Financial Crime Weekly Episode 69

Hello, and welcome to episode 69 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. It’s been quite a very quiet week this week. I think most sensible people must be on holiday. Still, I have managed to find just enough financial crimes news to keep things ticking over. Let’s crack on.

As usual, I have linked the main stories flagged in the podcast in the description. These are:

BBC News, Bank staff defy customers to prevent £55m of fraud in 2022.

Crown Prosecution Service, A former Governor of Nigeria's Delta State has been ordered to pay over £100 million and his solicitor over £28 million.

European Commission, Evaluation of Directive 2018/1673.

Financial Conduct Authority, FCA secures Confiscation Order against convicted money launderer.

Home Office, UK-Australia joint statement from the Illicit Financing Co-ordination Dialogue.

Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, UK Financial Sanctions: General guidance for financial sanctions under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018.

Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, General Licence – Mongolia Energy Payments INT/2022/2085212.

Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Financial Sanctions Notice: ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida.

Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Guidance: Who is subject to financial sanctions in the UK?

Office of Foreign Assets Control, Counter Terrorism Designation: Specially Designated Nationals List Update.

Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury Targets Malian Officials Facilitating Wagner Group.

Office of Foreign Assets Control, Russia-related Designations: Specially Designated Nationals List Update.

Serious Fraud Office, Notice of discontinuance: G4S Care & Justice Services (UK) Limited.

Solicitors’ Regulation Authority, Sectoral Risk Assessment: Anti-money laundering and terrorist financing.

UK Finance, Over £55 Million of Fraud Prevented in 2022 by Rapid Response Scheme.

UK Finance, Why the Banking Protocol Matters.

US Attorney’s Office, British Investor and Billionaire Businessman Joseph Lewis Charged with Insider Trading and Financial Fraud.

US Department of State, Designating Senior ISIS-Somalia Financier.