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PEPs & Sanctions
OFAC Sanctions Hezbollah Finance Network and Drug Traffickers
By Editors | 17/10/2024
Three individuals linked to Hezbollah’s finance team were sanctioned, along with three others involved in captagon production and trafficking.
PEPs & Sanctions
11 Countries Establish Team to Monitor DPRK Sanctions Enforcement
By Manesh Samtani | 17/10/2024
The new Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team will take up the work of a UN expert panel that was dissolved by a Russian veto earlier this year.
PEPs & Sanctions
Western Banks Processed Payments for Russian Warlord – Reports
By Editors | 30/09/2024
C4ADS says Yevgeny Prigozhin was able to establish a transnational criminal empire in Africa in part by hijacking the payments systems of western banks.
PEPs & Sanctions
US Sanctions Iranian Cyber Actors for Election Interference
By Editors | 30/09/2024
OFAC sanctioned seven individuals while the DOJ unsealed criminal charges accusing three others of hacking Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
PEPs & Sanctions
UK OFSI Fines Concierge Services Firm for Sanctions Breaches
By Editors | 30/09/2024
The firm was fined GBP 15,000 for providing property management services to a designated person subject to an asset freeze between 2022 and 2023.
PEPs & Sanctions
G7 Nations Publish Guidance on Preventing Russian Sanctions Evasion
By Editors | 30/09/2024
The guidance is aimed at preventing Russia from evading sanctions and export controls and obtaining the components it needs for its weapons systems.
Anti-Money Laundering
US Imposes Cyber Sanctions on Russian Crypto Network
By Manesh Samtani | 30/09/2024
Two Russians were also indicted in a coordinated action that additionally involved the seizure of web domains and infrastructure.
PEPs & Sanctions
UK Sanctions Entities, Vessels Involved in Russian LNG Sector
By Editors | 29/09/2024
The sanctions target five vessels and two ship management companies, including one based in India called Ocean Speedstar Solutions.
Reporting & Disclosures
ICMA Offers Impact Reporting Guidance for Social Bonds
By Editors | 28/09/2024
The handbook offers impact reporting metrics for affordable housing. Future iterations will cover other social bond project categories.
AI Risk & Governance
UN Advisory Body Issues Recommendations to Address AI Inequalities
By Thisanka Siripala | 28/09/2024
Among other things, the AI advisory body calls for the establishment of a capacity development network for developing nations.
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