $ 262.2   $ 8.8     $ 31.3     $ 43.1     $ 345.4  
    Cost of revenue   206.8     7.3       30.6       42.6       287.3  
    Gross profit   55.4     1.5       0.7       0.5       58.1  
    Operating expenses:
    Research & development   13.0     4.4       4.2       4.7       26.3  
    General & administrative   19.2     1.0       3.1       5.6       28.9  
    Sales & marketing   9.9     0.7       0.9       1.0       12.5  
    Depreciation & amortization   2.6     0.3       0.1       1.7       4.7  
    Equity income   1.3     —       —       —       1.3  
    Add back: Depreciation & amortization1   6.4     0.5       1.4       3.8       12.1  
    Segment EBITDA $ 18.4   $ (4.4 )   $ (6.2 )   $ (8.7 )   $ (0.9 )
      Year ended December 31, 2023
      Light-Duty   High-Pressure Controls & Systems   Heavy-Duty OEM   Total Segment
    Revenue $ 263.6   $ 12.0     $ 56.2     $ 331.8  
    Cost of revenue   214.5     9.2       59.2       282.9  
    Gross profit   49.1     2.8       (3.0 )     48.9  
    Operating expenses:
    Research & development   13.1     3.6       9.3       26.0  
    General & administrative   21.6     1.3       6.4       29.4  
    Sales & marketing   10.6     0.7       2.9       14.1  
    Depreciation & amortization   3.2     0.2       0.4       3.8  
    Equity income   0.8     —       —       0.8  
    Add back: Depreciation & amortization1   6.7     0.4       4.9       11.9  
    Segment EBITDA $ 8.1   $ (2.6 )   $ (17.1 )   $ (11.6 )


    NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES RECONCILIATION

    Gross Profit   Years ended December 31,
    (expressed in millions of U.S. dollars)   2024   2023
    Revenue   $ 302.3   $ 331.8
    Less: Cost of revenue   $ 244.7   $ 282.9
    Gross Profit   $ 57.6   $ 48.9
    Gross Margin as a percentage of Revenue   Years ended December 31,
    (expressed in millions of U.S. dollars)     2024       2023  
    Revenue   $ 302.3     $ 331.8  
    Gross Margin   $ 57.6     $ 48.9  
    Gross Margin as a percentage of Revenue     19 %     15 %
      Year ended December 31, 2024
      Total Segment   Less: Cespira   Add: Corporate & unallocated   Total Consolidated
    Revenue $ 345.4   $ 43.1   $ —     $ 302.3  
    Cost of revenue   287.3     42.6     —       244.7  
    Gross profit   58.1     0.5     —       57.6  
    Operating expenses:
    Research & development   26.3     4.7     —       21.6  
    General & administrative   28.9     5.6     14.4       37.7  
    Sales & marketing   12.5     1.0     1.2       12.7  
    Depreciation & amortization   4.7     1.7     0.4       3.4  
    Equity income (loss)   1.3     —     (6.7 )     (5.4 )
      Year ended December 31, 2023
      Total Segment   Add: Corporate & unallocated   Total Consolidated
    Revenue $ 331.8   $ —   $ 331.8
    Cost of revenue   282.9     —     282.9
    Gross profit   48.9     —     48.9
    Operating expenses:
    Research & development   26.0     —     26.0
    General & administrative   29.4     14.8     44.2
    Sales & marketing   14.1     2.2     16.3
    Depreciation & amortization   3.8     0.5     4.3
    Equity income   0.8     —     0.8
    Reconciliation of Segment EBITDA to Loss before income taxes   Years ended December 31,
        2024       2023  
    Total Segment EBITDA   $ (0.9 )   $ (11.6 )
    Adjustments:
    Depreciation and amortization     8.7       12.5  
    Cespira’s Segment EBITDA     (8.7 )     —  
    Cespira’s equity loss     6.7       —  
    Corporate and unallocated operating expenses     15.6       17.0  
    Foreign exchange loss     6.2       4.0  
    Loss on sale of assets     0.7       —  
    Gain on deconsolidation     (15.2 )     —  
    Loss on sale of investment     0.4       —  
    Impairment of long-term investment     —       0.4  
    Loss on extinguishment of royalty payable     —       2.9  
    Interest on long-term debt and accretion of royalty payable     2.8       3.0  
    Interest and other income, net of bank charges     (1.2 )     (2.7 )
    Loss before income taxes   $ (16.9 )   $ (48.7 )
    EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA                
    Three months ended   31-Mar-23   30-Jun-23   30-Sep-23   31-Dec-23   31-Mar-24   30-Jun-24   30-Sep-24   31-Dec-24
    Income (loss) before income taxes   $         (9.7 )   $         (13.0 )   $         (12.0 )   $         (14.0 )   $         (12.9 )   $         6.8             $         (2.5 )   $         (8.3 )
    Interest expense, net             0.4                       (0.1 )             0.2                       (0.2 )             0.5                       0.5                       0.4                       0.2          
    Depreciation and amortization             3.0                       3.0                       3.2                       3.3                       3.2                       1.7                       1.8                       2.0          
    EBITDA   $         (6.3 )   $         (10.1 )   $         (8.6 )   $         (10.9 )   $         (9.2 )   $         9.0             $         (0.3 )   $         (6.1 )
    Stock based compensation (recovery)   $         0.7             $         0.8             $         (0.3 )   $         1.4             $         0.3             $         1.2             $         (0.1 )   $         —          
    Unrealized foreign exchange (gain) loss   $         1.1             $         2.4             $         1.4             $         (0.9 )   $         1.8             $         0.1             $         (1.1 )   $         5.4          
    Loss on extinguishment of royalty payable   $         —             $         2.9             $         —             $         —             $         —             $         —             $         —             $         —          
    Severance costs   $         —             $         —             $         4.5             $         —             $         0.5             $         0.2             $         0.1             $         0.1          
    Gain on deconsolidation   $         —             $         —             $         —             $         —             $         —             $         (13.3 )   $         —             $         (1.9 )
    Loss on sale of investment   $         —             $         —             $         —             $         —             $         —             $         —             $         0.4             $         —          
    Restructuring costs   $         —             $         —             $         —             $         —             $         —             $         0.8             $         0.2             $         —          
    Loss on sale of assets   $         —             $         —             $         —             $         —             $         —             $         —             $         —             $         0.7          
    Impairment of long-term investment   $         —             $         —             $         —             $         0.4             $         —             $         —             $         —             $         —          
    Adjusted EBITDA   $         (4.5 )   $         (4.0 )   $         (3.0 )   $         (10.0 )   $         (6.6 )   $         (2.0 )   $         (0.8 )   $         (1.8 )
    WESTPORT FUEL SYSTEMS INC.
    Consolidated Balance Sheets
    (Expressed in thousands of United States dollars, except share amounts)
    December 31, 2024 and 2023
        December 31,
          2024       2023  
    Assets        
    Current assets:        
    Cash and cash equivalents (including restricted cash)   $ 37,646     $ 54,853  
    Accounts receivable     73,054       88,077  
    Inventories     53,526       67,530  
    Prepaid expenses     5,660       6,323  
    Total current assets     169,886       216,783  
    Long-term investments     39,732       4,792  
    Property, plant and equipment     41,956       69,489  
    Operating lease right-of-use assets     19,019       22,877  
    Intangible assets     5,277       6,822  
    Deferred income tax assets     9,695       11,554  
    Goodwill     2,876       3,066  
    Other long-term assets     3,180       20,365  
    Total assets   $ 291,621     $ 355,748  
    Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity        
    Current liabilities:        
    Accounts payable and accrued liabilities   $ 88,123     $ 95,374  
    Current portion of operating lease liabilities     2,624       3,307  
    Short-term debt     —       15,156  
    Current portion of long-term debt     14,660       14,108  
    Current portion of warranty liability     3,861       6,892  
    Total current liabilities     109,268       134,837  
    Long-term operating lease liabilities     16,433       19,300  
    Long-term debt     19,067       30,957  
    Warranty liability     1,456       1,614  
    Deferred income tax liabilities     4,029       3,477  
    Other long-term liabilities     4,343       5,115  
    Total liabilities     154,596       195,300  
    Shareholders’ equity:        
    Share capital:        
    Unlimited common and preferred shares, no par value        
    17,282,934 (2023 – 17,174,502) common shares issued and outstanding     1,245,805       1,244,539  
    Other equity instruments     9,472       9,672  
    Additional paid-in-capital     11,516       11,516  
    Accumulated deficit     (1,096,275 )     (1,074,434 )
    Accumulated other comprehensive loss     (33,493 )     (30,845 )
    Total shareholders’ equity     137,025       160,448  
    Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity   $ 291,621     $ 355,748  
    WESTPORT FUEL SYSTEMS INC.  
    Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)  
    (Expressed in thousands of United States dollars, except share and per share amounts)  
    Years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023  
        Years ended December 31,
          2024       2023  
    Revenue   $ 302,299     $ 331,799  
    Cost of revenue     244,708       282,862  
    Gross profit     57,591       48,937  
    Operating expenses:        
    Research and development     21,587       26,003  
    General and administrative     37,679       44,234  
    Sales and marketing     12,676       16,278  
    Foreign exchange loss     6,248       3,974  
    Depreciation and amortization     3,367       4,299  
    Loss on sale of assets     703       32  
          82,260       94,820  
    Loss from operations     (24,669 )     (45,883 )
             
    Income from investments accounted for by the equity method     (5,402 )     780  
    Gain on deconsolidation     15,198       —  
    Loss on sale of investment     (352 )     —  
    Loss on extinguishment of royalty payable     —       (2,909 )
    Interest on long-term debt and accretion of royalty payable     (2,797 )     (2,981 )
    Impairment of long-term investment     —       (413 )
    Interest and other income, net of bank charges     1,161       2,690  
    Loss before income taxes     (16,861 )     (48,716 )
    Income tax expense (recovery):        
    Current     3,183       1,786  
    Deferred     1,797       (784 )
          4,980       1,002  
    Net loss for the year     (21,841 )     (49,718 )
    Other comprehensive income (loss):        
    Cumulative translation adjustment     (2,535 )     4,473  
    Ownership share of equity method investments’ other comprehensive loss   $ (113 )   $ —  
        $ (2,648 )   $ 4,473  
    Comprehensive loss   $ (24,489 )   $ (45,245 )
    Loss per share:        
    Net loss per share – basic and diluted   $ (1.27 )   $ (2.90 )
    Weighted average common shares outstanding:        
    Basic and diluted     17,248,090       17,173,016  
    WESTPORT FUEL SYSTEMS INC.
    Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
    (Expressed in thousands of United States dollars)
    Years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023
        Years ended December 31,
          2024       2023  
             
    Operating activities:        
    Net loss for the year   $ (21,841 )   $ (49,718 )
    Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:        
    Depreciation and amortization     8,661       12,490  
    Stock-based compensation expense     1,066       1,727  
    Unrealized foreign exchange loss     6,248       3,974  
    Deferred income tax expense (recovery)     1,797       (784 )
    Loss (income) from investments accounted for by the equity method     5,402       (780 )
    Interest on long-term debt and accretion of royalty payable     74       9  
    Impairment of long-term investment     —       413  
    Change in inventory write-downs to net realizable value     3,283       7,066  
    Gain on deconsolidation     (15,198 )     —  
    Loss on sale of investment     352       —  
    Net loss on sale of assets     627       32  
    Loss on extinguishment of royalty payable     —       2,909  
    Change in bad debt expense     282       56  
    Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
    Accounts receivable     25,567       5,340  
    Inventories     (6,836 )     9,481  
    Prepaid expenses     (153 )     2,869  
    Accounts payable and accrued liabilities     2,233       (2,448 )
    Warranty liability     (4,380 )     (5,829 )
    Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities     7,184       (13,193 )
    Investing activities:        
    Purchase of property, plant and equipment     (16,923 )     (15,574 )
    Proceeds on sale of investments     29,994       —  
    Proceeds on sale of assets     998       161  
    Dividends received from investments accounted for by the equity method     297       —  
    Capital contributions to investments accounted for by the equity method     (9,900 )     —  
    Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities     4,466       (15,413 )
    Financing activities:        
    Drawings on operating lines of credit and long-term facilities     19,336       46,367  
    Repayment of operating lines of credit and long-term facilities     (44,546 )     (39,904 )
    Payment of royalty payable     —       (8,687 )
    Net cash used in financing activities     (25,210 )     (2,224 )
    Effect of foreign exchange on cash and cash equivalents     (3,647 )     (501 )
    Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents     (17,207 )     (31,331 )
    Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year (including restricted cash)     54,853       86,184  
    Cash and cash equivalents, end of year (including restricted cash)     37,646       54,853  

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  • MIL-OSI Global: Discovery of a 4,000-year-old Bronze Age settlement in Morocco rewrites history

    Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Hamza Benattia, Prehistory, Universitat de Barcelona

    A new archaeological discovery at Kach Kouch in Morocco challenges the long-held belief that the Maghreb (north-west Africa) was an empty land before the arrival of the Phoenicians from the Middle East in around 800 BCE. It reveals a much richer and more complex history than previously thought.

    Everything found at the site indicates that during the Bronze Age, more than 3,000 years ago, stable agricultural settlements already existed on the African coast of the Mediterranean.

    This was at the same time as societies such as the Mycenaean flourished in the eastern Mediterranean.

    Our discovery, led by a team of young researchers from Morocco’s National Institute of Archaeology, expands our knowledge of the recent prehistory of north Africa. It also redefines our understanding of the connections between the Maghreb and the rest of the Mediterranean in ancient times.

    How the discovery was made

    Kach Kouch was first identified in 1988 and first excavated in 1992. At the time, researchers believed the site had been inhabited between the 8th and 6th centuries BCE. This was based on the Phoenician pottery that was found.

    Nearly 30 years later, our team carried out two new excavation seasons in 2021 and 2022. Our investigations included cutting-edge technology such as drones, differential GPS (global positioning systems) and 3D models.

    A rigorous protocol was followed for collecting samples. This allowed us to detect fossilised remains of seeds and charcoal.

    Subsequently, a series of analyses allowed us to reconstruct the settlement’s economy and its natural environment in prehistoric times.

    What the remains revealed

    The excavations, along with radiocarbon dating, revealed that the settlement underwent three phases of occupation between 2200 and 600 BCE.

    The earliest documented remains (2200–2000 BCE) are scarce. They consist of three undecorated pottery sherds, a flint flake and a cow bone.

    The scarcity of materials and contexts could be due to erosion or a temporary occupation of the hill during this phase.

    In its second phase, after a period of abandonment, the Kach Kouch hill was permanently occupied from 1300 BCE. Its inhabitants, who probably numbered no more than a hundred, dedicated themselves to agriculture and animal husbandry.

    They lived in circular dwellings built from wattle and daub, a technique that combines wooden poles, reeds and mud. They dug silos into the rock to store agricultural products.

    Analysis shows that they cultivated wheat, barley and legumes, and raised cattle, sheep, goats and pigs.

    They also used grinding stones for cereal processing, flint tools, and decorated pottery. In addition, the oldest known bronze object in north Africa (excluding Egypt) has been documented. It is probably a scrap metal fragment removed after casting in a mould.

