FATF Highlights Approach to Assessing AML/CTF Effectiveness, Technical Compliance
The Financial Action Task Force released guidance reminding jurisdictions of the effectiveness and technical compliance standards assessed as part of the group’s mutual evaluation process.
EU, Allies Commit to Sanctions, Security Guarantees for Ukraine
Members of the Coalition of the Willing, together with Ukraine and the United States, issued the Paris Declaration on Jan. 6, 2026, committing to legally and politically binding security guarantees to support a ceasefire and lasting peace in Ukraine.
US Extends General License Allowing Limited Administrative Payments in Russia
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control issued General License No. 13P to authorize U.S. persons to conduct limited administrative transactions in Russia that would otherwise be prohibited under Directive 4 of Executive Order 14024.
CRS Weighs Implications of US Capture of Maduro
A Congressional Research Service report outlines the legal and security considerations following the U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and transferred them to New York to face narco-terrorism, drug trafficking, and weapons charges.
In this episode of Financial Crime Matters, author Eddie Fishman and Kieran Beer, editor in chief of ACAMS moneylaundering.com, discuss the evolution, efficacy and limitations of U.S. financial sanctions.
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.
US Lawmakers Pitch Massive Cut to DOJ’s Anti-Drug, Counter-Illicit Finance Mission
By Charlie Passut
By Kieran Beer