Sanctions

Will 2023 be the End of International Sanctions?

05/01/2023

With the UNSC’s sanctions role effectively neutered, new sanctions coalitions and international harmony are needed to blunt North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and ensure global security.

AML / KYC

Swimming in Dirty Money: It’s Time to Dive Below the Surface

05/12/2022

The failure to address the illicit finance in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing is a glaring omission, says RUSI’s Tom Keatinge.

AML / KYC

Good Intentions: The FATF Faces Its Own Unintended Consequences

08/08/2021

The FATF’s unintended consequences study will point to necessary reforms that the watchdog will be unwilling to undertake.

AML / KYC

Financial Crime Country Lists in a Fragmenting World Order

30/10/2020

Those that promote lists of countries that are slow to tackle financial crime must work harder to exclude politics and prove their integrity and value, says RUSI’s Tom Keatinge.

AML / KYC

The New Cold War Is Financial

29/09/2020

Banks and financial infrastructure are emerging as an expanding front in geopolitics, writes RUSI’s Tom Keatinge.

AML / KYC

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: FATF Faces an Iranian Crunch

07/02/2020

A well-intentioned decision on Iran in 2016 has haunted FATF ever since. That decision is about to become a nightmare, says RUSI’s Tom Keatinge.

AML / KYC

It’s Time to Reform and Refocus the FATF

27/10/2019

The FATF’s responsibilities and the efficiency and effectiveness of its evaluation process must be reassessed, says RUSI’s Tom Keatinge.

AML / KYC

The FATF Should Embrace the Opportunity to Reform

30/06/2019

The FATF needs to recognise that it should be more transparent and be able to provide greater assurance of independence and oversight, says RUSI’s Tom Keatinge.