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The Serious Fraud Office has won its first Unexplained Wealth Order case since the power was introduced. In 2017... www.gov.uk/government/n...

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Merry Christmas, with pease and goodwill to all!

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SFO in the UK charges five people following the collapse of law firm Axiom Ince: www.gov.uk/government/n...

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US Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ('FinCEN') has warned of fraudsters using its name, insignia, and authorities for financial gain: www.fincen.gov/news/news-re...

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US Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned two entities and two individuals for developing and procuring components for navigational systems used by the Iranian military: home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...

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US Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned two individuals and one entity concerned in money laundering allied to funds generated by a North Korean IT workers and cybercrime network: home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...

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US Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned nine individuals and seven entities facilitating financial and military support to North Korea: home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...

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Further additions to the Russia financial sanctions regime targeted at Russian oil movements. 2Rivers DMCC and 2Rivers Pte Ltd, as well as a further 20 vessels, have been sanctioned: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67614e...

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Coucil of Europe adopts 15th package of financial sanctions against Russia. 84 new listings (54 individuals and 30 entities), further vessels subject to a port access ban, including from third countries, and further export controls on dual-use technologies: www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

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MONEYVAL reports on improvements to Poland's anti-money laundering regime. It has been re-rated on R1 (Assessing risks and applying a risk-based approach: largely compliant) and R33 (Statistics: compliant): www.coe.int/en/web/porta...

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Russian general sanctioned over chemical weapon use in Ukraine killed in Moscow blast

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Today, we welcome the Council's adoption of the 15th sanctions package against Russia for its continued illegal war on Ukraine. The focus of this package is to keep cracking down on Russia’s shadow fleet, as well as combating sanctions’ circumvention ↓ europa.eu/!QkTc4p #StandWithUkraine

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She made him an offertory he couldn't refuse. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

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FATF Plenary Outcomes: Black list unchanged (Myanmar, North Korea, Iran). Grey list: Senegal removed; Algeria, Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, and Lebanon added.

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Honesty, Microsoft, take all the time you need. Frankly, if it needs to go offline for a week or so, I'm here for that.

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Several individuals disqualified as trustees for failings in the management of charity, 'Fashion for Relief'. www.gov.uk/government/n...

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No alarms and no surprises, please. www.psr.org.uk/news-and-upd...

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THE CITY got info on the charges: "Adams is being charged with acting as an unregistered foreign agent for taking actions in his official capacity after receiving donations from foreign sources." www.thecity.nyc/2024/09/25/e...

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Calling Alanis Morissette.

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If this widely reported news turns out to be correct, this will be a huge disappointment. The PSR looked as though it was withstanding pressure from the bank lobby when, earlier this year, it was asking for a delay to the implementation of the rules. www.theguardian.com/business/art...

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Football competition draws have certainly come a long way since the days of Bert Millichip drawing balls from a bag on a Monday lunchtime. #UCLDraw

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Another scam letter. But this time the trail leads to an FCA-regulated electronic payment institution and what looks like a significant failure of anti-money laundering controls. Quick thread...

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Ouch. This judge was on fire here! Has there ever been such a cold blooded murder in a courtroom before? #FAFO

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Court filing in Florida alleges that the personal data of 3bn people has been stolen in a cyber-attack on National Public Data. If correct, it would be the largest pool of victims in a single attack since the Yahoo attack around a decade ago. news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-...

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Information Commissioner's Office in the UK makes provisional decision to fine NHS software provider £6m for failures which brought about a ransomware attack in 2022. ico.org.uk/about-the-ic...

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Knowles J takes no prisoners in Republic of Mozambique v Credit Suisse Int & Ors [2024] EWHC 1957 (Comm). Shameful behaviour from individuals and industries, with some stern words on which they might reflect.

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The Information Commissioner’s Office (‘ICO’) has reprimanded the Electoral Commission following cyber-attack which affected its systems in 2021/2022. www.electoralcommission.org.uk/media-centre...

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