Financial Crime Weekly Episode 30

Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. After a bumper couple of weeks, I’m glad to say that things have eased down in the last week. Actually, the timing has been perfect as I have been off-the-scale busy at work. So, the usual mix of sanctions and money laundering, with a couple of minor bits of fraud, cyber, and bribery. Let's get on with it.

These are the links to the principal documents mentioned in the podcast:

European Commission, Public-private partnership anti-money laundering guidance.

European Commission, Supranational Risk Assessment Report.

Financial Action Task Force, Outcomes FATF Plenary, 20-21 October 2022.

Financial Action Task Force, Revision of R25 and its Interpretive Note – Public Consultation.

Financial Action Task Force, FATF Guidance on Beneficial Ownership (Recommendation 24) - Public Consultation.

HM Treasury, Factsheet: Beneficial Ownership.

Information Commissioner’s Office, ‘Biggest cyber risk is complacency, not hackers’ - UK Information Commissioner issues warning as construction company fined £4.4 million.

Mayor of London, New Cyber Resilience Centre.

Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Guidance Annual frozen asset review and reporting form.

Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, General Licence INT/2022/2305324 and General Licence INT/2022/2307324.

Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Legal Fees General Licence INT/2022/2252300.

UK government, Cryptocurrency trading firm shut down after scamming investors.

US Embassy in Moldova, Treasury Targets Corruption and the Kremlin’s Malign Influence Operations in Moldova.