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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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This week, John and Elliot discuss several items issued by FinCEN, including elder financial abuse and environmental crime, Treasury Undersecretary...
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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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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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This week, the US Department of Commerce issued a report about investigations of export control and antiboycott violations. FATF published...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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This week, George Mason University published a report about Anti-Muslim Discrimination and Information Manipulation, the Basel Institute on...
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This week Nasdaq issued its 2024 Global Financial Crime Report, the UN Office of Drugs and Crime released a report on casinos, underground banking,...
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This week, several interesting reports were released. Eurasia Group issued its Top Risks 2024, Human Security Collective published The Future of FATF...
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This week, the US Beneficial Ownership Registry went live, Senator Menendez was charged with additional allegations, export enforcement is back in...
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This episode originally aired on September 22, 2023
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has published a Small Entity Compliance Guide...
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This week, an advisory on spear-phishing was issued, the US Department of Justice brought indictments for an $80 million pig butchering scheme, and...
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This week, the US Treasury issued a Fact Sheet on its action to disrupt corruption, FINTRAC levied fines against another bank for AML/CFT program...
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It has been another busy week. IRS:CI issued its Annual Report for 2023, the US Treasury announced the creation of a new fentanyl task force, and...
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It has been another busy week. The Center for International Private Enterprise issued a report on the importance of business integrity to the...
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It has been another busy week. The Basel Institute on Governance released its AML 2023 Index. The US and the UK issued sanctions on Hamas leaders and...
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It has been a busy week. FinCEN issued an alert and final rule, OFAC issued sanctions against cartel activity on fentanyl, and Canada and the UK...
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It has been a busy week. FATF released the outcomes from its October Plenary, the Biden Administration issued an Executive Order on Artificial...
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FinCEN has issued a new regulation, renewed its real estate geographic targeting orders, and published an alert regarding terrorist financing. John...
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John and Elliot examine how different things come together in financial crime prevention efforts. They discuss a recent release from AUSTRAC about...