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ROW: Sanctioned Russian who escaped house arrest in Milan causes war of words between US and Italy

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ESCAPE: Alleged Russian sanctions evader Artem Uss cut the electronic monitoring bracelet he was wearing on March 22 and was reported to have been collected close to his home near Milan (pictured) in a fleet of four identical cars which split up to evade any pursuit. He is thought to have gone first to Slovenia, then Serbia before re-appearing in Russia.

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US Treasury launches US-China economic, financial working groups

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More than 50 arrested in latest Italy raid against ‘Ndrangheta mafia

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Swedish watchdog investigates if Nasdaq failed to report insider dealing

A Russian accused of breaching sanctions has escaped house arrest in Italy and been smuggled back to Russia, causing a political scandal in Rome. Artem Uss, 40, removed an electronic monitoring bracelet on March 22, was collected near his Milan home in a fleet of four identical cars which split up to evade pursuit. It’s…

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US Treasury launches US-China economic, financial working groups

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  • Goldman to Pay SEC $6 Million in Penalties for Providing Deficient Blue Sheet Data

    SEC

    Washington D.C., Sept. 22, 2023 —

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC for failing to provide complete and accurate securities trading information, known as blue sheet data, to the SEC. Goldman agreed to pay a $6 million penalty to resolve the SEC's charges.

  • 3 entries have been amended under the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida financial sanctions regime.

    OFSI

    On 22 September 2023 the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office updated the UK Sanctions List on GOV.UK. This list provides details of those designated under regulations made under the Sanctions Act. The following entries have been amended under the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida regime and remain subject to an asset freeze:

    • Taha Ibrahim Abdallah Bakr Al Khuwayt (Group ID: 13720)
    • Amir Muhammad Sa'id Abdal-Rahman al-Salbi (Group ID: 13840)
    • Nurjaman Isamuddin Riduan (Group ID: 7156)
    OFSI’s consolidated list of asset freeze targets has been updated to reflect these changes.

  • Operations co-funded by the EU lead to 197 arrests in Spain

    Europol

    Europol has supported the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) in 29 investigations, co-funded by EU financial mechanism. The operations, in line with EU priorities against serious and organised crime, targeted a number of criminal networks involved in drug trafficking, money laundering, fraud and corruption, among other crimes. The 29 criminal investigations, led by Spain and involving other EU Member States and non-EU countries, have led to the arrests of 197 suspected members of criminal organisations of 34 nationalities. As many as 33 fugitives (detected in cooperation with the European network ENFAST) and 6 high-ranked members of criminal networks were among the arrested individuals.

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