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FinCEN Official Arrested, Accused of Leaking Thousands of SARs to Reporter

Russian developer Aras Agalorov, left, visits Kaliningrad Stadium in Russia on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. A U.S. Treasury Department official arrested in Virginia on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018 has been charged with leaking SARs filed on Agalorov and other individuals. (TASS/Alamy Live News/Vitaly Nevar)

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October 19 2018

Weekly Roundup: Nordea Bank Denies Money Laundering Allegations, Santander Under Tax Investigation in Germany, and More

HSBC former executive convicted of money laundering, Egmont Group suspends El Salvador, and more, in this week’s roundup.

October 19 2018

UK Defenses Against Money Launderers Overwhelmingly Effective: FATF

By : Koos Couvée

The United Kingdom has the most effective controls against money laundering and other financial crime out of 60 countries assessed by an intergovernmental group since 2013, according to an advanced copy of a report obtained by ACAMS moneylaundering.com.

October 18 2018

UK Legal Decision Impacts Suspicious Activity Reporting: Sources

By : Koos Couvée

A High Court ruling to allow a NatWest client to review suspicious activity reports filed on him by the U.K. lender may compel compliance officers to reconsider how they disclose potentially illicit transactions to the government, sources told ACAMS moneylaundering.com.

October 18 2018

Liquidating ABLV Bank: Latvia’s Money-Laundering Litmus Test

By : Koos Couvée

How do you supervise the dissolution of a dirty bank when your country is under intense international scrutiny for serving as a harbor and funnel for tens of billions of dollars in illicit wealth for decades? That is the question Latvian authorities must answer with ABLV Bank.

From the Editor: The Return of the FISA Debate?

August 21 2018

Deja vu: the release of the FBI’s application for a warrant to spy on Carter Page, pictured on the left, has restarted the debate over the legitimacy of the FISA Court, once the subject of an ACAMS conference panel in 2009. (AP Images)

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Legs & Regs

HM Treasury Publishes Updated Version of Asset Freeze Sanctions List

HM Treasury modified its Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets in the United Kingdom, which contains the names of designated individuals and entities subject to international asset freezing and domestic sanctions under the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010.
October 19 2018

HM Treasury Amends Entry on Islamic State Sanctions List

HM Treasury issued a notice concerning amendments made to the identifying information for one individual following changes to Council Regulation (EC) 881/2002, which imposes financial sanctions with regard to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and al-Qaida.
October 19 2018

FATF Publishes New Public Statement on Jurisdictions with Strategic AML/CTF Deficiencies

October 19 2018

FATF Publishes Outcomes of October Plenary

October 19 2018

FATF Highlights Jurisdictions Committed to Improving AML/CTF Compliance

October 19 2018
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Enforcement Actions

Latvia FCMC Fines LPB Bank Over €2.2 Million for AML/CTF Breaches

The Board of the Financial and Capital Market Commission of Latvia issued a €2,205,282 penalty against Riga, Latvia-based financial institution for breaching anti-money laundering and counterterrorist financing regulations.
October 19 2018

UK Gambling Commission: Paddy Power Betfair to Pay Over £2.2 Million for AML Failures

The Gambling Commission of the United Kingdom issued an order requiring a £1,717,121 payment in lieu of a financial penalty from the Dublin, Ireland-based bookmaking business for failing to carry out anti-money laundering checks.
October 16 2018

NYSDFS: Mashreqbank PSC, New York Branch to Pay $40 Million for AML/BSA Violations

October 10 2018

OFAC Fines JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. $5,263,171 for Violations of Multiple Sanctions Programs

October 5 2018

RBI Fines Federal Bank Limited for AML/KYC Failures

October 3 2018