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GIABA’s 6th Follow-Up Report on Mali notes that while AML/CFT measures have seen some progress, key weaknesses persist in supervision, preventive controls, and transparency of legal entities
The Sixth Enhanced Follow-Up Report assesses Mali’s progress against a range of FATF Recommendations, noting improvements in technical compliance where legislative, institutional and supervisory measures have been strengthened and re-ratings may be granted where sufficient progress is demonstrated. However, Mali continues to face gaps across key areas of its AML/CFT framework and remains subject to enhanced monitoring until outstanding deficiencies are addressed and compliance with international standards is further strengthened…
GIABA’s 4th Follow-Up Report on Niger finds that despite modest AML/CFT reforms, gaps in supervision, implementation, BO transparency, and financial intelligence remains under enhanced follow-up
The 4th Enhanced Follow-Up Report assesses Niger’s progress against the FATF Recommendations, noting improvements in technical compliance where legislative and institutional reforms have been implemented and re-ratings may be granted where sufficient progress is demonstrated. However, the report indicates that gaps remain across key areas of the AML/CFT framework, requiring continued reforms and monitoring under the enhanced follow-up process to achieve full compliance with international standards…
Norton Rose Fulbright explains that the UAE’s new AML regime significantly strengthens compliance, enforcement and accountability by expanding offences, lowering liability thresholds and aligning with FATF standards
The new framework, built on Federal Law No. 10 of 2025 and its Executive Regulation, broadens the scope of offences to include proliferation financing, expands predicate offences and lowers the evidentiary threshold so liability can arise where individuals or firms “should have known” about illicit activity.
It also increases supervisory and enforcement powers, introduces stronger senior management liability, and extends AML obligations to higher-risk sectors such as virtual asset service providers and gaming, signalling a more proactive and outcomes-focused enforcement approach.
INTERPOL spearheads Operation Red Card 2.0 across 16 African countries, securing 651 arrests, dismantling major online investment scam networks, and recovering over $4.3M in illicit proceeds
Authorities also seized thousands of devices and dismantled hundreds of malicious IP addresses, domains, and servers, with INTERPOL providing intelligence sharing, real-time coordination, and training. Notable results included complex fraud rings taken down in Nigeria, and significant arrests in countries like Côte d’Ivoire and Kenya linked to mobile loan and messaging-app…
GI-TOC takes the lead as technical secretariat of a new Latin American platform, driving regional collaboration, evidence‑based policy, and coordinated action against organised crime
The initiative brings together governments, international organisations and civil society actors across Latin America to strengthen cooperation against organized crime through shared strategies, evidence-based policies and coordinated action. The Global Initiative provides technical, analytical and administrative support as secretariat, helping to drive implementation, facilitate collaboration and ensure continuity of the platform’s work…
CBUAE and HKMA deepen financial cooperation and market connectivity, focusing on cross-border debt markets, digital assets, tokenisation, digital currencies, stablecoin oversight, and supply chain finance
A key outcome is the CBUAE’s formal membership in Hong Kong’s Central Moneymarkets Unit (CMU), the city’s core debt securities depository, giving UAE investors direct and cost‑effective access to Chinese Mainland capital markets via Hong Kong’s infrastructure and advancing financial integration between the regions…
DFSA publishes Crypto Token FAQs, guiding DIFC firms on authorisation, token suitability, and stablecoins while strengthening investor protection and promoting robust oversight of crypto activities
The FAQs clarify when authorisation is required, firm-led token suitability assessments and monitoring, treatment of stablecoins, funds investing in crypto tokens, and application across different business models. Designed to enhance regulatory clarity, market integrity, and investor protection, the FAQs reflect extensive market engagement and will be updated periodically alongside the DFSA Rulebook…
FINTRAC imposes a $107,250 penalty on Manor Windsor Realty Ltd. for serious AML compliance lapses, exposing vulnerabilities in real estate financial crime controls
Manor Windsor Realty Ltd. was found to have committed multiple administrative breaches, including failing to maintain senior-approved, up-to-date compliance policies and procedures, properly assess and document ML/TF risks, implement an ongoing written training programme, and conduct the required effectiveness review of its compliance framework…
Canadian Police convicts 2 individuals in the Fortress syndicated mortgage investment fraud, defrauding 800 investors, sentencing them to 5 years and ordering to pay $12.2M in restitution each
Both men were convicted of one count of fraud over $5,000 and sentenced to five years in prison, ordered to pay $12.2 million each in restitution (with matching prison terms if unpaid), and given 10 years to satisfy the restitution orders. The RCMP’s Toronto Integrated Market Enforcement Team (IMET) led the investigation, highlighting efforts to protect Canadian investors from large‑scale financial crime, while noting the significant financial and psychological harm suffered by victims…
ASIC urges super trustees to step up and address serious gaps in anti-scam and fraud protections after reviewing 47 funds and finding weak and outdated member guidance
The regulator warned that the sector which safeguards about $4.3 trillion in retirement savings risks becoming a soft target for scammers, noting that super-related scams caused around $22 million in losses in 2025. ASIC identified shortcomings in the availability, clarity, and practical guidance provided to members, including limited reporting channels and insufficient support for scam victims, and urged trustees to improve prevention, detection, and response measures as scam risks continue to grow across the financial system…
HKMA launches a Fintech Promotion Blueprint under its Fintech 2030 strategy, advancing AI-driven banking innovation, distributed-ledger technology, stronger data governance, and cyber-resilience
The plan includes four flagship initiatives a Quantum Preparedness Index, a new risk-data strategy, a fintech cybersecurity baseline, and industry-wide skills development support designed to strengthen risk management, supervision, and collaboration across Hong Kong’s fintech ecosystem while preparing the financial sector for emerging technologies…
AUSTRAC launches AML starter kits to help small businesses in legal, accounting, real estate, conveyancing, and jewellery sectors prepare for AML/CTF rules effective 1 July 2026
The kits provide step-by-step guidance and practical tools to help businesses build scalable, risk-based AML programs, reduce compliance costs, and better identify and manage money-laundering and terrorism-financing risks, as part of broader AML reforms aimed at preventing organised crime from exploiting professional services…