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FATF notes that Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has advanced its virtual asset controls, while Recommendation 15 remains only partially compliant

May 27, 2026

The follow-up review assesses the jurisdiction’s technical progress against Recommendation 15, noting amendments to the virtual asset framework, including revised registration obligations for VASPs and strengthened requirements around risk assessments, customer due diligence, record-keeping, suspicious transaction reporting and sanctions compliance. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines remains partially compliant with Recommendation 15 because residual gaps remain, including in relation to VASP registration coverage, targeted financial sanctions implementation, supervisory powers and the proportionality of available sanctions.

FATF’s 3rd Follow-Up Report on Dominica finds progress in AML/CFT reforms, but highlights ongoing gaps in BO transparency, enforcement, investigations, and asset recovery

May 27, 2026

It finds that Dominica has made notable improvements in its legal framework, regulatory supervision, and institutional coordination, particularly in aligning its laws with international FATF standards. However, the report also highlights continuing effectiveness gaps, especially in investigations, prosecutions, beneficial ownership transparency, and asset recovery, indicating that while the framework has improved…

AMLA hosts its First Conference ‘Building Trust, Enhancing Integrity’, in Frankfurt on 9 June 2026, and we are delighted that AMLP Forum will be attending

May 26, 2026

The event will explore major financial crime challenges, including the role of financial intelligence in combating organised crime, effective supervisory cooperation across jurisdictions, and the opportunities and risks created by emerging technologies in an increasingly complex financial crime landscape. Participants can express their interest in attending via AMLA’s official conference page…

AMLA to host a webinar on 10 June 2026, to guide firms and supervisors through the newly published reporting framework and selection criteria for identifying entities eligible for direct supervision from 2027

May 26, 2026
Scheduled for 10 June 2026 from 10:00 to 12:00 CEST, the session will explain the standardised reporting template and interpretative guidance that national supervisors and firms will use ahead of AMLA’s 2027 selection exercise, which will determine the institutions that may come under direct AMLA supervision from 2028, with participation open to all…

INTERPOL’s Operation Orca XI disrupts major transnational criminal networks across 20 countries in the Americas, seizing 3,308 firearms, 56 tonnes of drugs and leading to over 8,700 arrests 

May 26, 2026

Conducted across Central America, South America and the Caribbean, the operation targeted transnational criminal networks involved in firearms trafficking, drug trafficking, and related organised crime activities. Authorities also recovered cash, vehicles, and dismantled criminal groups linked to wider illicit flows, including terrorism financing and money laundering. The operation highlighted the strong interconnection between firearms trafficking and other serious crimes, with criminal networks exploiting shared routes for drugs, weapons and illicit finance across the region…

Egmont Group publishes its 2024–25 Annual Report, marking 30 years of global FIU cooperation and highlighting strengthened capacity building, and intelligence sharing to combat financial crime

May 26, 2026

It highlights progress across its Working Groups and Regional Groups, alongside the Egmont Centre of FIU Excellence and Leadership (ECOFEL), focusing on improving secure information exchange, operational coordination, and analytical capacity. The report also underscores strategic priorities such as enhancing cross-border intelligence sharing, expanding…

UNODC’s research brief exposes organised crime as a global FC engine driving illicit flows through trafficking, cyber-fraud and corruption, demanding stronger disruption of criminal money networks

May 25, 2026

It explains how these groups establish “criminal governance” through coercion, corruption, and service provision, exploit digital technologies to scale fraud and cross-border operations, and increasingly infiltrate legitimate economies and institutions. The report calls for stronger international responses, including joint threat analysis, improved information sharing, disruption of illicit financial flows, and recovery of criminal proceeds to effectively combat transnational organized crime…

Finance Innovation Lab’s report 2026 reveals £325B in illicit funds flows through the UK annually, rising to £788B with linked offshore jurisdictions, exposing major ML, corruption and tax abuse risks

May 25, 2026

The report argues that the UK’s position as a global financial centre, combined with the use of offshore structures and professional enablers, continues to make it vulnerable to money laundering, corruption, tax abuse and other illicit financial flows. It calls for stronger transparency measures, enhanced enforcement capabilities and greater scrutiny of those facilitating financial transactions, warning that illicit finance remains a significant threat to economic integrity, governance and national security…

UK delays its Illicit Finance Summit to December 2026 to broaden global participation, with a focus on strengthening information sharing, enforcement, asset recovery, and action on high-risk sectors

May 22, 2026

The new dates will enable broader participation, ensuring the Summit generates the strongest possible international commitments to drive impact at a time of heightened global economic and geopolitical tension. The Summit will bring together a diverse coalition of governments, international organisations, civil society, and the private sector to tackle…

AMLA concludes public hearing on draft RTS for group-wide AML/CFT requirements, aimed at reinforcing cross-border AML controls and harmonising FC risk management – feedback open until 15 June 2026

May 22, 2026

The discussions focused on practical implementation of group-wide policies, information sharing, customer due diligence standards, and governance expectations for firms operating across multiple jurisdictions. AMLA also engaged stakeholders on proportionality, data protection, and supervisory consistency issues as part of broader efforts to create a harmonised and more effective EU AML/CFT supervisory framework…

House of Commons Library highlights the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill 2024–26 expands the UK cyber regime, strengthening regulator powers, incident reporting and national security oversight

May 22, 2026

The Bill extends the Network and Information Systems Regulations to additional sectors including data centres, managed service providers, large load controllers, and critical suppliers supporting essential services. Proposed reforms also enhance enforcement powers through higher fines, greater information-sharing and cost-recovery powers for regulators, and new government powers to direct organisations and regulators where national security risks arise…

Wolfsberg Forum 2026 convened global leaders to accelerate AI-driven, effectiveness-led AML/CFT, focusing on measurable impact, deeper public–private collaboration, and the disruption of FC

May 22, 2026
Participants explored new ways to define effectiveness through measurable outcomes and KPIs, alongside cross-border “operational sprints” targeting threats such as fentanyl trafficking, trade-based money laundering, fraud networks, and terrorist financing. The forum reinforced that stronger public–private partnerships, better data use, and responsible innovation are essential to modernising financial crime controls and improving real-world disruption of illicit finance globally…
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