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BELGIAN BANKS have joined forces to push for a centralised platform for information-sharing to combat Money laundering.

Belgium looks to follow Netherlands as top banks push for money laundering information-sharing

Airbnb

Airbnb says it may have violated international sanctions; admits ‘significant monetary penalties’ possible

Paysera fined for not following AML laws

Online payment company receives €370k fine for ‘significant shortcomings’ in AML practices; plans to appeal on proportionality grounds

EY in the UK

UK anti-corruption group calls for three-year ban on public contracts for ‘Big Four’ firm EY

Brothers who helped launder $250 million through online payment company, AlertPay, are jailed

WESTERN UNION is going to halt its US money transfers to Cuba under trump administration

Western Union halts all US money transfers to Cuba under new Trump embargo

Christine Lagarde hints at digital euro

Lagarde hints at digital euro becoming reality in future – “my hunch is that we might well go in that direction”

Europol and French authorities make arrests in investigation on criminal network

Europol hails 18 arrests, €4M in seizures from crime group behind French €90M cash convoy to Morocco

JPMorgan Nigeria money laundering

JPMorgan agrees to point finger at employees involved in fraudulent transfer for former Nigerian minister

Cainevest Bank Cayman Islands

Prominent Cayman bank Cainvest receives €100k fine for breaches of due diligence

Senior Swedish AML advisor warns of risks in centralising EU financial supervision

Senior Swedish AML advisor warns of risks in centralising EU financial supervision; says financial sectors are ‘complex’

Boylesports fined for failing a money laundering risk-assessment

Betting business Boylesports fined £2.8 million for failing UK money laundering risk-assessment

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Russia-related Designation Removal
OFAC
April 3, 2026
The following deletion have been made to OFAC's SDN List:
ZADORNOV, Mikhail Mikhaylovich (Cyrillic: ЗАДОРНОВ, Михаил Михайлович) (a.k.a. ZADORNOV, Mikhail Mikhailovich), Str. Malaya Molchanovka, 8-29, Moscow 121069, Russia; DOB 04 May 1963; POB Moscow, Russia; nationality Russia; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk: See Section 11 of Executive Order 14024.; Passport 760019543 (Russia) (individual) [RUSSIA-EO14024] (Linked To: PUBLIC JOINT STOCK COMPANY BANK FINANCIAL CORPORATION OTKRITIE).
Hull funeral director pleads guilty to 67 criminal charges
The Crown Prosecution Service
April 2, 2026
A man has pleaded guilty to dozens of counts of preventing a lawful and decent burial after remains were found at a funeral directors in Hull in 2024.

Robert Bush, 47, formerly of Kirk Ella, East Yorkshire, has pleaded guilty today (2 April 2026) to a total of 67 charges, including the prevention of a lawful and decent burial, fraud, fraudulent trading, and theft.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecuted Bush following an investigation by Humberside Police.
From intelligence to conviction: Europol helps dismantle Terrorgram Collective
Europol
April 2, 2026
A Canadian man has been sentenced by the Public Prosecution Service of Canada to 20 years in prison for terrorism-related offences, following an investigation supported by Europol’s European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC). The individual, based in Ontario’s Niagara region, pleaded guilty to producing and disseminating violent white supremacist propaganda as part of the online extremist network known as the “Terrorgram Collective”. Content he co-created and shared online was found to have inspired multiple terrorist attacks.