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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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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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John and Elliot discuss several developments impacting the financial crime community this week. These include FATF’s Horizontal Review of...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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This week, the White House released a new National Security Memorandum on Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience. The Attorney General...
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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,...