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AUSTRAC’s Fintel Alliance uncovers coordinated mortgage fraud across 10 major Australian banks, identifying potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in suspected fraudulent loans
Operation Claw found inflated incomes, false employment details, fabricated business activity and misleading documents, with mortgage brokers, accountants and law firms repeatedly appearing across applications. The findings highlight systemic vulnerabilities that could be exploited for financial crime and reinforce the need for cross-bank intelligence sharing, stronger controls and early detection…
Ireland publishes its 2026 AML/CFT/CPF Strategy, bringing AML priorities under a single coordinated framework while strengthening measures on crypto, BO, financial intelligence, sanctions & AMLA readiness
A major focus is on emerging and increasingly sophisticated financial crime risks. Ireland plans to strengthen AML requirements around crypto-assets and crypto transfers, including enhanced checks involving private wallets and greater due diligence when dealing with overseas crypto firms. The strategy also seeks to strengthen oversight of higher-risk sectors such as gambling…
RUSI’s latest research reveals how North Korea uses crypto-to-fiat off-ramps to convert stolen cryptocurrency into illicit funds supporting its WMD programmes
RUSI’s Centre for Finance and Security examines how North Korea moves stolen virtual assets through both crypto and traditional financial infrastructure, including VASPs, intermediaries and off-ramp services, to generate usable funds linked to its weapons programmes. The report recommends clearer guidance for banks dealing with VASPs, more consistent VASP onboarding, stronger information-sharing arrangements and better identification of virtual-asset-related payments…
AUSTRAC suspends Cryptolink’s VASP registration for 3 months, shutting down 96 crypto ATMs over failures to meet AML/CTF reporting and information requirements
AUSTRAC suspended Cryptolink’s virtual-asset service-provider registration for three months after concluding that the company remained too high risk to continue operating its crypto-ATM network. The regulator says Cryptolink failed to meet basic threshold-transaction reporting obligations despite an earlier enforceable undertaking addressing alleged late reporting and weaknesses in its AML/CTF risk assessments…
Malta FSA unveils its 2026 Financial Crime Compliance Strategy, shifting towards stronger risk-based supervision, regulatory cooperation and industry engagement, while aligning with EU AML reforms and AMLA
The strategy shifts supervision from checklist-based compliance to evidence of effective controls, with continuous oversight, stronger scrutiny of MLRO competence and governance, and greater integration of AML risk with prudential, IT, operational resilience and technology risks, alongside closer alignment with the EU AML framework and digital assets…
GIABA launches Guinea’s second national assessment of money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation-financing risks
GIABA and Guinea’s Financial Intelligence Unit, CENTIF, convened government agencies, law enforcement, supervisors, regulators and private-sector representatives to begin updating the country’s understanding of ML/TF/PF threats. The exercise uses the World Bank’s National Risk Assessment methodology and incorporates revisions to FATF Recommendations including those covering risk-based controls, virtual assets and beneficial ownership; it is expected to produce a new national roadmap and work programme.
INTERPOL’s African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2026 highlights that AI is fuelling 55% of reported cybercrimes across Africa, enabling faster and more sophisticated fraud and digital threats
MAS and ABS establish an AI-driven cyber risk taskforce to strengthen financial sector resilience against emerging AI, technology, and cyber threat
The Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Association of Banks in Singapore have formed the AI-Driven Cyber and Technology Risk Taskforce with major banks, the Singapore Exchange and national payment and processing operators. The taskforce will share emerging threat intelligence and use cases, trial advanced AI-enabled defensive tools and develop guidance on measures for detecting, preventing…
Singapore Police dismantles a criminal network facilitating illegal online gambling, arresting 9 suspects and freezing over S$39,000 across nine corporate bank accounts linked to 6 shell companies
The arrests formed part of a wider crackdown on illegal gambling ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, during which police also blocked over 600 illegal gambling websites, apps and social media accounts and prevented 6,900 banking transactions linked to illegal betting, worth more than S$600,000. The suspects are being investigated for offences including facilitating illegal gambling and the misuse of corporate…
CBUAE launches Jaywan, the UAE’s first national card scheme, marking a major step in strengthening the country’s digital payments infrastructure and financial sovereignty
Operated by Al Etihad Payments, Jaywan enables banks, licensed financial institutions and exchange houses to issue domestic payment cards while supporting lower transaction costs, greater payment efficiency and enhanced financial inclusion. The initiative also strengthens payment resilience by reducing reliance on international card networks and reinforcing the UAE’s position as a regional…
GIABA’s 3rd Enhanced Follow-Up Report highlights Côte d’Ivoire’s AML/CFT progress, upgrading 9 FATF Rec. following reforms in supervision, sanctions, money transfers, statistics and asset recovery
The third enhanced follow-up report says Côte d’Ivoire has significantly strengthened technical compliance through its 2023 AML/CFT/PF Order, wider UEMOA-aligned reforms, sectoral risk assessments and updated AML/CFT strategy, leading to compliant ratings on MVTS, DNFBP supervision, statistics, sanctions and mutual legal assistance for freezing and confiscation. The report remains a technical compliance…
GIABA’s 2nd Enhanced Follow-Up Report upgrades Comoros across 13 FATF Rec., recognising major legal reforms while leaving gaps on virtual assets, BO risk and sanctions guidance
The second enhanced follow-up report says Comoros has strengthened its AML/CFT/CPF framework through a new 2025 law, Central Bank reforms and institutional capacity-building, leading to upgrades on risk assessment, national co-operation, targeted financial sanctions, customer due diligence, third-party reliance, DNFBPs, beneficial ownership, supervision, FIU powers, sanctions and international…