    Interactions with the Phoenicians

    Between the 8th and 7th centuries BCE, during the so-called Mauretanian period, the inhabitants of Kach Kouch maintained the same material culture, architecture and economy as in the previous phase. However, interactions with Phoenician communities that were starting to settle in nearby sites, such as Lixus, brought new cultural practices.

    For example, circular dwellings coexisted with square ones made of stone and wattle and daub, combining Phoenician and local construction techniques.

    Furthermore, new crops began to be cultivated, like grapes and olives. Among the new materials, wheel-made Phoenician ceramics, such as amphorae (storage jugs) and plates, and the use of iron objects stand out.

    Around 600 BCE, Kach Kouch was peacefully abandoned, perhaps due to social and economic changes. Its inhabitants likely moved to other nearby settlements.

    So who were the Bronze Age inhabitants?

    It’s unclear whether the Maghreb populations in the Bronze Age lived in tribes, as would later occur during the Mauretanian period. They were probably organised as families. Burials suggest there were no clear signs of hierarchy.

    They may have spoken a language similar to the Amazigh, the indigenous north African language, which did not become written until the introduction of the Phoenician alphabet. The cultural continuity documented at Kach Kouch suggests that these populations are the direct ancestors of the Mauretanian peoples of north-west Africa.

    Why this matters

    Kach Kouch is not only the first and oldest known Bronze Age settlement in the Maghreb but also reshapes our understanding of prehistory in this region.

    The new findings, along with other recent discoveries, demonstrate that north-west Africa has been connected to other regions of the Mediterranean, the Atlantic and the Sahara since prehistoric times.



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    Discovery of 5,000-year-old farming society in Morocco fills a major gap in history – north-west Africa was a central player in trade and culture

    Our findings challenge traditional narratives, many of which were influenced by colonial views that portrayed the Maghreb as an empty and isolated land until it was “civilized” by foreign peoples.

    As a result, the Maghreb has long been absent from debates on the later prehistory of the Mediterranean. These new discoveries not only represent a breakthrough for archaeology, but also a call to reconsider dominant historical narratives. Kach Kouch offers the opportunity to rewrite north Africa’s history and give it the visibility it has always deserved.



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    Ancient DNA reveals Maghreb communities preserved their culture and genes, even in a time of human migration

    We believe this is a decisive moment for research that could forever change the way we understand not only the history of north Africa, but also its relationship with other areas of the Mediterranean.

    Hamza Benattia, director of the Kach Kouch Archaeological Project, received funding from the National Institute of Archaeology and Heritage of Morocco (INSAP), the Prehistoric Society Research Fund, the Stevan B. Dana Grant of the American Society of Overseas Research, the Mediterranean Archaeological Trust Grant, the Barakat Trust Early Career Award, the Centre Jacques Berque Research Grant, the Institute of Ceutan Studies Research Fund and the University of Castilla La Mancha.

    – ref. Discovery of a 4,000-year-old Bronze Age settlement in Morocco rewrites history – https://theconversation.com/discovery-of-a-4-000-year-old-bronze-age-settlement-in-morocco-rewrites-history-253172

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  • MIL-OSI: Welnax BioClear Reviews [Read Before Buying]: The Real Truth About This Toenail Fungus Device!

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    KOWLOON, Hong Kong, March 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Struggling with fungal infections, discolored, or brittle nails? You are not alone, as Millions of people worldwide suffer from the same annoying issue of nail fungus. Finding a solution that truly works is difficult for many people, trapping them in a cycle of routine clinic visits, topical creams and recurrent illnesses.

    Welnax BioClear Toenail Reviews
    Welnax BioClear claims to employ advanced light therapy to address the underlying cause of fungal infections without the use of harsh chemicals or prescription medications. It is intended to be used at home and offers a hassle-free substitute for pricey therapies that frequently have unintended side effects. Does it, however, fulfill its promises?

    We noticed the Welnax BioClear is trending in the USA. Many intending buyers have gone to many online forums like Reddit and TrustPilot in search of a detailed product description. We have decided to put together all you need to know to make an informed purchase in this concise Welnax BioClear Reviews.

    Many individuals are in search of a non-invasive, safer therapy for toenail fungus, and the Welnax BioClear claims to meet this standard by providing a small, user-friendly gadget that only needs a few minutes of daily use. Users report seeing noticeable improvements in as little as a few weeks, while others value the ease of caring for their nails without the need for messy lotions or trips to the podiatrist.

    Is the Welnax BioClear just another overhyped device? Does it work? We will analyze its mechanism of action, user reviews, and whether it is worth buying by people with chronic nail fungus. Find out if the Welnax BioClear is the long-term fix you’ve been looking for by reading on.

    Overview (Welnax Reviews)
    What Is Welnax BioClear?

    Welnax BioClear is a non-invasive device that uses light therapy to address toenail fungus. Welnax BioClear uses Low Light Laser Therapy (LLLT) to attack fungal infections at their source, unlike conventional therapies that depend on lotions, ointments, or oral drugs that may have negative side effects. By penetrating the nail bed with particular light wavelengths, the gadget breaks down fungal cells and encourages better nail development.

    The Welnax BioClear is a hassle-free remedy for people with recalcitrant nail fungus because it just needs to be used for a few minutes each day. It offers a straightforward, at-home substitute that blends in perfectly with any routine, unlike messy topical treatments or expensive clinical procedures.

    According to customer feedback, many users claim observable changes after only a few weeks of regular use. Verified customers, such as Sophia T. and Dylan P., have discussed their positive experiences, complimenting the gadget on its efficiency, ease of use, and capacity to repair nail health without the use of chemicals or negative side effects. Welnax BioClear provides a safe, scientifically supported answer to a long-standing toenail fungal infection.

    Working Principle of Welnax BioClear Toenail Device
    (Does Welnax BioClear Really Work?)

    Welnax BioClear fights toenail fungus at its root with the innovative Low Light Laser Therapy (LLLT). The device targets the fungal infection without damaging the surrounding skin or tissue by emitting potent light wavelengths that go deep into the nail bed.

    The fungal cells are disrupted by the light energy, which stops them from growing and eventually causes them to be eliminated. Users experience progressive improvement in nail thickness, texture, and color with regular use. Customer reviews attest to its efficacy. While complete healing usually takes a few months, users report noticeable improvements in as little as a few weeks.

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    Features (Welnax BioClear Reviews)

    Below are some unique features that set Welnax BioClear apart from your other alternatives:

    • Advanced Low Light Laser Therapy (LLLT): Welnax BioClear’s application of Low Light Laser Therapy (LLLT) targets fungal infections at their source without causing damage to surrounding tissues by penetrating the nail bed using potent light wavelengths. LLLT fights fungal spores deep into the nail at the cellular level, unlike conventional therapies that primarily address surface symptoms.
    • Drug-Free and Non-Invasive Treatment: Welnax BioClear is a chemical-free, safe substitute that doesn’t include any invasive medications. Without causing pain or running the risk of negative reactions, the gadget promotes the body’s natural healing processes.
    • Quick and Notable Results: Welnax BioClear produces noticeable changes in a matter of weeks, unlike many antifungal therapies that take months to show results. Within the first month of use, users report significantly less discolouration and healthier nail growth.
    • Clinically-Tested: The technology used in the creation of Welnax BioClear has been extensively researched for its efficacy in addressing fungal infections. Light therapy has been shown in numerous scientific investigations to effectively remove fungus without the need for prescription medicines.
    • User-Friendly Design: A key feature of any at-home medical gadget is its ease of use. Welnax BioClear’s design prioritizes portability, ease of use, and lightweight design. The device is easy to use; all that is needed to start a therapy session is the push of a button. According to David S., a happy client, his wife found it easy to integrate the gadget into her daily routine: She was quite pleased with the outcome after using Welnax BioClear for a few months.
    • Painless and Gentle Therapy: Conventional fungal therapies, such as oral antifungal drugs, sometimes have adverse effects. Additionally, some topical treatments may irritate or burn your skin. Welnax BioClear offers a totally painless experience, which makes it perfect for people with sensitive skin or those who are unable to endure traditional treatments. Emily W. stated she was tired of using creams and ointments that didn’t seem to help. She was going to quit trying out different therapies until the Welnax took her by surprise. The Welnax BioClear actually works!
    • No Need for Expensive Prescription Drugs: You probably have spent a lot of money on doctor visits, prescription drugs, and recurrent antifungal cream purchases. A one-time investment for long-term nail health is offered by Welnax BioClear.
    • Strengthens Nails and Prevents Reinfection: The recurrent nature of toenail fungus, even after treatment, is one of its most annoying aspect. In addition to addressing the infection, Welnax BioClear strengthens nails, which lowers the chance of recurrence. Over time, stronger, healthier nails result from the light therapy’s promotion of circulation and cellular repair.
    • Portable and Travel-Friendly: Welnax BioClear is small and portable. Users can now maintain the health of their nails whether they are at home or on the go.

    Is Welnax BioClear Safe?

    Welnax BioClear is designed to be a non-invasive, safe therapy for brittle nails and toenail fungus. The gadget employs low-light laser therapy, a professionally proven technique renowned for its efficacy and safety, unlike conventional therapies that depend on harsh chemicals or prescription drugs. Without causing harm to the surrounding skin or tissue, the technique targets fungal diseases at their source by emitting potent light wavelengths that enter the nail bed.

    Welnax BioClear’s drug-free design has been praised by many users in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Strong antifungal ingredients included in many topical therapies might irritate skin, cause dryness, or trigger allergic responses. Welnax BioClear is a mild yet efficient light-based therapy without these side effects.

    Furthermore, because it is intended for home usage, customers can effortlessly make their nails better without a doctor’s supervision. For best results, users just need to adhere to the recommended 7-minute daily use.

    Customer reviews confirm its safety even more. Verified purchasers such as John H. and Dylan P. have commended its efficacy, citing no adverse effects or discomfort. It’s easy and safe to get healthier nails with Welnax BioClear.

    Detailed Instructions on How to Use Welnax BioClear Toenail

    For the best results, use the Welnax BioClear consistently following the instructions below:

    • Clean the Affected Nail: Prior to using the therapy, wash and pat dry the fingernail or toenail. For optimal results, remove any nail polish.
    • Position the Device: Make sure the affected nail is completely covered with Welnax BioClear.
    • Activate the Light Therapy: Switch the machine on and leave it running for around seven minutes.
    • Let It Work: The light targets the fungus without causing pain or suffering by penetrating the nail bed.
    • Repeat Every Day: For reliable results, use once or twice daily. Within weeks, regular use guarantees noticeable improvement!

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    Why Is Welnax BioClear So Affordable?
    (Welnax BioClear Toenail Reviews)

    Welnax BioClear’s cost-effective production, creative design, and direct-to-consumer business strategy all contribute to its affordability. Professional-grade Low Light Laser Therapy (LLLT) is now available in a small, one-time purchase device with Welnax BioClear, unlike costly laser treatments at clinics that can cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars each session. For people looking for long-term relief from toenail fungus, this is a more affordable option because it does not require frequent trips to a doctor.

    The lack of ongoing expenses is another point that makes it affordable. Prescription drugs, lotions, and ointments are just a few examples of the common therapies that require ongoing expenses over several months, which can mount up over time. Welnax BioClear is a one-time purchase that customers can depend on for continuous use without incurring further costs.

    In addition, the Welnax company eliminates middlemen and costly retail markups by taking a direct-to-consumer strategy. Welnax BioClear passes up the savings to clients because it sells mostly online, eliminating the overhead expenses that come with running physical outlets.

    The efficacy of Welnax BioClear is not affected by its affordable price. According to verified USA customer reviews, it can effectively eradicate fungal infections in a few weeks, making it a reasonably priced alternative.

    Is Welnax BioClear Legit?

    Every day, new health and wellness gadgets are posted on different online platforms, leaving you wondering if the Welnax BioClear is a scam or a genuine product. However, Welnax BioClear stands out as a tested and trusted remedy for toenail fungus based on actual customer experiences and the science underlying its technology.

    The application of Low Light Laser Therapy, a non-invasive procedure that has been extensively researched for its efficacy in addressing fungal infections, is one of the main features that demonstrate its legitimacy. Welnax BioClear employs potent light wavelengths to enter the nail bed and combat fungus at its source, unlike conventional lotions and ointments that just target the surface. Without the use of harsh chemicals or costly medical appointments, this method guarantees deeper, more durable effects.

    Numerous users have expressed their satisfaction, highlighting observable enhancements in nail health after just a few weeks of regular use. For example, Sophia T., a verified customer, was skeptical at first but discovered that Welnax BioClear was a “game-changer.” After years of battling nail fungus, she saw noticeable improvements in a matter of weeks, and her nails looked healthy again in two months. In the same way, Emily W. was on the verge of giving up after trying countless unsuccessful therapies. She was astounded by how well Welnax BioClear removed her nail after four weeks of use.

    Additional testimonies support the product’s efficacy. David S. bought the gadget for his wife, who had long struggled with toenail fungus. Before using Welnax BioClear, she tried a number of drugstore remedies without success. Her nails seemed noticeably healthier in just two months, and she was thrilled with the outcome. John H. agreed, stating that the first therapy that truly worked was Welnax BioClear, which produced better nail growth in as little as one month.

    Beyond customer satisfaction, the device’s ease of use and convenience further demonstrate its legitimacy. Dylan P. valued that Welnax BioClear only needed a straightforward 7-minute daily session, free of chemicals and mess. His confidence returned when he noticed that his nails were getting healthier and that the discolored areas were progressively going away.

    Welnax BioClear Toenail Fungus Device is far from a fraud because of its tried-and-true technology, solid user reviews, and a hassle-free, secure application. It offers a practical, scientifically supported remedy for toenail fungus, enabling customers to attain healthier nails with less work.

    Welnax BioClear Reviews Consumer Reports and Complaints

    Many customers have reported getting exactly the result they wanted from the Welnax BioClear. Below are Real consumer reports from verified customers:

    • Sophia T.| Verified Buyer – “I’ve struggled with nail fungus for years, and nothing seemed to work. I was skeptical at first, but the Welnax™ BioClear has truly been a game-changer! The Low Light Laser Therapy is gentle yet effective. I noticed a visible difference in my nails after just a few weeks of consistent use. After about two months, my nails are finally looking healthy again. I no longer feel embarrassed about my feet, and I’m so glad I gave this product a try. It’s safe, simple, and most importantly, it works!”
    • John H.| Verified Buyer – “I’ve tried countless treatments for nail fungus, but Welnax™ BioClear is the first one that has actually made a difference. It’s super easy to use and doesn’t require a lot of time. Within a month, I started to see healthier nail growth. I’m really impressed with how well it works and how non-invasive it is. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who’s struggled with nail fungus and wants a simple, effective solution.”
    • Dylan P.| Verified Buyer – “I’ve been using Welnax for just over a month now, and I’m amazed at the results. My nails are noticeably healthier, and the thick, discolored spots are slowly fading. I love how easy it is to use—no mess, no chemicals, just a quick 7-minute session each day. I’m finally feeling confident about my nails again and will definitely keep using this device.”
    • Emily W.| Verified Buyer – “I was tired of using creams and ointments that didn’t seem to help. I was about to give up. But Welnax has really surprised me. I’ve been using it for about four weeks now, and my nail is almost completely cleared up. I was skeptical at first, but now I can honestly say it works. So glad I found this!’
    • David S.| Verified Buyer – “ I got this for my wife because she’d been dealing with toenail fungus for a while, and honestly, she hates going to the doctor. She’d tried everything from the drugstore, but nothing worked. After using Welnax™ BioClear for a couple of months, she was super happy with the results. Her nails actually look healthier now, and she’s really glad we gave it a shot. I’m pretty relieved too!”

