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Proliferators & Traffickers in Sub Saharan Africa by FCN - Premium

Proliferators and traffickers include states, companies and individuals involved in trafficking in nuclear, missile, WMD, and military-related commodities, often in contravention of and to circumvent…

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Interview with the Sentry’s Joshua White and Megha Swamy

In this Interview The Sentry’s Policy & Analysis Director  Joshua White and Deputy Megha Swamy, answer questions posed by Financial Crime News on the work of…

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Posted in Financial Crime Fraud Money Laundering Sanctions

Editor’s Summary – FCN2

When I started this Newsletter, I wanted to offer a digestible collection of both interesting and relevant materials to arm financial crime fighter’s with additional…

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Sanctions Compliance by Steve Munro

Complying with economic sanctions requires a comprehensive program of controls and oversight capable of addressing the unprecedented pace of change, geopolitical tensions, conflicting governmental policies,…

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facts and figures
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Selected Facts and Figures – from 2014

Key Facts and Figures on Financial Crime and contextual comparisons, from “Red Alert” published in 2014 (not yet updated) by John Cusack. Please contact the…

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Posted in Money Laundering Sanctions

Wolfsberg Annual Forum 2019

This Wolfsberg Annual Forum was held in Thun, Switzerland on 22-24 June, 2019 including 3 days of a public private conversation critiquing, problem solving, information…

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Closing the Gap: Guidance for Countering North Korea’s Cryptocurrency Activity in South East Asia by RUSI

The UK Think tank, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) have issued a paper that reveals how North Korea can exploit cryptocurrency, particularly in Southeast…

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FinCEN Director Speaks at SIFMA AML Conference

FinCEN Director, Ken Blanca’s presented remarks to the SIFMA AML conference in Feb 2019, were of particular interest in that they focussed on regulatory reform…

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Sanctions Screening Guidance

The Guidance was published in Jan 2019 and highlights: • whilst sanctions screening is a primary control, it is not foolproof and needs to be…

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Top 10 Predictions for 2019

As the only thing certain apparently is uncertainly (unless you count death and taxes) only a fool would predict anything. So foolishly here are my…

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