FCA issues notice to financial firms with high turnovers of AML staff; body says ‘significant turnover’ of staff has ‘compromised effective oversight’

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  OFAC Basics Video Series – Requesting OFAC Guidance

  OFAC

  May 23, 2025

  Today, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is releasing the fourth video in its "OFAC Basics" video series, "Requesting OFAC Guidance." This video provides a tutorial on how to contact the OFAC Compliance Hotline with questions about how to comply with OFAC-administered sanctions programs or where to find helpful guidance on OFAC's website. You can find all of OFAC's video guidance on the OFAC Video Series page.

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  FCA bans former Credit Suisse vice president following US criminal conviction

  Financial Conduct Authority

  May 23, 2025

  Ms. Subeva is the third former Credit Suisse employee banned for lacking integrity, following their US convictions for conspiracy to commit money laundering connected to corrupt loans to the Republic of Mozambique. On 20 May 2019, Ms Subeva pleaded guilty in the US for her role in a conspiracy to commit money laundering, which included accepting and retaining US$200,000 from one of her co-conspirators in unlawful kickbacks in connection with the loans

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  Operation ENDGAME strikes again: the ransomware kill chain broken at its source

  Europol

  May 23, 2025

  Cybercriminals around the world have suffered a major disruption after law enforcement and judicial authorities, coordinated by Europol and Eurojust, dismantled key infrastructure behind the malware used to launch ransomware attacks. From 19 to 22 May, authorities took down some 300 servers worldwide, neutralised 650 domains, and issued international arrest warrants against 20 targets, dealing a direct blow to the ransomware kill chain.