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New FinCEN Alert Shows Cash, Smuggling Preferred Method For Hezbollah Financing
A FinCEN alert issued on Wednesday highlights that Hezbollah does not use cryptocurrencies at scale to finance its operations.
International
International
"Tough" US Regulation Approach Positive For Industry, WEF Report Finds
A World Economic Forum report on digital asset regulation finds "tough" US approach "positive for the industry", recommends AI, digital identities for AML/KYC, EU stablecoin reserve requirements "too strict"
International
Colombia Implicates Financial Intelligence Unit In Pegasus Scandal
Colombia investigates whether information on the alleged purchase of Pegasus Spyware was shared with Colombia's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). Last week, Colombia was banned from the international FIU network Egmont Group for revealing a confidential report on Israeli Pegasus sales.
International
Keir Starmer Wants To Spy On Your Bank Account
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans to "stop benefit fraud" costing taxpayers "almost £10 billion a year". The digital rights group Big Brother Watch sees a revival of bank spying powers.
International
UK NCA Claims Crypto "Increasingly Used" For Money Laundering, E2EE Risk To Children
The UK's National Crime Agency claims "cryptoassets are increasingly used to launder non-digital proceeds of crime" and identify increased risks to children through end-to-end encryption in a 2024 National Risk Assessment.
International
UN Cybercrime Convention To Overrule Bank Secrecy
The finalized UN Cybercrime Convention would overrule bank secrecy while criminalizing hacking, whistleblowing and security research.
International
Rage Weekly On AML And Social Justice
Democrats like to take on issues of equality, yet continue to support inherently unjust policies. Rage Weekly with an Opinion on AML and Social Justice. Subscribe for free or read all issues online.
International
FATF Report Finds "Virtual Assets Increasingly Used By Terrorist Groups"
FATF report finds 'virtual assets' increasingly used by terrorist groups, despite 75% of jurisdictions still lacking risk assessments.
International
Banks Find AML "Ineffective", Propose Access To Social Media
The world's biggest banks find monitoring for suspicious activity "ineffective". In a "True Risk-Based Approach", the group now proposes access to customer social media, IP addresses, and device IDs.
International
Rage Weekly Data Breach Special
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International
RUSI Report Finds FATF Standards Widely Weaponized To Crack Down On Civil Society
The UK's Royal United Services Institute issued a 45 page report on the weaponization of FATF standards and its influence on the repression of watchdog organizations, journalists, critics and opposition groups - including a guide for affected entities.
International
A Racist, A Eugenicist, And A Stablecoin Issuer Walk Into A Bar
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