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Financial Crime

Wealthy Gen Z Russian laundered money in luxury properties, claimed ADHD caused offending

On December 4, 2024, the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), together with the United Arab Emirates government, the US Drug...
By Rachel Wolcott 25th June 2025
Wealthy Gen Z Russian laundered money in luxury properties, claimed ADHD caused offending

Financial Crime

Golden youth: The new face of Russian money laundering and sanctions evasion

The new face of Russian money laundering and sanctions evasion is much younger, highly educated, multilingual, and tech savvy–the golden...
By Rachel Wolcott 23rd June 2025
Golden youth: The new face of Russian money laundering and sanctions evasion

Money Laundering

Interpol issues second-ever silver notice for UK crime agency to trace £8.5m in laundered assets

The International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) issued its second-ever silver notice on behalf of the UK on April 11. This...
By Niece Prayoonrat 17th April 2025
Interpol issues second-ever silver notice for UK crime agency to trace £8.5m in laundered assets

Regulatory

EU introduces new rules to mitigate ‘virtual IBAN’ AML/CFT risks

The European Union is introducing a new regulatory framework for virtual international bank account numbers (vIBANs) to mitigate anti-money laundering...
By Niece Prayoonrat 28th February 2025
EU introduces new rules to mitigate ‘virtual IBAN’ AML/CFT risks

Digital Assets

Central banks should launch CBDCs to ensure economic stability — report

Central banks should continue to develop sovereign digital currencies for the sake of economic stability, according to a new report,...
By Elizabeth Lumley 24th February 2025
Central banks should launch CBDCs to ensure economic stability — report

Regulatory Reporting

Global identifier org pairs with corporate registers to boost KYC

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has partnered with two European corporate registers, partly to make Know Your Customer...
By Rachel Wolcott 3rd February 2025
Global identifier org pairs with corporate registers to boost KYC

Digital Assets

FCA used money laundering regs powers on cryptos 45 times

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has used powers in the Money Laundering Regulations (MLRs) on registered crypto asset firms...
By Rachel Wolcott 22nd January 2025
FCA used money laundering regs powers on cryptos 45 times

Money Laundering

Project 2025, GOP crypto policy threaten US AML progress

Project 2025, the conservative policy tome, and the Republican platform promise to “end Democratsʼ unlawful and un-American crypto crackdown” are...
By Rachel Wolcott 17th January 2025
Project 2025, GOP crypto policy threaten US AML progress