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Fox on Podcasting: Harnessing the Power of Niche
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All Things Investigation: Due Diligence and Drama: A Deep Dive into Art World with Daniel Weiner
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RICO Section 1962(b): Acquisition or Maintenance of Control Over Legitimate Enterprises — RICO Report Podcast
Adventures in Compliance: The Novels – The Hound of the Baskervilles, Introduction and Compliance Lessons Learned
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The Dark Patterns Behind Corporate Scandals
FCPA Compliance Report: Fraud Risk Management - Insights and Experiences with Peter Schablik
Episode 374 -- Justice Department Resumes FCPA Enforcement with New, Focused Guidance
The Trump administration remains focused on countering Mexican cartels and other Latin American transnational criminal organizations (TCOs). Since designating eight TCOs as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs), the...more
INTERPOL’s got a shiny new notice for its member countries. The organization states that the Silver Notice, first released in January 2025, will serve the purposes of...more
In early January 2025, Interpol published its first Silver Notice seeking information about assets held worldwide by a senior member of the Italian mafia. The Silver Notice is the latest addition to Interpol’s suite of...more
The UK Supreme Court has handed down its decision in El-Khouri (Appellant) v Government of the United States of America (Respondent). Amongst other things, the judgement has overturned the often-criticised Court of Appeal...more
On February 10, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order instructing the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Attorney General (AG) Pamela Bondi to “cease initiation of any new [Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) (15...more
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that Wall Street Exchange (WSE), a Dubai-based money exchange service provider, entered into a non-prosecution agreement (NPA) and agreed to pay more than $9.2 million to...more
The shadowy finances that fueled the 9/11 terrorist attacks cut a somber scar into America. Despite the anti-money laundering initiatives woven in the Patriot Act, that wound continues to fester, according to Casey Michel,...more
How does a respected financial institution turn into a criminal operation? In this episode of Corruption, Crime, and Compliance, host Michael Volkov dives into the record-breaking $3 billion settlement between TD Bank and the...more
Today, I want to review the OCC Consent Order to see the bank’s requirements. This is separate from the DOJ requirements under the Bank’s Plea Agreement(s) and the FinCEN Consent. Further, the DOJ and OCC have mandated...more
TD Banks’ complete compliance disaster was reflected in every aspect of TD Bank’s business and compliance operations. It is not surprising that TD Bank’s deficient BSA and AML compliance program was known by its Board of...more
We continue our exploration of the resolution of the AML/BSA enforcement action involving TD Bank US (the Bank), which is wholly owned by TD Bank Group, a publicly traded (NYSE: TD) international banking and financial...more
Last week, representatives of the US government announced one of the largest sets of fines and penalties for failures in anti-money laundering ever laid down. It involved TD Bank N.A. and TD Bank US Holding Company. It was...more
On June 28, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network released a notice of proposed rulemaking. The purpose of the proposed rule is to strengthen and modernize Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of...more
On May 30, 2024, following passage by the European Parliament in late April, the European Council officially adopted a set of rules that modernizes and harmonizes money laundering and terrorist financing (“AML/CFT”)...more
Could you provide an insight into recent trends shaping financial crime in your country of focus? How great a risk does money laundering in particular now pose to companies? One would likely never imagine compliance as...more
German authorities have intensified and accelerated their enforcement activities in 2023, following a slowdown of both investigations and court proceedings during the pandemic. This had led to a surge of dawn-raids in...more
Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past...more
Summary - The Department of Justice (DOJ) has created the International Corporate Anti-Bribery initiative (ICAB), which aims to strengthen the United States’ global efforts in combating corruption through enhanced...more
Two recent indictments highlight the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) continuing use of the traditional wire fraud, money laundering and identity theft statutes to pursue fraud involving digital assets, indicating that law...more
In an unusual move, Laura Akahoshi, former Rabobank (the “Bank”) Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”), filed on July 6, 2023 an opposition to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (“OCC”) dismissal of its own...more
On January 17, 2023, U.S. law enforcement authorities in Miami arrested Anatoly Legkodymov, a Russian national and the founder and majority owner of Hong Kong-based virtual currency exchange Bitzlato Ltd., on charges of money...more
On December 23, 2022, Congress included the Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Improvement Act as part of the Omnibus Budget President Biden has now signed into law. The Act includes drastic new measures to expand...more
The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 has received Royal Assent. The Act is designed to increase transparency and enhance the U.K.'s mitigation of money laundering and sanctions evasion. The Act will...more
The House of Commons Treasury Committee recently published their Eleventh Report of Session 2021–22 (the “Report”). In addition to identifying key gaps in the Government’s response to economic crime, the Report makes a number...more
For the first time, a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has proposed legislation that would require trust companies, lawyers, accountants, notaries, real estate agents, dealers in precious metals and stones, art dealers,...more