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    Pros Of Welnax BioClear (Welnax BioClear Toenail Reviews)

    • Welnax BioClear addresses nail fungus with laser treatment, which is less invasive and less irritating than oral antifungal drugs, which can have adverse effects.
    • For people who prefer natural cures, this is a safer alternative because it eliminates the need for prescription drugs and chemical-laden topical treatments.
    • The Welnax BioClear is made for domestic use, so it needs little work. Simply cover the damaged nail with it, click the power button, and let it take care of the rest.
    • After using the product consistently for a few weeks, many users report observable improvements in the health of their nails.
    • Welnax BioClear reaches deep into the nail bed to eradicate fungus at its source, unlike other therapies that simply address symptoms that are visible on the surface.
    • It’s ideal for folks with hectic schedules or who travel because it’s small enough to carry during trips.
    • No Mess or Residue
    • The Welnax BioClear Light therapy is a well-researched and proven treatment for fungal infections.
    • Compared to routine medical visits or continuous purchases of antifungal medications, a single purchase can ultimately result in financial savings.
    • Safe for All Ages
    • 30-Day money-back guarantee

    Cons Of Welnax BioClear Toenail Fungus (Welnax BioClear Reviews)

    • Needs Consistency and Patience: Depending on the extent of the infection, it may take a few weeks to months to see obvious effects.
    • Not an Instant Fix: It takes time for new, healthy nails to grow. Thus, this device does not offer instant aesthetic results like nail paints or temporary cosmetic remedies do.
    • Best purchased online: The Welnax BioClear is not available in Walk-in stores.

    How Much Does Welnax BioClear Cost?

    The Welnax BioClear is surprisingly affordable. The Welnax BioClear company is even running a 50% off discount currently, making it a wonderful bargain. The product is available at the following pricing:

    Welnax BioClear Where To Buy

    The official Welnax BioClear website is the best location to buy it. A genuine product with complete warranty coverage, customer service, and access to any available promotions or discounts is guaranteed when you purchase straight from the manufacturer.

    There are drawbacks associated with buying from third-party platforms, including poor customer service, lack of warranty, and counterfeit products. Always place your order on the official website to prevent problems.

    The money-back guarantee is an additional benefit of purchasing from the manufacturer. Within 30 days of purchase, you can return the product if it does not live up to your expectations. Additionally, clients can save extra when buying multiple units thanks to the official website’s bulk deals.

    Getting yours is simple. Just go to the website, choose the deal you want, and complete the payment process. The company offers safe payment methods to guarantee the security of your transaction. After completing the transaction, tracking information is supplied, and shipping is usually fast. To start down the path to healthier nails, visit the official website right now.

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    Commonly Asked Questions (Welnax BioClear Reviews)

    We understand you might have questions regarding the Welnax BioClear, so we have provided answers to some frequently asked questions below:

    What is the duration required to observe results?

    Depending on the severity of the infection, different people experience noticeable improvements at different times. However, after four to six weeks of regular use, many individuals report observable changes. customer testimonials from confirmed purchasers such as Sophia T. and Dylan P. state that full recuperation happens after a few months, with noticeable progress after only a few weeks.

    Can my fingernails benefit from the Welnax BioClear?

    Of course! Although the gadget is promoted mostly for toenail fungus, it is equally helpful for fungal infections of the fingernails.

    Is it simple to use?

    Yes, Welnax BioClear is made to be used easily at home. Just cover the afflicted nail with the device, switch it on, and wait for the light therapy to begin; usually, only a few minutes per session. There is no need for further setup, and the procedure is totally painless.

    When is the best time to use Welnax BioClear?

    Depending on how severe the infection is, the gadget should be used once or twice a day for optimal effects. Achieving the intended result requires regular and consistent application.

    Can a single device be used by several people?

    As long as appropriate hygiene precautions are taken, several family members can share a Welnax BioClear. The Welnax is a personal device, though, so if possible, everyone should have one for personal use.

    What is the duration of each session?

    Each nail treatment takes about seven minutes. Users can carry on with their regular tasks while receiving therapy.

    Is it possible to combine Welnax BioClear with other treatments?

    Yes, Welnax BioClear can be used in conjunction with other treatments that promote nail health or antifungal lotions. Many customers, nevertheless, discover that the gadget is just enough to give them the result they want.

    Does it work on thick or discolored nails?

    Indeed, Welnax BioClear helps restore the natural look of nails in addition to getting rid of the fungal infection. After regular use, many users have experienced better nails, less discolouration, and better overall nail health.

    Will Welnax BioClear stop infections in the future?

    Indeed, regular application of Welnax BioClear not only gets rid of toenail fungus that is already there, but it also keeps them from coming back by promoting healthy nail development. Maintaining clean, dry, and clipped nails also improves defense against fungus infections in the future.

    What are the opinions of customers regarding Welnax BioClear? (Welnax BioClear Reviews Reddit)

    Welnax BioClear has received overwhelmingly excellent customer feedback. Users such as Emily W., along with John H., have talked about their experiences, emphasizing how convenient and effective the device is. Numerous reviews highlight how simple it is to use and how fast they saw improvements in the condition of their nails. Strong proof that Welnax BioClear is a reliable treatment for toenail fungus is found in the success stories of verified customers.

    Is Welnax BioClear effective for everyone?

    The majority of users report notable improvements, while individual factors such as intensity and consistency of use may affect results. After trying several other treatments with limited success, verified customers have hailed the Welnax as a game-changer in their battle against nail fungus.

    Can I wear nail paint and use Welnax BioClear at the same time?

    Before using the gadget, it is advised to remove any nail polish. Polish may function as a barrier, decreasing the efficiency of light therapy, which requires direct contact with the nail bed.

    What makes the Welnax BioClear special?

    Welnax BioClear provides a painless, practical, and drug-free alternative to messy lotions and ointments or oral drugs with adverse effects. For many users, its light therapy technology offers complete care all from the comfort of their home.

    Wrapping Up Welnax BioClear Reviews

    Welnax BioClear distinguishes itself from conventional toenail fungal treatments with its non-invasive, painless application, quick results, and Low Light Laser Therapy. Its efficacy, simplicity of use, and capacity to restore nail health without the use of harsh chemicals or expensive prescription drugs are the talk of many customer reviews on so many online platforms like Reddit and TrustPilot.

    Welnax BioClear is a drug-free, scientifically supported therapy for those with recalcitrant nail fungus that actually works, as confirmed by customers like John H., Sophia T., and Emily W., who have confirmed that this gadget is a tested and trusted way to get healthier, clearer nails.

    Welnax BioClear offers a straightforward, hands-free treatment that works with any routine, unlike messy lotions or prescription drugs that can take months to show benefits. After weeks of regular use, numerous USA-verified customers have shared their success stories, pointing to observable changes in nail health. The gadget was also made with safety in mind, so there is no chance of negative side effects even after prolonged use.

    Welnax BioClear is unique among nail fungus treatments due to its cost-effectiveness and efficiency. However, buying straight from the official website is advised to ensure authenticity and to take advantage of all manufacturer-backed warranty coverage, possible discounts, and access to authentic products.

    Welnax BioClear has given many consumers an easy-to-use and effective approach to repair healthier nails, even though individual outcomes may differ. Give the Welnax BioClear a try to see for yourself. Hurry while supplies last!

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    KEYNOTE ADDRESS by the Minister of Commerce Industry and Labour, Honourable Faleomavaega Titimaea Tafua (14th March 2025)

    Reverend Misipati Afutiti,

    Distinguished guests,

    Ladies and Gentlemen,

    It is with great pleasure that I extend a warm welcome to all participants representing various organizations, school principals, teachers and students who are gathered here today for the Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Labour (Ministry) Awareness Day.

    TALOFA LAVA

    Today’s programme marks the commemoration of the World Consumer Rights Day, an important occasion dedicated to celebrating consumer rights and standing in solidarity with the global consumer movement.

    The Ministry commemorated the World Consumer Rights Day on March 14th, 2025, in advance of the internationally recognized date of March 15th, which falls on a Saturday. The World Consumer Rights Day is an annual event that provides an opportunity to advocate for the protection and respect of consumer rights while addressing market abuses and social injustices that undermine those rights. The World Consumer Rights Day was inspired by President John F Kennedy, who, on March 15, 1962, delivered a special message to the US Congress that formally acknowledged the importance of consumer rights. The day was first observed by Consumer International (CI) on 15 March 1983 and continues to be commemorated each year on this date, driving action on key issues and campaigns. This year marks the 27th celebration of World Consumer Rights Day in Samoa.

    In June 1998, the Samoan Government enacted the Fair Trading Act, aimed at protecting consumer rights and establishing conduct standards for businesses operating in Samoa. This legislation was later refined and strengthened by the Competition and Consumer Act of 2016.

    In honour of this special day, the Ministry sets aside the universal theme “A Just Transition to Sustainable Lifestyles” but chooses to proceed raising commitment in engaging consumers and businesses to interact in a solid and competitive trading environment by conducting an outreach program.

    The eight fundamental Consumer Rights include:

    1. Right to satisfaction of basic needs

    2. Right to safety

    3. Right to information

    4. Right to choose

    5. Right to representation

    6. Right to redress

    7. Right to a healthy environment

    8. Right to consumer education

    It is our hope that by the conclusion of today’s activities, all attendees will have a comprehensive understanding of their consumer rights and obligations, the Ministry’s services and its integral role within our community. We also eagerly anticipate receiving your valuable feedback to further improve our services.

    On that note, I wish you all a successful and enriching day.

    I HEREBY DECLARE THIS AWARENESS DAY OFFICIALLY OPENED.

    Soifua.

    FAAMANATUINA O LE ASO FAAPITOA MO AIA TATAU A TAGATA FAATAU 2025

    SAUNOAGA AUTU a le Minisita o le Matagaluega o Pisinisi Alamanuia ma Laipa le afioga Faleomavaega Titimaea Tafua, (14 Mati 2025)

    E manatu o lea ua pale i galutu’u seegapapa a le tupu e pei o le fetalaiga i le malae o le Tea Malosi . Ua o tatou fesilafai foi i pu’e o manu ae le o mala i le alofa ma le agalelei o le Tapaau Sili i le Lagi. Ae e’e ia i vaatapu ou paia sausaugatā Samoa auā o paia lava mai le vavau seia o’o i le faavavau.

    Lau Susūga i le Ta’ita’i o le sauniga ma le pa’ia maualuga o le valaaulia. Mālo le soifua manuia ma le lagi e mamā. O lea ua māe’a ona asa uta mamao ma uta lalata, ua uma foi ona paniniu pa’ia o le taeao ma le aso e pei ona saunoa i ai le fofoga o le aso. Ae o le a salatonu ia lau o le fō ma vili tonu le ifi a Māina e tusa ai ma le faamoemoe o lenei aso.

    O le faamoemoe ua taunuu, o le la’au lea o le soifua. Faafetai tele mo le taliaina o le vala’au atu a le Matagaluega ina ia tatou auai faatasi I lenei faamoemoe.

    O lenei faamoemoe ua faapitoa lea mo le faailogaina o le Aso Faapitoa mo le Puipuia o Aia Tatau a Tagata Faatau.

    O le aso 15 o Mati i tausaga taitasi e faamanatuina ai i le lalolagi atoa le Aso Faapitoa mo le Faalauiloaina o Aia Tatau a Tagata Faatau o le Lalolagi (World Consumer Rights Day). Talu ai o le aso 15 e pāu i le Aso Toonai, o lea ua faailogaina ai i le asō le aso faapitoa i lenei tausaga.

    O lenei Aso Faapitoa sa ulua’i faamamaluina mai le tausaga e 1983 e se tasi o Peresetene ta’uta’ua o le malo o Amerika, o John F Kennedy. O le tausaga e 1998 na amata faamamaluina ai i Samoa lenei aso faapitoa ina ua pasiaina le Tulafono o Fefaatauaiga Talafeagai lea ua suia nei i le Tulafono o Faiga Faatauvaga mo Fefaatauaiga ma le Puipuia o Tagata e Fa’aaogaina Oloa ma Auaunaga 2016. O se tasi o sini autu o lenei Tulafono o le puipuia lea o aia tatau a tagata faatau i le atunuu.

    O le luasefulu fitu (27) ai lenei o tausaga talu ona faamamaluina i Samoa lenei aso faapitoa ma ua avea ai lava le aso 15 o Mati o tausaga taitasi ma aso faapitoa mo lenei faamoemoe taua. O se faailoga foi lea o le faatauaina tele o aia tatau a tagata faatau uma.

    O ia Aia Tatau e 8 e aofia ai:

    1. Aia Tatau i oloa ma auaunaga saogalemu

    2. Aia Tatau i faamatalaga o oloa ma auaunaga

    3. Aia Tatau e filifili ai i oloa lelei ma auaunaga talafeagai ma lou mana’o

    4. Aia Tatau faa-le-tulafono

    5. Aia Tatau mo le faamalieina o manaoga masani

    6. Aia Tatau e toe faaleleia ai se oloa, toe sui se oloa, poo le toe totogi foi o se oloa poo se auaunaga ua lē talafeagai

    7. Aia Tatau i se si’osi’omaga mama

    8. Aia Tatau ia A’oa’oina

    Ua filifili le Matagaluega e faataatia le Sini Autu Faavaomalo mo lenei Tausaga “O se suiga tonu i se olaga gafataulimaina” ae faatautaia polokalame faalauiloa e saga unaia atili ai le silafia o tagata faatau i a latou matafaioi poo aia tatau.

    O se faamanatu taua tele mo tagata faatau, ia fa’aaogaina a latou aia tatau ma le tatau i taimi o fefaatauaiga ma fesoasoani tele ia ausia se si’osi’omaga maloloina ma talafeagai i maketi o fefaatauaiga.

    E i ai le manatu maualuga o le a fa’aaogaina lenei avanoa tatou te talatalanoa ai ma fefa’asoa’i i mataupu uma o loo mafai ona tuuina atu ai se fesoasoani, fautuaga ma se auaunaga a lenei Matagaluega. E le gata i lea o ni auaunaga e tatau ona faaleleia atili a le Matagaluega.

    Ia manūteleina lenei aso i le alofa o le Atua, ma ou te faamalosi ‘au atu ina ia fa’aaoga lenei avanoa lelei ma le tāua tatou te fefaasoaa’i ai ma fetufaa’i ai. Ia tatala le tofā ma le faautautaga sasa’a i finagalo o le tatou mafutaga ina ia tofu le gogo ma si ana i’a auā lava le sini autu o lenei aso. Ia agalelei mai le Alii ma tulituliloaina pea i tatou i lona alofa tunoa ma lona filemu ma taitaiina atu i tatou uma i le faaiuga o lenei faamoemoe.

