Two Men Plead Guilty to Ransomware Attack-Related Charges
Georgia resident Ryan Goldberg and Kevin Martin of Texas each pleaded guilty in the Southern District of Florida to conspiracy to obstruct, delay or affect commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce by extortion.
US Treasury Announces Sanctions Targeting Iran-Venezuela Weapons Trade
The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions targeting 10 individuals and entities for their roles in facilitating weapons trade between Iran and Venezuela, including a Venezuelan company linked to the sale of millions of dollars’ worth of unmanned aerial vehicles.
OFAC Adds Six Individuals, Four Entities to SDN List
The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department issued a notice concerning the addition of 10 entries to the Specially Designated Nationals List and the removal of six individuals from the sanctions list.
NCA Publishes SARs Annual Report for 2024-2025
The National Crime Agency published a report by the U.K. Financial Intelligence Unit on suspicious activity reporting in 2024–2025, highlighting a record year with more than 860,000 submissions and the highest value of assets ever denied through Defence Against Money Laundering requests.
In this episode of Financial Crime Matters, Sara Brimbeuf of Transparency International France joins Kieran Beer, editor in chief of ACAMS moneylaundering.com, to discuss her organization’s focus on corruption and recovery of stolen assets.
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.
By Kieran Beer
2nd Batch of Epstein Files Turns up Postmortem TD Bank SAR, Subpoenas of Multiple Banks
By Chelsea Carrick
Britain’s FCA Slashes AML Investigations
By Koos Couvée