Kate Clifton, Editor
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Money Laundering Bulletin is the practitioner source of analysis, features and news on tackling illicit finance and sanctions compliance.
Joined January 2011
After 26+yrs watching financial crime & compliance, interviewing experts & encouraging them to write,it’s time to hand the editor’s pen on to Kate Clifton & Keith Nuthall who are more than fit for the task.Thank you & keep fighting the good fight! Timon Molloy, Editor (1999-2026)
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Binance fires top investigators who claim to have uncovered evidence of Iranian sanctions violations
fortune.com
Internal findings by the fired investigators reviewed by Fortune pointed to over $1 billion in Tether flowing through Binance to Iran-linked wallets.
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Jim Richards, frontline AML veteran, talks to Paul Cochrane about priorities, resource allocation, jeopardy & impact across private & public sectors, why he likes rules, would ban crypto ATMs & puts a question mark over the risk-based approach. [Video]
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Transparency International CPI 2025: Findings and insights
transparency.org
The Corruption Perceptions Index ranks 182 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public-sector corruption. How does your country measure…
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EU seeks to ban all Russian crypto transactions. Bloc also wants to prohibit some trade with Kyrgyzstan, in first use of new powers against sanctions circumvention
ft.com
Bloc also wants to prohibit some trade with Kyrgyzstan, in first use of new powers against sanctions circumvention
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Inside the Russian Monopoly money network moving billions over borders
ft.com
Kremlin-linked business founded in late 2024 is helping companies transact abroad despite western restrictions
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How Russia weaponised global banking to silence dissidents
ft.com
The Financial Action Task Force does not check whether terrorism labels are justified, letting autocrats abuse the system
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Illicit crypto flows surge to record US$158bn. Sharp rise in money sent to criminal wallets comes after volumes had been declining
ft.com
Sharp rise in money sent to criminal wallets comes after volumes had been declining
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Deutsche Bank offices raided in German money laundering probe. Prosecutors swoop on lender’s Frankfurt headquarters and site in Berlin
ft.com
Prosecutors swoop on Frankfurt headquarters and Berlin office over dealings with Russian billionaire
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Sanctioned Iranian banker amassed €400mn European property empire. Ali Ansari, accused of financing Revolutionary Guards, owns Mallorca golf club and Frankfurt hotels via offshore companies
ft.com
Ali Ansari, accused of financing Revolutionary Guards, owns Mallorca golf club and Frankfurt hotels via offshore companies
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⚖️ @CPSUK with @metpoliceuk obtained multi-million-pound Confiscation Order against convicted money launderer Seng Hok Ling https://t.co/8qveSYwPr0
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US fines for dirty money drop 61% as Trump retreats from enforcement. Total penalties imposed by financial watchdogs fell to $1.7bn in the year to 19 December 2025
ft.com
Total penalties imposed by financial watchdogs fell to $1.7bn in the year to December 19
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Binance allowed suspicious accounts to operate even after 2023 US plea agreement. Leaked files show continued activity despite links to terror networks, failed ID checks and other red flags.
ft.com
Leaked files show continued activity despite links to terror networks, failed ID checks and other red flags
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Thanks to Donald Trump, 2025 was a good year … for white-collar criminals
theguardian.com
Why would the Trump administration choose to set aside consequences from criminals whose actions threaten the stability of the broader American economy?
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🚨🧵New RUSI report, 'Tackling Dirty Money in Football', by Kathryn Westmore and Georgia Jones (@CFS_RUSI) is out now! https://t.co/Y0ZELIXoee
rusi.org
Football is ripe for exploitation by criminals and bad actors. Could applying anti-money laundering obligations to football be the solution?
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🎙️In the latest #STRPodcast, Jeffrey Robinson joins @keatingetom to challenge the Anti-Money Laundering status quo. Are we too entrenched in our current approach to combat economic crime? Learn more here: https://t.co/1kHDiZ2Tut
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Full credit, says Tristram Hicks, to FATF for producing new guidance on asset recovery - very helpful, as far as it goes, but that is far from far enough. He suggests how the content should be augmented to become a blueprint for real, demonstrable change.
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UK should help its offshore tax havens develop alternative industries such as tourism in return for greater financial transparency, the government’s anti-corruption champion has said.
ft.com
Margaret Hodge urges Britain to help its overseas territories in return for them implementing financial transparency rules
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UK: Standard Chartered settles £1.5bn lawsuit over Iran sanctions breaches. Investors alleged the UK-headquartered bank had issued misleading statements about compliance.
ft.com
Investors alleged the UK-headquartered bank had issued misleading statements about compliance
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BREAKING NEWS: EU Adds Russia to AML Watchlist Read in front of the paywall: https://t.co/ssUkkkJdZs Pic by NVO. https://t.co/xNiyT1hrsy
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