Money Laundering Bulletin

Money Laundering Bulletin is the practitioner source of analysis, features and news on tackling illicit finance and sanctions compliance.

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US intensifies sanctions on Iran https://t.co/6fH1o4EfEk

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Will FinCEN's AML/CFT proposal boost effectiveness? https://t.co/YOEoFk6lPN

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After 26+yrs watching financial crime & compliance, interviewing experts & encouraging them to write,it’s time to hand the editor’s pen on to Kate Clifton & Keith Nuthall who are more than fit for the task.Thank you & keep fighting the good fight! Timon Molloy, Editor (1999-2026)

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Binance fires top investigators who claim to have uncovered evidence of Iranian sanctions violations https://t.co/pwHDs2l0bg

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Jim Richards, frontline AML veteran, talks to Paul Cochrane about priorities, resource allocation, jeopardy & impact across private & public sectors, why he likes rules, would ban crypto ATMs & puts a question mark over the risk-based approach. [Video] https://t.co/NYqWZtHX9D

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Transparency International CPI 2025: Findings and insights https://t.co/imQPbJhF1N

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EU seeks to ban all Russian crypto transactions.
Bloc also wants to prohibit some trade with Kyrgyzstan, in first use of new powers against sanctions circumvention https://t.co/etrGX9o7cC

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Inside the Russian Monopoly money network moving billions over borders https://t.co/n6Vd5jICdk

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How Russia weaponised global banking to silence dissidents https://t.co/r8zdcYcm7v

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Illicit crypto flows surge to record US$158bn. Sharp rise in money sent to criminal wallets comes after volumes had been declining https://t.co/oJTjK6JFvH

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Deutsche Bank offices raided in German money laundering probe. Prosecutors swoop on lender’s Frankfurt headquarters and site in Berlin https://t.co/GX5bIKlBzq

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Sanctioned Iranian banker amassed €400mn European property empire. Ali Ansari, accused of financing Revolutionary Guards, owns Mallorca golf club and Frankfurt hotels via offshore companies https://t.co/CdjYuzt0eL

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⚖️ @CPSUK with @metpoliceuk obtained multi-million-pound Confiscation Order against convicted money launderer Seng Hok Ling
https://t.co/8qveSYwPr0

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US fines for dirty money drop 61% as Trump retreats from enforcement. Total penalties imposed by financial watchdogs fell to $1.7bn in the year to 19 December 2025 https://t.co/v2eboX0qKk

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Binance allowed suspicious accounts to operate even after 2023 US plea agreement. Leaked files show continued activity despite links to terror networks, failed ID checks and other red flags. https://t.co/7n2vV3t5Pv

[Kate Clifton, Editor @fraudintell]

Thanks to Donald Trump, 2025 was a good year … for white-collar criminals https://t.co/DxtiLxMRnX

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🚨🧵New RUSI report, 'Tackling Dirty Money in Football', by Kathryn Westmore and Georgia Jones (@CFS_RUSI) is out now!
https://t.co/Y0ZELIXoee

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🎙️In the latest #STRPodcast, Jeffrey Robinson joins @keatingetom to challenge the Anti-Money Laundering status quo. Are we too entrenched in our current approach to combat economic crime? Learn more here: https://t.co/1kHDiZ2Tut

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Full credit, says Tristram Hicks, to FATF for producing new guidance on asset recovery - very helpful, as far as it goes, but that is far from far enough. He suggests how the content should be augmented to become a blueprint for real, demonstrable change. https://t.co/zHCRkRRis4

[Kate Clifton, Editor @fraudintell]

UK should help its offshore tax havens develop alternative industries such as tourism in return for greater financial transparency, the government’s anti-corruption champion has said. https://t.co/o08TgoXTyv