Financial Crime Weekly Episode 167

Hello, and welcome to episode 167 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. This episode covers a wide-ranging set of developments across the sanctions, fraud, market abuse, and cybercrime landscapes. Highlights include new UK sanctions guidance for non-UK businesses, the lifting of long-standing US sanctions on Syria, and a revealing review of the UK’s evolving sanctions strategy. We also cover OFAC’s fresh regulations targeting the International Criminal Court, Spain’s takedown of a €460 million crypto fraud network, and new FCA enforcement actions in a bond spoofing scandal. The episode closes with a transatlantic crackdown on Russian cyber infrastructure, underscoring growing efforts to disrupt global illicit networks.

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