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Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
INTERPOL Calls for Shift Away from ‘Dehumanising’ Term ‘Pig Butchering’
By Manesh Samtani | 22/12/2024
INTERPOL argues that the term dehumanises and shames victims of such frauds, deterring them from coming forward to seek help and provide information to authorities.
PEPs & Sanctions
US Imposes More Sanctions Targeting Iran’s Oil Trade & Yemen’s Houthis
By Editors | 22/12/2024
The sanctions targets include companies based in Hong Kong, Malaysia and India. Five cryptocurrency wallets were also added to the SDN list.
PEPs & Sanctions
US, UK Impose Human Rights Sanctions Against Georgian Officials
By Editors | 21/12/2024
The sanctions were imposed over a violent crackdown by Georgia’s government against protestors, opposition figures and members of the media
PEPs & Sanctions
OFAC Announces Two New Settlements for Sanctions Violations
By Editors | 20/12/2024
An individual US person violated Magnitsky sanctions and a US manufacturer of musical instruments violated Iran sanctions.
PEPs & Sanctions
US Announced Sanctions Targeting Nord Stream 2 Project
By Editors | 20/12/2024
The sanctions are intended to hinder any efforts to revive the project and limit Russia’s ability to generate energy revenues.
Reporting & Disclosures
IOSCO Launches Global Network to Support ISSB Standards Adoption
By Manesh Samtani | 20/12/2024
IOSCO members from 31 jurisdictions have joined the network, which will support capacity-building efforts mostly in emerging markets.
Trading & Investment
CUAM, Azimut to Cooperate on Establishing China-UAE ETF Link
By Editors | 20/12/2024
China Universal Asset Management and Azimut Group will work on launching an ETF Link between the SSE and ADX.
Emerging Prudential Risks
FSB Proposes Recommendations to Address Leverage in NBFI
By Editors | 19/12/2024
The policy recommendations seek to address financial stability risks arising from leverage in non-bank financial institutions.
PEPs & Sanctions
US Sanctions 7 Targets for Aiding Iranian UAV Development
By Editors | 19/12/2024
One of the sanctioned individuals supplied technology used by Iran to kill three US service members in Jordan earlier this year.
Cryptocurrency
ESMA Releases Last Batch of Policy Documents for MiCA
By Editors | 19/12/2024
The new package includes standards on preventing market abuse and guidelines on suitability and crypto-asset transfer services.
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