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Money Laundering
FCA flags weaknesses in firms’ CDD and enhanced checks, including poor documentation, weak governance and inconsistent monitoring, raising concerns over exposure to ML and FC risks
FCA finds that while many firms apply a risk-based approach and tailor checks for higher-risk customers such as PEPs, there are widespread weaknesses in practice, including insufficiently detailed policies, poor documentation of EDD measures, unclear review cycles, and inconsistent record-keeping of key customer information such as source of funds and purpose of relationships. The FCA also highlights gaps in governance, including unclear senior management sign-off processes…
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Anti-Bribery & Corruption
EP greenlights new EU Anti-Corruption rules, establishing the first EU-wide criminal law framework that harmonises key offences, reinforces sanctions, cross-border enforcement, and transparency
It introduces a single EU-wide definition of corruption offences from bribery and misappropriation to illicit enrichment and concealment—alongside tougher enforcement with minimum prison terms and corporate fines of up to 5% of global turnover or €40M. It also mandates national anti-corruption strategies, risk assessments, and independent oversight, requires annual reporting to enable data-driven enforcement, and strengthens coordination between EU bodies to accelerate cross-border…
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Human Trafficking
Europol supported a major operation dismantling a Vietnamese migrant smuggling network across Europe and the UK, uncovering a €50M criminal enterprise moving 1,000+ migrants for up to €50K each
The coordinated action day, involving Belgian, French, and UK authorities with Europol and Eurojust support, led to 19 arrests, multiple searches, asset seizures, and the identification of significant financial flows linked to the network’s operations. The investigation revealed a highly structured criminal business model involving recruitment, transport logistics, debt-driven exploitation, and money transfers back to Vietnam, highlighting the increasing sophistication, profitability, and transnational nature of migrant smuggling…
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Environmental Crimes
GI-TOC’s report ‘Wildlife has a Facebook problem’ exposes a booming online illegal wildlife trade, with 21K+ ads and 266K+ wildlife products identified – 74% on Facebook, fueling a $66M black market
Alarmingly, platform algorithms actively amplify this content, exposing users to illegal trade without intent, while the market itself has become highly commercialised, with estimated values reaching $66 million. The key takeaway is stark: online wildlife trafficking is now a large-scale digital economy, and existing platform controls are fundamentally inadequate, underscoring the urgent need for stronger corporate…
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Sanctions & Trade Embargoes
OFAC issues an advisory warning that sanctioned individuals are using ‘sham transactions’, proxies, trusts, and shell companies to conceal ongoing property ownership
The advisory highlights key red flags, including non-commercial transfers, opaque ownership structures, involvement of close associates, continued control by sanctioned persons, and transactions timed around designations, and stresses that firms must apply a risk-based approach, enhanced due diligence, and ongoing monitoring to detect evasion. It reinforces that any property in which a sanctioned person retains an interest must remain…
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Fines & Lessons Learned
FINTRAC imposes an administrative monetary penalty of approx. C$91,000 on the Northern Isga Foundation after a compliance review identified multiple AML/ATF programme deficiencies
These included failures to develop and maintain an adequate risk assessment, implement effective written compliance policies and procedures, provide ongoing staff training, and conduct the required effectiveness review of its compliance framework. The case highlights FINTRAC’s continued supervisory focus on ensuring that reporting entities not only establish formal AML controls but also demonstrate that these controls…
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On the web
Reuters: Brazil and the U.S. launch a joint initiative to combat organised crime, focusing on sharing intelligence and integrating data to better intercept illicit flows of weapons and drugs
Times of Malta: Stanleybet Malta Limited, a betting company, has been fined €225,000 for serious AML failings, including weak monitoring and fragmented controls that left it exposed to ML/TF risks
Le Monde: French singer Gims is charged with aggravated ML in a major international probe into a network that allegedly launders at least €319M through over 2,000 companies in France
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UK Govt launches its new and expanded Fraud Strategy 2026–29, backed by £250M, with a new Online Crime Centre deploying AI detection and real-time intelligence sharing to crack down on organised fraud
The initiative will identify and shut down the infrastructure used by criminals such as fraudulent bank accounts, websites, phone numbers and social media channels, allowing authorities to block scam messages, freeze accounts and disrupt organised crime groups, particularly those operating internationally. The strategy reflects a shift toward technology-driven, cross-sector collaboration to proactively disrupt fraud and better protect victims, as fraud currently affects 1 in 14 adults and 1 in 4 businesses in the UK and costs…
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