Sanctions

    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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