Social Media’s Migration Towards Financial Services Complicates Compliance
By Chelsea Carrick
Breaking November 6, 2025: 11:37 am ET
Breaking November 6, 2025: 6:40 am ET
OFAC Removes Seven Individuals from Terrorism-Related Sanctions List
The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department issued a notice concerning the removal of seven individuals from the Specially Designated Nationals List with respect to counter terrorism issues.
AUSTRAC CEO Urges Banks to Strengthen Oversight of Tobacco Retailers
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre CEO Brendan Thomas urged Australia’s banks to strengthen oversight of tobacco retailers and convenience stores operating private ATMs and eftpos systems.
FATF, GIABA Hold Joint Experts Meeting in Ghana
The Financial Action Task Force and the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa held the Joint Experts Meeting 2025 in Ghana from Nov. 5 to Nov. 7, 2025.
NCA Recovers Dinosaur Fossils to Settle Unexplained Wealth Order
The U.K. National Crime Agency announced that it reached a settlement to recover assets worth more than £20 million from Binghai Su, a Chinese national linked to a money laundering investigation in Singapore.
In this episode of Financial Crime Matters, former federal investigator John Tobon and Kieran Beer, editor in chief of ACAMS moneylaundering.com, discuss underground banking in Latin America.
In the latest episode of Sanctions Space, Justine Walker, head of global sanctions and risk at ACAMS, and Stephanie Baker, author of 'Punishing Putin: Inside the Global Economic War to Bring Down Russia,' discuss sanctions loopholes Russia exploits to finance its war with Ukraine, and U.S. use of 'secondary tariffs' to deter purchases of Russian oil.
Social Media’s Migration Towards Financial Services Complicates Compliance
By Chelsea Carrick
Breaking November 6, 2025: 11:37 am ET
Breaking November 6, 2025: 6:40 am ET