OFAC expects virtual currency operators to identify and block IP addresses that originate in sanctioned jurisdictions, including via VPNs.
October 18, 2021The FMA's James Greig noted a lower tolerance for AML/CFT non-compliance, given the regime has been in place for eight years.
October 1, 2021Global Financial Integrity says money laundered from tax evasion and illicit funds entering the US financial system from overseas are estimated at $1tr.
March 6, 2021Incoming Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen thanked Congress for passing the AMLA, widely considered to be the most significant overhaul of AML legislation in the US since 2001.
January 25, 2021Elliptic’s David Carlisle and Onchain Custodian’s El Lee discuss opportunities for the banking and cryptoasset industries to learn from one another in the fight against financial crime.
December 1, 2020Law enforcement will get a new single interface providing access to search, analysis and visualisation tools. SARs reporters will see the SAR Online portal upgraded.
November 30, 2020Financial institutions will have to collect, retain, and transmit information related to any international transaction over $250, including those involving crypto assets.
October 26, 2020OFAC makes clear in a new advisory that it may impose civil penalties if ransomware payments are made to sanctioned individuals or entities.
October 4, 2020Philrem and Werquick used local banks to wire funds for unidentified customers without identifying source of funds, the true beneficiary, or the purpose of the transactions.
September 24, 2020Among the potentially suspicious transactions were more than $174mn of possibly illicit funds that flowed through Australian banks.
September 22, 2020