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Global Witness: The state oil company in the UAE secured $100billion in deals during its year as COP28 host
27 US Senate and House members criticized the idea of a fossil fuel champion in climate negotiations arguing it could undermine the goal…
China’s AML legislation is being improved to effectively combat wildlife crime
China’s current legislation and enforcement hinder the successful enforcement of IWT-related AML investigations due to its narrow scope of criminal intent and limited recognition of wildlife crime as a predicate ML offense, excluding broader wildlife crimes like poaching and illegal logging…
US DOJ issues first-ever declination to prosecute a company that self-disclosed possible sanctions or export violations
US DoJ decided not to prosecute MillporeSigma due to factors such as voluntary self-disclosure of potential export control violations, full cooperation with investigators, and timely remediation of the alleged misconduct. These factors allowed law enforcement to identify culpable individuals, disrupt the scheme, seize illegal shipments, establish probable cause, and obtain guilty pleas from key participants…
Europol addresses the crackdown on money mule service providers which has resulted in the ML of over 10m euros
The investigation reveals a crime group targeting millionaires for rip-deal scams, outsourcing money laundering to two other networks, who recruited money mules for commission-based transactions. The scammers, lacking technical expertise, delegated criminal processes to external service providers, increasing their threat as they could be met by other criminal actors through financial exchange…
Eurojust addresses that the Western Balkans’ Chief Prosecutors are enhancing cooperation to combat cross-border crime
The Forum, part of Eurojust’s WBCJ project, aims to enhance cross-border cooperation in criminal matters within the Western Balkans and the EU through financial, knowledge, and technical support. The project primarily focused on drug trafficking, ML , and counterfeiting, supporting 13 cases between Western Balkan partners and EU Member States…
MoneyVal addresses Bulgaria has enhanced its preventive framework to combat ML and terrorism financing
The country has complied with ten FATF Recommendations, including national cooperation, politically exposed persons, money transfer services, internal controls and CDD. Moneyval add resses that Bulgaria has taken numerous steps to strengthen its AML/CFT…
Swissinfo Ch: Moldovan police are conducting raids to uncover a plot to block Interpol.
Interpol, issues a red notice to global law enforcement for the detention of individuals awaiting extradition, surrender, or similar legal proceedings…
AUSTRAC announces the new guidelines have been issued to combat the use of foreign students as money mules
Criminal networks exploit international students and temporary residents in Australia as money mules, unaware of the illegal nature of their activities. Criminal networks are constantly seeking ways to clean their dirty money, obtained from various criminal activities such as drug and human trafficking, fraud, and scams…
AML Intelligence: AI can assist in addressing machine learning and reducing transaction costs but carries significant risks.
Janet Yellen, secretary stated that the US treasury department is in regular communication with regulators about the use of AI to mitigate illicit finance risks, including ML and terrorist financing…
NCA issues guidance on how to request a defence from the NCA under POCA and TACT
This document is intended to inform you of the approach when reporters, through submitting a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR), seek a defence (or ‘consent’) from the National Crime Agency (NCA) to a money laundering of terrorist finance offence.
FBI warning to the public to be cautious of scammers who pretend to be FBI agents and other government officials
Federal agencies do not send threats or money via phone or email. Scammers often spoof caller ID information, making them fraudulent. Government impersonation scams use intimidation tactics, using an aggressive tone and urging victims not to share information with others…
UK Finance publishes Annual Fraud Report 2024
Shows that £1.17 billion was lost to fraud in 2023, although a modest overall decline in both the value of losses and the number of cases compared with 2022 when losses amounted to £2.97 million.
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