European AML Supervisors Slow to Embrace Technology
By Koos Couvée
Paxos Penalty Raises Stakes for Other Binance Partners
By Chelsea Carrick
Britain’s New Sanctions Against Human Smugglers Spark Debate
By Koos Couvée
DOJ: Investment Advisor Indicted for $17.3 Million Fraud, ML Scheme
A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin returned an indictment against Stanley Pophal on seven counts of wire fraud and three counts of money laundering, alleging a multi-year scheme that defrauded at least 150 investors out of approximately $17.3 million.
US Sanctions Entities Connected to Violence, Illegal Mining in DRC
The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions targeting four entities for their roles in violence and the sale of critical minerals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including an armed group with a long history of destabilizing activities in the region.
OFAC Adds Four Entities to DRC Sanctions List
The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department added four entities to the Specially Designated Nationals List with respect to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
EBA Reports on SupTech Tools for AML/CTF Purposes
The European Banking Authority published an assessment of how EU and select third-country competent authorities are using supervisory technology, or suptech, to strengthen anti-money laundering and counterterrorist financing oversight.
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.
European AML Supervisors Slow to Embrace Technology
By Koos Couvée
Paxos Penalty Raises Stakes for Other Binance Partners
By Chelsea Carrick
Britain’s New Sanctions Against Human Smugglers Spark Debate
By Koos Couvée