Category: Compliance

Page 56/133

Premium

NEWS: Two Canadian banks, RBC and CIBC fined total of C$9M for failure to submit STRs; disproportionate penalty, says RBC of C$7.5M penalty

SPECIAL REPORT: How AML regime could end profit motive that puts 17m people into forced labour every single day

Premium

NEWS: Dutch banks to ease PEPs screening and focus on customer’s actual risk profile

NEWS: US DOJ’s Artie McConnell to speak at ‘European Anti-Financial Crime Summit 2024,’ it’s announced

Premium

NEWS: ‘Greylisting’ has increased systemic risk to South Africa’s financial stability – central bank; comes as FATF notes fincrime improvements

Premium

LATEST: IMF, World Bank working on tokenising finanacial instruments; looking at encoding tokens to tackle money laundering

Premium

NEWS: ‘Serious deficits’ found in Bitcoin’s German bank, futurum; BaFin issues deadline to fix failings

Premium

NEWS: New AML rules issued for crypto asset providers in the EU, EBA announces

Premium

NEWS: Contis fined €840K by Bank of Lithuania for AML failings

Premium

INSIGHT: Each of the nine AMLA bids analysed – we crunch the numbers and get behind the details as race hots up

LATEST: Zhao may spend less than year in jail; ‘I made mistakes and I must take responsibility’ – his mealy mouthed comment

Premium

ANALYSIS: What federal authorities found when they looked under the hood at Binance

...

...

Six arrested following joint NCA and Police Scotland drugs operation
National Crime Agency
May 30, 2025
Six people have been charged as part of a joint National Crime Agency and Police Scotland investigation into the supply of controlled drugs. Officers from the Organised Crime Partnership Scotland, a specialist team made up of NCA and Police Scotland investigators, arrested the individuals at a number of addresses around Glasgow and Coatbridge on Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 May.
HKMA warns public of fraudulent social media accounts impersonating HKMA Chief Executive
HKMA
May 30, 2025
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) today (30 May) urged members of the public to be vigilant against fraudulent social media accounts impersonating Mr Eddie Yue, Chief Executive of the HKMA. The HKMA clarified that its latest news and work priorities are only disseminated through official channels, including the official website and social media accounts (for details, please visit www.hkma.gov.hk). Any other personal social media accounts or pages claiming to represent the HKMA Chief Executive are fake.
Inside a scam compound: Victims help shape global response at cybercrime forum
Australia Federal Police
May 30, 2025
The AFP has joined law enforcement partners from across the globe to address cybercrime threats emerging from Southeast Asia, including one alarming trend where victims are trafficked, coerced and harmed into becoming elite scammers. The Cybercrime Leaders Working Group (CLWG) held in Cebu, Philippines, this month (May, 2025), drew law enforcement leaders from Southeast Asia, Australia and Qatar to collaborate on the disruption of cybercrime across Southeast Asia.