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Project CRAAFT issues Research Briefing on ‘The EU and Counterterrorism financing right diagnosis, wrong patient?’

The paper evaluates four legislative proposals on counter-terrorism financing (CTF) within the EU, questioning their alignment with addressing current threats. It recommends a new diagnosis and suggests improvements for CTF effectiveness…

RUSI conducts independent analysis of the top 10 serious and organised crime threats to the UK in 2023 through a series of commentaries

This project provides independent analysis to mark a major milestone in the UK’s fight against serious and organised crime, the 10-year anniversary of the NCA. The series traces the evolution of serious and organised crime threats since 2013, the ways in which the UK…

SEC announces Enforcement Results for FY2023

Commission filed 784 enforcement actions, obtained orders for nearly $5 billion in financial remedies, and distributed nearly $1 billion to harmed investors

HM Treasury leads on first of its kind global commitment to combat offshore crypto tax evasion

The Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF), spearheaded by the UK, is the OECD’s latest flagship tax transparency standard that will require crypto platforms to start sharing taxpayer information with tax authorities.

FATF identifies jurisdictions with AML/CFT and counter-proliferation deficiencies

FinCEN alerts U.S. financial institutions that FATF, in its recent plenary meeting, addressed the use of crowdfunding by terrorist groups like Hamas for financing attacks. FATF emphasizes global vigilance against circumventing measures on the Russian Federation to safeguard…

FATF announces amendments to the standards to strengthen global asset recovery

Ther revised Recommendations will help countries respond to the speed of criminal activity and equip them to succeed by introducing new tools, closing loopholes, and emphasising actions to target and capture criminal proceeds at the opportune moment.

FATF examines illicit financial flows drawing from cyber-fraud

New report highlights examples of successful operational responses and strategies, including the need to break down siloes and accelerate and enhance collaboration across various sectors and on both the domestic and international levels.

Misunderstanding crypto and terror financing leads to bad policy

Politicians have leveraged these claims to argue that terrorists benefit disproportionately from illicit use of crypto. These claims, however, have proven to be overblown, and reflect deeper misconceptions about crypto that need to be understood and corrected…

EBA consults on the reporting of transactions with asset-referenced tokens and e-money tokens denominated in a non-EU currency under MiCAR

MiCAR establishes a regime for the regulation and supervision of crypto-asset issuance and crypto-asset service provision in the EU. It came into force on 29 June 2023, and the provisions relating to offering to the public and admission to trading of ARTs and EMTs will be applicable from 30 June 2024.

EC releases a Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation focusing on regulatory technical standards for the AML/CFT central database

It highlights the regulatory technical standards specifying the materiality of weaknesses, the type of information collected, the practical implementation of the information collection and the analysis and dissemination of the information contained in the AML/CFT central…

EC published a list of all public functions of each Member State that qualify as prominent public functions

Politically exposed person: a natural person exercising or having exercised prominent public functions. This includes in particular:
heads of State, heads of government, ministers, deputy ministers and state secretaries; in Austria, this concerns in particular the Federal…

UK’s New counter fraud authority saves taxpayers £311 million in its first year, beating target by more than £100 million

The savings come from counter fraud schemes designed to prevent and identify fraud across the public sector. The efforts of the counter-fraud team contribute to safeguarding public funds and ensuring fiscal responsibility. The results highlight the positive impact of strategic…