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Europol and Finnish Customs closes down Piilopuoti dark web marketplace

In a significant victory against dark web criminals, the Finnish Customs (Tulli), together with European partners, has successfully taken down the dark web marketplace ‘Piilopuoti’. Drugs and other illegal commodities were sold in large quantities on this Finnish-language platform…

MAS reports robust enforcement outcomes and enhances disclosure of statistics

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) issued its 4th Enforcement Report (963.6 KB), detailing robust enforcement actions taken against financial institutions (FIs) and individuals for money laundering (ML)related offences, market abuse, financial services misconduct…

Home Office publishes annual report on unexplained wealth orders

Report on the number of unexplained wealth orders applied for and issued from 15 May 2022 to 14 May 2023.

Home Office releases annual report and accounts: 2022 to 2023

A review of the Home Office’s vision and priorities for the year ending March 2023.

FCA publishes research note covering international perspectives of de-risking

The FCA’s review of publicly available information about the nature, scale and impact of de-risking.

FCA publishes findings of its initial data exercise on bank account access and closures

The information supplied by banks, building societies and payment companies suggests that no firm closed an account between July 2022 and June 2023 primarily because of a customer’s political views…

FinCEN issues compliance guide to help small businesses report beneficial ownership information

Among other things, the Guide:
Describes each of the BOI reporting rule’s provisions in simple, easy-to-read language;
Answers key questions; and
Provides interactive checklists, infographics, and other tools to assist businesses in complying with the BOI reporting rule.

US Senator Elizabeth Warren’s Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act Gets Nine New Sponsors

Elizabeth Warren has secured the support of nine other senators for her Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act, boosting her efforts to tackle the perceived risks posed by cryptocurrencies…

ESAs warn of risks resulting from a fragile economic outlook

The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) issued their Autumn 2023 Joint Committee Report on risks and vulnerabilities in the EU financial system. The Report underlines the continued high economic uncertainty…

White House issues memorandum on Presidential determination on major drug transit or major illicit drug producing countries for fiscal year 2024

Countries identified are: Afghanistan, The Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Burma, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.

SEC enforces Dodd- Frank whistleblower rule against privately held company

US SEC announced settled charges against Monolith Resources LLC, a privately held energy and technology company headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, for using employee separation agreements that violated the SEC’s whistleblower protection rules…

Gambling Commission establishes Industry Forum

The UK Gambling Commission has established a new body called the Industry Forum, in a move to improve its understanding of operators’ insights. The forum will aim to give the Commission more insight into the views of operators…