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ANALYSIS: Wolfsberg Group warns new FinCEN rules could lead to more box-ticking AML programs at banks

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Wolfsberg Group resists tighter oversight of customers from jurisdictions on FATF ‘grey list’

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NEWS: Singapore hopes new AML rules will aid environmental crime crackdown

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NEWS: ‘Ghost’ cybercrime app dismantled, dozens arrested in Australia and Ireland

BREAKING: Danske Bank pays $7M to settle final probe over Estonia money laundering scandal

By Paul O’Donoghue The Wolfsberg Group has said that proposed changes to how banks administer AML measures could have unintended side effects. The organisation of 12 international banks was broadly supportive of the intent of changes proposed by FinCEN, the AML unit of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.The sweeping FinCEN proposals published in July…

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NEWS: Singapore hopes new AML rules will aid environmental crime crackdown

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NEWS: ‘Ghost’ cybercrime app dismantled, dozens arrested in Australia and Ireland

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  • Joint Statement on the Second Annual Export Enforcement Five Conference

    US Department of Commerce

    Washington, D.C., September 18, 2024 – Representatives from the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, collectively known as the Export Enforcement Five or E5, gathered in Washington, D.C. on September 17 and 18, 2024, and reaffirmed their commitment to combatting Russia’s circumvention of export controls and sanctions in attempts to obtain dual-use items to support its illegal invasion of Ukraine. Since its establishment in 2023, the E5 have made significant strides in export control and sanctions enforcement actions. Together, we have diligently collaborated to enhance export control measures and implement targeted sanctions in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

  • Treasury Sanctions Iranian Officials Connected to Human Rights Violations

    OFAC

    WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating 12 individuals in connection with the Iranian regime’s ongoing, violent repression of the Iranian people, both within Iran’s borders and abroad. These designations target members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), officials of Iran’s Prisons Organization, and those responsible for lethal operations overseas. Today’s action is being taken in coordination with Canada and Australia, which have also unveiled new sanctions against those connected to human rights abuses in Iran.

  • Global Coalition Takes Down New Criminal Communication Platform

    Europol

    Europol and Eurojust, together with law enforcement and judicial authorities from around the world, have successfully dismantled an encrypted communication platform that was established to facilitate serious and organised crime perpetrated by dangerous criminal networks operating on a global scale. The platform, known as Ghost, was used as a tool to carry out a wide range of criminal activities, including large-scale drug trafficking, money laundering, instances of extreme violence and other forms of serious and organised crime.

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