Duhaime's Anti-Money Laundering & Financial Crime News https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html OFAC releases framework for sanctions compliance Vancouver’s Dr. Death and our terrorism ties Thoughts on Mercenaries and Private Military Contractors Things you find on Wikileaks – from spies who use fentanyl to kill people, spies who use fentanyl to extract intel; to Iranian money movers with Canadian ties The ludicrous story of the bombing of Nord Stream Cold War : The CIA Says it Blew up a Russian Gas Pipeline in 1982 with Canada’s Help – Fact or Fiction? Vancouver capital markets: amended SEC complaint reveals shady underground capital markets money laundering ecosystem Another Bitcoin exchange founder murdered after $23 million allegedly evaporates from exchange Voyager Digital: Asking Questions about Canadian Capital Markets New twists in the alleged Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp. assisted murders in Vancouver Russian Organized Crime in Canada’s Capital Markets – A Retrospective A British Columbia issuer pivots from mining to gold to silica to MSBs to silica to cannabis to mining to FinTech to cannabis Former DEA Agent says they were caught off guard on “deep infiltration” of Mexican cartel drug trafficking operation in Canada US Department of Defence announces new Arctic strategy unit The Canadian mining race for clean tech minerals – on land and in the deep-sea Two foreign men from a digital currency exchange murdered in Mexico A potpourri of bribery, Canada, Russian organized crime, Russian Oligarchs and money laundering India seeking extradition of alleged listed terrorists in Canada Another Bitcoin executive tortured and then killed to death “The Lady Oil” – How an Italian singer went on Facebook to partner with the Mafia to build a billion-dollar illegal oil trafficking business FBI wins appeal to hack into your personal computer for serious criminality Canada’s anti-money laundering evaluation shows Canada is doing worse, not better, in combatting money laundering and terrorist financing US lists Vancouver company a “significant transnational criminal organization” Europol Report highlights increased global cybercriminality, threats with NFC and Blockchain payments FBI – “No safe haven anywhere for money launderers” – The fascinating $1B 1MDB civil asset forfeiture case Two UK men convicted of money laundering in connection with carbon fraud in one of first green collar convictions US annual report on terrorism identifies terrorist safe havens Tax evasion, beneficial ownership and money laundering – what are the issues facing Canada at the G8 Summit next week? Review of high risk countries for money laundering Lawyer subject to sanctions by U.S. for support to listed drug kingpins Swiss and US enter into anti-tax evasion agreement with wide-reaching prosecution implications for Americans, foreigners, advisors and entities with which they are affiliated Camorra mafia added to list of blocked transactions American Express settles over Cuban sanctions issues SEC charges Texas man with securities fraud for allegedly running Ponzi scheme involving bitcoin investments UK independent reviewer releases 2012 terrorism report Money laundering and human trafficking “The Windfather” – Another report finds wind and renewable energy projects controlled by organized crime to launder money Interpol operation into trafficking of illicit trade results in 6,000 arrests Singapore takes action against 69 financial institutions over lax money laundering compliance Junket operators in Macau branching out in effort to improve reputation and diversify business but financial crime concerns remain Another foreign bank in US settles economic sanctions violations Canada apparently a worse terrorist financing and money laundering risk than Chile, Cyprus, Romania, Hungary, Israel and Egypt Auditor General of Canada says $3.1 billion in funding to combat terrorism unaccounted for MUHC McGill P3 infrastructure case garners another arrest for financial crime Canadian digital currency exchange helps you buy a sanctions-avoidance coin created by a Ukrainian on a sanctions list, with ties to a $100M Ponzi scheme HSBC closes bank accounts of consulates over risks that include exposure to money laundering Holy See issues new anti-money laundering motu proprio French government concerned over potential money laundering with vineyard purchases Las Vegas Sands agrees to pay $47 million to avoid money laundering prosecution Part 3: Smoke and Mirrors—How Cobalt 27’s Barter IPO Turned Warehouse Metal into a Windfall (Just Not for You)