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China Announces New Office To Combat Money Laundering
An office devoted to combating money laundering and ensuring financial institutes comply with Ant...
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Federal Prosecutors Investigate Trump’s Social Media Company for Money Laundering
Trump’s social media company is reportedly under investigation by federal prosecutors in New York...
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FCA Advises Firms to Embed Data and Technology to Combat Financial Crimes
Sarah Pritchard, the FCA executive director of markets, spoke at the Financial Crime Summit in Lo...
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AGA Issues Updated AML Compliance Guidelines for the Gaming Industry
American Gaming Association (AGA) launches the third edition of the Best Practices of AML Complia...
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Pakistan’s State Bank unveils new AML/CFT regulations for Forex Firms
State Bank of Pakistan on Tuesday amended Anti-money laundering (AML) and Counter Financing of te...
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EU to Introduce Uniform Legal Framework for Crypto Assets
The EU is negotiating on new rules for introducing a uniform legal framework for crypto assets wi...
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Russians Approach UAE’s Crypto Firms in Search of Safe Havens
The UAE’s crypto firms and real estate sector are being used by Russians as safe havens to liquid...
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FCA Puts its Foot Down Against Money laundering in Banking Sector
Financial Conduct Authority, FCA, is taking action against money laundering in the banking and fi...
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Poloniex Agrees to Pay $7.6M in Settlement of Sanctions Violations
In a settlement with the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC), Poloniex LLC, a former subsidiar...
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Financial Fraud Alerts in the UK are Most Prevalent in Crypto Firms, Reports FCA
FCA has labeled crypto as the top sector for financial scam warnings in the UK. As of now, there...
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FCA Warns Against Unregistered Crypto ATM Use
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has begun taking action against unauthorised crypto ATMs in...
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SARB Issues Guidance to Discourage the Termination of Crypto Transactions in Banks
The South Africa Reserve Bank (SARB)’s Prudential Authority has issued a guidance note to banks f...
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Saudi Arabia has Achieved Another Victory in the Battle Against Financial Crimes
Saudi authorities seized $1.06 million from a criminal gang accused of money laundering. The culp...
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Danish Gaming Regulator Sanctions Unibet Over AML Violations
Spillemyndigheden, the Danish Gaming Regulatory Authority has sanctioned Unibet for failing to co...
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Turkey to Face FATF’s Gray List Over Inadequate AML Practices
FATF is set to grey list Turkey over AML shortcomings, a move that is likely to affect the countr...
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Gaming & Investment Firms in Malta Penalised with €4.6M for AML Failures
The financial intelligence Analysis Unit has issued an annual report that shows that the total fi...
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Dutch Court Rules Out Duties Imposed by National Bank on Crypto Platforms
The Dutch District Court ruled out all National Bank’s duties on the crypto platforms by stating ...
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US Ambassador Highlights how Liberia can Improve its AML/CFT Laws
Monrovian embassy of the United States’s ambassador, Micheal A. McCarthy, supports the National R...
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Ransomware gang failed to deploy an attack against 30 US firms
A ransomware attack was blocked by a group by the Cybersecurity firm Symantec known for demanding...
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Americans Lose $3.82 Billion to Crypto and ‘Phantom Property’ Investment Scam
The American public is being alerted to the proliferation of fraudulent investment schemes. Crypt...
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Hong Kong further strengthens its Cryptocurrency regulations
Paul Chan, the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong, stated that the country was considering to stren...
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EU and British Financial Watchdogs to Investigate Digital Stock Tokens
The German and British regulators are reportedly investigating the stock token trading, recently ...
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FIU Imposes a Fine of L$21 Million on Insurance Companies for AML Failings
The Liberian financial intelligence unit (FIU) has imposed a L$21 million fine against all the in...
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EU Parliament Reaches Provisional Agreement on Extending Rules for Crypto Assets
The Council Presidency has reached a provisional agreement with the EU Parliament regarding the r...
