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AML / KYC
US Issues Sanctions Over DPRK Ballistic Missile Launches
By Editors | 18/01/2022
The sanctions target six North Koreans, one Russian and a Russian firm were responsible for procuring goods for North Korean weapons programmes.
AML / KYC
Crime Becoming Smaller Part of Crypto Ecosystem: Report
By Manesh Samtani | 17/01/2022
Chainalysis estimates that illicit wallet addresses received $14bn throughout 2021, but this represented just 0.15% of total transaction volumes in crypto during the year.
AML / KYC
OFAC Fines HK Unit of Japanese Conglomerate Sojitz
By Editors | 13/01/2022
Trading in Iran-origin goods was carried out without the knowledge of senior management by employees who omitted information from documentation.
AML / KYC
DPRK Sanctions Evasion Not Being Captured by Regulation
By Manesh Samtani | 07/01/2022
Gatekeeper professions play an important role in facilitating North Korean sanctions evasion, RUSI says in a new paper.
AML / KYC
US Sanctions Five Chinese Officials, China Reciprocates
By Editors | 04/01/2022
Five already-sanctioned Chinese officials were named in the US State Department’s latest Hong Kong Autonomy Act Report submitted to Congress.
Press Release
Regulation Asia: Top Ten Contributed Articles for 2021
By Editors | 23/12/2021
This list presents the most-read contributed articles published by Regulation Asia in 2020, based on aggregated user traffic analytics.
AML / KYC
US Treasury Imposes Sanctions on Eight Chinese Tech Firms
By Editors | 17/12/2021
Trade restrictions have also been imposed on 34 entities for alleged human rights violations and technology use that ‘undermines US national security’.
AML / KYC
Parallel Myanmar Government Recognises Tether as Official Currency
By Editors | 14/12/2021
The pro-democracy National Unity Government has reportedly begun using Tether as a proxy for the US dollar to raise funds for a campaign to topple the military regime.
Securities / Derivatives
US Sanctions Force Chinese AI Firm to Postpone HK IPO
By Manesh Samtani | 13/12/2021
The US Treasury placed Chinese AI firm SenseTime on an investment blacklist just as the company was preparing to list in Hong Kong.
AML / KYC
US Treasury Targets Human Trafficking in Updated Action Plan
By Mark Johnston | 12/12/2021
Treasury will leverage its AML expertise to augment human trafficking investigations, and develop advisories to alert FIs to potential red flags.
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