Category: Regions

Regulatory Watch News

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  Treasury Targets Global Network Shipping Iranian Oil, Funding Iran’s Military and Terrorist Activities

  ofac

  May 13, 2025

  WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is sanctioning nearly two dozen firms operating in multiple jurisdictions in virtually every aspect of Iran’s illicit international oil trade.  The Iranian government allocates billions of dollars’ worth of oil annually to its armed forces to supplement their budget allocations, underwriting the development of ballistic missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as financing regional terrorist groups.  Iran’s Armed Forces General Staff (AFGS) and its main commercial affiliate, Sepehr Energy Jahan Nama Pars Company (Sepehr Energy), continue to establish front companies and rely on buyers and facilitators to enable their sanctioned oil trade.  Since the start of this administration, Treasury has rapidly moved to implement President Trump’s maximum pressure campaign on Iran and have taken 19 actions, sanctioning 253 individuals, entities, and vessels related to Tehran and its proxies.

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  FINTRAC imposes an administrative monetary penalty on Marouf Management Inc.

  FINTRAC

  May 13, 2025

  FINTRAC announced today that it has imposed an administrative monetary penalty on Marouf Management Inc., also operating as Marouf Currency Exchange and 1998063 Ontario Inc. Following a compliance examination in 2023, this money services business in Toronto, Ontario, was imposed an administrative monetary penalty of $249,480.50 on November 4, 2024, for non-compliance with Part 1 of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act and associated Regulations.

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  The DFSA brings 18 Authorities together to discuss AI and cybersecurity risks at inaugural Regulatory College during Dubai FinTech Summit 2025

  DFSA

  May 13, 2025

  The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), the independent regulator of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), hosted this week its inaugural high-level Regulatory College at the heart of the Dubai FinTech Summit 2025. The closed-door session titled “Innovation with integrity: Advancing Cybersecurity and AI oversight through international dialogue” brought together more than 30 regulators from 18 Authorities from the UAE, the wider GCC region, and international jurisdictions to discuss pressing issues related to cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI).