This Week in AML

 

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UK Transparency in Art and Corporate Directors, STRs in Canada, and Sanctions Evasion

This week, John and Elliot discuss the regulatory action in the UK to require sellers of art to verify the identity of buyers and their source of...

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FATF Plenary, Influence and Sanctions, Financial Inclusion, and FINTRAC on Lawyers

This week, John and Elliot discuss the outcomes of the October FATF Plenary, a recent investigative report about former government officials giving...

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Challenges in Puerto Rico, Finfluencers, Axiom Bank, and FATF President’s Insights

This week, John and Elliot discuss remarks by the US Attorney for Puerto Rico, the UK’s FCA’s warning to “finfluencers” about not promoting scams on...

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BIS on Export Regs, Environmental Crime Report, US Canada Sanctions, and Making Contributions Safely

This week, John and Elliot discuss a new report from the FACT Coalition, Money Laundering from Environmental Crime: Typologies and Trends in...

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UNODC Report, Crypto & Disinformation, Starling Bank, and Hamas Sanctions

This week, John and Elliot discuss a new report from the UN Office of Drugs and Crime on Transnational Organized Crime and the Convergence of...

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Program Rule Comment Letter, DOJ Compliance Guidelines, Corruption Update, and FBI Crime Data Explorer

This week, John and Elliot discuss a program rule comment letter from The Wolfsberg Group, new guidance on corporate compliance programs from the US...

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Sanctions Evasion, FCA on Fraud, FATF on India, and Illegal Prigozhin Payments

This week, John and Elliot discuss a release from the G7 on preventing the evasion of Russian sanctions and export controls, reported payments for...

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An Australian Casino, Crypto ATMs in the UK, ML with Art for Russia, and New Proposed BaaS Regulations

This week, Elliot and Joe McNamara discuss new proposed FDIC regulations regarding recordkeeping for custodial deposit accounts, supervision of...

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New Terrorism Indictments, Cryptocurrency Fraud Report, FinCEN on Check Fraud, and Bitcoin ATMs

This week, John and Elliot discuss several federal indictments relating to terrorism announced by the DOJ, a Financial Trend Analysis on mail theft...

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Chinese Influence in NY, Covid Fraud, Maduro’s Plane, and Healthcare Corruption

This week, John and Elliot discuss the arrest of a senior aide to several NY governors for violations of the Foreign Agents Registrations Act and...

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FinCEN Real Estate and Investment Advisor Rules and Gift Card Fraud

This week, John and Elliot discuss FinCEN’s new final rules for reporting on residential real estate transactions and the program requirement for...

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UK Strategic Assessment, Lots of Corruption, AI-Enabled Fraud, and More

This week, John and Elliot discuss the National Strategic Assessment for 2024 for the UK, George Santos's plea, the latest edition of the...

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Cybersecurity, Sanctions, and Regulatory Developments

In this week's episode, the discussion centers on cybersecurity risks linked to foreign interference in U.S. elections, the impact of Russian money...

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Wildlife Trafficking, Payment Fraud in the EU, Fentanyl in Canada, and Much More

This week, the US State Department issued a report on wildlife trafficking, The European Central Bank published a report on payment fraud, and Health...

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GAO Report on Scams, FinCEN Says More on BOI, OCC Speaks on De-risking, and More

This week, the GAO issued a report on payment scams, the OCC responded to a letter from members of Congress about the actions of some state...

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Foreign Investment in the US, Fentanyl Sanctions, Europol Report on Trafficking, and Much More

John and Elliot discuss several developments impacting the financial crime community this week. These include a report on foreign investment in the...

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Crypto ATMs, a Senator Convicted, AUSTRAC Report, Timeshare Fraud, New Red Flags, and More

John and Elliot discuss several developments impacting the financial crime community this week. These include an OCCRP article on crypto ATMs,...

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FATF on Gatekeepers, IRS on Scams, Pacific Banking Forum, and More

John and Elliot discuss several developments impacting the financial crime community this week. These include FATF’s Horizontal Review of...

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FATF June Plenary, Wolfsberg Group, FinCEN Proposed Rule, and More

This week, John and Elliot discuss several developments impacting the financial crime community. These include the results of the recent FATF...

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Trafficking in Persons, EU Sanctions, a FATF Rethink, Iran Shadow Banking System, and More

This week, the US State Department issued its 2024 Trafficking Persons Report, the EU imposed additional sanctions against Russia, the OCCRP shared...

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Repatriated Funds, Banking as a Service, Elder Financial Abuse, and More

This week, the US Department of Justice made two announcements about repatriating funds seized from criminal actors. The Federal Reserve issued a...

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DOJ on Human Trafficking, The Egmont Group, FinCEN’s 2023 Year in Review, an RFI on AI, and More

This week, the US Department of Justice issued a fact sheet on its Initiative to Combat Transnational Human Smuggling and Trafficking Networks. The...

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Europol & Money Mules, Treasury & NFTs, the EU’s New Rules, and More

This week, Europol announced a successful crackdown on money mule service providers. The BASEL Institute for Governance released a paper on informal...

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Basel on Corruption, Help for Small Businesses in Cuba, the Vatican Improves, and More

This week, the Basel Institute on Governance published its 2023 Annual Report, OFAC published regulatory changes about Cuba, and MONEYVAL’s issued an...

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US Illicit Finance Strategy, FinCEN Fentanyl Exchange, Old Fashioned Structuring, and More

John and Elliot discuss the 2024 National Illicit Finance Strategy, FinCEN’s new Exchange series to fight fentanyl trafficking, the second stage...

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Wildlife Trafficking, Canadian Crypto ATMs, Dubai Real Estate, AI in the US, and More

This week, John and Elliot discuss a new report from the OCCRP about global bad actors using Dubai real estate, the World Wildlife Crime Report from...

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Charged Corruption, FinCEN Speech, the Value of Sanctions, 3rd Party Risk Management, and More

John and Elliot discuss several recent announcements and actions significant to the financial crime prevention community this week. These include the...

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