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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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Infrastructure Security, Marijuana, Real Estate, and Much More

This week, the White House released a new National Security Memorandum on Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience. The Attorney General...

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They Are Busy at Treasury, FinCEN, and BaFin

This week, John and Elliot discuss several items issued by FinCEN, including elder financial abuse and environmental crime, Treasury Undersecretary...

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Counterfeit US Passport Cards, Money Laundering Through FanDuel Accounts, Less Risk Management, and More

FinCEN issued a Notice about fraud schemes using counterfeit US passport cards this week. The FBI uncovered a complex money laundering strategy using...

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Lots to Discuss and Something Special to Note

This week, John and Elliot discuss Treasury testimony in the US Senate Banking Committee, Treasury’s updated cybersecurity MOU with Ukraine, a DOJ...

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FinCEN, FATF, the British Museum, Export Controls, and More

This week, the US Department of Commerce issued a report about investigations of export control and antiboycott violations. FATF published...

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International Corruption, FATF Upgrade, AI Cyber Risks, and More

This week, the US Department of Justice filed a forfeiture action to seize New York apartments allegedly purchased with funds from a corruption...

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AML Partnership Forum, ICIJ, Homeland, and More

John and Elliot are at the AML Partnership Forum this week. They review key themes from the meeting and discuss US Homeland Security’s Global Human...

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Intelligence Threat Assessment, New Sanctions Compliance Note, and More

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has issued its Annual Threat Assessment. The Departments of Commerce, Treasury, and Justice...

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A Challenging Decision, a Strong Message from the FCA, Risks in the Global Art Market, and Shell Companies

There are many things to talk about this week. A US District Court issued an opinion disrupting the beneficial ownership registry. The UK Financial...

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The FATF Plenary, a Meeting in Puerto Rico, New Sanctions, and More

John and Elliot discuss the outcomes from the FATF Plenary, new sanctions issued against Russia, the results of the Puerto Rican Bankers’ AML Forum,...

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The EU, Sanctions, the UN, FinCEN, and More

This week, the EU published the text of its new AML Regulation and Directive, FinCEN issued guidance on the beneficial ownership registry access...

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Investment Advisors BSA Proposal and More

FinCEN issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on giving investment advisors reporting and recordkeeping obligations under the BSA this week. FinCEN...

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2024 National Risk Assessments and a Real Estate Reporting Proposal

This week, there are several important items from the US Treasury. It issued its 2024 risk assessments for money laundering, terrorist financing, and

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The Corruption Perception Index for 2023 and More

This week, Transparency International released its Corruption Perception Index for 2023. John and Elliot discuss the Index and several other items...

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Disinformation, Public Integrity, Foreign Investment, and More

This week, George Mason University published a report about Anti-Muslim Discrimination and Information Manipulation, the Basel Institute on...

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