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Money Laundering
FATF Plenary (Oct 2026) puts fraud in the spotlight, approves landmark report on scam-compound financial flows and introduces tailored AML/CFT assessments for low-capacity countries
The report forms part of the FATF’s wider efforts to strengthen the global response to fraud and disrupt the criminal networks behind these operations. Members also agreed to introduce a more tailored approach to assessing countries with limited capacity to implement AML/CFT standards. The Plenary further reviewed jurisdictions under increased monitoring and those subject to a call for action. These outcomes reflect the FATF’s continued…
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Anti-Bribery & Corruption
GRECO 2nd Compliance Report on Ireland raises concerns over gaps in lobbying transparency, conflict-of-interest rules and police integrity safeguards, calling for further anti-corruption reforms
The Second Compliance Report assesses measures to prevent corruption among senior government officials and law enforcement personnel. Five recommendations remain partly implemented and seven unimplemented, with outstanding concerns including conflicts of interest, lobbying, post-employment restrictions and police integrity controls. GRECO acknowledges progress in recruitment checks, anti-corruption training…
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Human Trafficking
Europol and the ELA coordinated an operation across 34 countries, resulting in 27 arrests, 248 potential victims identified and 182 new human trafficking and labour exploitation investigations
Authorities uncovered exploitation in sectors including agriculture, construction, hospitality, nail salons and massage parlours, as well as cases involving sexual exploitation, forced begging and domestic servitude. One investigation in the Netherlands uncovered a trafficking network that allegedly exploited more than 70 Indian nationals in restaurants across five EU countries, generating at least €4 million in profits…
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Environmental Crimes
Global Witness finds just three of 93 national biodiversity strategies contain policies aimed at curbing harmful private finance, highlighting significant regulatory gaps
The analysis examines national biodiversity strategies submitted under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, assessing whether they include enforceable measures to prevent financial institutions from supporting environmental harm. Belgium, Rwanda and Vanuatu were the only countries whose strategies contained policies meeting the research criteria. Global Witness argues that disclosure requirements…
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Sanctions & Trade Embargoes
OFAC reaches $1.53m settlement with Extreme Networks over apparent Russian sanctions violations involving networking equipment supplied to a defence manufacturer
The enforcement action concerns nine exports of networking equipment and related services between September 2018 and March 2022 to JSC Moskovskiy Mashinostroitelniy Zavod Avangard. The manufacturer was blocked through majority ownership by designated JSC Concern Almaz Antey. OFAC classified the apparent violations as egregious but voluntarily self-disclosed, considerations reflected in its settlement determination.
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Fines & Lessons Learned
Australian Federal Court orders The Star Entertainment Group to pay a penalty of A$260M for serious AML/CFT breaches
The breaches included failures in customer due diligence, source-of-funds checks and monitoring of high-risk customers and transactions. The Court found that The Star failed to maintain an effective AML/CTF programme, allowing significant money laundering risks to go inadequately addressed. The case highlights the importance of robust AML controls and effective oversight of high-risk customers, particularly in the gambling sector…
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On the web
Pelican AI’s ‘The False Positive Tax: What Alert Noise Costs Banks’ article flags the cost of AML false positives and barriers adopting machine learning for more effective detection
FT: EC proposes to lower its assessment of ML/TF risks in the EU art and antiques market from high to moderate, citing limited evidence linking major art thefts to criminal networks
First AML’s ‘Little Book of Crime’ brings together 10 real-life money laundering cases, showing how criminals exploit businesses, financial systems and complex transactions to conceal illicit funds
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NCA’s 2025–26 SARs Annual Report reveals a 3% rise in SARs to 896,414 and a 15% increase in funds denied through the DAML regime to £440.8m, despite a 23% fall in DAML requests
Despite the increase in funds blocked, DAML requests fell 23% to 44,553, following the July 2025 increase in the reporting threshold from £1,000 to £3,000. Requests for a Defence Against Terrorist Financing (DATF) rose 28% to 509, highlighting continued demand for financial intelligence to tackle suspected TF. The findings underscore the critical role of SARs in disrupting illicit finance and the importance of high-quality reporting in supporting…
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