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Europol shuts down the world’s 2 largest cybercrime forums ‘Cracked and Nulled’, with over 10m users, which facilitated cybercrime and illegal trade, generating €1m in criminal profits
The cybercrime forums facilitated hacking tutorials, credential stuffing tools, OTP bypass services, and remote access trojans (RATs). Law enforcement seized 17 servers and €300K in illicit assets, shutting down Sellix, a payment processor enabling criminal transactions, and StarkRDP, a hosting service used for cyberattacks…
INTERPOL’s Operation Screen West Africa unites 12 nations to strengthen borders and dismantle transnational crime networks, seizing millions in drugs, counterfeit medicines, and stolen vehicles
Frontline officers at land, air and sea border points were provided with INTERPOL Mobile Devices (IMDs) to access INTERPOL’s critical global intelligence, enabling them to conduct in real time over 1.3 million checks against INTERPOL’s databases. Checks against INTERPOL’s Stolen and Lost Travel Documents database detected 82 individuals travelling on stolen and irregular passports. Mauritanian authorities also launched an investigation into the international trafficking of French and Spanish passports…
Dutch news: Finance minister wants banks to be able to share information about their customers as part of AML investigations, despite privacy concerns
Finance Minister Eelco Heinen is calling for more targeted monitoring and potential legislation to boost competition in the savings market while addressing inefficiencies in privacy laws that hinder AML efforts. He highlighted the €1.4 billion cost of current practices with 13000 bank employees focusing on identifying suspicious spending. Heinen warned that privacy concerns are clashing with the need to keep the financial system…
European Parliament, Council, and Commission begin final negotiations on the EU Anti-Corruption Directive (proposed in May 2023), with key changes ahead and adoption is expected by Q1- Q2 2025
The key discussion points include: Establishing consistent definitions for corruption-related offenses, Lifting immunity for high-ranking officials in serious corruption cases, Supporting Deferred Prosecution Agreements for corporate compliance, Imposing fines of 5% to 10% of global turnover on corrupt companies. Trilogue discussions expected to conclude and finalise the directive in Q1-Q2 2025…
FINRA 2025 Annual Regulatory Oversight Report, highlight new contents provides updates on AI and investment fraud by bad actors that directly targets investors
Highlights key compliance risks and regulatory updates for member firms, including emerging risks like third-party cybersecurity threats, AI implementation, and extended hours trading.
JMLSG’s proposed revisions to Part I of its Guidance provide clearer direction on intra-group outsourcing, CDD for group companies, and intermediaries, to help firms achieve regulatory compliance
The proposed revisions include new paragraph relating to local authorities and professional deputies, new paragraphs relating to group companies, as well as a new paragraph and amendments relating to an intermediary as an agent of the customers…
White House unveils first steps toward new policies supporting cryptocurrencies and digital financial technology
The new administration has promised to provide clear regulatory guidance regarding cryptoassets to promote innovation, in a marked shift from the risk-focused approach under its predecessor. A new executive order revokes all of the Biden administration’s digital asset policies and emphasizes promoting open blockchain networks and dollar-backed stablecoins. It also prohibits U.S. central bank digital currencies and ordered a study of a possible federal strategic cryptocurrency reserve…
BaFin urges FIs to invest their strong earnings to bolster defences against AI-driven fraud, highlighting generative AI risks, advanced phishing threats, and the need for adaptive security measures
For example, through generative AI. More and more companies in the financial sector are using generative AI or testing its use. And of course, criminals are also using such technologies – to develop new attack methods or malicious code, for example. High quality phishing messages can be created quickly using AI, which makes it much more difficult to identify fraudulent messages…
NCA UKFIU SARs highlight rising threats in ML, fraud, and illicit company formations – identifying evolving risks from fraudulent registrations to large-scale laundering schemes
A reporter suspected that a business customer was ML and submitted a DAML SAR to the UKFIU to request a defence to return the account’s balance to the customer while ending their relationship with them. Suspicious indicators on the customer’s account included little evidence of the business being legitimate, cash deposited in small amounts in an apparent effort to avoid detection…
Europol and Eurojust dismantle a €100m ML network using offshore accounts, shell companies, and unregulated crypto exchanges, seizing €8m in cash and freezing €27m in cryptocurrencies
The authorities discovered that the group was running a sophisticated money laundering service for other criminal organisations. The group acted as a financial service to transfer criminal profits internationally. Cryptocurrencies were used to move cash profits between criminal organisations. To dispose of the cash profits, money was transported on commercial flights, mainly to Cyprus, and by public transport to neighbouring countries of Spain…
Europol disrupts a Ukrainian-led network exploiting the EU’s temporary protection status for ML and was involved in drug trafficking, tax evasion, and smuggling
The action day, which follows raids conducted in October 2024, saw the arrest of several suspects and the seizure of various criminal assets. In total, the operation, which took place over several months, led to the arrest of 23 suspects, the seizure of EUR 35.7 million in cash, bank accounts and cryptocurrencies as well as 36 vehicles, real estate, watches, and jewellery.
CFATF adopts Fourth Round Mutual Evaluation of Montserrat
Montserrat has strengthened its AML/CFT framework through a National Risk Assessment and policy alignment among Competent Authorities. Financial intelligence efforts were effective but limited by low Suspicious Transaction Reports. Money laundering investigations were mostly reactive, though some prosecutions succeeded. Asset confiscation focused on cash, with limited success in seizing other criminal assets. Terrorist financing risk was deemed low, with minimal monitoring of Non-Profit Organisations.
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