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AMLA consults on proposed draft RTS, which set out a simple, proportionate and efficient framework for cooperation between home and host supervisors of cross-border groups of obliged entities
The proposals aim to clarify roles between home and host authorities, improve the speed and consistency of information sharing, and establish more structured coordination for supervisory actions such as inspections and risk assessments. Overall, the initiative is designed to reduce fragmentation, close supervisory gaps, and advance a more unified and effective EU-wide AML/CFT supervisory framework…
Europol disrupts the “Atlantic Cocaine Highway” in major maritime operation, seizing drugs, intercepting vessels, and hitting trafficking networks between Latin America and Europe
Over a two-week period, law enforcement agencies from multiple countries carried out coordinated surveillance and interdictions across key maritime corridors, particularly between the Canary Islands and the Azores. The operation resulted in the seizure of substantial quantities of cocaine and hashish, the interception of several vessels used for drug transfers at sea, and the arrest of numerous suspects involved in the trafficking network…
IMF report finds Kosovo’s Central Bank has a broadly strong, internationally aligned transparency framework, supported by solid governance, disclosures, and improving public communication
The review highlights strengths including extensive publication of monetary and financial stability information, accessible institutional reporting, and transparent governance arrangements that support accountability and public confidence. Recommendations focus on enhancing disclosure around internal risk management, decision-making processes, audit functions, and anti-corruption safeguards to further align the framework with international best practice…
EP urges the EC to enforce the Digital Markets Act more strongly, faster, including through tougher scrutiny of AI-driven services and more effective penalties for non-compliance
MEPs warn that external political pressure must not undermine the EU’s ability to enforce its digital competition rules and call on the Commission to fully use investigative, compliance, and sanctioning powers against designated gatekeepers. The resolution also highlights concerns around self-preferencing, anti-steering restrictions, cloud market concentration, and manipulative consent practices, emphasising that DMA compliance should be judged by real-world outcomes for competition, innovation, and consumer choice…
EBA publishes its final Guidelines on supervisory independence, reinforcing safeguards that keep regulators independent, impartial, and free from conflicts of interest or external influence
The Guidelines require competent authorities to implement stronger controls around declarations of interest, ownership and trading of financial instruments, and post-employment restrictions for staff and governance body members. The framework also clarifies expectations relating to appointments, tenure, and transparency to reinforce supervisory integrity, consistency, and public trust in EU financial oversight…
Europol dismantles a €50M online fraud network operating call centres across Europe, arresting 10 suspects and seizing assets linked to large-scale investment scams targeting victims globally
Authorities estimate that the network caused at least €50M in losses, targeting victims across multiple European countries and beyond through coordinated social engineering and investment fraud tactics. During the raids, law enforcement also seized cash, electronic devices, and financial assets linked to the criminal operation, while the investigation continues to trace additional assets and identify further participants in the wider network…
AMLA Chair Bruna Szego signals stricter EU AML oversight of football from July 2029, targeting opaque ownership, high-value transfers, and cross-border flows through enhanced transparency controls
Europol supports a coordinated Swiss–German operation targeting the Black Axe criminal network, a Nigeria-linked organised crime group heavily involved in cyber-enabled fraud and ML
The operation led to 10 arrests, including a suspected regional leader based in Southern Europe, following raids across several Swiss cantons. Investigators say the group is linked to romance scams, online fraud schemes, and laundering of illicit proceeds, causing millions of Swiss francs in losses to victims…
Europol’s IOCTA 2026 report warns of a fast-moving cybercrime landscape where AI-driven fraud, cybercrime-as-a-service, and encryption are industrialising attacks and outpacing law enforcement
The report underscores that online fraud now represents one of the most dominant threats, with criminals exploiting artificial intelligence to create more convincing scams, while ransomware continues to expand through “as-a-service” models and multi-layered extortion tactics. It also stresses the central role of encrypted communications, dark web marketplaces, and cryptocurrencies in facilitating illicit operations and laundering proceeds, alongside the growing challenge for law enforcement posed by jurisdictional fragmentation and rapidly adapting…
AMLA consults on draft Guidelines for business-wide risk assessments and draft RTS on group-wide requirements to strengthen AML/CFT risk management – feedback by 20 and 28 May 2026
The first concerns draft Guidelines on business-wide risk assessments, which set minimum expectations across financial and non-financial sectors, helping firms identify and manage their specific AML/CFT risk exposure in a proportionate, risk-based way. The second covers draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on group-wide requirements, establishing standards for consolidated AML/CFT risk management across groups, including cross-border operations and third countries. Both initiatives aim to ensure…
ESA’s Annual Report 2025 highlights digitalisation, cyber resilience under DORA, sustainable finance, and cross-sector risk monitoring as key supervisory priorities
The report outlines coordinated work by the European Supervisory Authorities on key priorities including implementation of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), monitoring risks from financial innovation such as crypto-assets, and strengthening cross-sector supervisory convergence to ensure consistent oversight across banking, insurance and capital markets. It also highlights joint efforts to address anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing risks, enhance consumer protection against fraud and scams…
OCCRP reports the Council of Europe has criticised Switzerland for mishandling $230M linked to the Magnitsky fraud and ML case, citing weak asset safeguarding and recovery
The resolution, passed by a 43–7 vote, urges Switzerland to refreeze and recover assets linked to individuals implicated in the long-running case and to correct earlier legal and procedural shortcomings after its money laundering investigation was closed and funds were released. It also follows a Swiss Supreme Court ruling questioning earlier confiscation methods and highlights concerns that millions were transferred abroad despite frozen assets, raising broader questions about enforcement effectiveness and compliance with international anti–money laundering standards…