Breaking August 4, 2025: 12:33 pm ET
Ex-FinCEN Chief Discusses AI, Investigative Trends and Tech Sprints
By Charlie Passut
Crypto Task Force Recommends ‘Tailored’ BSA Regs for VASPs
By Chelsea Carrick
FinCEN Flags Surge in Fraud, Money Laundering via Crypto Kiosks
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a public notice to urge financial institutions to scrutinize suspicious activity involving convertible virtual currency kiosks, commonly known as crypto ATMs.
GRECO Urges Additional Reforms to Strengthen Anti-Corruption Mechanisms of Spain
The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption published an addendum to the second compliance report on the corruption prevention and integrity measures of Spain with respect to central government functions and law enforcement agencies.
FinCEN Issues Updated Guidance on Fund Transfer Bans Involving Mexican Financial Institutions
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network published updated guidance in the form of frequently asked questions concerning orders which prohibit certain fund transfers involving three Mexico-based financial entities that were deemed primary money laundering concerns.
EPPO Conducts Cabo Verde Raids Linked to €35 Million VAT Fraud, ML Scheme
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office announced that it carried out searches in Cabo Verde as part of Investigation Ambrosia, an operation that targeted suspected laundering of proceeds from a €35 million VAT carousel fraud scheme.
In this episode of Financial Crime Matters, Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter-Extremism Project, and Kieran Beer, editor in chief of ACAMS moneylaundering.com, discuss how violent extremists raise and move funds.
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.
Breaking August 4, 2025: 12:33 pm ET
Ex-FinCEN Chief Discusses AI, Investigative Trends and Tech Sprints
By Charlie Passut
Crypto Task Force Recommends ‘Tailored’ BSA Regs for VASPs
By Chelsea Carrick