Financial Crime Weekly Episode 159

Hello, and welcome to episode 159 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. In this week’s episode, we cover developments in global financial crime enforcement, sanctions policy shifts, and emerging regulatory challenges. In the US, the Treasury has provided sanctions relief for Syria, while the EU has made a parallel decision. Switzerland has proposed an overhaul of money laundering laws, while India is making a diplomatic push for Pakistan’s reclassification on the FATF grey list. We look at cybersecurity threats, including OFAC’s sanctions on a Philippine firm enabling crypto scams, Europol’s efforts to dismantle ATM robbery networks, and Australia’s new ransomware payment disclosure law. From corporate transparency controversies in the US to news from the Annual Anti-Money Laundering Centre Conference.

A transcript of this podcast, with links to the stories, will be available by Monday at www.crimes.financial.