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FILE PHOTO: Iranian flag with stock graph and an oil pump jack miniature model are seen in this illustration taken October 9, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

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EUROPEAN NOTEBOOK: Can an industry be part of both the financial and the non-financial sector? In the EU, the answer seems to be yes

NEWS: FinCEN urges whistleblowers to report Iran-linked illicit finance

WEBINAR: How EU companies can prepare for the end of one-time KYC

By Andrea Shalal

THE U.S. government has sannounced new sanctions against firms and individuals that ​it says are aiding Hezbollah and other Iranian proxies in the Middle East as it intensified its campaign to isolate Iran ‌economically.

The latest sanctions are part of the Treasury Department’s “Operation Economic Outcast,” announced August 24, which aims to cut off Tehran’s funding for the war, missile construction, cyberattacks and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC.

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EUROPEAN NOTEBOOK: Can an industry be part of both the financial and the non-financial sector? In the EU, the answer seems to be yes

NEWS: FinCEN urges whistleblowers to report Iran-linked illicit finance

WEBINAR: How EU companies can prepare for the end of one-time KYC

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  • Egmont Group Highlights Digital Assets and Public-Private Partnerships at Astana Finance Days

    Egmont Group

    The Egmont Group, represented by Executive Secretary Jerome Beaumont, was pleased to participate in the panel discussion “Financial Intelligence in the Digital Age: Virtual Assets, AI, and Public-Private Partnerships” at the Astana Finance Days forum in Kazakhstan. Moderated by Bryan Stirewalt, AFSA Independent Non-Executive Director, Mr. Beaumont joined Lyazzat Satiyeva, Chairwoman of the Management Board, Eurasia Bank and Bhavin Shah, CEO of Sherloq. During the discussion, Mr. Beaumont highlighted two areas that are increasingly shaping the global fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, and associated predicate crimes: digital assets and public-private partnerships.  

  • APS employee charged following joint-agency investigation into alleged serious corrupt conduct

    Australia Federal Police

    An Australian Taxation Office (ATO) staff member has been charged with corruption-related offences as part of a joint AFP, National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), and ATO investigation. The Gold Coast man, 32, is due to appear in Southport Magistrates Court on 21 September, 2026, after being charged overnight with two counts of unlawful disclosure of information by Commonwealth officer, contrary to section 122.4(1) of the Criminal Code 1995 (Cth). This offence carries a maximum penalty of two years’ imprisonment. It is alleged the employee disclosed information obtained in their capacity as a public official to organised crime associates.

  • Update to UK Sanctions List: ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Regime, Global Human Rights Regime and Russia Regime

    UK Government

    Today, 10 September, the UK Government varied the designation of one entity sanctioned under the Russia regime. Furthermore, one designation under the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al Qaeda sanctions regime and one designation under the Global Human Rights sanctions regime have been corrected. Individuals corrected:

    Name: Unique ID:
    Abubakar SWALLEH AQD0388
    Avichai SUISSA GHR0202
    Entities varied:
    Name: Unique ID:
    JSC SOLID BANK RUS3077
     

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