Reported by Anja Karadeglija (Excerpt shared below. To read full report, go to: https://halifax.citynews.ca/2026/04/28/ottawa-outlines-plans-to-tackle-financial-crime-ban-crypto-atms/) The federal government plans to ban cryptocurrency ATMs as part of a suite of measures in its spring economic statement targeting financial crimes. The government says scammers use the ATMs to defraud victims, while criminals use them to convert the proceeds […]

Reported by Daniel Markind (Summary featured below. To read full report, go to: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/iran-war-shines-light-on-international-7891980/) The escalating confrontation with Iran is not just a military or diplomatic crisis—it is a financial one, and perhaps even more revealingly, a story about how money finds a way when politics tries to block it. As tensions rise following failed […]

Reported by The Associated Press (Excerpt shared below. To read full report, go to: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/21/g-s1-118275/southern-poverty-law-center-fraud-charges-paid-informants) The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted Tuesday on federal fraud charges alleging it improperly raised millions of dollars to secretly pay leaders of the Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups for inside information, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche […]

Reported by Reuters (Excerpt shared below. To read full report, go to: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/italy-should-do-more-tackle-money-laundering-says-global-watchdog-2026-04-22/) Italy should do more to combat money laundering and prosecute those involved in ​terrorist financing, a global anti-money-laundering watchdog said on ‌Thursday. Italy, the euro zone’s third-largest economy, has stepped up action in recent years against international crime gangs and suspected terrorism financing. But the Financial […]

Reported by Reuters (Excerpt shared below. To read full report, go to: https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/swedish-supreme-court-acquits-former-swedbank-ceo-bonnesen-money-laundering-case-2026-04-21/) Sweden’s Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted former Swedbank  (SWEDa.ST)  CEO Birgitte Bonnesen over her handling of the bank’s anti-money ‌laundering work, overturning the guilty verdict of a lower court that had sentenced her to 15 months in prison. An appeals court in […]

Reported by Zoe Hussain (Excerpt shared below. To read full report, go to: https://nypost.com/2026/04/21/us-news/top-maga-influencer-emily-hart-revealed-to-be-ai-created-by-a-guy-in-india/) A comely MAGA influencer who racked up millions of fans on Instagram who posted patriotic content and often posed in a bikini while ice fishing, drinking Coors Light, and shooting guns has been unmasked — as an Indian man who put […]

Reported by Gabija Stankevičiūtė (Excerpt shared below. To read full report, go to: https://idenfy.com/blog/kyc-in-social-media/) How Social Media Became a Perfect Channel for Organized Crime Being recognized as a great communication tool for users and a great sales opportunity for businesses, social media poses challenges through fraud. Organized crime groups, including terrorist organizations, drive the rise […]

Reported by Jose Antonio Lanz (Excerpt shared below. To read full report, go to: https://decrypt.co/364509/claude-anthropic-government-id-kyc-privacy?amp=1) Anthropic quietly published identity verification requirements for Claude this week, asking certain users to hand over a government-issued photo ID and a live selfie. Something its competitors don’t require. “We are rolling out identity verification for a few use cases, and you […]

Reported by Elena Servettaz (Summary featured below. To read full report, go to: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-position/how-switzerland-got-caught-in-the-magnitsky-case-again/91255290) Switzerland’s handling of the long-running Magnitsky affair has once again come under international scrutiny, as European lawmakers prepare to formally criticize the country’s response to one of the most consequential money-laundering cases tied to Russia. The case, rooted in a $230 […]

Reported by Camilla Turner (Summary shared below. To read full report, go to: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/18/banking-giants-accused-links-iran-money-laundering/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_li_accused-links-iran-money-laundering/) The story unfolding around HSBC, Standard Chartered and several of their American counterparts is less about deliberate wrongdoing and more about the invisible architecture of globalization—how money moves, often faster than the rules meant to govern it. A U.S. judge has […]