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INSIGHT: Agentic AI and stablecoins – the five trends redefining AML in 2026

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‘SCHUMAN’ EUROPEAN NOTEBOOK: Belgium’s worrying FATF assessment is wake up call for country, EU institutions in face of narco tide

OPINION: How GRECO is fighting corruption across Europe

INSIGHT: Despite EU divergence over Russia, FATF’s valuable work needed now more than ever

INSIGHT: Malta Financial Services Authority – why the EU should not centralize crypto oversight

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NOTEBOOK: How €45 million JP Morgan fine shows Germany is worryingly still at an AML crossroads

OPINION: Why the Trump administration has dropped crypto lawsuits

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OPINION: 9 lessons from OFAC’s $11.8 million penalty on Interactive Brokers

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OPINION: Lessons from Wise’s $4.2M fine by six US states

INSIGHT: ‘Toward a resilient financial future’ – UAE central bank governor’s call for collective action against illicit finance

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INSIGHT: Can US maximum pressure on Iran work without buy-in of EU and UK banking? Bessent wants to ‘treat regime like Russia’

INSIGHT: GDPR revamp the opportunity for EU bank data-sharing to fight financial crime

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FinCEN Assesses Historic $80 Million Penalty Against Canaccord Genuity LLC for Securities Fraud-Related Bank Secrecy Act Violations
FinCEN
March 6, 2026
WASHINGTON—Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) assessed an $80,000,000 civil money penalty against Canaccord Genuity LLC (Canaccord) for willful violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the primary U.S. anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism law that safeguards the financial system from illicit use. This is the largest penalty ever imposed against a broker-dealer for violating the BSA.
From a small Swedish town to a global crime network: international operation strikes top-tier organised crime
Europol
March 6, 2026
The seizure of two mobile phones in a small Swedish town exposed a resilient criminal architecture stretching across Europe, Asia and Australia. On 4 March, coordinated actions in Spain, Sweden and Thailand struck key nodes of this network, building on earlier operational activity in Australia.
Italy: EPPO secures €2 million seizure in investigation into fraud with RRF funds
European Public Prosecutor's Office
March 6, 2026
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Turin (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) of Biella seized assets worth €1.98 million in an investigation into suspected fraud involving funds from the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) for Italy. The investigation, code-named Nuovi Orizzonti (‘New Horizons’), concerns a suspected organised criminal group that allegedly defrauded public budgets by obtaining RRF funds and by claiming tax credits for fictitious energy efficiency works.