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Malta doles out MiCA licenses, AMLA appoints vice-chair, and more, in the midweek roundup.
June 18, 2025
Criminals Using AI to Open Bank Accounts, Digital Wallets in Italy
By Gabriel Vedrenne
Evidence suggests that some Italian criminals now use automation to obtain financial services.
June 18, 2025
Financial Crime Matters: Author, Former Binance AML Chief Discuss Arrest, Investigations
By Kieran Beer
In this episode of Financial Crime Matters, author Andy Greenberg and Tigran Gambaryan, former head of financial crime compliance at Binance, join Kieran Beer, editor in chief of ACAMS moneylaundering.com, to discuss Gambaryan’s detention in Nigeria
June 17, 2025
Canadian AML Bill Spares Attorneys
By Charlie Passut
Pending legislation in Canada would do nothing to fill at least one persistent gap in the nation's AML framework.
June 16, 2025
U.S. prosecutors tackle transnational scheme, OFAC tags venture capital firm, and more, in the weekly roundup.
June 13, 2025
Enforcement Actions
The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland fined the Geneva-based bank CHF 2 million for organizational shortcomings that facilitated the illicit activities of a former relationship manager, who was convicted of aggravated money laundering with respect to $4.1 million in corrupt payments.
June 17, 2025
The Solicitors Regulation Authority entered into a regulatory settlement agreement with the Plymouth, U.K.-based firm that requires it to pay a financial penalty of £25,000 and investigation costs of £1,350 to resolve anti-money laundering and counterterrorist financing violations.
June 17, 2025
Legs & Regs
US Treasury Welcomes FATF Plenary Outcomes, Endorses New International Payments Standards
The U.S. Treasury Department welcomed the conclusion of a joint plenary meeting of the Financial Action Task Force and the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism on June 13, 2025.
June 18, 2025
Moneyval Publishes Follow-Up Report on AML Measures of Cyprus
The Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism released a follow-up report and technical compliance re-rating of the anti-money laundering and counterterrorist financing regime of Cyprus, citing enhancements.
June 18, 2025
FATF Finalizes Revisions to Recommendation 16 on Payment Transparency
The Financial Action Task Force revised Recommendation 16 to streamline international requirements regarding payment transparency to better detect and prevent financial crime.
June 18, 2025
UK Removes One Individual from Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions List
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation of HM Treasury issued a notice concerning the removal of one individual from the consolidated list pursuant to the Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021.
June 18, 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.
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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Malta doles out MiCA licenses, AMLA appoints vice-chair, and more, in the midweek roundup.
June 18, 2025
Criminals Using AI to Open Bank Accounts, Digital Wallets in Italy
By Gabriel Vedrenne
Evidence suggests that some Italian criminals now use automation to obtain financial services.
June 18, 2025
Financial Crime Matters: Author, Former Binance AML Chief Discuss Arrest, Investigations
By Kieran Beer
In this episode of Financial Crime Matters, author Andy Greenberg and Tigran Gambaryan, former head of financial crime compliance at Binance, join Kieran Beer, editor in chief of ACAMS moneylaundering.com, to discuss Gambaryan’s detention in Nigeria
June 17, 2025
Canadian AML Bill Spares Attorneys
By Charlie Passut
Pending legislation in Canada would do nothing to fill at least one persistent gap in the nation's AML framework.
June 16, 2025
U.S. prosecutors tackle transnational scheme, OFAC tags venture capital firm, and more, in the weekly roundup.
June 13, 2025
Enforcement Actions
The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland fined the Geneva-based bank CHF 2 million for organizational shortcomings that facilitated the illicit activities of a former relationship manager, who was convicted of aggravated money laundering with respect to $4.1 million in corrupt payments.
June 17, 2025
The Solicitors Regulation Authority entered into a regulatory settlement agreement with the Plymouth, U.K.-based firm that requires it to pay a financial penalty of £25,000 and investigation costs of £1,350 to resolve anti-money laundering and counterterrorist financing violations.
June 17, 2025