Sanctions 2025: Introduction
Steptoe LLP | Alexandra Melia | Elliot Letts European Union | Global | United Kingdom | USA This article is...
Discuss fraud detection techniques, anti-money laundering efforts, and cybersecurity measures to protect against financial crimes.
New Regulatory Framework to Detect and Prevent Crypto-Asset Fraud
Barnea Jaffa Lande | Andrey Yanai | Avihai Tal European Union The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) recently published...
AI and AML: Smarter Surveillance
The Stakes Have Changed Global money laundering is no longer a shadowy sideshow, it’s a trillion-pound problem. According to...
How Clean is the Market, According to the FCA?
Mishcon de Reya | Min Wiggins United Kingdom The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has recently published its latest Market...
Coordinating the Fight Against Financial Scams: An Interview with Helen Fairfax-Wall, Chief Policy and Communications Officer, Stop Scams UK (SSUK)
What emerging trends in financial scams do you find most concerning today, and how do you anticipate scam tactics...
Crypto Clampdown: AML Regulations Tighten in the Digital Asset Space
Wild West No More The crypto era is shedding its lawless image. In the EU, the Markets in Crypto‑Assets...
ESMA Urges Social Media Companies to Tackle Unauthorised Financial Ads
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has today written to several...
Global Alignment: The Push Toward Harmonised AML Standards
In late 2024, UK authorities dismantled a sprawling international money laundering network—dubbed “Operation Destabilise”—that funnelled billions in illicit funds...
The Human Factor: Strengthening the Anti-Money Laundering Culture
Let’s Leave it to the Machines! In an era awash with artificial intelligence, blockchain analytics and predictive algorithms, it’s...
Financial Regulation – In the know: Financial Crime – May 2025
Addleshaw Goddard LLP | David Pygott | Harriet Territt | Gilly Bradbury United Kingdom In this edition we highlight the recently...