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Meta in 'last chance saloon' on fraud, UK lawmaker Charters says March 25, 2025 | Phoebe Seers

Social media platforms like Meta have been warned they are in the “last chance saloon” when it comes to their inaction on fraud. Luke Charters, a Labour lawmaker and former regulator, said now is the time for ... (more story)

Standard Chartered loses bid to scale back investors' UK sanctions lawsuit March 25, 2025 | Martin Coyle

Standard Chartered has lost a bid to cut hundreds of millions of pounds out of a UK lawsuit by investors who claim they lost out due to the investment bank’s complicity in bribery and sanctions busting. The in... (more story)

UK payments regulator’s policy head Fitzgerald quits March 25, 2025 | Phoebe Seers

Kate Fitzgerald, head of policy at the UK Payment Systems Regulator and architect of its fraud-reimbursement regime, is leaving the regulator at the end of April, MLex has learned. News of her departure comes ... (more story)

Ex-UBS trader Hayes' conviction was unsafe, UK's top judges told March 25, 2025 | Martin Coyle

Former UBS and Citigroup trader Tom Hayes’ conviction for rigging a key interest rate was unsafe due to the trial judge’s failure to direct the jury properly when summing up the case, the UK’s top court heard ... (more story)

UK regulator should face inquiry over Woodford scandal, say lawmakers March 25, 2025 | Martin Coyle and Phoebe Seers

UK lawmakers have called for an inquiry into the financial regulator’s handling of the Woodford scandal, which saw hundreds of thousands of investors lose millions of pounds through star stock picker Neil Wood... (more story)

Honduran police-uniform bribery trial delayed by US judge to August March 24, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

A US judge has delayed the trial of three men charged over their alleged roles in a bribery scheme involving contracts for Honduran police uniforms until August, allowing the government to continue a review of... (more story)

Hayes' fight over Libor-rigging conviction lands at UK Supreme Court March 24, 2025 | Phoebe Seers and Martin Coyle

Former trader Tom Hayes, convicted of rigging the benchmark Libor interest rate a decade ago, sees his long fight to clear his name arrive at the UK’s highest court tomorrow. The former UBS and Citibank trader... (more story)

Tornado Cash delisting follows US Fifth Circuit decision limiting sanctions' reach March 21, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

The removal of Tornado Cash from the US sanctions list follows a US appellate court decision last year that had limited the reach of the measures targeting the cryptocurrency-transaction anonymizing service. T... (more story)

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Four years in, Europe’s ‘youngster’ prosecutor’s office EPPO faces challenges March 25, 2025 | Martin Coyle and Phoebe Seers

With more than 2,500 active investigations linked to damage worth 24 billion euros, the European Public Prosecutor's Office has come a long way since 2020, when staff sat at their desks without computers. But ... (more story)

New US Corporate Transparency Act rule guts financial crime efforts, analysts say March 24, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

A new interim rule from the US Treasury Department narrowing the scope of an anti-money laundering law could significantly harm efforts to combat financial crime, experts said.  The new rule formalizes changes... (more story)

European bribery enforcers' tie-up signals resolve despite US retreat March 21, 2025 | Martin Coyle and Samuel Rubenfeld

News that Europe’s top foreign-bribery prosecutors will band together and collaborate more closely will inevitably be seen as a response to a US retreat from enforcement, even though they say it has been years... (more story)

Canada accelerates timeline for anti-money laundering regulatory changes March 17, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

The Canadian government has moved up its timeline for changes to its anti-money laundering regulatory regime, bringing them into force on April 1 – six months earlier than originally proposed. Companies subjec... (more story)

US cybersecurity defenders alert to Russian threat as government downsizes March 10, 2025 | Madeline Hughes and Maria Dinzeo

US cybersecurity defenders in the private sector remain on alert for Russian threats even as the federal workforce has been hit with staff reductions and reports indicate national agencies may be softening on the issue.

Entain's legal challenges make it tough to leave Turkish bribery case behind March 07, 2025 | Martin Coyle

Entain this week took a step toward banishing the memory of a blockbuster settlement with UK authorities over a bribery scandal at a Turkish online gaming business it used to own. But the gambling operator — w... (more story)

Trial dates begin to slip amid enforcement reviews of US bribery cases March 05, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

The day before jury selection was scheduled to begin in the corruption trial of two Cognizant Technology Solutions executives charged with authorizing bribes to Indian officials, New Jersey’s top federal prose... (more story)

Trump attacks phantom ‘economic menace’ of beneficial ownership reporting rule March 03, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

With a Sunday night bombshell, the Trump administration announced it's abandoning enforcement of an anti-money laundering law years in the making. The Corporate Transparency Act was hailed by anti-corruption c... (more story)