The Latest FinCrime News from Europe
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UK Sanctions Target 19 Russian Banks, Tankers and Businesses
The UK Russia sanctions package adds Russian bank sanctions and shadow fleet sanctions affecting 19 targets, creating immediate AML screening, moni...
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MFSA Unveils 2026 Strategy to Strengthen Money Laundering Defences
The MFSA Financial Crime Compliance Strategy 2026 introduces six pillars for stronger Malta AML supervision, operational control testing and alignm...
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HTX Wallet Surge Raises Serious Money Laundering Concerns
HTX money laundering risk intensifies as HTX wallet proliferation challenges transaction attribution and raises concerns about crypto sanctions eva...
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BaFin Orders NordLB to Remedy Serious Customer Data Failures
NordLB AML deficiencies prompted a binding BaFin customer data order, sharpening German AML enforcement expectations for current and complete records.
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DOJ Crackdown Exposes Sham Charity Operating Hamas Logistics Pipeline in UK and Turkey
US DOJ arrested a global charity director for laundering millions to Hamas through a UK-registered nonprofit organization operating from Turkey.
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British Gambling Financial Crime Threats and UKGC Compliance Assessment 2026
The UKGC published its 2026 british sector risk assessment, analyzing financial crime vulnerabilities, artificial intelligence threats, and complia...
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Lombard Odier Fined 3 Million Francs in Major Money Laundering Ruling
The Swiss Federal Criminal Court fined Lombard Odier 3 million Swiss francs for organizational deficiencies that permitted money laundering through...
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Joint EU US Statement Advances AML Safeguards and Regulatory Synergies
The EU US Joint Financial Regulatory Forum addressed transatlantic financial crime countermeasures while promoting robust supervisory standards acr...
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Spanish Police Crushes Big Spanish Nightlife Money Laundering Syndicate
Law enforcement authorities in Spain have dismantled a major financial network laundering drug profits through nightlife venues in Seville and Cadi...
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Evolution Malta Pays 4.75M Pounds After Severe UKGC AML Control Failures
Evolution Malta Holding Limited pays 4.75m pounds following a UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) investigation that uncovered critical AML control failu...
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AMLA Guidance for Provisionally Eligible Obliged Entities
AMLA issues detailed operational guidance for national supervisors evaluating provisional eligibility reporting guidance for direct EU oversight.
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Seizure of 62kg of Gold at Fiumicino Airport
Guardia di Finanza executed an administrative seizure involving 62kg of gold valued over 2.2 million euros at Fiumicino Airport. The case highlight...
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BaFin Orders Helaba to Fix Money Laundering System Failures
Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen Remediation Order issued by BaFin forces major German public bank to fix severe transaction monitoring flaws.
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Swedbank Pays $50M Penalty for Withholding AML Case Information
Swedbank pays a 50 million dollar penalty to the DFSNY for withholding critical compliance data on Baltic operations and offshore shell company str...
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Managing Financial Crime Risks and Compliance Measures in UK Letting Operations
Real estate firms operating in the UK must implement robust Operational Risk Frameworks to address money laundering and proliferation financing thr...
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Record Levels of Transaction Reporting Activity Reported by Banca d’Italia
Banca d'Italia releases new Italian financial intelligence data showing record suspicious activity reporting during the first half of 2026, highlig...
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Organized Gang Money Laundering Investigation Involves International Football Player
A criminal investigation involving Samir Nasri, an international football player centers strictly on organized gang money laundering, exposing the ...
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MONEYVAL Exposes Massive Gaps in Armenian Financial Systems
The recent MONEYVAL evaluation of Armenia highlights structural gaps in tracing illicit funds, despite some progress and structural changes.
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ABN AMRO Fined €8.5 Million by Dutch Central Bank
ABN AMRO Bank N.V. has been fined €8.5 million by De Nederlandsche Bank for structural deficiencies in high-risk client due diligence, including fa...
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UK Police Investigate Massive £1M Financial Crime at Greater Manchester University
UK Police in Manchester arrests three individuals following a massive forensic investigation into a million-pound financial fraud and academia mone...
Other News From Europe
UK Sanctions Target 19 Russian Banks, Tankers and Businesses
The UK Russia sanctions package adds Russian bank sanctions and shadow fleet sanctions affecting 19 targets, creating immediate AML screening, monitoring and reporting implications.
MFSA Unveils 2026 Strategy to Strengthen Money Laundering Defences
The MFSA Financial Crime Compliance Strategy 2026 introduces six pillars for stronger Malta AML supervision, operational control testing and alignment with EU AML reform.
HTX Wallet Surge Raises Serious Money Laundering Concerns
HTX money laundering risk intensifies as HTX wallet proliferation challenges transaction attribution and raises concerns about crypto sanctions evasion.