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Weekly Roundup: Sanctions Evasion Spikes in Baltics, China Blacklists US Lawmaker, and More

Reports filed on transactions suspected of violating or evading sanctions spiked in Latvia and Estonia from 2021 to 2022, ACAMS moneylaundering.com reported. More China imposed sanctions on U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, in the wake of the congressman's visit to Taiwan, Bloomberg reported. More Federal prosecutors in Manhattan unsealed fentanyl trafficking and money laundering charges against Sinaloa cartel leaders, including three sons of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, as well as against Chinese firms and individuals who allegedly supplied precursor chemicals used in the manufacture of the deadly synthetic drug. More Ukrainian authorities seized...

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