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SFMS Reports Blocking Russian Crypto Exchanges
Ukraine’s financial monitoring agency has restricted access to several online crypto exchan...
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Officials of 16 Countries Teamed Up for a Major Transnational Operation against Money Laundering
On October 15, Europol announced its successful operation against a renowned criminal group calle...
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Turkey to Face FATF’s Gray List Over Inadequate AML Practices
FATF is set to grey list Turkey over AML shortcomings, a move that is likely to affect the countr...
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Albanian Financial Supervision Authority Approves Crypto Licensing Regime
Albanian Financial Supervision Authority has approved a licensing regime for crypto exchanges for...
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Comparitech Report Ranks Biometric Data Use: China Tops the List
Comparitech, a pro-consumer technology website, conducted a study including 50 countries and thei...
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FBI Springfield Warns of Growing Fraud Targetting the Elderly
The FBI has warned people of growing elderly fraud. As per the Internet Crime Complaint Center...
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SEC Unfolds Strict Regulations to Prevent Financial Crimes in Stock Market
SEC (Securities Exchange Commission) is to implement tough regulations to prevent money launderin...
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AUSTRAC Outlines Common Reporting Mistakes at Industry Outreach Event
Australian regulator, AUSTRAC, highlighted important reporting errors in AML/CFT programmes of re...
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Four Biggest Irish Banks Join Forces for Enhanced Security Measures
Four biggest banks in Ireland, AIB, Bank of Ireland, PTSB, and KBC, have collaborated on the meas...
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Criminal Group in KSA Jailed 24 Years Over Money Laundering Offence
Criminals in Saudi Arabia sentenced to 25 years imprisonment after getting caught in money launde...
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Digital euro successfully tested at the Bank of France
On May 20, Banque de France announced that France has become the first country to successfully te...
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Russian govt introduces Fintech Sandboxes, including Blockchain
The Russian government plans on the creation of regulatory sandboxes for companies working on con...
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CFTC Fines CHS Hedging for AML and Other Violations
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has fined CHS Hedging a civil monetary penalty of...
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FirstBank of Nigeria Continues Commitment to Combating Money Laundering
Chief Executive Officer of the First Bank Group of Nigeria Limited, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, noted ...
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American Gaming Association urges policy change on digital payments
The result of a year and half of work, the American Gaming Association has suggested a set of upd...
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AMLC Proposing Strict Monitoring Measures for FX Trading To Tackle Money Laundering
The AMLChas increased the monitoring process on FX declarations. All the inbound and outbound cha...
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SEC Updates Regulatory Disclosures for Chinese Issuers Amid Crackdown
Chinese businesses, as per a ruling by the SEC, are directed to present additional disclosures re...
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New York Federal Reserve Sued by Puerto Rican Bank For Blocking Service in Venezuela
A Puerto Rican bank has sued the New York Federal Reserve on 25th July for suspending their acces...
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Latvia’s Bank Rietumu Fined EUR 5.85M Over Money Laundering Failures
The Financial and Capital Market Commission has fined Bank Rietumu EUR 5.85 million over failures...
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US Treasury Hits Bittrex with $53 Million Fine Over Sanctions Violations
The US Treasury Department has imposed a $53 million fine on Bittrex for violating sanctions and ...
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455 Social Media Accounts Flagged for Rolling Out Fake IDs – Europol Reports
455 social media accounts flagged by Europol, which were providing fake identity documents to ill...
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UAE Freezes Assets of Irish Crime Syndicate for Laundering Money Through Dubai
The UAE has frozen the assets of Ireland’s Kinahan Crime Syndicate, mounting the pressure on an o...
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Canada Financial Crimes Agency Questioned on Effectiveness of Anti-Fraud Measures
Anti-fraud experts are reporting concerns regarding the Liberals’ newly announced Canada Financia...
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FATF to Blacklist Uganda Over Money Laundering
The Executive Director of the Finance Intelligence Authority, Sydney Asubo stated that the FATF h...
