Illicit Finance

Republican lawmakers are intensifying calls for President Donald Trump to impose sweeping sanctions on Moscow following the recent incursion of Russian drones into Polish airspace.

The European Commission is preparing to target several independent Chinese refineries in its forthcoming sanctions package against Russia, Reuters reported, citing unnamed EU officials.

The Federal Reserve terminated a 2019 enforcement action against Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), concluding a six-year period of heightened scrutiny over the institution’s anti-money laundering (AML) practices. 

Mexico’s attorney general has vowed to issue more arrest warrants—potentially targeting government officials—in connection with sprawling fuel theft operations that siphon billions of dollars from the country.

JPMorgan Chase processed more than $1.1 billion in transactions for Jeffrey Epstein over a 15-year period, despite repeated anti-money laundering (AML) red flags raised internally, according to an investigative report by The New York Times. 

Jersey authorities are investigating Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich in connection with suspected money laundering and possible sanctions violations, according to Swiss court judgments issued in May.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has officially closed its 6-year investigation into Swedbank’s anti-money laundering (AML) efforts without imposing an enforcement action.

The “shadow fleet” of oil tankers moving Russian crude outside mainstream shipping channels has expanded alongside new Western sanctions.

The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday blacklisted 19 entities linked to large cyber-scam compounds in Southeast Asia that have targeted Americans in romance and cryptocurrency-investment swindles. 

The UK should standardize beneficial-ownership requirements across its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, an international watchdog group said.