    UA TATALA ALOAIA LE TATOU FAAMOEMOE I LE ASŌ.

    SOIFUA MA IA MANUIA.

    Ata Pueina – Malo o Samoa (Taunuuga Toatasi)

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Relentless Pursuit: U.S. Marshals Arrest Suspected Norteños Murderers in Multi-State Manhunt

    Source: US Marshals Service

    Spokane, WA – The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), in coordination with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners, continues to demonstrate the effectiveness of its rapidly advancing manhunt program in the pursuit and apprehension of violent fugitives.

    Following the tragic March 21, 2025, drive-by shooting in Moses Lake, Washington, which claimed the life of a 14-year-old boy and critically injured four others, the USMS Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force (PNVOTF) launched an intensive multi-agency effort to locate and arrest those responsible.

    Case Progression:

    • March 24, 2025: A juvenile suspect was arrested in Richland, Washington, at the request of the U.S. Marshals Service to prevent his escape while he received treatment for a self-inflicted gunshot wound at Kadlec Regional Medical Center. The arrest was conducted in coordination with the Richland Police Department. The suspect was charged with first-degree murder and multiple felony counts.
    • March 25, 2025: Arrest warrants were issued for Jose Beltran-Rodriguez and Matthew Valdez, charging them with first-degree murder, five counts of first-degree assault, drive-by shooting, and felon in possession of a firearm.
    • March 27, 2025: The U.S. Marshals Task Force and Spokane County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team executed a search warrant at a Spokane residence in pursuit of Beltran-Rodriguez.
    • March 28, 2025: Fugitive Matthew Valdez was apprehended in Beaverton, Oregon, with assistance from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office Community Violence Reduction Team and Tactical Negotiations Team.
    • March 29, 2025: The U.S. Marshals Service announced a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of Beltran-Rodriguez, the last remaining suspect.
    • March 30, 2025: Jose Beltran-Rodriguez was arrested in Redding, California, and booked into jail pending extradition hearings.

    Participating Agencies:

    The USMS Investigation Operations Division (IOD) played a pivotal role in supporting the rapidly advancing manhunt, bringing together a vast network of resources from across the country, including:

    •    Moses Lake Police Department
    •    USMS Aviation
    •    USMS Domestic Investigations Branch
    •    USMS District of Oregon
    •    USMS Eastern District of California
    •    USMS Incident Management Team
    •    USMS Northern District of California
    •    USMS Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF)/Organized Crime and Gangs (OCAG) Unit
    •    USMS PSWRTF
    •    USMS Special Operations Group
    •    USMS TOG
    •    USMS TOG Rocky Mountain
    •    Members from USMS Regional Fugitive Task Forces across the country
    •    Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
    •    Benton County Sheriff’s Office – Washington
    •    Stockton Police Department – California
    •    Spokane County Sheriff’s Office – Washington
    •    U.S. Border Patrol
    •    The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
    •    The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington
    •    Washington County Sheriff’s Office – Oregon
    •    Washington State Department of Corrections
    •    Washington State Patrol
    •    Yakima PD
    •    Yakima County Sheriff’s Office
    •    And many other agencies

    Additionally, the Moses Lake Police Department worked tirelessly around the clock, contributing significantly to the investigation and ensuring coordination among all involved agencies. Their relentless efforts were instrumental in the swift conclusion of this manhunt.

    Ongoing Investigations and New Charges:

    As a result of the investigation, associates of Beltran-Rodriguez, Valdez, and the juvenile in both Moses Lake and Spokane, Washington, are now facing criminal investigations and new charges. The ATF and the Moses Lake Police Department are actively pursuing federal charges against all individuals involved in this violent crime.

    Beltran-Rodriguez, Valdez, and the juvenile suspect are all suspected members of the Norteños, a transnational criminal organization with ties to violent crime, drug trafficking, and firearms offenses across the United States and beyond.

    Rapidly Advancing Manhunt (RAM):

    The rapidly advancing manhunt program combines real-time intelligence sharing, cutting-edge technology, and interagency collaboration to track and capture violent fugitives. This case highlights the use of the RAM model.

    “The swift identification and arrest of multiple fugitives in this case demonstrates the strength of the U.S. Marshals Service’s proactive manhunt strategy,” said Craig Thayer, U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Washington. “By leveraging cutting-edge investigative tools, intelligence analysis, and close partnerships with our law enforcement partners, we ensure that violent criminals are swiftly brought to justice.”

    This remains an active and ongoing investigation. Further details will be released as they become available.

    The Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force is a U.S. Marshals-led partnership comprising federal, state, and local law enforcement officers from Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. The task force’s primary mission is to locate, arrest and return to the justice system the most violent and egregious federal and state fugitives. Oregon-Idaho HIDTA program is an Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) sponsored counterdrug grant program that coordinates with and provides funding resources to multi-agency drug enforcement initiatives, including the Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force.

    Anyone with information is urged to contact the nearest U.S. Marshals office, the U.S. Marshals Service Communications Center at 1-800-336-0102, or USMS Tips.

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  • MIL-OSI: Alectra working through Sunday night to restore power to approximately 18,000 customers

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    BARRIE, Ontario, March 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alectra Utilities’ powerline crews will continue restoration efforts overnight on Sunday to return service to approximately 18,000 customers still without power in Barrie, Penetanguishene and Richmond Hill. This is down from the more than 44,000 customers who were without power at the height of the storm early Sunday morning.

    Alectra crews are working 24/7 in very challenging and hazardous conditions, prioritizing public safety and critical infrastructure while restoring service as efficiently as possible. The utility has also brought in additional forestry crews to clear downed tree limbs from around the damaged powerlines in advance of the emergency crews that are repairing the grid. Unfortunately, due to the severity of the damage from ice accretion across Alectra’s service territory, and significant tree damage in downtown Barrie that is complicating restoration, some customers will be without power overnight and into Monday morning.

    Customers can continue to get outage updates by following the Alectra X account, @AlectraNews, or by viewing the outage map at alectrautilities.com.

    As power is restored, if residents notice that their neighbours have power again, but they are still out, it may be because their home’s service mast was damaged during the storm. Here is what they’ll need to know before we can re-energize: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ8AWvfN_oo.

    Refrigerated food should be checked if power has been out for a lengthy period. We recommend avoiding opening your refrigerator or freezer doors unless necessary. Keep them closed as much as possible to prevent cold air from escaping. Learn more about ‘food safety in an emergency’ here: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/food-drinking-water-safe-emergency.html#a3. Additional safety information can be found at alectrautilities.com/what-do-during-outage.

    We know this is an extremely difficult time for those still without power, especially given the weather. We want to express our sincere appreciation to our customers for their patience, resilience and understanding as we work to restore service safely.

    About Alectra Utilities

    Serving more than one million homes and businesses and approximately three million people in Ontario’s Greater Golden Horseshoe area, Alectra Utilities is the largest municipally-owned electric utility in Canada, based on the total number of customers served. We contribute to the economic growth and vibrancy of the 17 communities we serve by investing in essential energy infrastructure, delivering a safe and reliable supply of electricity, and providing innovative energy solutions. Our mission is to be an energy ally, helping our customers and the communities we serve to discover the possibilities of tomorrow’s energy future.

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  • MIL-OSI: SafeCard Reviews [CONSUMER REPORTS 2025]: Don’t Buy Till You’ve Read This!

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    MONROE, La., March 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Transactions are now faster than ever thanks to contactless payment methods and RFID-enabled cards, but they have also made it easier for criminals to gain access to your private information. Powerful RFID skimming devices have made it possible for cyber criminals to collect your personal card information without any physical contact, and the sad part is that you have probably been a victim in the past, with or without realising it. Many people are now looking for trustworthy methods to safeguard their personal and financial data without the bulk of RFID wallets and sleeves.

    SafeCard RFID Blocking Card Reviews

    We will be discussing the SafeCard, a thin and lightweight RFID-blocking card that promises to stop unwanted scanning of debit cards, credit cards, and other RFID-enabled devices. Many USA consumer reports claim it’s a sleek, hassle-free answer to digital theft, unlike heavy RFID wallets or thin sleeves. Does it, however, work as advertised? Any SafeCard Reviews Complaints on Trustpilot And Reddit?

    It’s important to be on the safe side given the abundance of security devices available on the market. Despite their lofty claims, several RFID-blocking devices fall short of providing adequate protection, leaving consumers vulnerable to cyber theft. Others are difficult to use, requiring frequent modifications or adding needless bulk to wallets.

    But does the SafeCard really work, or is it simply another overhyped RFID-blocking device? Is it worth your dime? What is the real truth of the SafeCard Shield, despite the hype it’s getting in the USA? To answer all these questions and more, we will look more closely at what makes it special, go over some of its main features, pros and cons and actual customer experiences.

    Introduction to Safecard

    What is Safecard (Safecard Reviews)

    If this is your first time hearing about this RFID Blocking device, your first question would be ‘What is The SafeCard?’ So let’s start by answering that. SafeCard is an innovative RFID-blocking gadget made to prevent unwanted scanning of passports, credit cards, debit cards, and other RFID-enabled objects.

    Scammers can now obtain important information from your cards without making direct contact using powerful RFID skimming devices. By creating an imperceptible barrier that prevents these scanning efforts, SafeCard provides a dependable solution and guarantees the security of your financial and personal information.

    SafeCard neutralizes skimming devices by using active interference technology. It creates a barrier around your cards when you carry them in your wallet or purse, keeping identity thieves out. For shoppers, travelers, and anybody else worried about digital security, this makes it a great option.

    SafeCard’s lightweight, thin design is one of its best qualities; it lets customers experience safety without having to carry heavy accessories. With its long-lasting build and universal compatibility with all RFID-enabled cards, it provides long-term 24/7 protection. The SafeCard is a simple, cost-effective, and efficient method of protecting your private information that gives you peace of mind wherever you go.

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    Explanation on How The SafeCard Shield Works

    SafeCard prevents unwanted scanning of your passports, credit cards, debit cards, and other RFID-enabled objects by actively blocking RFID and NFC signals. In contrast to conventional RFID-blocking wallets or sleeves that passively protect cards from signals, SafeCard instantly blocks scanning efforts, guaranteeing that even with sophisticated skimming tools, cybercriminals cannot access your private data. Just put the SafeCard in your wallet, handbag, or cardholder with your other cards to use it. It surrounds them with a protective field that prevents unwanted scanners from picking up RFID signals.

    Most RFID-enabled cards are compatible with SafeCard’s active protection solution, which provides a more sophisticated and dependable option than passive shielding techniques. Its lightweight and thin design also makes it possible for you to use it conveniently without having to deal with the bulk. SafeCard guarantees that your financial and personal information is always secure; you can now travel, buy, or commute with peace of mind.

    Verified Distinguishing Features Of The SafeCard (SafeCard Reviews USA)

    The SafeCards manufacturer’s objective is to provide you with a convenient and safe experience while keeping you one step ahead of fraudsters. SafeCard has recorded a plethora of customer reviews and validated testimonials supporting its functionality. Let’s look at the unique features of SafeCard:

    • Advanced RFID Blocking: SafeCard’s innovative RFID and NFC blocking technology is central to its effectiveness.. The card uses a strong electromagnetic shielding mechanism to stop your ID badges, smart passports, debit cards, and credit cards from being scanned without your permission. Verified users have shared their experiences, proving that SafeCard is effective; thus, this isn’t simply a theoretical assertion. For example, Hannah L. recalled that she had twice been the victim of card skimming at airports. She reported feeling secure after using SafeCard, pointing out that its covert and lightweight design has already thwarted multiple scanning efforts. These first-hand reports provide strong proof that SafeCard performs as intended.
    • Lightweight and Simple design: The thin, light, and simple design of SafeCard is a huge plus. Nobody is interested in dealing with bulky gadgets as they make daily routine tiresome. SafeCard is nearly undetectable in your wallet or purse because it is only 1.1 mm thick, unlike conventional RFID-blocking wallets or sleeves. Another confirmed customer, Emma R., emphasized this advantage by drawing comparisons to RFID wallets she had previously used. She underlined that SafeCard provided the same security without sacrificing comfort or convenience, while the conventional choices were cumbersome and inconvenient; this implies that you will get dependable protection that fits in well with your way of life.
    • No batteries needed: SafeCard offers 24/7 protection as it does not need batteries or recharging. Long-lasting performance without the inconvenience of moving around with chargers or replacing out batteries is guaranteed. The SafeCard is a great option for both regular travelers and daily commuters who require round-the-clock safety wherever they go.
    • Universal compatibility: Another feature that sets SafeCard apart from the competition is its universal compatibility. SafeCard is compatible with all RFID-enabled devices, including transport passes, credit and debit cards, and even access cards. The SafeCard eliminates the need for you to switch between different kinds of protective sleeves for different kinds of cards. You can simplify your security requirements and ensure complete protection across all your RFID-enabled cards with SafeCard.
    • Long-lasting: The manufacturers of the SafeCard are aware that durability is important to you. Long-term use is ensured by SafeCard’s construction using premium, dust-proof, and water-resistant materials. The card is made to resist normal wear and tear, whether you’re driving through crowded cities or in inclement weather. The SafeCard won’t require regular replacements or extra care for many years.
    • Travel-friendly: The TSA-friendly design of SafeCard is a big plus for frequent travelers. Traditional RFID-blocking wallets that could set off alarms during airport security checks are an annoyance, and we understand that. SafeCard was designed to make sure that your trip is easy and hassle-free. Verified buyer Rachel T. told how scammers accessed her bank account while she was traveling through Rio. Her trip was transformed by a SafeCard recommendation, and she now feels confident knowing her wallet is protected. When you are walking through congested public areas or airports, this certainty is priceless.
    • Multi-layer protection: Apart from its fundamental RFID-blocking features, SafeCard incorporates multi-layer encryption. This extra function makes sure that your data is protected by layers of strong encryption, even in the event of an unauthorized attempt to access it. The encryption serves as an additional barrier, protecting your private information from prying eyes even while the device concentrates on preventing illegal scans.
    • Affordable: The SafeCard is available at a surprisingly affordable price. Users of most pay grades can afford the SafeCard without breaking the bank.

    Is SafeCard Better Than RFID Sleeves?

    Many people, especially frequent travelers, are looking for trustworthy methods to safeguard their financial and personal data due to the growing threat of digital theft and illegal RFID scanning. For many years, RFID-blocking sleeves were the only popular solution, hence the tolerance despite their many drawbacks. The SafeCard is here now and is superior to conventional RFID sleeves.

    The fact that RFID sleeves only use passive shielding to prevent signals is one of their main drawbacks. A coating of metallic substance inside these sleeves keeps RFID readers from accessing card data. However, the card must be fully covered and positioned inside the sleeve for them to be effective. Protection may be jeopardized if a card is even slightly exposed or if the sleeve wears out. Conversely, SafeCard makes use of active detection technologies in conjunction with sophisticated electromagnetic shielding. It ensures constant protection by automatically blocking RFID scanning attempts, saving users from having to manually insert or remove cards.

