Reported by FinCEN (Dec 31, 2025) Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule to extend the effective date of the rule establishing Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism Program and Suspicious Activity Report Filing Requirements for Registered Investment Advisers and Exempt Reporting Advisers (IA AML Rule) from January […]

Reported by Christiaan Triebert and Anatoly Kurmanae (Summary featured below. To read full report, go to: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/world/americas/oil-tankers-venezuela-blockade.html) At least 16 oil tankers sanctioned by the United States appear to have fled Venezuelan ports in a coordinated effort to evade a sweeping U.S. naval blockade on the country’s oil exports. Satellite imagery shows the vessels departing shortly after […]