New rules targeting athletes, celebrities and social media influencers will take effect on 1 January 2027, requiring wagering operators and their marketing partners to reassess advertising campaigns, sponsorship agreements and promotional contracts. Australia’s communications regulator has issued its first industry guidance on a forthcoming prohibition against the use of notable people in gambling advertising, providing greater clarity on how the new restrictions will be in

Colombian authorities have detained Mikhael Mezrahi, a 61-year-old Israeli-Mexican national known by the nickname “El Banquero,” or “The Banker,” in connection with an alleged $16.7 million banking fraud involving the Bank of Khartoum in Dubai. His arrest at Bogotá’s El Dorado International Airport on October 15 followed an INTERPOL Red Notice requested by the United Arab Emirates, where he is reportedly wanted to serve a five-year prison sentence. The case involves alleg

Qatar’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) has convened a dialogue workshop for trust and company service providers to strengthen awareness of anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorist financing (CFT) and counter-proliferation financing (CPF) requirements, as the country prepares for an upcoming international mutual evaluation of its financial crime prevention framework. The initiative focused on regulatory awareness, practical supervisory challenges and cooperat

The United Kingdom has broadened its global human rights sanctions framework to cover serious violations of international humanitarian law, unlawful restrictions on personal liberty and the obstruction of humanitarian assistance, giving the government wider powers to hold individuals and organisations accountable for abuses around the world. The new Global Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Sanctions Regulations 2026 came into force on October 15, replacing the