    SafeCard’s lightweight and thin design, which fits easily into any wallet, is another significant benefit. Although theoretically functional, RFID-blocking sleeves can be cumbersome and inconvenient. The fact that each card must be stored separately makes them difficult for many people to use. As a result, people who carry several RFID-enabled cards will need to buy extra sleeves or swap out their cards often. By providing universal safety for all surrounding RFID cards without the need for separate storage, SafeCard removes this inconvenience. Emma R., a verified buyer. recounted her experience, pointing out that SafeCard is so discreet that she hardly notices it’s there and that it performs better than RFID wallets or sleeves.

    Another area in which SafeCard performs better than conventional RFID sleeves is durability. Many sleeves are composed of thin fabrics that eventually rip, deteriorate, or lose their usefulness. SafeCard, on the other hand, is made to endure regular use and has dustproof and water-resistant components that guarantee long-term use. Users don’t have to bother with inefficient shielding or the need to replace worn-out sleeves on a regular basis. The SafeCard is an excellent investment for digital security and definitely superior to RFID and sleeves.

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    Shocking Myths and Truths About SafeCard (SafeCard Shield Reviews)

    As a dependable defense against illegal RFID scanning, SafeCard has grown in popularity in the USA as well as other countries of the world, but like many security devices, it has also been shrouded in rumors and false beliefs. It’s important to distinguish fact from fiction in order to appreciate SafeCard’s true worth. The most common myths and the facts that refute them are listed below.

    Myth 1: SafeCard Is Just Another RFID Sleeve

    The idea that SafeCard works in the same way as a conventional RFID sleeve is among the most common fallacies. Many people believe that passive blocking using material layers is the same approach used by all RFID shielding. This is not at all the case, though. SafeCard is an instant RFID-blocking device that blocks scanning attempts in real time. In contrast to RFID sleeves, which, depending on their quality, can still permit some signals to get through, SafeCard automatically blocks attempts at data compromise.

    Myth 2: RFID Skimming Isn’t a Real Threat

    There is no actual risk of card information being taken electronically, according to those who think RFID skimming is an overblown problem. However, innumerable instances have demonstrated that physical contact is not necessary to compromise RFID-enabled cards. High-tech scammers have targeted travelers in particular, using concealed RFID scanners to collect card information in crowded places like airports and public transportation. Hannah L., a verified buyer. “I’ve had my cards skimmed in airports twice, and it was terrifying,” she said, sharing her story. I truly feel safe when traveling now that I have SafeCard.” This actual case demonstrates that RFID skimming is a genuine and expanding issue.

    Myth 3: SafeCard Is Bulky and Inconvenient

    Some people believe that RFID-blocking devices must be bulky. Well, this might be the case with large wallets that prevent RFID, but SafeCard was made to be portable and convenient. It is lightweight, slim, and fits neatly into any purse or wallet without taking up much space. As confirmed purchaser Emma R. stated, “I’ve previously used RFID wallets, but they were cumbersome and inconvenient. I don’t even realize SafeCard is there, yet it works so much better! “

    Myth 4: SafeCard Requires Constant Charging

    Some people feel that SafeCard is stressful for daily usage because it requires frequent recharging. On the other hand, SafeCard does not need charging at all. It will continue to work 24/7 without needing a battery.

    Myth 5: RFID-Blocking Products Are Unnecessary if You Have a Chip Card

    Many people believe that current chip-enabled debit and credit cards are sufficiently safe and don’t need extra RFID protection. When the card is only in a pocket or wallet, chip technology does not stop unwanted RFID scanning, even though it helps improve security during transactions. By providing an additional layer of security, SafeCard prevents hackers from stealing your data without your knowledge.

    Truth: SafeCard Offers Genuine Security and Peace of Mind

    Despite all of the fallacies, SafeCard is still a legit and useful card for safeguarding personal and financial data. Verified customers have continuously commended its dependability, use, and capabilities. One happy client, Aubree R., said, “I purchased a SafeCard for my family and myself. It’s so simple to use, and I feel more at ease every day knowing that we’re all safe. Ultimately, SafeCard stands out as a reliable, efficient, and user-friendly defense against RFID skimming.

    Step-by-Step Guide on How to Use SafeCard (SafeCard Instructions)

    Using SafeCard is simple and requires no complicated setup. Follow these steps to ensure maximum protection:

    • Step 1: Unbox your newly purchased SafeCard; the good thing is that you don’t need to charge it.
    • Step 2: Insert SafeCard alongside your credit, debit, or ID cards in your wallet or purse.
    • Step 3: SafeCard activates instantly, creating a shield that blocks RFID scanning attempts.
    • Step 4: You can now travel safely because the SafeCard will continue to work as long as it’s in the same wallet with your cards.

    Is SafeCard Legit?

    Many customers are understandably wary of security products given the rising risk of identity theft, digital fraud and probably previous bad experiences with the traditional RFID wallets. Devices with big claims but that fall short are common in the market, which makes people skeptical of SafeCard and similar tools. However, SafeCard’s authenticity is strongly supported by verified customer feedback, demonstrating that it is a valid and trustworthy RFID-blocking device.

    The SafeCard ensures that all your sophisticated RFID-enabled cards, including credit cards, debit cards, passports, and access badges, cannot be scanned without your notice. Unlike conventional blocking sleeves, SafeCard instantly recognizes and blocks scanning efforts in real time. Users attest to the product’s effectiveness; one verified customer, Hannah L., reports that SafeCard has already prevented many scanning attempts while on the road. Her story demonstrates how the product offers genuine defense against possible fraud.

    Numerous consumers have expressed their satisfaction, demonstrating that SafeCard prevents RFID scans and differs from subpar substitutes that don’t provide any true protection. Months of protection are guaranteed with any need for battery changes.

    The overwhelmingly positive reviews left by actual users are one of the best proofs of SafeCard’s legitimacy. Clients such as Rachel T. along with Melissa H., have reported how using SafeCard has prevented them from falling victim to financial fraud in public places. It is a worthy option for travelers because of its lightweight construction, TSA-approved design, and universal compatibility. These practical experiences attest to SafeCard’s status as a reliable security card rather than just another gimmick. SafeCard is by no means a hoax

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    What Makes the SafeCard So Affordable?

    The cost of SafeCard actually surprised many users; We mean, how can a product made to prevent RFID theft be so reasonably priced in a market filled with products with high price tags yet claim superior protection? Unlike expensive RFID-blocking wallets or expensive high-tech security devices, SafeCard provides an affordable option without sacrificing efficacy or quality.

    The simplified design of SafeCard is a major factor in its price. Instead of bundling unnecessary features that inflate the price, SafeCard focuses solely on delivering reliable RFID-blocking technology in a compact form. It doesn’t need a large structure or pricey components; production costs were kept low while still providing excellent protection against digital theft.

    Additionally, SafeCard is sold directly through its official website, cutting out middlemen and reducing extra retail markups. Many security products go through multiple distribution channels before reaching the customer, which significantly raises their final price. By offering SafeCard online without relying on third-party sellers, the manufacturer ensures that buyers get the best price possible without paying unnecessary commissions or inflated retail costs.

    Another reason SafeCard remains affordable is its long-lasting design. Unlike disposable RFID sleeves that need frequent replacement or wallets that wear out over time, SafeCard is built to last. With a durable, non-battery-powered system, it provides continuous protection without requiring users to spend extra on replacements. SafeCard proves that high-quality security doesn’t have to come with a premium price. You can give it a try right away!

    SafeCard Reviews Consumer Reports From United States, Canada, Australia

    Verified Customer Reviews from real users have been included below to help you see the SafeCard from a user perspective:

    • Hannah L. | Verified Purchase -“I’ve had my cards skimmed in airports twice, and it was terrifying. Since using SafeCard, I finally feel safe while traveling. It’s lightweight, discreet, and has stopped several attempted scans already.”
    • Rachel T |Verified Purchase – “While traveling through Rio, I discovered my bank account had been drained by scammers. I was devastated. A fellow traveler recommended SafeCard, and it’s been a lifesaver ever since. No more stolen data, no more stress. Now I can travel with confidence knowing my wallet is secure.”
    • Aubree R. | Verified Buyer – “I got SafeCard for myself and my family. It’s so easy to use, and knowing we’re all protected gives me peace of mind every day. It’s worth every penny!”
    • Emma R. | Verified Buyer – “I’ve used RFID wallets before, but they were bulky and annoying. SafeCard works so much better, and I don’t even notice it’s there!”
    • Melissa H.| Verified Purchase – “I love going to holiday markets, but after watching my friend lose hundreds to a scammer, I knew I needed protection. SafeCard blocks thieves silently, and I haven’t had an issue since. It’s the best purchase I’ve made for my security!”

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    Pros of SafeCard (SafeCard Reviews)

    • SafeCard effectively prevents unauthorized scanning of credit cards, debit cards, passports, and access cards, protecting users from digital theft.
    • Unlike bulky RFID-blocking wallets, SafeCard is ultra-thin and easily fits into any standard wallet, making it a convenient security solution.
    • No batteries or recharging needed
    • SafeCard works with RFID-enabled cards, including credit/debit cards, transit passes, and passports, making it a versatile security tool.
    • SafeCard does not interfere with airport security checks, making it perfect for frequent travelers who need reliable protection.
    • Built with durable materials, SafeCard offers reliable performance at all times
    • There is no setup required; simply place SafeCard in a wallet or purse alongside other cards, and it automatically starts protecting them.
    • SafeCard is available exclusively on its official website, eliminating middlemen and keeping costs lower than competing RFID security devices.

    Cons of SafeCard (SafeCard Reviews)

    • Limited Availability – SafeCard is only sold through the official website, making it difficult for users who prefer purchasing from retail stores or third-party platforms.
    • Not Effective Against Physical Theft – While SafeCard protects against RFID skimming, it does not prevent physical card theft, meaning users still need to be cautious about losing their wallets.
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    How Much Is A SafeCard?

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    Commonly Asked Questions (SafeCard Wallet)

    With so much information available, it’s natural to have questions before making a purchase. The comprehensive FAQ section below answers the most common queries about SafeCard, helping you understand the RFID blocking card better.

    Is SafeCard different from RFID-blocking wallets?

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    What types of cards does SafeCard protect?

    SafeCard is compatible with all RFID-enabled cards, including:

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    How many SafeCards do I need?

    One SafeCard is usually enough to protect multiple cards in a standard wallet. However, if you carry multiple wallets or bags, purchasing an extra SafeCard for each would ensure full protection.

    Is SafeCard effective against all types of digital theft?

    SafeCard is highly effective against RFID skimming, a common form of digital theft where criminals use scanners to steal card data wirelessly. However, it does not protect against physical card theft.

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    No. The SafeCard doesn’t require charging, so it will continue to work in all circumstances.

    Can SafeCard be used while traveling?

    Yes, SafeCard is TSA-approved and safe for travel, so it will work in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries of the world. Unlike metal RFID wallets that might trigger airport security detectors, SafeCard does not interfere with screening processes, making it ideal for frequent travelers.

    Will SafeCard interfere with my phone or other electronics?

    No, SafeCard does not affect mobile phones, Wi-Fi signals, or other electronic devices. It only blocks RFID scanners from reading your card data, ensuring that your personal electronics remain unaffected.

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    Yes, SafeCard is built with water and dust-resistant materials, making it durable for everyday use. However, it is not fully submersible, so it is best to avoid prolonged exposure to water..

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    SafeCard is designed to be durable and long-lasting. With proper care, it will continue to provide RFID-blocking protection for years.

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    Yes, SafeCard’s slim design makes it perfect for minimalist wallets. Unlike bulky RFID-blocking wallets, it takes up minimal space while offering superior protection.

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    Absolutely. SafeCard does not emit harmful radiation or interfere with health devices. It is completely safe to carry in a wallet or purse daily.

    What Are The Benefits Of SafeCard?

    SafeCard provides a very important defense against RFID skimming, stopping illegal access to your financial and personal information. Its lightweight, sleek design offers security without adding bulk and fits easily into any wallet. Travelers, shoppers, and regular users will enjoy the SafeCard’s long-lasting build.

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    Yes, SafeCard prevents unauthorized RFID scans, which are commonly used in contactless payment fraud. By blocking these signals, SafeCard ensures that criminals cannot access your card information without your consent.

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    SafeCard provides a combination of slim design, real-time protection, and universal compatibility, making it one of the most advanced RFID-blocking devices available.

    Final Wrap on SafeCard Reviews

    The SafeCard fulfills its claims according to all available data, consumer reports and complaints. Even discussions on Reddit and Trustpilot agree that the SafeCard is a worthy investment. With its advanced shielding technology, slim design, and ease of use, SafeCard makes sure your private information stays private.

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    This article is intended for informational and educational purposes only. It does not constitute professional, legal, or cybersecurity advice. While SafeCard may help reduce the risk of RFID-based digital theft, no security product can guarantee 100% protection in all scenarios. Individual results may vary based on usage and other factors. Always exercise general caution and follow best practices when safeguarding your financial and personal data. The publisher and all parties involved in the creation and distribution of this content are not liable for any misuse, loss, or damages arising from the use or reliance on the information provided herein. Always consult the official product website or customer support for the most accurate and updated details.

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  • MIL-OSI Global: How is classified information typically shared and can officials declassify secrets whenever they want? A national security expert explains

    Source: The Conversation – USA – By Dakota Rudesill, Associate Professor of Law, The Ohio State University

    Director of Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testifies during a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on March 26, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images

    U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on March 27, 2025, ordered top Trump administration officials to preserve records of their messages sent on the messaging app Signal from March 11 to March 15 following a transparency watchdog group’s lawsuit alleging that the officials have violated the Federal Records Act.

    This marked the latest development since The Atlantic on March 24 published a Signal chat among Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other national security officials discussing specific plans to attack Houthi militants in Yemen. Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief at The Atlantic, was mistakenly included in the chat and wrote about what he saw.

    Trump administration officials have shared contrasting accounts about whether they were discussing sensitive war information on Signal – but maintain that they did not share classified information.

    Senator Roger Wicker, the Republican chair of the Senate Arms Services committee, and Senator Jack Reed, the top Democrat chairing the committee, on March 27 requested an investigation into how the Trump officials used Signal to discuss military strikes.

    Amy Lieberman, a politics and society editor, spoke with national security scholar Dakota Rudesill to better understand what constitutes classified information and how the government typically handles its most closely kept secrets.

    Democratic representatives share text messages on March 26, 2025, sent by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to other top Trump administration officials.
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    How are government officials supposed to communicate about classified information?

    The first way someone with the proper clearance can communicate about classified information is in person. They can talk about secret things in what is called a sensitive compartmented information facility, or SCIF. This means a secure place, often with a big, heavy door and a lock on it, where security officials have swept the area for bugs and no one can easily eavesdrop. People who are in SCIFs usually have to leave their cell phones outside of the room, and then they can talk freely about secret information. A SCIF can be a particular room, or a floor of a building, or even an entire building.

