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South Korea’s Largest Crypto Exchange Upbit Registers with KoFIU for AML
Upbit is reportedly the first South Korean crypto exchange to register the Korean Financial Intel...
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Transparency International Declares South Sudan Second Most Corrupt Country
In the East African region, South Sudan has been ranked as the most corrupt country in the world....
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China Strengthens Anti-Money Laundering Rules for Financial Institutions
China has taken steps to improve financial institutions’ measures to combat money laundering by p...
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OSCE Hosts Regional Conference on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in South-Eastern Europe
The chairperson of the OSCE for North Macedonia addressed issues of corruption, money laundering,...
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Japan: FSA Sets a Firm Deadline For FI to Ensure Full AML/CFT Compliance
Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has strictly directed financial institutions to devise a ...
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New fake ad alert system launched to fight online scams
According to ITV, the UK Scam Ad Alert tool – developed by the Advertising Standards Authority (A...
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Ukraine to Scale-up Fight Against Financial Crimes
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved a plan that will strengthen the measures to prevent f...
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Cloudflare Discloses Another huge DDoS Attack
Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, a surf in internet traffic can be seen and thus, an increase in cyber...
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BSP Warns Banks Against Auto Loan Fraud
According to BSP, organized crime groups are using fake identities to sell vehicles under fake li...
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UAE to Issue Federal Licenses to VASPs in Efforts to Embrace Crypto
The UAE is gearing up to issue federal licenses to virtual asset providers (VASPs) within a matte...
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European parliament imposes ban on facial recognition technology
Following a public outcry after the leak of an internal memorandum discussing the utilization of ...
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Bank of Lithuania Revokes License of UK Payments Firm for AML Failures
Transactive Systems Ltd., which processed more than €1 billion of payments every month, has had i...
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FATF Withdraws Switzerland From AML Enhanced Measures List
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) removed Switzerland from the enhanced money-laundering com...
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Cambridge University Hospital Breach Exposes Data of Cancer and Pregnancy Patients
The Cambridge University Hospital admitted they mistakenly leaked over 22,000 pregnant women and ...
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Phishing attacks hidden in Google Cloud Services
Cybercriminals are concealing phishing efforts behind legitimate resources like google cloud serv...
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BitMEX Founders Admit Violating Anti-Money Laundering Regulations
Two of the co-founders of crypto exchange BitMEX Arthur Hayes and Benjamin Delo have pleaded guil...
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German Law Firm Denies Money Laundering Allegations Against Deutsche ReGas
Hengeler Mueller, a German law firm, investigated the loopholes in the Anti-Money Laundering (AML...
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FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service Warn of Prevailing Telephone Scams
FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service have warned of prevailing telephone fraud in which callers act ...
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Malta’s Justice Minister Ammends Legal Framework to Lighten Financial Crime Proceedings
Malta’s Justice Minister announces amendments in the court proceedings for financial crimes...
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Ransomware attacks rise as criminals target remote working
Ransomware attacks are getting bigger and bolder at a time where many organisations are implement...
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Digital IDs Becoming Useful for Fighting Financial Crimes
The use of digital IDs has proved to be advantageous for fighting financial crimes. Research has ...
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UAE’s AML Body Adopts Regulatory Framework for Virtual Assets
The new rule for virtual assets has been devised in accordance with the crypto travel rule issued...
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Netflix ‘Update your payment” phishing scam is bypassing email spam filters
Phishing scams are taking a new turn as more and more people are using streaming services during ...
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Cyprus Makes Strides in Restoring its Reputation by Dealing with AML Concerns
According to the US Ambassador to Cyprus Judith Garber, Cyprus has shown progress in dealing with...
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The UK Introduces New Bill to Combat Identity Fraud and Financial Crime
The UK government has launched a bill to prevent the flow of dirty money through its economy by c...
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WhatsApp Receives Fine Worth $267m for Breaching EU’s Data Privacy Law
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has stated that WhatsApp failed to inform EU citizens suffic...
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China’s cyberspace regulators approve 224 blockchain ventures
China’s Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission (OCCAC) has recently announced a new ...
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Biden Increases 50% Budget for FinCEN to Omit Financial Crimes
President Joe Biden of the USA is pushing a plan for a 50% increase in the budget set aside for t...
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Austrac Warns of Money Laundering Risks Unless More Prosecutions are Conducted
Austrac has warned the law enforcement agencies in Australia that they must conduct more money la...
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Danske Bank Fined €1.82m Over AML and CTF Breaches
Danske Bank was accused of AML compliance failings and fined €1.82m by the Central Bank, revealin...
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Labor Party Victim of a Second Cyber-Attack
Britain’s Labour Party has informed that it had been a victim of a large-scale cyberattack on its...
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5 Billion Unique Credentials Circulating on Darknet
According to the report released by security firm Digital Shadows, a total of 15 billion user cre...
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Money Laundering and Drug Trafficking Account for Illicit Flow of US$ 1 Billion into Jamaica Annually
Reports have highlighted that money laundering, drug trafficking, and cybercrimes account for the...
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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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Interpol Calls for Global Action to Prevent “Ransomware Pandemic”
Interpol has called for united global action to be implemented against ransomware attacks, follow...
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European Commission Lists Online Gambling a High-Risk Sector for Money Laundering
The European Commission has listed online gambling as a high-risk avenue for money laundering aft...
