Sanctioned Russian entities can evade restrictions by engaging in gold and money laundering
Barred from generating and accessing profits from gold produced domestically or at their mining investments abroad, sanctioned Russian entities and individuals can evade restrictions imposed on them if they engage in gold and money laundering to disguise the origins of the gold and the beneficiaries…
Russian sanctions create incentives for TBML and illicit trade
Sanctions imposed on Russia create incentives for illicit trade schemes and trade-based money laundering (TBML) involving myriad of illicit methods according to an associate professor at the King’s Russia Institute in London. Alexander Kupatadze, who specialises in organised crime and corruption issues in post-Soviet Eurasia,…
Canada’s AML regulator issues special bulletin on Russia-linked money laundering related to sanctions evasion
Canada’s anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regulator and financial intelligence unit has published a Special Bulletin on Russia-linked money laundering related to sanctions evasion. Ottowa has imposed a significant number of new sanctions on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine….
Analyse “long-concealed SWIFT data” to sanction Russian oligarchs says TJN
Analysis of “long-concealed SWIFT data” to detect where money has been rerouted to should be used in efforts by newly established task forces to sanction Russian oligarchs and companies according to the Tax Justice Network (TJN). It says efforts to sanction Russian entities have immediately…
Belarus should be blacklisted by FATF and expelled from Egmont Group says head of Ukraine’s FIU
The head of the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine (SFMSU) has called on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to recognise Belarus as a country proliferating weapons of mass destruction and place it on its so called black list of high-risk jurisdictions. Earlier this…
Blacklist and remove Russia from FATF calls from Ukraine
The chairman of the Ukrainian parliament says he has sent an appeal to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) asking it to include Russia on its list of high-risk jurisdictions, often referred to as the global watchdog’s black list. Ruslan Stefanchuk, who is also the…
Crack down on TBML to battle the world’s kleptocrats says US senator
Action to prevent or stem trade-based money laundering (TBML) needs to be better coordinated to battle the world’s kleptocrats according to a comprehensive plan devised by a leading US senator. Sheldon Whitehouse has launched his plan in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which…
Russia amongst ten new non-cooperative tax jurisdictions on EU grey list, Turkey escapes black list
Russia and nine other countries have been added to the EU’s so-called grey list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. Turkey meanwhile has escaped being put on the EU’s black list of countries that need to substantially reform their tax policies.
Russia’s role in FATF under review amidst growing money laundering, terrorist and proliferation financing risks
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a “gross violation” of standards committed to by members of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) which has said it will “consider what future steps are necessary to uphold these core values.” A statement issued by the financial watchdog expresses…
Clamp down expected on UK registered shell companies favoured by Russia and other ex-Soviet actors
The UK government has published its proposals to clamp down on the use of anonymous or fraudulent shell companies and partnerships that provide criminals with a veneer of legitimacy to help commit a range of crimes, from money laundering and grand corruption to fraud and…
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