Category: Banking

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  NSW man jailed in WA for role in cross-border drug trafficking operation

  Australia Federal Police

  March 11, 2026

  A New South Wales man has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment in Western Australia for his involvement in a crime syndicate trafficking illicit drugs and cash between Sydney and Perth. The Perth District Court sentenced the man, 35, on 6 March, 2026, for one count of aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of an offence, namely trafficking a commercial quantity of a controlled drug, namely methamphetamine, contrary to sections 11.2(1) and 302.2(1) of the Criminal Code (Cth).

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  The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) Vienna, Austria, 9 – 13 March 2026

  UNODC

  March 10, 2026

  The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) was established by Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) resolution 9(I) in 1946, to assist the ECOSOC in supervising the application of the international drug control treaties. In 1991, the General Assembly (GA) expanded the mandate of the CND to function as the governing body of UNODC (A/RES/46/104). The CND's agenda has two distinct segments: a normative segment for discharging treaty-based and normative functions; and an operational segment for exercising the role as the governing body of UNODC.

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  Publication of UK Government’s strategic approach to sanctions enforcement

  UK Government

  March 10, 2026

  Today, we have published an overview of the UK Government’s approach to enforcing breaches of UK sanctions. This follows the cross-government review of sanctions implementation and enforcement, which concluded that, ‘a cross-government strategy on enforcement will assist industry to understand the range of non-compliance and possible enforcement consequences’. The document sets out key enforcement principles, emphasises the importance of strong compliance and outlines the potential consequences of non-compliance. It also summarises the roles of key government departments, regulators and enforcement bodies