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  Hennie Verbeek-Kusters appointed as AMLA Executive Board Member

  AMLA

  February 24, 2026

  The Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA) welcomes the decision of the Council of the European Union to appoint Ms Hennie Verbeek-Kusters as the fifth Executive Board Member of AMLA.

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  Update to UK Sanctions List: Russia Regime

  UK Government

  February 24, 2026

  Today, 24 February 2026, the UK Government has designated the following 240 entities, 7 individuals and specified the following 50 ships under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.

  Entities designated:

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  People smugglers who arranged HGV transport for migrants are convicted

  National Crime Agency

  February 23, 2026

  A pair of people smugglers who arranged the transport of Vietnamese migrants to the UK hidden in lorries have been convicted. National Crime Agency officers investigated Duc Quang Ta, 36, from Reading, and Sarfaraz Sardarzehi, 58, from London, after both were arrested following vehicle stops in September 2020, with three migrants discovered in Sardarzehi’s car.