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Banking licence of JSC RUNA-BANK revoked

Bank of Russia

July 23, 2021

The Bank of Russia made this decision in accordance with Clauses 6 and 6.1 of Part 1 of Article 20 of the Federal Law ‘On Banks and Banking Activities’,² based on the facts that RUNA-BANK:

• violated federal banking laws and Bank of Russia regulations, due to which the regulator repeatedly applied measures against it over the past 12 months, which included restrictions on household deposit-taking;³
• failed to comply with the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing laws.

Two jailed over yacht containing 990 kilograms of methamphetamine

Australian Federal Police

July 23, 2021

Two men have been sentenced to jail for their roles in crewing a yacht that was intercepted off the NSW coast in April 2020 and found to contain 991.9 kilograms of methamphetamine. The estimated street value of this amount of seized methamphetamine is $495 million.

Over 1 million litres of wine and alcoholic beverages seized under OLAF-led operation

OLAF

July 23, 2021

European customs and police authorities have seized nearly 1.8 million litres of wine and alcoholic beverages in a targeted action led by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), as part of the joint Europol-Interpol operation OPSON X.