FinCEN’s Data-Sharing Initiative Faces Uphill Climb
By Charlie Passut
At OCC, New Panel Vets VASP Charters
By Chelsea Carrick
Breaking September 30, 2025: 1:06 pm ET
DOJ: LA Fashion District Wholesaler, Executives Sentenced for Laundering Drug Proceeds
Federal prosecutors announced that C’est Toi Jeans Inc., a Los Angeles clothing importer, and two executives, Si Oh Rhew and Lance Rhew, were sentenced for laundering drug cash and falsifying customs declarations to avoid millions in tariffs.
UK Agencies Update Guidance on Information Sharing Under ECCT Act 2023
HM Treasury, Companies House, and other U.K. agencies updated joint guidance on utilizing the information sharing provisions introduced by sections 188 and 189 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023.
HMT Amends Entry on Iran Sanctions List
HM Treasury’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation issued a notice concerning amendments to one entry on the consolidated list with respect to the Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.
UK Amends Two Entries on Domestic Terrorism Sanctions List
HM Treasury’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation released a notice concerning amendments made to the consolidated list entries for two entities pursuant to the Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.
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.
FinCEN’s Data-Sharing Initiative Faces Uphill Climb
By Charlie Passut
At OCC, New Panel Vets VASP Charters
By Chelsea Carrick
Breaking September 30, 2025: 1:06 pm ET