
In this episode of Financial Crime Matters, Kieran Beer of ACAMS moneylaundering.com and Joby Carpenter, a former U.K. Financial Conduct Authority official now with ACAMS, discuss the current climate for cryptocurrencies.
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25
On Wednesday, January 25, 2023, a Swedish court cleared Swedbank’s former chief executive Birgitte Bonnesen of charges that she deliberately misled investors about the extent of the lender’s anti-money laundering failures in the Baltics. (Sofi Eriksson, News Øresund)
OFAC Adds Nice Entries to Burma Sanctions List
The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department issued a notice concerning the addition of six individuals and three entities to the Specially Designated Nationals List with respect to the sanctions regime against Burma.
FINTRAC Alerts to ML Linked to Wildlife Trade
The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada published an Operational Alert concerning money laundering tied to the illegal wildlife trade.
OECD Cautions Hungary on Deadline to Implement Anti-Corruption Recommendations
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development issued a statement concerning Hungary’s deficiency with respect to its OECD Anti-Bribery Convention commitments.
US Treasury Announces New Burma Sanctions
The U.S. Treasury announced that new sanctions were imposed on individuals and entities affiliated with the brutal military coup d’état that deposed Burma’s democratically elected government two years ago.
In this episode of Financial Crime Matters, Kieran Beer of ACAMS moneylaundering.com and Joby Carpenter, a former U.K. Financial Conduct Authority official now with ACAMS, discuss the current climate for cryptocurrencies.