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Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years for Coup Plot, Marking Historic First in Brazil

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced...

Thailand’s Supreme Court Orders Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra Back to Prison

Thailand’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that...

U.S. Treasury Issues Guidance to Boost Cross-Border Financial Information Sharing

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial...

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U.S. Online Marketplace Operator Charged with Trafficking Deadly Synthetic Opioids Stronger Than Fentanyl

Today, an indictment was unsealed in the District of Columbia charging eWorldTrade LLC (eWorldTrade), a U.S. company, with conspiracy to distribute synthetic opioids for...

Former U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst Sentenced for Selling Sensitive Military Information to Individual Tied to Chinese Government

A former U.S. Army intelligence analyst was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for conspiring to collect and transmit national defense information, including...

Former CIA Official Pleads Guilty to Acting as a Foreign Agent and Mishandling Classified Materials

Dale Britt Bendler, 68, of Miami, Florida, pleaded guilty today to, while being a public official at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), acting as...

High-Ranking Tren de Aragua Member in Custody on Terrorism and International Drug Distribution Charges

A five-count superseding indictment has been unsealed today charging a Venezuelan national and alleged high-ranking member of the designated foreign terrorist organization Tren de...

Companies and President Operating Oregon Wood Treatment Facility to Pay $1.5M in Criminal Fines for Hazardous Waste and Air Pollution Charges

A federal judge in Oregon yesterday sentenced the two companies responsible for the operation of the J.H. Baxter wood treatment facility in Eugene, Oregon,...

Hong Kong: HKMA and SFC’s guidance on Staking of Virtual Assets

On 7 April 2025, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority1 (HKMA) and the Securities and Futures Commission2 (SFC) issued guidance for authorized institutions (and subsidiaries of locally...

Press Conference by KATO Katsunobu, Minister of State for Financial Services (March 18, 2025) : FSA

(Excerpt) (Tuesday, March 18, 2025, 9:38 am to 9:43 am) Q. I would like to ask about the individual-type Defined Contribution pension plan (iDeCo). The pension reform bill, which...

Press Conference by KATO Katsunobu, Minister of State for Financial Services (March 25, 2025) : FSA

(Excerpt) (Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 9:47 am to 9:52 am) Minister) As already announced yesterday, the Financial Services Agengy (FSA) issued business improvement orders to four companies, Tokio Marine...

16 charged in sweeping Houston-based multimillion-dollar illegal gambling, money laundering conspiracy

HOUSTON – Several Houston-area residents were taken into custody April 2 on various charges including conspiracy, operating illegal game rooms, bribery, and money laundering...

Australia: ASIC undertakes consultation on Buy Now Pay Later regulatory guidance

ASIC has released a draft regulatory guide alongside a consultation paper intended to help providers of Buy Now Pay Later services understand the modified...

Hong Kong: SFC publishes regulatory roadmap for Hong Kong’s virtual asset market

On 19 February 2025, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a regulatory roadmap (Roadmap) for Hong Kong’s virtual asset (VA) market. Entitled “‘A-S-P-I-Re’...

United States: Enforcement of CTA and BOI reporting rule suspended against US companies and citizens

Over the past week there have been two significant announcements by US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the US Department of the Treasury...

Chinese National and DPRK Facilitator Extradited to the United States; Faces Charges of Conspiracy, Bank Fraud, and Violating North Korea Sanctions

On Sept. 27, the Commonwealth of Australia extradited Jin Guanghua, 53, to the United States. Jin, a Chinese national, and his co-conspirators North Korean...

FSA Weekly Review No.604 September 30, 2024

September 17, 2024 Publication of the draft "Cabinet Office Order Establishing Measures Concerning Special Provisions of the 'Cabinet Office Order on Projects Pertaining to Regulations...

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