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In 2025, the Trump administration, acting on presidential decrees, implemented racist and anti-immigrant policies that dehumanized and criminalized migrants and asylum seekers. Nearly all...

Arbitrary detention and unfair trials In several countries across the Americas, people were arbitrarily imprisoned for political reasons in 2025. These were primarily individuals considered...

Gender-based violence In many countries, gender-based violence remained at a high level. In Georgia, high-ranking officials routinely used misogynistic and sexist rhetoric. Female demonstrators were...

Napier AI's April 2026 guidance paper, published in conjunction with the FCA's regulatory sandbox activities, offers a detailed framework for financial institutions deploying artificial...

FinCEN's April 7 NPRM carries specific implications for transaction monitoring (TM) and independent testing functions that deserve separate analysis. The proposal explicitly recalibrates the...

In a significant development underscoring a widening crackdown on corruption within Russia’s military establishment, former Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Popov has been sentenced to...

April 2026 brought two significant milestones in Asia Pacific crypto regulation with direct implications for global compliance programmes. On April 10, the Japanese government...

Chainalysis's 2026 Crypto Crime Report, published in April, documents an alarming escalation in state-sponsored illicit blockchain activity. In 2025, illicit addresses received at least...

On April 8, 2026, FinCEN and OFAC jointly issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking implementing the GENIUS Act's directive to treat permitted payment stablecoin...

Alongside FinCEN's landmark April 7 NPRM, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the National...

On April 7, 2026, the U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a wide-ranging Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would fundamentally reshape...

On March 31, 2026, OFAC published a landmark advisory titled 'Guidance on Sham Transactions and Sanctions Evasion,' fundamentally reframing how financial institutions and corporates...

Australia's financial intelligence authority AUSTRAC confirmed that significant AML/CTF reform obligations took effect on March 31, 2026, introducing expanded requirements for the identification and...

March 2026 produced two notable anti-corruption enforcement developments that illustrate the shifting but still active global bribery enforcement landscape. On March 16, 2026, the U.S....