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Banks pressure Syria, Bank of Lithuania vindicated, and more, in the weekly roundup.
June 20, 2025
FATF Raises Alarm Over WMD Financing
By Koos Couvée
The world's primary AML standard-setter warned Friday that the finances of WMD proliferation increasingly flow through Russia.
June 20, 2025
DOJ Details Complex Laundering Scheme, Targets Pig-Butchering Profits
By Charlie Passut
U.S. prosecutors allege that a pig-butchering network used accounts at OKX to launder $225 million stolen from hundreds of victims.
June 19, 2025
Fraudsters Follow Cartel Money-Laundering Playbook
By Charlie Passut
Criminals who defraud elderly citizens often use the same financial channels as Mexican drug cartels.
June 19, 2025
Malta doles out MiCA licenses, AMLA appoints vice-chair, and more, in the midweek roundup.
June 18, 2025
Enforcement Actions
The Solicitors Regulation Authority entered into an agreement with the London, U.K.-based sole practitioner to resolve anti-money laundering compliance failures that spanned over a decade.
June 20, 2025
The Solicitors Regulation Authority entered into a settlement with the London, U.K.-based firm that requires it to pay a £4,804 fine and investigation costs of £600 for breaches of anti-money laundering and counterterrorist financing requirements.
June 20, 2025
Legs & Regs
DFAT Highlights Sanctions Screening Requirements in Proposed AML/CTF Rules
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia issued a statement to clarify recent proposals to implement procedures for screening sanctions into anti-money laundering and counterterrorist financing rules for regulated entities.
June 20, 2025
FATF Reports on Weaknesses in Sanctions Enforcement, Cites Risks from Cryptocurrencies
The Financial Action Task Force published a report to warn that several jurisdictions are failing to fully implement and enforce targeted financial sanctions, particularly those related to terrorist financing and proliferation.
June 20, 2025
Treasury Department Targets Houthi Oil Trading, Shipping
The U.S. Treasury Department announced that the Office of Foreign Assets Control designated four individuals, 12 entities, and two vessels that have transported oil and other illicit goods in support of Ansarallah, which is commonly known as the Houthis.
June 20, 2025
OFAC Adds Five Individuals, 20 Entities to SDN List
The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department issued a notice concerning the addition of five individuals, 20 entities, and three vessels to the Specially Designated Nationals List with respect to Iran and counter terrorism issues.
June 20, 2025
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In the latest episode of Financial Crime Matters, Kieran Beer, editor in chief of ACAMS moneylaundering.com, talks with Sarah Paquet, director of the Financial Transaction Reports Analysis Centre, about Fintrac’s private-public partnerships and its sanctions regime against Russia.
May 8, 2025
In the latest episode of Sanctions Space, Justine Walker, head of global sanctions and risk at ACAMS, and Kimberly Donovan, director of the Atlantic Council’s economic statecraft initiative, discuss geopolitical trends, sanctions compliance and the emergence of a global "axis of evasion."
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Banks pressure Syria, Bank of Lithuania vindicated, and more, in the weekly roundup.
June 20, 2025
FATF Raises Alarm Over WMD Financing
By Koos Couvée
The world's primary AML standard-setter warned Friday that the finances of WMD proliferation increasingly flow through Russia.
June 20, 2025
DOJ Details Complex Laundering Scheme, Targets Pig-Butchering Profits
By Charlie Passut
U.S. prosecutors allege that a pig-butchering network used accounts at OKX to launder $225 million stolen from hundreds of victims.
June 19, 2025
Fraudsters Follow Cartel Money-Laundering Playbook
By Charlie Passut
Criminals who defraud elderly citizens often use the same financial channels as Mexican drug cartels.
June 19, 2025
Malta doles out MiCA licenses, AMLA appoints vice-chair, and more, in the midweek roundup.
June 18, 2025
Enforcement Actions
The Solicitors Regulation Authority entered into an agreement with the London, U.K.-based sole practitioner to resolve anti-money laundering compliance failures that spanned over a decade.
June 20, 2025
The Solicitors Regulation Authority entered into a settlement with the London, U.K.-based firm that requires it to pay a £4,804 fine and investigation costs of £600 for breaches of anti-money laundering and counterterrorist financing requirements.
June 20, 2025