International

Anti-Bribery & Corruption

UK SFO Charges Ex-Glencore Employees Over Bribery Scheme

By Editors | 03/08/2024

Five former Glencore employees are charged with conspiring to make corrupt payments to benefit the company’s oil operations in West Africa.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

Montenegro Confirms Decision to Extradite Do Kwon to Korea

By Manesh Samtani | 02/08/2024

The decision, which is legally binding, comes after 16 months of extradition proceedings involving competing requests from the US and South Korea.

Climate Risk

Singapore Government Creates Carbon Credit Alliance

By ESG Investor | 02/08/2024

The Singapore Carbon Market Alliance will serve as a platform for companies to acquire carbon credits, build knowledge, and discuss issues related to Article 6.

PEPs & Sanctions

OFAC Sanctions More Houthi Procurement Facilitators

By Editors | 02/08/2024

The sanctions target “key actors” located in China, Hong Kong, and Yemen who have “directly supported” the Houthis’ weapons procurement efforts.

PEPs & Sanctions

China Adjust Export Controls for Drones and Related Tech

By Editors | 02/08/2024

The measures explicitly ban the export of all civilian drones that are intended for “non-peaceful purposes” such as terrorist and military activities.

Cryptocurrency

Russia Advances Bill to Enable Cross-border Payments in Crypto

By Editors | 01/08/2024

The law is expected to take effect on 1 September, formally allowing the use of crypto in payments for international trade transactions.

Stablecoins

BIS Develops Prototype Monitoring Platform for Stablecoins

By Manesh Samtani | 01/08/2024

The Pyxtrial platform provides near real time data about stablecoins’ balance sheets, enabling a more efficient and responsive monitoring process for supervisors.

Reporting & Disclosures

IASB Proposes Climate-related Disclosure Guidance for Financial Statements

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 01/08/2024

Eight illustrative examples are proposed to improve transparency of information about climate-related uncertainties in financial statements.

PEPs & Sanctions

Austria’s Raiffeisen Working to Sell 60pc of Russian Unit

By Editors | 31/07/2024

Raiffeisen is trying to coordinate with Russian, European and US authorities to sell a 60% stake in its Russian unit.