    Second, there is print communication: written documents with classification markings, which have to be handled in really particular ways, like in a safe location, and can be transported between SCIFs in secure containers.

    Third, intelligence agencies, the White House and the Department of Defense also all have secure electronic systems. These include visual teleconferences, which are similar to a Zoom call and are secure for discussing highly classified information, as well as secure email systems and secure phones.

    Many people with clearances have what is called “high side” email, which is shorthand lingo for classified email and messaging. Many people with security clearance would have two work hard drives and two computers. One of them is “low side,” where there is access to unclassified official email, documents and the internet.

    All of these methods of secure communication can be clunky and take more time than people in our smartphone age are used to. That is the cost of protecting the nation’s secrets. My sense is the Trump administration officials wanted to move fast and turned to Signal, a commercial app that promises encryption. Signal is generally considered secure but is not perfect. There is abundant public evidence that Signal is not totally secure and indeed has been penetrated by Russian intelligence.

    Can something be declassified after the information has been shared?

    Yes. The president can classify and declassify at will via oral or written instruction.

    The president’s constitutional powers include removing classification controls after information has been released or leaked. Trump could at any point declassify the information shared on Signal. Several of the Cabinet-level officials on that Signal chat also have expansive delegated powers over classification.

    Even so, Trump’s national security Cabinet would have presumably still violated the law. For example, by putting national defense information inappropriately on an insecure app and not checking to verify the clearances of everyone on the chat and thereby allowing a reporter to be present, one could reasonably conclude that the team was showing “gross negligence,” running afoul of the Espionage Act.

    The Espionage Act, enacted in 1917, criminalizes unauthorized retention and dissemination of sensitive information that could undermine the national security of the U.S. or help a foreign country.

    Was the information shared on Signal likely classified?

    Looking at the Signal message transcript that The Atlantic shared, it seems like at least four things were all but surely classified.

    The most obvious was the details that Secretary of Defense Hegseth provided on the strike plans. These include the precise times that planes were taking off, what kind and when the bombs would fall. Recent reports have quoted defense officials confirming that this information at the time was classified.

    Second, the chat revealed that the president gave a green light for secret strikes at a Situation Room meeting.

    Third, there is the mere fact of these top officials deciding whether and when to execute attacks authorized by the president.

    And fourth, according to media reports, the chat included the name of an intelligence officer whose position may have been secret.

    The Trump administration says that there was no classified information in the chat. But several analysts have noted that defies belief. The exception would be a prior decision to declassify, but we have no evidence of that.

    FBI Director Kash Patel, left, Tulsi Gabbard, director of National Intelligence, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe testify during a House Select Intelligence Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on March 26, 2025.
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    What other issues does this bring to mind?

    First, we don’t know whether the Trump officials carefully thought about it before they set up this chat on Signal, which the Pentagon has warned government officials against using because of hacking concerns.

    Second, even if the officials did make a focused decision to use Signal, what is the wisdom of that? I find it really, really hard to imagine that was a prudent decision when we think about how insecure this app is. There is also the fact that Steve Witkoff, Trump’s envoy to Ukraine and the Middle East, was party to the chat while he was in Russia. We do not know for sure if he had a device running Signal on him personally while he was in Russia, but in any event he would have been under intense Russian surveillance.

    A broader issue is how the Trump administration is enforcing the law is a giant question mark. Usually, the law both authorizes the U.S. government to do things, and also says it cannot do things. Law enables and limits everyone, including the president. However, Trump wrongly claims that he is the final authority on the law, and so far the Justice Department only seems to be enforcing the law against people outside of the administration.

    So does the law limit the Trump administration in any practical sense? Right now it is not clear – and there is abundant reason to be concerned about that from a rule of law standpoint.

    Dakota Rudesill does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

    – ref. How is classified information typically shared and can officials declassify secrets whenever they want? A national security expert explains – https://theconversation.com/how-is-classified-information-typically-shared-and-can-officials-declassify-secrets-whenever-they-want-a-national-security-expert-explains-253207

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  • MIL-OSI: ForexIGO by Avenix Fzco Enhances Automated Trading with Dual-Asset Precision

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    LIMASSOL, CYPRUS, March 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Avenix Fzco has unveiled ForexIGO, an advanced multi-market trading bot designed to automate strategies for both gold (XAUUSD) and the British pound against the US dollar (GBPUSD), offering traders a streamlined approach to diversification. Automated trading has come a long way, versatility matters more than ever. Traders are increasingly looking beyond single-market bots and toward solutions that can handle multiple assets at once. This shift has sparked growing interest in multi-market trading bots – systems designed to navigate different markets simultaneously, spreading risk and boosting opportunity. One such tool is ForexIGO, developed by Avenix Fzco, which brings together smart automation for both gold (XAUUSD) and the British pound against the US dollar (GBPUSD).

    Why Multi-Market Trading Bots Are Gaining Ground

    Traditional trading bots often zeroed in on a single market or asset. Today, though, financial markets move fast and unpredictably, pushing the rise of bots that can handle multiple asset classes. This approach helps traders spread risk and seize opportunities across a wider landscape, less reliance on one market, more room to adapt.

    Dual-Asset Focus with Practical Precision

    ForexIGO is carefully crafted to trade both XAUUSD and GBPUSD on the M30 timeframe. This dual-asset focus gives traders the ability to shift between markets based on conditions or strategy, offering greater control and the potential for stronger returns. It’s a practical way to diversify without overcomplicating the process.

    How ForexIGO Makes It Work

    It stands out for its smart market analysis, decoding price action, indicators, and candlestick patterns like bullish or bearish engulfing to deliver clear, confident trade signals.

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  • MIL-OSI Global: Signal-gate: a national security blunder ‘almost without parallel’

    Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor

    Depending on what you think of Donald Trump, his administration could fit either of the following two descriptions. Chaotic, vindictive and accident-prone, marked by mendacity, driven by impulse and bent on securing the will of the leader, rather than – as in the US constitution – the will of the people. Or it could be a government masterminded by a man playing 4D chess while all around him are playing chequers. A president whose deal-making skills and focus on outcomes ensure the security and prosperity of America and its allies.

    If you base your assessment on the people Trump has chosen as his key national security advisers then, after the recent Signal chat group intelligence debacle, you’d almost certainly opt for chaotic and accident-prone, at the very least.

    Looking around the Signal chatroom, who do we have? National security advisor Mike Waltz, Vice-President J.D. Vance, secretary of state Marco Rubio, defense secretary Pete Hegseth, director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, CIA director John Ratcliffe and a supporting cast of other senior Trump staffers. And, unwittingly, the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg.

    Heads must roll, say Trump’s critics. But who from this hydra-headed beast should take the fall? Should it be Waltz, who invited Goldberg to the chat group? Or Hegseth, who posted operational details of a US attack, including the when, where and how, hours before it was due to take place? Should it be Vance, whose swipe at America’s freeloading European allies has caused considerable angst across the Atlantic?

    Or perhaps one or another of Gabbard and Ratcliffe, who sat in front of the Senate select committee on intelligence on Tuesday and maintained that no classified material or “war plans” had been revealed to the group – sworn evidence now revealed to be unreliable at best?

    Sign up to receive our weekly World Affairs Briefing newsletter from The Conversation UK. Every Thursday we’ll bring you expert analysis of the big stories in international relations.

    At present it seems as if none of them are going to pay for their dangerous incompetence. Instead their ire is turned on Goldberg, who has variously been called a “sleazebag” by Trump himself, “loser” and the “bottom scum of journalists” by Waltz and a “deceitful and highly discredited, so-called journalist who’s made a profession of peddling hoaxes time and time again” by Hegseth.

    Robert Dover of the University of Hull, whose research centres on intelligence and national security, believes this is a “national security blunder almost without parallel”. He points to the hypocrisy of people like Hegseth who savaged Hillary Clinton for using a private email server to conduct official business when she was secretary of state under Barack Obama.

    Dover also notes the damage the episode will have done to America’s already shaky relations with its allies in Europe. Being disparaged by the vice-president as freeloaders and dismissed by the defense secretary as “pathetic”, he believes, will be “difficult to unsee”.



    Read more:
    Signal chat group affair: unprecedented security breach will seriously damage US international relations

    But credit where it’s due, it appears that US diplomacy may at least be bearing some – limited – fruit. At least, that is, if the two partial ceasefires recently negotiated between Russia and Ukraine actually materialise. That’s a fairly big if, of course. Despite a pledge by both sides that they could support a deal to avoid targeting each other’s energy infrastructure, there’s no sign yet of a cessation of attacks.

    And there has been a degree of scepticism over the recently announced plan for a maritime ceasefire to allow the free passage of shipping on the Black Sea. Critics say this favours Russia far more than Ukraine. Over the course of the war, Ukraine has successfully driven Russia’s Black Sea fleet away from its base in Crimea, giving it the upper hand in the maritime war. But maritime strategy expert, Basil Germond, says the situation is more nuanced, and the deal represents considerable upside for Ukraine as well.



    Read more:
    Russia has most to gain from Black Sea ceasefire – but it’s marginal, and Ukraine benefits too

    Setting aside America’s eventful recent forays into foreign relations, there’s a major domestic fix brewing which many US legal scholars believe could plunge the country into a constitutional crisis.

    Anne Richardson Oakes, an expert in US constitutional law at Birmingham City University, anticipates a potential clash between between the executive and the judiciary which could threaten the separation of powers that lies at the heart of American democracy.

    Oakes observes there are more than 130 legal challenges to Trump administration policies presently before the courts, some of which will end up in front of America’s highest legal authority, the Supreme Court, which is tasked with assessing the constitutionality of those policies. She warns that we’ve already seen evidence that Trump and his senior officials resent what they consider to be interference from the judiciary into the legitimate executive power of the elected president.

    Will there be a stand-off where the Trump administration simply ignores the Supreme Court’s ruling? It’s happened before, says Oakes. In the mid-20th century, in Little Rock, Arkansas, when the governor used the state’s national guard to prevent the court-ordered desegregation of public schools. On that occasion the then president, Dwight D. Eisenhower, sent in federal troops to enforce the court’s ruling and a constitutional crisis was averted.



    Read more:
    US stands on the brink of a constitutional crisis as Donald Trump takes on America’s legal system

    But what if it’s the serving president who chooses to ignore a Supreme Court ruling? This was the case in the 1830s when greedy cotton farmers in Georgia were bent on forcing the Native American peoples off their lands. The Cherokee actually took the state of Georgia to the Supreme Court, which ruled that as a “dependent nation” within the United States they were entitled to the protection of the federal government and that the state of Georgia had no right to order their removal.

    As historian Sean Lang of Anglia Ruskin University recounts, Georgia ignored the Supreme Court’s ruling and sent in troops to expel the Cherokee who were then forced to move to new lands in a journey known as the “Train of Tears”. Lang writes that then US president, Andrew Jackson, a populist advocate of states’ rights and former “Indian fighter”, ignored the Supreme Court’s ruling, “sneering that [Chief Justice John] Marshall had no means of enforcing it”.

    Lang concludes: “It’s a history lesson Greenlanders, Mexicans and Canadians – and indeed many Americans who may fall foul of this administration and seek recourse to the law – would do well to study.”



    Read more:
    Trump’s America is facing an Andrew Jackson moment – and it’s bad news for the constitution

    Trump’s chilling effect

    The Trump administration’s antipathy towards judges who have opposed its policies have extended towards those law firms who have in some way crossed the US president. But the legal system is not the only sector to feel the chilling effect of Trump’s displeasure, writes Dafydd Townley.

    The world of higher education in the US is also apprehensive after the administration went after Columbia University, home to some of the most outspoken protest over US policies towards Israel and Gaza. Columbia has recently had to agree to allow the administration to “review” some of its academic programmes, starting with its Middle Eastern studies, after the administration threatened to cancel US$400 million (£310 million) of government contracts with the university.

    The news media is also under heavy pressure. The administration has taken control of the White House press pool from the non-partisan White House Correspondents’ Association and has blackballed Associated Press for refusing to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. We’ve also seen Trump himself bring lawsuits against media organisations he judges to have crossed him. And now the president has called for the defunding of America’s two biggest public broadcasters, NPR and PBL, for what he perceives as their liberal bias.

    Townley, an expert in US politics at the University of Portsmouth is concerned that this all adds up to a deliberate attempt to cripple institutions which underwrite American democracy.



    Read more:
    Donald Trump’s ‘chilling effect’ on free speech and dissent is threatening US democracy

    Popularity falls as prices rise

    Trump’s leadership continues to be very polarising, writes Paul Whiteley, a political scientist and polling specialist at the University of Essex, who has spent years studying political trends in the US. Looking at the most recent numbers, Whiteley finds that while Trump’s approval ratings are fairly steady at 48% approval and 49% disapproval, when you dig down you find that only 6% of registered Democrats approve of his performance, while 93% disapprove. For registered Republicans it’s almost exactly the opposite.

    Whiteley takes his analysis further, looking at measures such as consumer sentiment, which has fallen sharply since January, with talk of tariffs and the return of inflation affecting people’s confidence in the economy. He points out there tends to be a fairly strong historical correlation between confidence in the economy and popular approval of a president’s performance.



    Read more:
    Three graphs that show what’s happening with Donald Trump’s popularity

    Another factor which will surely affect people’s confidence in the government are the job losses flowing from Elon Musk’s work as “efficiency tsar”. Thomas Gift, the director of the Centre on US Politics at University College London, believes that federal job losses as a result of Musk’s cuts are spread indiscriminately among Democrat and Republican states. As a result there may be some Republican voters who are experiencing what he calls “buyer’s remorse”.

    At the same time, rising inflation is flowing into the cost of living, something many people voted for Trump to punish the Democrats for. As Gift points out, both parties are experiencing a dip in support at present as people reject politics for having a generally negative effect on their lives. But from now, it’ll be the Republicans who will feel the sting of popular disapproval more keenly.



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    – ref. Signal-gate: a national security blunder ‘almost without parallel’ – https://theconversation.com/signal-gate-a-national-security-blunder-almost-without-parallel-253245

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  • MIL-OSI Security: KC Man Sentenced for Illegal Firearms

    Source: United States Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF)

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Mo. man has been sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

    Darren M. Wood, 28, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips on Wednesday, March 26, to 5 years in federal prison without parole.

    On Nov. 20, 2024, Wood pleaded guilty to one count of possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime.

    On Sept. 15, 2023, officers from the Belton, Mo. Police Department were dispatched on a suspicious activity call for someone sleeping in a vehicle.  Wood exited the vehicle when officers began approaching the vehicle.

    Officers observed a Glock 19, 9mm pistol in the front driver’s seat.  The firearm was loaded with one round in the chamber and a fully loaded 15-round magazine. Officers searched Wood and located over $3,000 cash.  Officers searched the vehicle and located 285 blue tablets labeled “M30” which contained fentanyl, 20 alprazolam tablets, 4 clonazepam tablets, and 2 bottles containing liquid promethazine.

    Wood also possessed a black AR-15 style rifle with a loaded magazine and no serial number, which officers located in the vehicle’s trunk.

