Financial Crime

PEPs & Sanctions

OFAC Sanctions Two African Firms Linked to Russia’s Wagner Group

By Editors | 31/05/2024

Two companies were designated for enabling “Wagner Group security operations” and “illicit mining endeavors” in the Central African Republic.

Anti-Money Laundering

Singapore Hands Down 8th Sentence in Money Laundering Case

By Nithya Subramanian | 31/05/2024

Chinese national Lin Baoying has been sentenced to 15 months in jail and will forfeit 90% of the S$170.5mn of assets seized from her.

Capital Adequacy

EU Adopts Final Basel III Rules, Confirms Jan 2025 Roll-Out

By Manesh Samtani | 31/05/2024

Earlier this week, an ECB official said Basel III should be delayed in the EU if the US is too slow to adopt its own reform plan.

Anti-Money Laundering

Switzerland Fines UBS for Yemen-Linked AML Failures

By Editors | 31/05/2024

The bank failed to perform its due diligence obligations and to report suspicious transactions linked to Yemen’s former president.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

Swift Announces Industry Partnership to Combat Fraud With AI

By Editors | 31/05/2024

FIs will share data with privacy-preserving controls so that AI can be used to detect fraud patterns from a “much richer dataset”.

PEPs & Sanctions

China Announces Export Controls Targeting Aviation Parts

By Editors | 31/05/2024

From 1 July, a special licence from MOFCOM will be needed to export aviation and aerospace structural components and other items.

Supervision & Enforcement

RBI Imposes Restrictions on Two Edelweiss Group Firms

By Ajoy K Das | 31/05/2024

The Edelweiss companies were found to be acting in concert to “evergreen” stressed loans and circumvent regulations.

Anti-Money Laundering

European Council Adopts New AML Regulatory Package

By Nithya Subramanian | 31/05/2024

This is the final step of the adoption procedure. The texts will now be published in the EU’s Official Journal and enter into force.

Anti-Bribery & Corruption

Chinese Court Hands Death Sentence to Former Huarong Official

By Editors | 30/05/2024

Bai Tianhui is the second Huarong official to receive a death sentence for corruption after Lai Xiaomin in 2021.