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Sri Lanka FIU Fines Casinos and State Bank Over Serious AML Failures
Sri Lanka’s Financial Intelligence Unit has imposed a total of LKR 6.5 million in penalties on Bally’s and Bellagio casinos and the...
Aug 123 min read


Algeria Criminalizes All Cryptocurrency Activity Under Sweeping New Law
Algeria has enacted Law No. 25-10, a landmark piece of legislation that moves the country from a loosely defined ban on digital assets to...
Aug 124 min read


South Korean Police Bust Golf Trip Crime Syndicate Behind ₩1.19 Billion Extortion Scheme
South Korean authorities have arrested 12 members of a sophisticated criminal syndicate accused of luring wealthy individuals on overseas...
Aug 122 min read


US Sanctions Mexican Rapper El Makabelico Over Alleged Cartel Money Laundering
A high-profile enforcement action has placed the global music industry squarely within the crosshairs of anti-money laundering...
Aug 124 min read


Macau Police Shut Down Illegal Money Exchange Moving Millions Despite New Gambling Law
Macau’s Judiciary Police say they have dismantled an unlicensed money exchange operation that continued to run despite the practice being...
Aug 112 min read


NYDFS Slaps Paxos with $48.5 Million AML Enforcement, Signaling Tougher Stablecoin Oversight
Crypto firms are facing a fast-changing anti-money-laundering (AML) environment shaped by traditional regulatory expectations, and the...
Aug 114 min read


Canada’s AMP Regime: Balancing Deterrence, Fairness, and Technological Evolution in the Fight Against Financial Crime
Canada’s commitment to combating money laundering and terrorist financing is rooted in a robust compliance and enforcement framework,...
Aug 115 min read


U.S. Treasury Targets Iran’s Shadow Banking Network in Sweeping Sanctions Action
Iran’s hidden banking network functions like a financial ghost—slipping past international safeguards and linking sanctioned institutions...
Aug 114 min read


Vietnam Eyes Streamlined Casino Entry Fees as Control Mechanism, Not Local Gambling Ban
Vietnam’s recent proposal to reintroduce local access to casinos through a simplified entry fee system is being interpreted not as an...
Aug 83 min read


BIS Issues Stark Warning on Transactional Data Misuse and Global AML Threats
A single click can now launch a global investigation—such is the scale of risk tied to the misuse of transactional data. When this...
Aug 84 min read


Crypto Kiosks in the Crosshairs: Fraud, Money Laundering, and the Compliance Crisis
Money laundering and fraud are increasingly creeping into everyday life through Bitcoin ATMs and other digital currency kiosks, and it’s...
Aug 76 min read


Philippine SEC Sounds Alarm on Unregistered Crypto Platforms Amid Rising Financial Crime Threats
Suspicious digital wallets and high-risk cryptocurrency trades are once again under intense scrutiny, with the Philippine Securities and...
Aug 74 min read


Italy Seizes €36.5 Million in Landmark Money Laundering Case Involving Emilian Entrepreneur
Italian financial crime authorities have dismantled a highly sophisticated money laundering network centered around an Emilian...
Aug 74 min read


Isle of Man Issues Standalone Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment to Bolster International Financial Integrity
The Isle of Man Government has released its first standalone Terrorist Financing (TF) National Risk Assessment (NRA), marking a major...
Aug 62 min read


Brazilian Banks Grapple With Fallout From U.S. Sanctions on Supreme Court Justice Moraes
Brazilian banks are moving quickly to determine the domestic implications of sweeping U.S. sanctions imposed on Supreme Court Justice...
Aug 63 min read


Christchurch Casino Faces Record $5.06 Million AML Penalty Following Extensive Compliance Failures
In what stands as the largest anti-money laundering penalty in New Zealand’s history, Christchurch Casino has agreed to pay $5.06 million...
Aug 64 min read


Money Laundering and VAT Fraud: EPPO Expands International Reach with Cabo Verde Crackdown
A €35 million VAT fraud scheme centered on essential food commodities has now drawn international attention, as a sweeping enforcement...
Aug 65 min read


Gilbert Arenas Arrested for Allegedly Hosting Illegal High-Stakes Poker Games at LA Mansion
Former NBA star Gilbert Arenas was taken into custody on Wednesday after being accused of orchestrating an illegal gambling operation at...
Aug 53 min read


Marcos Jr. Urged to Weigh Online Gambling Ban Carefully Amid Calls for Regulation and Concerns Over Addiction
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is taking a deliberate approach toward mounting calls for a total ban on online gambling, with...
Aug 53 min read


Malaysia’s Financial Watchdog Strikes Hard: BNM Levies RM36.7 Million in AML/CFT Penalties in Sweeping Crackdown
In a sweeping and unprecedented enforcement wave, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), the nation’s central bank and financial intelligence unit,...
Aug 55 min read
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