    This case was prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica L. Jennings It was investigated by the Belton, Mo. Police Department, the Jackson County Drug Task Force, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

    Project Safe Neighborhoods

    This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Four Pomona Gang Members and Mexican Mafia Associates Found Guilty of Racketeering, Murder, Drug Trafficking, and Firearms Crimes

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    LOS ANGELES – Four Pomona gang members and Mexican Mafia associates were found guilty by a jury today of a series of racketeering-related crimes, including the murder of a federal inmate at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in downtown Los Angeles in June 2020.

    At the conclusion of a 20-day trial, the following defendants – all of Pomona – were found guilty of one count of conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, one count of violent crimes in aid of racketeering (VICAR) murder, and one count of first-degree murder within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States:

    • Michael Lerma, 68, a.k.a. “Pomona Mike” and “Big Mike;”
    • Carlos Gonzalez, 41, a.k.a. “Popeye;”
    • Juan Sanchez, 33, a.k.a. “Squeaks;” and
    • Jose Valencia Gonzalez, 44, a.k.a. “Swifty.”

    The jury also found Lerma and Valencia Gonzalez guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances (methamphetamine and heroin) at MDC and in the Pomona area. Finally, the jury found Gonzalez and Valencia Gonzalez guilty each of one count of being felons in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Sanchez was found not guilty of one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.

    All the defendants have been in federal custody since 2018.

    “These defendants were key players in a criminal enterprise that committed murder, assault, and drug trafficking,” said Acting United States Attorney Joseph T. McNally. “Today’s verdict will take these offenders off our streets and make our community safer.”

    “This case makes it clear that gang violence by Mexican Mafia members and associates has not only been directed from the streets, but also from prisons in California,” said Akil Davis, the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office. “This lengthy investigation exemplifies the commitment by agencies at the federal, state and local level who’ve collaborated for several years on a task force to arrive at justice in this case.”

    According to evidence presented at trial, from February 2012 to June 2020, Lerma – a full member of the Mexican Mafia prison gang – controlled and extorted drug proceeds from Latino street gangs in and around Pomona, as well as from incarcerated Latinos in Calipatria State Prison in Imperial County. Members of Lerma’s criminal enterprise also engaged in robberies, identity theft and fraud, drug trafficking, and other acts of violence. 

    In June 2020, Carlos Gonzalez, Valencia Gonzalez, and Sanchez – at Lerma’s direction – entered the cell at MDC Los Angeles and killed a victim – identified in court documents as “S.B.” The defendants murdered S.B. in retaliation for S.B. failing to pay drug debts deemed owed to Lerma’s cell of the Mexican Mafia prison gang. 

    United States District Judge George H. Wu will schedule sentencing hearings in the coming months, at which time each defendant will face a mandatory sentence of life in federal prison.

    Federal prosecutors so far have secured 16 convictions in this case, including that of Cheryl Perez-Castaneda, 62, of Pomona, who is serving a 12-year prison sentence for using her power on the street as a “señora” – a high-level female associate of Lerma’s – to solicit a murder and for participating in a carjacking attempt that resulted in the July 2013 shooting of M.A.

    Kelly Deshannon, 43, of La Verne, is serving a prison sentence of more than seven years for serving as a “secretary” to Lerma and for facilitating the July 2013 armed robbery of M.A. and for extortion and distributing narcotics.

    The FBI’s San Gabriel Valley Safe Streets Task Force (SGVSSTF), which is comprised of agents and officers with the FBI, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the Pomona Police Department, the El Monte Police Department, and the Drug Enforcement Administration, investigated this matter in conjunction with the FBI’s Los Angeles Metropolitan Violent Crime Task Force. The Pomona Police Department is the sponsoring agency of the SGVSSTF and has been the headquarters for the task force since its inception in 2008.          

    Assistant United States Attorneys Kyle W. Kahan and Jason A. Gorn of the International Narcotics, Money Laundering, and Racketeering Section, and Assistant United States Attorney Kellye M. Ng of the Violent and Organized Crime Section are prosecuting this case.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Durbin, Senate Judiciary Democrats Send Letter To Deputy Director Bongino Raising Concerns Over His Ability To Lead The FBI

    US Senate News:

    Source: United States Senator for Illinois Dick Durbin

    March 28, 2025

    Senators to FBI Deputy Director Bongino: “As the newly appointed Deputy Director, your past public statements raise concerns about your ability to impartially lead the Bureau and credibly command the respect of its workforce”

    WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Adam Schiff (D-CA) sent a letter to the Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Dan Bongino, raising serious concerns over his ability to lead the Bureau with FBI Director Kash Patel. Deputy Director Bongino is a former conservative political commentator, podcast host, and conspiracy theorist peddler. The position of the FBI Deputy Director is not Senate-confirmed.

    The Senators wrote, “As the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) finalizes its new leadership structure, we are deeply concerned that Director Kash Patel’s senior leadership team is unprepared forthe challenges of managing our nation’s premier law enforcement agency and its approximately 38,000 public servants.”

    “As the newly appointed Deputy Director, your past public statements—which include inflammatory remarks and unsubstantiated accusations against the FBI, including calling for the Bureau’s disbandment—raise concerns about your ability to impartially lead the Bureau and credibly command the respect of its workforce. Your record, on the other hand, does not reflect the expertise required to manage the FBI’s complex and expansive operations,” the Senators continued.

    In the letter, the Senators ask for clarification regarding Deputy Director Bongino’s past controversial comments including when he said on his podcast, “The only thing that is going to stop the FBI from doing what they’re doing now, which is become full-time activists and bouncers, in many cases, thugs for the Democrat [sic] party, is imposing real material losses on them (emphasis added). Fire everyone involved in this stuff. Everyone—no excuses. Disband the entity.”

    On November 14, 2024, Deputy Director Bongino described the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and the placement of pipe bombs outside of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Republican National Committee (RNC) headquarters as an “inside job” and said, “There is a massive cover-up, because the person who planted those pipe bombs—they don’t want you to know who it was, because it’s either a connected anti-Trump insider, or this was an inside job. Those bombs were planted there. This was a setup. I have zero doubt… And whoever goes into FBI… you better get an answer… about why.” He continued to say, “It is clear, this all adds up to they know who this person is. They just don’t want you to know who this it is. Later in the podcast, Bongino went on to say that “the FBI knew the entire time the identity of this person and then tried to unknow it, because it was an insider and an inside attack and a plot to, you know, stop Republicans from questioning the election results.”

    The Senators continued, “Your claim that the FBI is responsible for a cover-up is an extremely serious allegation that you have an obligation either to substantiate or repudiate. Now that you have access to the information you have long claimed that the FBI possesses, can you answer who was responsible for the pipe bombs on January 6, 2021 and provide evidence proving their identity to the public and Congress? If no, will you apologize to the men and women of the FBI for spreading this dangerous and irresponsible lie?”

    The Senators asked for clarification of these statements by April 11, 2025.

    The full text of the letter can be found here and below:

    Dear Deputy Director Bongino:

    As the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) finalizes its new leadership structure, we are deeply concerned that Director Kash Patel’s senior leadership team is unprepared for the challenges of managing our nation’s premier law enforcement agency and its approximately 38,000 public servants. As the newly appointed Deputy Director, your past public statements—which include inflammatory remarks and unsubstantiated accusations against the FBI, including calling for the Bureau’s disbandment—raise concerns about your ability to impartially lead the Bureau and credibly command the respect of its workforce. The Deputy Director oversees all FBI domestic and international investigative and intelligence activities and has historically been a career agent with extensive experience in the Bureau. Your record, on the other hand, does not reflect the expertise required to manage the FBI’s complex and expansive operations. To help address these concerns, we ask that you answer the following questions by April 11, 2025:

    1. You previously said, “We don’t just fire the people who did this. Everyone who stood by and did nothing while the Department of Justice and the FBI have been ravaged, ravaged by ‘corruptocrats’ [sic].Everyone gets fired. Everyone (emphasis added).” As Deputy Director, do you still believe that every one of the FBI’s employees who “stood by” should be fired? How do you intend to determine which of the FBI’s approximately 38,000 employees “stood by”?
    2. On September 26, 2022, you said on your podcast: “The only thing that is going to stop the FBI from doing what they’re doing now, which is become full-time activists and bouncers, in many cases, thugs for the Democrat [sic] party, is imposing real material losses on them (emphasis added). Fire everyone involved in this stuff. Everyone—no excuses. Disband the entity.” Now that you are a member of the Bureau’s senior leadership team, do you believe the thousands of personnel who report to you still need to suffer “real material losses”? Do you still believe the FBI should be disbanded? If yes, how do you plan on implementing such an agenda?
    3. On August 29, 2024, in response to the FBI releasing information about the Butler assassination attempt, you posted: “Folks, the FBI is at it again. I don’t trust these people at all.” How can the FBI’s career law enforcement personnel earn your trust in light of this statement? Conversely, how do you intend to earn their trust when you have spent years attacking their integrity?
    4. On November 14, 2024, you described the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol and the placement of pipe bombs outside of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Republican National Committee (RNC) headquarters as an “inside job” and said:

    There is a massive cover-up, because the person who planted those pipe bombs—they don’t want you to know who it was, because it’s either a connected anti-Trump insider, or this was an inside job. Those bombs were planted there. This was a setup. I have zero doubt…. And whoever goes into FBI… you better get an answer… about why.

    Now that you are inside the FBI, have you seen evidence to prove your implausible and outrageous allegation that the January 6 attack was an “inside job”? If yes, when do you plan to provide that evidence to the public and Congress? If no, will you apologize to the American people for perpetuating this baseless conspiracy theory?

    1. Earlier this year, you said on your podcast about the unsolved January 6, 2021 pipe bombs case:

    It is clear, this all adds up to they know who this person is. They just don’t want you to know who this it is. Later in the podcast, you went on to say that “the FBI knew the entire time the identity of this person and then tried to unknow it, because it was an insider and an inside attack and a plot to, you know, stop Republicans from questioning the election results.

    You then claimed that “they did conduct an investigation, a legitimate one, for probably a couple of weeks because a friend of mine, who’s a federal agent, was involved in it. And they told him, once they started to hone in on who it was, to stand down.” We are disappointed that the pipe bomb case remains unsolved, given the significant danger this threat presented to the public, staff, and elected officials at the RNC and DNC on January 6, 2021. Your claim that the FBI is responsible for a cover-up is an extremely serious allegation that you have an obligation either to substantiate or repudiate. Now that you have access to the information you have long claimed that the FBI possesses, can you answer who was responsible for the pipe bombs on January 6, 2021 and provide evidence proving their identity to the public and Congress? If no, will you apologize to the men and women of the FBI for spreading this dangerous and irresponsible lie?

    Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

    Sincerely,

    -30-

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  • MIL-OSI Security: U.S. Attorney’s Office Charges 260 Individuals for Immigration-Related Criminal Conduct in Arizona This Week

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    PHOENIX, Ariz. – During this week of enforcement operations from March 22, 2025, through March 28, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona brought immigration-related criminal charges against 260 defendants. Specifically, the United States filed 96 cases in which aliens illegally re-entered the United States, and the United States also charged 155 aliens for illegally entering the United States.  In its ongoing effort to deter unlawful immigration, the United States also filed 9 cases against 9 individuals responsible for smuggling illegal aliens into and within the District of Arizona. 

    These cases were referred or supported by federal law enforcement partners, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ICE ERO), ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), U.S. Border Patrol, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

    Recent matters of interest include:

    United States v. Greiby Melissa Barcelo-Velasquez: On March 25, 2025, Greiby Melissa Barcelo-Velasquez, a Columbian national, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for Conspiracy to Encourage and Induce an Alien to Unlawfully Enter the United States. Since approximately June 2023, Barcelo-Velasquez coordinated the smuggling of over 100 illegal aliens from Columbia to the United States using her travel company, Baul Travel SAS. This case is the result of the coordinated efforts of Joint Task Force Alpha. Case No. CR-24-00392-PHX-JJT.

    RELEASE NUMBER:    2025-044_March 28 Immigration Enforcement

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    For more information on the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/az/
    Follow the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona, on X @USAO_AZ for the latest news.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Three Individuals Charged with Illegal Re-Entry and Other Offenses

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Three individuals were indicted by a federal grand jury in separate cases this week for illegally re-entering the United States after they were previously deported.

    Mexican National Indicted for Illegal Reentry

    According to an indictment returned this week, Jesus Enriquez-Vasquez, 32, who was previously removed from the United States on January 24, 2019, was charged with illegal reentry by a previously deported alien.  He has never applied to the Attorney General of the United States and/or the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security for permission to reenter the United States.  On March 3, 2025, he was found voluntarily back in the United States.

    Guatemalan National Charged in Indictment

    In addition, Victor Hugo Vasquez Perez, 31, a citizen of Guatemala residing in Independence, Mo.,  was found illegally present in the United States and charged with possession of a fraudulent immigration document, possession of identification documents unlawfully produced, and improper entry.  

    Honduran National Charged in Indictment

    In addition, Noe Alberto Hernandez-Perez, 31, a citizen of Honduras residing in Kansas City, Mo.,  was charged with illegal reentry by a previously deported alien and resisting and impeding an officer.

    According to the indictment, Hernandez-Perez was previously removed from the United States on June 12, 2015. He has never applied to the Attorney General of the United States and/or the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security for permission to reenter the United States. On March 16, 2025, he was found voluntarily back in the United States.   

    The charges contained in these indictments are simply accusations, and not evidence of guilt. Evidence supporting the charges must be presented to a federal trial jury, whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence.

    These cases were investigated by ICE Homeland Security Investigations.

    Operation Take Back America

    These cases are part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Armed Serial Robber of Five Cash Stores Convicted at Trial

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    An armed serial robber and convicted felon was found guilty by a jury on March 26, 2025, of robbing five cash loan businesses across the Fort Worth metroplex in May 2024, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.

    Charles Lenard Brownlee, 37, was charged via criminal complaint in July 2024 and indicted in August 2024.  After two-and-a-half days of trial, a jury convicted him of one count of Hobbs Act Conspiracy to Interfere with Commerce by Robbery, five counts of Hobbs Act Interference with Commerce by Robbery, five counts of Using, Carrying, and Brandishing a Firearm during a Crime of Violence, and one count of Felon in Possession of a Firearm.

    According to evidence presented at trial, between May 9 and May 21, 2024, Brownlee robbed at gunpoint five Cash Store businesses in Grand Prairie, Fort Worth, Euless, Hurst, and Grapevine. Trying to conceal his identity, Brownlee covered his face with a medical mask and wore different baseball caps and outfits for the robberies. 

    Reviewing hours of surveillance footage from nearby businesses and other camera systems, detectives from the Grand Prairie, Fort Worth, Euless, Hurst, and Grapevine police departments ascertained that Brownlee used the same vehicle—a black Hyundai Santa Fe equipped with a blue fuzzy steering-wheel cover—to drive to and from each of the five robberies.

    At trial, the jury heard from an eyewitness who observed the robber drop a Black & Mild cigarillo as he was running from one of the robberies and thereafter enter the backseat of a black SUV that had a blue fuzzy covering on its steering wheel.  Law enforcement collected that cigarillo for DNA testing, and the DNA test results were consistent with Brownlee being the robber from that incident.