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Are Educational Institutes Becoming the Next Target for Money Laundering?
According to an investigation by The Times, higher-educational institutes have been unintentional...
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Credit Suisse Settles French Tax Fraud & Money Laundering Probes for €238 Million
Credit Suisse accepted a settlement of 238 million euros to resolve a tax scam and money launderi...
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Westpac CEO Brian Hertzer Resigns Amid Money-Laundering Scandal
The chief executive of Westpac Banking Corporation, Brian Hartzer, has resigned and the chairman ...
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LifeLabs Hit By a Data Breach Affecting Personal Information of 15 Million People
Canadian laboratory testing company, LifeLabs, disclosed on Tuesday that it had been a victim of ...
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Pakistan Launches Contactless Biometric Verification for Banking
Pakistan has become one of the first countries in the world to implement biometric verification t...
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Constitutional & Legislative Committee of Egypt Approves Amendments to AML Laws
Egypt’s constitutional and legislative affairs committee approved a government drafted bill...
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Financial Crimes Surged Amid COVID-19, Says FATF
Financial Action Task Force (FATF) speaks up about the adverse effects of COVID-19 on financial r...
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The Law Society of Kenya Discusses Legalisation for Reporting of AML Cases
The annual conference of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) was held at the weekend in Diani, the Pre...
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Alfa-Bank to Offer Blockchain-Based Services for the Self-Employed People and Freelancers
Alfa-Bank is one of the largest private commercial banks in Russia which is exploring blockchain-...
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Ransomware Attack Exposes 5.8 Million Pharmaceutical Records of PharMerica Corporation
A breach notification was filed with the Maine Attorney General’s Office for the first time, reve...
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The US publishes a list of North Korea’s supposed Crypto crimes
The US government, on Wednesday, outlined an aggressive set of countermeasures it said could hamp...
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SMS Phishing Scams are Impersonating State Agencies – FTC Warns
FTC issues warning against SMS phishing attacks that are impersonating state workforce agencies t...
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Turkey Set to Toughen AML Laws on Crypto Asset Platforms
Turkey is designing new and stricter obligations to prevent crypto-asset platforms from money lau...
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Philippines: Banks Reminded to Closely Monitor and Report Suspicious Transactions
Philippines ramps up efforts to step out of the FATF’s grey list and reminds banks to monitor and...
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UK Publishes First National Risk Assessment of Proliferation Financing
The UK is at a high risk of proliferation financing for Korea and Iran, while UK financial instit...
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Phishing Scams Spike As Holiday Season 2021 Approaches
64% of the top courier companies have insufficient protection against phishing scams and other fr...
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Liberian Ministers Allegedly Laundering Money Using Foreign Lobbying Contracts, Investigation Reveals
Liberia, one of the poorest countries in the world, is said to spend an enormous and highly suspi...
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New Jersey Hospital System Hit By a Ransomware Attack
One of the largest hospital systems of New Jersey has reported that it was hit by a ransomware at...
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SA Government Passes New Legislation to Avoid FATF Gray list
South African government has passed two crucial legislations to prevent potential greylisting by ...
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EMLCU Reviews Egypts Efforts to Fight Financial Crime
Chairman of EMLCU (Egyptian Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Combating Unit) Ahmed Saeed ...
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The third man involved in ID theft scheme and money laundering is sentenced to jail
Minnesota man among the three criminals involved ID theft scheme and money laundering has finally...
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Sri Lankan AMLO Fines a Bank and Two Finance Firms for Non-Compliance
Approximately two million rupees worth of fines were imposed on three financial institutions in S...
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Face Detection Tool to Fight Bots Under Trial by Facebook
Facebook is currently battling a $35 billion class-action lawsuit for alleged misuse of facial re...
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UK Government Proposes New Cybersecurity Laws
The UK government proposed new laws for cybersecurity last week to increase security standards in...
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