Sanctions

AML / KYC

Hong Kong Financial Firms Step Up Compliance Hiring – Report

By Editors | 07/09/2020

The demand for compliance staff has reportedly risen by a third in the past few months. Lawyers with sanctions expertise are in particularly high demand.

AML / KYC

BNM Issues Guidance Documents on AML/CFT Obligations

By Editors | 02/09/2020

Guidance is provided for financial institutions, DNFBPs and NBFIs on AML/CFT and targeted financial sanctions, customer due diligence and beneficial ownership.

AML / KYC

US DOJ Files Civil Forfeiture Complaint to Recover Stolen Crypto

By Manesh Samtani | 31/08/2020

The two crypto exchange hacks detailed in the complaint are linked to the same group of Chinese actors who laundered over $250mn in stolen cryptocurrency for North Korea in 2018.

AML / KYC

US Sanctions Chinese Individuals, Entities Over South China Sea

By Editors | 26/08/2020

The US accuses one Chinese state-owned enterprise of engaging in “corruption, predatory financing, environmental destruction, and other abuses across the world.”

AML / KYC

Pakistan Issues Consolidated List of Sanctioned Individuals, Entities

By Editors | 23/08/2020

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says various sanctions were already in place against almost all of the individuals and entities listed by the United Nations Security Council.

AML / KYC

APAC Regulators Issue Nearly $4bn in AML Fines in H1 2020

By Editors | 19/08/2020

Fraudulent activity brought on by Covid-19 related initiatives may result in enforcement actions later in the year and into 2021, says Fenergo’s Rachel Woolley.

AML / KYC

UN Security Council Rejects Extension of Iran Arms Embargo

By Editors | 18/08/2020

The UN Security Council has rejected a US resolution to extend an international arms embargo on Iran due to expire on 18 October.

AML / KYC

FinCEN to Lift 13 Year Old Sanctions on Macau’s Delta Asia Bank

By Editors | 12/08/2020

The sanctions were imposed under the USA Patriot Act in 2007 due to the bank’s suspected involvement with North Korean money laundering and other illegal financial activities.

AML / KYC

China Imposes Reciprocal Sanctions Against US Officials

By Editors | 10/08/2020

“China has decided to impose sanctions on those individuals who behaved badly on Hong Kong-related issues,” said a spokesperson, without specifying what the sanctions would entail.