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Financial gain surpasses espionage as a top motivator in cyber attacks
NEW YORK – According to Verizon’s annual report on cybercrimes, money surpassed spying as t...
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Saudi Bank Warns Citizens Against Financial Fraud Schemes Circulating via Fake News Websites
The Saudi Ministry of Commerce is reiterating warnings about fake news websites looting people by...
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UK Approves New Age Verification Laws to Protect Children
The UK government approved the “Online Safety Bill,” which contains measures to protect children ...
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Ramon Abbas, Nigerian Instagram Influencer Pleads Guilty to Million-dollar Fraud
Nigerian instagram influencer, Ramon Abbas (Hushpuppi), admitted that he was involved in a conspi...
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Financial Regulators in Uganda Demands Government to Set Crypto Regulations
Uganda’s financia regulators, Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA), want the government to take...
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Tether Executives to Face DOJ Bank Fraud Probe
Since its inception in 2014, Tether has become the third-largest cryptocurrency platform in the w...
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Rapstar Captured for His Role in Wire Fraud Scheme
A famous rapper from Chicago with his crew members was caught and charged in court for using the ...
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AUSTRAC Has Published a New Guidance For Detecting “Cuckoo Smurfing”
AUSTRAC’s guidance offers indicators for financial institutions, to allow them to detect suspicio...
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William Hill to Pay £19M for Social Responsibility and AML Failings
The Gambling Commission has fined William Hill Group Businesses £19 million for failing to uphold...
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Star Entertainment Group Hit with Record Fine of $100M for Money Laundering
Australia’s gambling giant Star Entertainment Group has been charged $100 million for failing to ...
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The FATF Gives The Philippines 2-3 Months to Address Remaining Deficiencies
Chuchi G. Fonacier, Deputy Governor of the BSP, said 4 of the 8 remaining Financial Action Task F...
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Bahrain sentences three money-laundering suspects to prison
Bahrain fined three suspects of $9 million and sentenced them to prison in the Future Bank case. ...
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UAE Regulatory Authority Enforces Import Invoice Verification to Fight Trade-Based Money Laundering
United Arab Emirates (UAE) has implemented the latest compliance regulations for importing commod...
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Turkey to Ban Cryptocurrency Payments to Avoid Financial Crime
The Central Bank of Turkey is to ban the use of cryptocurrency payments by 30th April. This initi...
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Melbourne Casino Crown Faces New Money Laundering Scandal
Crown’s licence for its Sydney casino has been suspended after an investigation revealed it facil...
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EU Removes Iraq From List of High-Risk Money Laundering Countries
Iraq has been de-listed from the EU’s list of high-risk countries for money laundering and terror...
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N26 Fined $5M by German Watchdog for Delayed SAR
German regulator BaFin imposes a hefty $5 million penalty on digital banking company, N26, for un...
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President of Argentina Open to CBDC Adoption but Central Bank Says No
Alberto Fernandez, President of Argentina showed openness to adoption of Bitcoin and Central Bank...
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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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AML Task Force Samlit Reports Success in Keeping Fraudsters at Bay
SA Anti-Money Laundering Integrated Task Force (Samlit) claims that it is competent in combating ...
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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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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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US Officials allege student defrauded Apple as part of SIM swap attack
Richard Yuan Li, a student at the University of California-San Diego, is charged with plotting to...
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UK to Set up CBDC Taskforce to Analyze the Possibility of ‘Britcoin’
The Bank of England along with the British Government plans to set up a task force to create digi...
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Global regulators propose stricter scrutiny of derivatives clearers amidst deadlock with banks
LONDON – Global regulators have suggested greater scrutiny of clearinghouses managing trill...
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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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IRS And Foreign Tax Enforcers Warn of Increasing Money Laundering Risks in NFTs
The IRS and foreign tax enforcers have issued a warning of the increasing risks of money launderi...
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Australia Risks Damage To Economy Unless Money Laundering Laws are Improved
A Senate committee says that Australia is at risk of damaging its economy if money laundering law...
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14 Arrested in Money-Laundering Crackdown, Over HK$300 Million Seized
Hong Kong police carried out a crackdown on money laundering groups, 14 arrested and HK$300 milli...
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“Walk the Talk” – RUSI Calls On FATF to Promote Financial Inclusion
RUSI has called out the FATF for not actively promoting financial inclusion as part of its primar...
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Social Media Firms May Face Parallel Regulation – Says Data Protection Authority
Social media platforms approached the I&B ministry citing apprehension that they may face par...
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Mexico: Federal Anti-Money Laundering Agency Freezes 1352 Accounts for Money Laundering
On Tuesday, the police and federal anti-money laundering agency said that they have frozen 1352 b...
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Canada Broadens Scope of Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Rules
After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act on Monday, 14th February, the Dep...
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Facebook’s Libra is a Failure in its Current Form says Swiss President
According to the Swiss President, the controversial project by Facebook has ‘failed’ in its curre...
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HSBC reports money laundering violations in Australia
LONDON – According to Reuters, HSBC bank (HSBA.L) has reported itself to the Australian fin...
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OCC, FDIC, & Fed Warn Banks of Significant Risks in the Crypto Industry
Three US banking regulators, the Federal Reserve (Fed), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency...
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