Britain Raises Alarm Over VASPs, EMIs and Soccer
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GENIUS Act passes, ex-FIU chief acquitted, and more, in the weekly roundup.
July 18, 2025
Britain Raises Alarm Over VASPs, EMIs and Soccer
By Koos Couvée
Britain's electronic payments and cryptocurrency sectors face more exposure to financial crime than they did five years ago.
July 18, 2025
EU Nations Pool Resources Against Crypto-enabled Illicit Finance
By Gabriel Vedrenne
Regulators in France, Germany, Belgium and five other nations have teamed up to procure a blockchain-screening tool.
July 18, 2025
Enforcement Actions
The Solicitors Regulation Authority entered into an agreement with the Poole, U.K.-based law firm that requires it to pay a £6,362 fine and investigation costs of £600 for breaches of anti-money laundering and counterterrorist financing requirements.
July 21, 2025
The Reserve Bank of India imposed a monetary fine of ₹1 lakh on the Dharwad, India-based bank for failure to comply with its know your customer obligations.
July 21, 2025
Legs & Regs
OSFI Publishes Threat Assessment on Crypto-Assets
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation published a threat assessment report on sanctions compliance in the crypto-assets sector, which includes case studies and information on enforcement activity to support a risk-based approach to financial sanctions compliance by crypto-asset firms.
July 21, 2025
DOJ Secures Prison Sentence for Lebanese National Involved in Sanctions Violations
Federal prosecutors announced that Brian Assi was sentenced to 44 months in prison following his conviction for violating U.S. sanctions laws by conspiring to export U.S.-manufactured heavy equipment to Iran.
July 21, 2025
UK Sanctions 135 Oil Tankers, Two Entities Involved in Russian Shadow Fleet Operations
The U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office announced sanctions measures targeting 135 oil tankers and two entities involved in Putin’s shadow fleet operations that are responsible for carrying $24 billion worth of cargo since the start of 2024.
July 21, 2025
UK NCA, FCA Issue Nine Financial Crime Priorities
The National Crime Agency and the Financial Conduct Authority published a set of nine economic crime priorities for the U.K. regulated sector that align with the jurisdiction’s new national risk assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing.
July 21, 2025
January 24, 2025
2025 looks increasingly likely to inaugurate a global golden era for digital assets, with the U.S. leading the way. This is less of a prediction and more of a fait accompli if you read mainstream news sources, let alone if you tune into the cryptocurrency trade press.
June 30, 2025
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.
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Breaking July 21, 2025: 12:30 pm ET
Breaking July 21, 2025: 10:01 am ET
GENIUS Act passes, ex-FIU chief acquitted, and more, in the weekly roundup.
July 18, 2025
Britain Raises Alarm Over VASPs, EMIs and Soccer
By Koos Couvée
Britain's electronic payments and cryptocurrency sectors face more exposure to financial crime than they did five years ago.
July 18, 2025
EU Nations Pool Resources Against Crypto-enabled Illicit Finance
By Gabriel Vedrenne
Regulators in France, Germany, Belgium and five other nations have teamed up to procure a blockchain-screening tool.
July 18, 2025
Enforcement Actions
The Solicitors Regulation Authority entered into an agreement with the Poole, U.K.-based law firm that requires it to pay a £6,362 fine and investigation costs of £600 for breaches of anti-money laundering and counterterrorist financing requirements.
July 21, 2025
The Reserve Bank of India imposed a monetary fine of ₹1 lakh on the Dharwad, India-based bank for failure to comply with its know your customer obligations.
July 21, 2025