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Anti-Money Laundering
Coverage of global AML regulations, compliance standards, enforcement actions, and innovations in detecting and preventing money laundering activities.
Anti-Money Laundering
Jarek Jakubcek Discusses How Binance Works With Law Enforcement
By Editors | 19/03/2023
Jarek Jakubcek, Head of Law Enforcement Training at Binance, discusses working with law enforcement and how the technology used in investigations has evolved over time.
Anti-Money Laundering
AFP Seizes Over A$250m from Money Launderers
By Editors | 18/03/2023
A new taskforce has seized over AUD 250 million in cash and assets from money launderers since December 2022.
Anti-Money Laundering
AUSTRAC Accepts Enforceable Undertaking from PayPal
By Editors | 17/03/2023
AUSTRAC says PayPal has cooperated with an enforcement investigation that commenced in December 2020, related to IFTI reporting.
Anti-Money Laundering
China Fines Bohai Bank for Third Time This Year
By Editors | 16/03/2023
The PBOC fined China Bohai Bank for committing 12 regulatory violations. The bank was fined twice last month for different violations.
Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
US Charges Exiled Chinese Businessman with $1b Fraud Scheme
By Editors | 16/03/2023
Guo Wengui and his financial adviser allegedly cheated thousands of investors since 2018 by promising outsized returns on various offerings.
Anti-Money Laundering
US, German Authorities Coordinate on Takedown of Crypto Mixer
By Editors | 16/03/2023
Authorities dismantled ChipMixer’s infrastructure and seized four servers, about USD 46 million worth of bitcoin, 7 TB of data, two domains, and a Github account.
Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
FATF Publishes First Comprehensive Report on Ransomware
By Manesh Samtani | 16/03/2023
The report says the payment and subsequent laundering of ransomware proceeds is “almost exclusively conducted through virtual assets”.
Anti-Money Laundering
Crypto-related Crime in Australia: What Court Records Tell Us, and What Lies Ahead
By Angela Ang | 16/03/2023
Angela Ang considers findings from the first empirical study of crypto-related court cases in Australia, and what this means the crypto crime and enforcement landscape.
Payments & Settlements
HKIMR Report Explores GBA Cross-border Payments Challenges
By Editors | 16/03/2023
A survey of FIs found that some GBA transactions are still processed manually. Other challenges relate to differing messaging formats, regulatory requirements and investment quotas.
Anti-Money Laundering
UK to Start Collecting New Economic Crime Levy from July
By Editors | 15/03/2023
The economic crime levy will apply to financial firms, auditors, tax advisers, crypto firms, and other regulated entities.
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