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NEWS: ESMA, AMLA urge crackdown on unauthorised stablecoins

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FILE PHOTO: A representation of cryptocurrency Tether is placed on a PC motherboard, in this illustration taken June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

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NEWS: UK announces new Russia sanctions targeting the country’s ‘shadow fleet’

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INSIGHT: EU regulators weigh AML adjustment period, but how is unclear

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NEWS: BaFin fines abcfinance €90,000 for suspicious transaction reporting breach

By CARLO BOFFA, EU Correspondent EU regulators have called on authorities to close regulatory gaps and use enforcement measures to stop unauthorised stablecoins circulating in the bloc. Issuers need a licence under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation to market stablecoins in the bloc, but some crypto exchanges have used regulatory loopholes to keep…

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  • OFSI has issued a General Licence to permit the wind down of transactions involving Zarubezhneft JSC

    OFSI

    Following the designation of Zarubezhneft JSC by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), OFSI has issued the Zarubezhneft JSC Wind Down General Licence (INT/2026/11080040).

    The General Licence permits the wind down or divestment of transactions involving Zarubezhneft JSC and entities it owns or controls directly or indirectly. It also permits activities reasonably necessary to complete that wind down or divestment.

    The General Licence takes effect from 8 October 2026 and expires at 23:59 on 21 November 2026. Those using the licence must comply with its conditions and record-keeping requirements.

  • Update to UK Sanctions List: Russia Regime

    UK Government

    Today, Thursday 8 October, the UK Government has designated the following 23 entities and 3 individuals, and specified the following 12 vessels, under the Russia Sanctions Regime. Furthermore, 2 entities designated under the Russia Sanctions Regime have been varied. Designated Individuals:

    Name: Unique ID:
    Ulan Arymbaevich BUKABAEV RUS3757
    Alexander Jan Hendrik TATTERSALL RUS3761
    Egor Andreevich ISAEV RUS3780
     

  • 233 arrested in environmental crime crackdown in Latin America and Caribbean

    Interpol

    SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – An international operation coordinated by INTERPOL has dismantled environmental crime networks across nine countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, leading to 233 arrests, the recovery of more than 1,000 animals and the identification of 60,000 hectares of illegally cleared forest. Operation Madre Tierra VIII (1 June to 31 July) involved Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama. Investigators found that illegal timber and wildlife trafficking networks were operating on an industrial scale along the corridor connecting Central and South America.

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