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EBA’s ESG Risk Dashboard update shows stable climate risk indicators for nearly 120 EU/EEA banks, with improved data quality and transparency, strengthening compliance and risk controls 

February 18, 2026

While banks’ exposures to climate-sensitive sectors remain high at around 62%, improvements in ESG data quality are evident, including better energy efficiency scores for property-backed exposures and a 10-percentage-point reduction in reliance on proxy indicators. Physical risk metrics still vary across jurisdictions due to methodological differences. The dashboard has also been integrated into the EBA Data Access Portal (EDAP), enhancing transparency and accessibility of supervisory climate-risk data…

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

February 18, 2026

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…

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February 18, 2026

OECD provides policy guidance to help governments expand financial inclusion by ensuring financial products are accessible, appropriate and support consumer financial well-being

February 17, 2026

The paper outlines practical approaches to implement G20/OECD financial consumer protection principles by promoting access to financial services while ensuring products meet consumers’ needs and deliver fair value. It emphasises the importance of product design, transparency and suitability, alongside strong consumer protection frameworks, to improve financial inclusion outcomes and support long-term financial resilience.

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

February 17, 2026

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…

AMLA Chair Bruna Szego, in her Il Sole 24 Ore Interview, outlines plans for a unified, risk-based framework to oversee high-risk institutions, guide non-financial sectors, and tighten defenses against ML/TF

February 17, 2026

The authority will directly supervise the highest-risk financial institutions—including banks, insurers, asset managers, and crypto-asset service providers—while guiding national authorities on non-financial sectors such as lawyers, notaries, real estate agents, and high-value goods dealers. AMLA’s comprehensive risk model captures both large money laundering flows and smaller transactions linked to terrorist financing, and its harmonized rules and supervisory guidelines aim to simplify compliance, enhance cross-border oversight…

UK Police Foundation Report on ‘Health Impact’ reveals that fraud inflicts hidden physical, emotional, and mental harms far beyond financial loss, urging systemic reforms and recognition of fraud as a public health issue, not just a FC

February 17, 2026

Victims often experience stress, anxiety, sleep problems, social withdrawal, and, in severe cases, thoughts of self-harm, with trust-based scams like romance fraud causing the deepest trauma. Support systems are fragmented, inconsistent, and rarely equipped to address these harms, leaving many victims without the help they need. The report calls for fraud to be recognised as a public health issue, urging systemic reforms including trauma-informed, victim-centred services,..

NCA and UK Policing leads warn child sexual abuse is increasing in severity, complexity, and accessibility, driven by online platforms, generative AI, and end-to-end encryption making detection harder

February 17, 2026

Offenders are using online communities to share and normalise abusive material, while livestreamed abuse and financially motivated sexual extortion are rising, particularly against boys. Despite NCA’s Child Sexual Exploitation Referrals Bureau receiving around 1,700 reports per week and police making about 1,000 potential offender arrests monthly, the scale of abuse remains high, highlighting the ongoing challenges of safeguarding children in the digital age…

NCA’s Cyber Prevent Reoffending report shows that early intervention can cut cybercrime and financial offending by redirecting young offenders’ technical skills toward lawful, constructive opportunities

February 16, 2026

The Cyber Prevent Reoffending report analyses outcomes of the NCA’s intervention aimed at diverting young people from cybercrime, showing an average relative reduction in proven reoffending for participants compared with similar offenders outside the programme. The findings support the value of prevention and diversion strategies — alongside enforcement — in tackling cyber offending and reducing future harm…

 

GITOC’s 2026 report on Europe’s Illicit Tobacco Trade reveals that organised crime is rapidly shifting to local production, online sales, and new nicotine products, outpacing enforcement

February 16, 2026

The Smoke Rings report explains how disruptions from the pandemic, war and sanctions reshaped Europe’s illicit cigarette market, with domestic “guerrilla” factories producing much of the illicit supply and traditional Eastern European sources adapting to changing conditions. It documents evolving trafficking routes, diversified smuggling techniques (from drones to transshipment hubs), rising digital sales and the multifaceted harms of the illicit market, from tax loss to exploitation and organised-crime financing…

FinCEN issues Exceptive relief for FIs from the requirement to identify and verify beneficial owners at each account opening – reducing repetitive checks while keeping full AML safeguards in place

February 13, 2026

FinCEN’s order relieves covered financial institutions from having to identify and verify beneficial owners each time a legal entity opens a new account, requiring this only at initial onboarding, when prior information becomes unreliable, or under risk-based procedures. It aims to reduce duplicative compliance burdens while preserving core AML/CFT safeguards such as ongoing monitoring and risk-based due diligence under the Bank Secrecy Act…

FATF appoints Mr. Giles Thomson, Director at UK HM Treasury as its next President (2026–2028), succeeding Ms. Elisa de Anda Madrazo on 1 July 2026, after serving as Vice-President since July 2025

February 13, 2026

Mr Thomson is currently the Director of the Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation and Economic Crime at HM Treasury and Head of the UK delegation to the FATF. He has over 20 years of experience in the UK civil service and previously served as co-chair of FATF’s Global Network Coordination Group. His appointment was confirmed during the FATF Plenary held in February 2026…

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