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Japan Expands Crypto ‘Travel Rule’ to 30 More Jurisdictions, Effective August 1

Japan has imposed notification obligations (i.e. travel...

Rwanda: Opposition Leader Arrested

(Nairobi) – The Rwandan authorities rearrested Victoire...

South Korea: Human Rights Issues for New Government

(Seoul) – South Korea’s new government should adopt...

Money Laundering

California Man Pleads Guilty in Connection with Laundering Proceeds of $16M Hospice Fraud Scheme

Fraud, Bribery & Corruption
A California man pleaded guilty today to laundering more than $4.6 million in connection with a years-long scheme to defraud Medicare of nearly $16 million through sham hospice companies. According to court documents, Mihran Panosyan, 46, of Winnetka, worked with others to launder the proceeds...

United States Files Civil Forfeiture Complaint Against $225M in Funds Involved in Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud Money Laundering

The Department of Justice filed a civil forfeiture complaint today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against more than $225.3 million in cryptocurrency. According to the complaint, law enforcement...

United States Files Civil Forfeiture Complaint Against $225M in Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud Money Laundering

The Department of Justice filed a civil forfeiture complaint today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against more than $225.3 million in cryptocurrency. According to the complaint, law enforcement...

Venezuelan National and U.S. Citizen Arrested for Sanctions Evasion and Smuggling in Scheme to Supply Venezuela’s State-Owned Steel Industry

Note: View the criminal complaint. Juan Carlos Cairo-Padron, 56, of Huntsville, Texas, and Thomas Michael Fortinberry, 51, of Decatur, Alabama, were arrested on June 13, 2025 on a federal criminal complaint charging them with violating U.S....

Money Laundering

California Man Pleads Guilty in Connection with Laundering Proceeds of $16M Hospice Fraud Scheme

Fraud, Bribery & Corruption
A California man pleaded guilty today to laundering more than $4.6 million in connection with a years-long scheme to defraud Medicare of nearly $16 million through sham hospice companies. According to court documents, Mihran Panosyan, 46, of Winnetka, worked with others to launder the proceeds...

United States Files Civil Forfeiture Complaint Against $225M in Funds Involved in Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud Money Laundering

The Department of Justice filed a civil forfeiture complaint today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against more than $225.3 million in cryptocurrency. According to the complaint, law enforcement...

United States Files Civil Forfeiture Complaint Against $225M in Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud Money Laundering

The Department of Justice filed a civil forfeiture complaint today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against more than $225.3 million in cryptocurrency. According to the complaint, law enforcement...

USA
Events: 10,500 events
Fines: USD290 Bn
Imprisonment: 1,245,000 months
Entities (including individuals and organizations): 17K

UK
Events: 1,750 events
Fines: USD18 Bn
Imprisonment: 150,000 months
Entities: (including individuals and organizations): 3K

India
Events: 510 events
Fines: USD45 Mn
Imprisonment: 3,800 months
Entities: (including individuals and organizations): 400

South Africa
Events: 120 events
Fines: USD32 Mn
Imprisonment: 20,090 months
Entities: (including individuals and organizations): 190

Screening

BSP Mandates Integration of Adverse Media Screening into Customer Due Diligence Framework

Due Diligence
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has taken a significant step to strengthen the country’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regime by issuing Memorandum No. M-2025-017 on May 27. The directive mandates all...

IDAHOT 2024: freedom and equal rights in Europe | News item

KYC
Together with the Council of Europe, the Netherlands is hosting the European IDAHOT+ Forum in The Hague from 14 to 16 May. The forum is an important conference on the position and human...

ESG

Bonn Climate Talks Should Make Progress on Fossil Fuels

ESG
As negotiators gather in Bonn for the mid-year United Nations climate talks, a key stepping-stone toward the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, governments have an important opportunity to place the fossil fuel phaseout at the heart of global climate action. Despite the historic commitment at COP28 to transition away from fossil fuels, COP29 delivered no meaningful progress. Meanwhile, several governments are planning to increase fossil fuel production supported by ongoing subsidies. Fossil fuels remain the primary driver of the climate crisis, responsible for over 80 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. Human Rights Watch has documented how communities living near coal, oil, and gas infrastructure bear the brunt...

Crypto

Japan Expands Crypto ‘Travel Rule’ to 30 More Jurisdictions, Effective August 1

Japan has imposed notification obligations (i.e. travel rule) on Cryptoasset Exchange Service Providers and Electronic Payment Instrument Exchange Service Providers (hereinafter collectively referred to as “VASPs”) to submit information on originators and beneficiaries...

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Fraud, Bribery & Corruption

California Man Pleads Guilty in Connection with Laundering Proceeds of $16M Hospice Fraud Scheme

Fraud, Bribery & Corruption
A California man pleaded guilty today to laundering more than $4.6 million in connection...

Former Chairman and CEO of Publicly Traded Health Care Company Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison for Insider Trading

The former CEO and chairman of the board of directors of Ontrak Inc., a Miami-based publicly traded health care company, was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for engaging in an insider...

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Sanctions Notice – Global Anti-Corruption — GFSC

Please be advised that the following person, previously designated under the Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021 (the UK regulations),...

Human Rights

South Korea: Human Rights Issues for New Government

(Seoul) – South Korea’s new government should adopt measures to...

Haiti: Displacement Hits Record as Security Efforts Fall Short

(Washington, DC) – One year since deployment of the first...

Mozambique: Armed Group’s Child Abductions Surge in North

(Johannesburg) – An armed group linked to the Islamic State...

Prominent Critic of Guinean Junta Abducted, Tortured

In Guinea early on Saturday morning, at least a half-dozen...

AI / ML

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On May 6, MIT AgeLab’s Advanced Vehicle Technology (AVT)...

Helping machines understand visual content with AI

Data should drive every decision a modern business makes....

Teaching AI models what they don’t know

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3 Questions: How to help students recognize potential bias in their AI datasets

Every year, thousands of students take courses that teach...

Excerpts from the Joint Press Conference given by KATO Katsunobu, Minister of Finance and Minister of State for Financial Services, and UEDA Kazuo, Governor...

(Excerpt) (Thursday, May 22, 2025, 2:09 pm to 2:25 pm) Minister) I would like to...

Japan Expands Crypto ‘Travel Rule’ to 30 More Jurisdictions, Effective August 1

Japan has imposed notification obligations (i.e. travel rule) on Cryptoasset Exchange Service Providers and Electronic Payment Instrument Exchange Service Providers (hereinafter collectively referred to...

Rwanda: Opposition Leader Arrested

(Nairobi) – The Rwandan authorities rearrested Victoire Ingabire, the head of an unregistered political party, on June 19, 2025, as a part of a...

South Korea: Human Rights Issues for New Government

(Seoul) – South Korea’s new government should adopt measures to address human rights problems in the country and abroad, Human Rights Watch said today in...

Haiti: Displacement Hits Record as Security Efforts Fall Short

(Washington, DC) – One year since deployment of the first personnel of the United Nations-authorized Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission to Haiti, violence and human rights abuses...

Mozambique: Armed Group’s Child Abductions Surge in North

(Johannesburg) – An armed group linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) has ramped up abductions of children in northern Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, Human Rights...

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