    The jury also heard testimony from a member of the FBI’s Cellular Analysis Survey Team who testified that the cellular phones tied to Brownlee placed him at or near each Cash Store location when it was robbed.

    For two of the robberies, Brownlee enlisted the help of his girlfriend and co-conspirator, who testified that she and Brownlee conspired to rob the Fort Worth and Euless Cash Stores—driving there together in the black Hyundai SUV and with her serving as Brownlee’s getaway driver. She also testified that after committing these “licks” (robberies), Brownlee planned to target jewelry stores and ultimately obtained a Mini Draco-style firearm to do so, since that gun had more “muscle.”

    Shortly after committing the May 21 Grapevine robbery, Brownlee was arrested, and—upon searching the vehicle he was in—law enforcement found a black leather bag that Brownlee used in the Hurst and Grapevine robberies, a blue hat that Brownlee wore during the Euless robbery, a disposable medical mask matching what he wore for all of the robberies, and two loaded firearms—a black Smith & Wesson handgun matching the make and model of the gun identified by one of the victim-witnesses and a Century Arms Mini Draco AK-style pistol. Law enforcement also seized the black Hyundai Santa Fe with the blue fuzzy steering wheel cover, which at the time was being driven by Brownlee’s sister.

    Brownlee’s cell phone showed that he had conducted multiple online searches of and for Cash Stores during the time span of the robbery spree and that he ran searches for nearby jewelry stores and where to purchase a Mini Draco gun. The jury also saw videos and images from Brownlee’s and his co-conspirator’s phones showing them posing with piles of cash and Brownlee smoking a Black & Mild cigarillo like that observed to have been dropped by the perpetrator of the Euless robbery.

    Brownlee now faces a statutory minimum of 35 years and up to life in federal prison. His sentencing date is set for July 11, 2025, before the Honorable Reed O’Connor, who also presided over this trial.

    Brownlee’s co-conspirator pled guilty to one count of Hobbs Act Conspiracy to Interfere with Commerce by Robbery and faces a statutory maximum of 20 years in federal prison. She is set to be sentenced on April 8, 2025.

    “A strong relationship with our local law enforcement partners is crucial to tackling violent crime,” said FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge R. Joseph Rothrock. “The collaboration with multiple agencies from Tarrant County resulted in a successful guilty verdict and sends a message that we will not tolerate acts of violent crime in our communities.”

    Acting U.S. Attorney Chad E. Meacham praised the joint efforts of all law enforcement agencies involved in the case, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Dallas Field Office, Fort Worth Resident Agency, Grand Prairie Police Department, Fort Worth Police Department, Euless Police Department, Hurst Police Department, and Grapevine Police Department.  Assistant U.S. Attorneys Eric B. Chen and Levi Thomas prosecuted and tried the case.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Gordon for the Northern District of Texas provided appellate support. 

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  • MIL-OSI Security: St. Joseph Man Charged with Aggravated Identity Theft of Minnesota Man

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A St. Joseph, Mo., man was charged in a federal indictment this week with aggravated identity theft and misuse of a social security number.

    Romeo Perez-Bravo, 42, has been charged with using a stolen identity to obtain employment and state issued identification cards since 2009. The Social Security Administration’s Office of the Inspector General received a referral from the St. Joseph, Missouri Police Department that a man had been fraudulently living and working under a Minnesota man’s identity. SSA-OIG identified him as Perez-Bravo who had been living in St. Joseph and working for local area employers under that identity for several years. The victim reported the identity theft when he began to receive unpaid income tax bills from the IRS.   

    If convicted, Perez-Bravo faces a mandatory two-year prison sentence for identity theft and up to five years for misusing the social security number.

    The charges contained in this indictment are simply accusations, and not evidence of guilt. Evidence supporting the charges must be presented to a federal trial jury, whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence.

    This case was investigated by Social Security Administration’s Office of Inspector General (SSA-OIG), ICE Homeland Security Investigations, St. Joseph, Missouri Police Department, and the Olivia, Minnesota Police Department.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: CEO of Company that Owned Rights to Notorious Drug Lord’s Name Extradited to United States to Face Fraud, Money Laundering Counts

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    LOS ANGELES – A Swedish national was extradited from Spain and was arraigned today on a 115-count federal indictment alleging he licensed the rights of the late Colombian narcoterrorist Pablo Escobar and defrauded investors by marketing and selling products – including flamethrowers and cellphones – that he never delivered.

    Olaf Kyros Gustafsson, 31, a.k.a. “El Silencio,” arrived in Los Angeles this morning after Spanish authorities extradited him. Gustafsson is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud, nine counts of wire fraud, three counts of mail fraud, one count of conspiracy to engage in money laundering, 41 counts of money laundering, 35 counts of international money laundering, and 25 counts of engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity.

    Gustafsson was arrested in Spain in December 2023 and was arraigned this afternoon in United States District Court in downtown Los Angeles. Gustafsson pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. A May 20 trial date was scheduled. A federal magistrate judge scheduled an April 3 detention hearing. Gustafsson remains in federal custody. 

    According to the indictment, Gustafsson was the CEO of Escobar Inc., a corporation registered in Puerto Rico that held successor-in-interest rights to the persona and legacy of Pablo Escobar, the deceased Colombian narcoterrorist and head of the Medellín Cartel. Escobar Inc. used Pablo Escobar’s likeness and persona to market and sell purported consumer products to the public.

    From July 2019 to November 2023, Gustafsson identified existing products in the marketplace that were being manufactured and sold to the public. He then used the Escobar persona to market and advertise similar and competing products purportedly being sold by Escobar Inc., advertising them at a price substantially lower than existing counterparts being sold by other companies.

    Gustafsson then purportedly sold the products – including an Escobar Flamethrower, an Escobar Fold Phone, an Escobar Gold 11 Pro Phone, and Escobar Cash (marketed as a “physical cryptocurrency”) – to customers, receiving payments via PayPal, Stripe, Coinbase, among other payment processors.

    Despite receiving customer payments, Gustafsson did not deliver the Escobar Inc. products to paying customers because the products did not exist.

    In furtherance of the scheme, Gustafsson sent crudely made samples of the purported Escobar Inc. products to online technology reviewers and social media influencers to attempt to increase the public’s demand for them. For example, Gustafsson allegedly sent Samsung Galaxy Fold Phones wrapped in gold foil and disguised as Escobar Inc. phones to online technology reviewers to attempt to induce victims who watched the online reviews into buying the products that never would be delivered.

    Also, rather than sending paying customers the actual products, Gustafsson mailed them a “Certificate of Ownership,” a book or other Escobar Inc. promotional materials so there was a record of mailing from the company to the customer. When a paying customer attempted to obtain a refund when the product was never delivered, Gustafsson fraudulently referred the payment processor to the proof of mailing for the Certificate of Ownership or other material as proof that the product itself was shipped and that the customer had received it so the refund requests would be denied.

    Some of the victims include residents of Los Angeles, Gardena, and Commerce.

    Gustafsson allegedly also caused bank accounts to be opened under his name and entities he controlled to be used as funnel accounts – bank accounts into which he deposited and withdrew proceeds derived from his criminal activities. The purpose was to conceal and disguise the nature, location, source, ownership, and control of the proceeds. The bank accounts were located in the United States, Sweden, and the United Arab Emirates.

    An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

    IRS Criminal Investigation, the FBI, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation-Office of Inspector General are investigating this matter, with assistance from the Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs, the United States Marshals Service, and the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation.

    Assistant United States Attorney Joshua O. Mausner of the Violent and Organized Crime Section is prosecuting this case.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Fitchburg Man Sentenced to 7 Years for Role in Drug Trafficking Organization

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that David Junius, 47, of Fitchburg, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 7 years in federal prison for possessing 500 or more grams of cocaine intended for distribution. Junius pleaded guilty to this charge on December 19, 2024.

    In late 2022, agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Federal Bureau of Investigation began investigating a large cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking organization operating in Portage, Madison, and La Crosse. Intercepted phone communications in April 2023 led to the surveillance of a delivery of 4 kilograms of cocaine from Junius to other individuals. Further investigation led agents to a storage unit in Madison rented and regularly accessed by Junius in which police found almost 1½ kilograms of cocaine and $20,000 in U.S. currency.   

    In sentencing Junius, Judge Peterson expressed concern that despite Junius’s extensive criminal history, which included nine prior convictions for drug-related offenses, Junius again became involved in drug trafficking. Judge Peterson found that Junius played a significant role in the drug organization by storing drugs and cash, as well as by making deliveries. Judge Peterson further found that such large-scale trafficking encouraged criminal enterprises and violence in the community.

    Junius’s co-defendant, Angel Flores, also pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges and is scheduled to be sentenced on April 3, 2025.

    The charge against Junius was the result of an investigation conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration, FBI, Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation, Dane County Narcotics Task Force, and Madison Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Robert Anderson and William M. Levins prosecuted this case.

    The investigation was conducted and funded by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), a multi-agency task force that coordinates long-term narcotics trafficking investigations.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Southern District charges 265 individuals in border security-related cases this week

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    HOUSTON – A total of 257 cases have been filed in relation to immigration and border security from March 21-27, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. 

    Of those, 98 face allegations of illegally re-entering the country with the majority having felony convictions such as narcotics, violent and/or sexual crimes and prior immigration offenses, among others. A total of 132 face charges of illegally entering the country, 23 cases involve various instances of human smuggling, and the remainder relate to firearms and other immigration matters.

    Among those charged as part of these new cases include two illegal alien human smugglers who engaged in a dangerous pursuit and crash (pictures attached). Jose Manuel Zamarripa-Torres picked up brush guide Daniel Flores-Hernandez and four illegal aliens who had crossed the Rio Grande in a raft, according to the allegations. Authorities attempted to stop the SUV he was driving, but the charges allege he fled which resulted in a 6.1-mile pursuit with Zamarripa-Torres ultimately crashing into an occupied civilian vehicle, a power pole and fence. If convicted, they both face up to 10 years in federal prison.

    Other relevant cases announced this week include a 20-year-old Mexican national affiliated with Cartel Del Noreste (CDN) was sentenced in Laredo for illegally possessing thousands of rounds of ammunition. Charbel Garza Macias admitted it was to be smuggled into Mexico and that it was for the CDN. In handing down the 63-month sentence, the court noted Macias was providing tools of war to a brutal criminal organization.

    In Corpus Christi, a jury convicted Cuban citizen Jorge Grimon Maturell for transporting seven illegal aliens in a tractor-trailer. They had been hiding in the corner of the sleeper area and underneath a mattress. Maturell had directed the illegal aliens where to hide when entering his vehicle and to not make any noise when they arrived at the checkpoint. As a result of the verdict, he is now in custody.

    The last of five members of an alien smuggling group also learned his fate for leading the conspiracy. Jaquon Davis was a long-time alien smuggler who recruited several people. On March 19, 2024, Davis and four others travelled in three cars using an access road in an attempt to avoid law enforcement. Authorities ultimately pulled them over and discovered a total of 12 illegal aliens in the vehicles. One was concealed in a box located in a truck bed. Davis will now serve 44 months for leading and coordinating the event.

    These cases were referred or supported by federal law enforcement partners, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – Homeland Security Investigations, ICE – Enforcement and Removal Operations, Border Patrol, Drug Enforcement Administration, FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, Department of Health and Human Services – Office of Inspector General and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with additional assistance from state and local law enforcement partners.

    The cases are part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces and Project Safe Neighborhood.

    Under current leadership, public safety and a secure border are the top priorities for the Southern District of Texas (SDTX). Enhanced enforcement both at the border and in the interior of the district have yielded aliens engaged in unlawful activity or with serious criminal history, including human trafficking, sexual assault and violence against children.  

    The SDTX remains one of the busiest in the nation. It represents 43 counties and more than nine million people covering 44,000 square miles. Assistant U.S. Attorneys from all seven divisions including Houston, Galveston, Victoria, Corpus Christi, Brownsville, McAllen and Laredo work directly with our law enforcement partners on the federal, state and local levels to prosecute the suspected offenders of these and other federal crimes.

    An indictment or criminal complaint is a formal accusation of criminal conduct, not evidence. A defendant is presumed innocent unless convicted through due process of law.

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  • MIL-OSI: Ninepoint Partners Announces Final March 2025 Cash Distribution for Ninepoint Cash Management Fund – ETF Series

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    TORONTO, March 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ninepoint Partners LP (“Ninepoint Partners”) today announced the final March 2025 cash distribution for the Ninepoint Cash Management Fund – ETF Series. The record date for the distribution is March 31, 2025. This distribution is payable on April 7, 2025.

    The per-unit final March 2025 distribution is detailed below:

    Ninepoint ETF Series Ticker Cash Distribution per
    unit    		 Notional Distribution per
    unit    		 CUSIP
    Ninepoint Cash
    Management Fund    		 NSAV $0.12697 $0.00000 65443X105

    About Ninepoint Partners

    Based in Toronto, Ninepoint Partners LP is one of Canada’s leading alternative investment management firms overseeing approximately $7 billion in assets under management and institutional contracts. Committed to helping investors explore innovative investment solutions that have the potential to enhance returns and manage portfolio risk, Ninepoint offers a diverse set of alternative strategies spanning Equities, Fixed Income, Alternative Income, Real Assets, F/X and Digital Assets.

    For more information on Ninepoint Partners LP, please visit www.ninepoint.com or for inquiries regarding the offering, please contact us at (416) 943-6707 or (866) 299-9906 or invest@ninepoint.com.

    Ninepoint Partners LP is the investment manager to the Ninepoint Funds (collectively, the “Funds”). Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees, performance fees (if any), and other expenses all may be associated with investing in the Funds. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing. The information contained herein does not constitute an offer or solicitation by anyone in the United States or in any other jurisdiction in which such an offer or solicitation is not authorized or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such an offer or solicitation. Prospective investors who are not resident in Canada should contact their financial advisor to determine whether securities of the Fund may be lawfully sold in their jurisdiction.

    Please note that distribution factors (breakdown between income, capital gains and return of capital) can only be calculated when a fund has reached its year-end. Distribution information should not be relied upon for income tax reporting purposes as this is only a component of total distributions for the year. For accurate distribution amounts for the purpose of filing an income tax return, please refer to the appropriate T3/T5 slips for that particular taxation year. Please refer to the prospectus or offering memorandum of each Fund for details of the Fund’s distribution policy.

    The payment of distributions and distribution breakdown, if applicable, is not guaranteed and may fluctuate. The payment of distributions should not be confused with a Fund’s performance, rate of return, or yield. If distributions paid by the Fund are greater than the performance of the Fund, then an investor’s original investment will shrink. Distributions paid as a result of capital gains realized by a Fund and income and dividends earned by a Fund are taxable in the year they are paid. An investor’s adjusted cost base will be reduced by the amount of any returns of capital. If an investor’s adjusted cost base goes below zero, then capital gains tax will have to be paid on the amount below zero.

    Sales Inquiries:

    Ninepoint Partners LP
    Neil Ross
    416-945-6227
    nross@ninepoint.com

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