Hello, and welcome to episode 100 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. It has been a relatively quiet week this week, which is always good for me. Sanctions designations from the US, some news from the OECD relating to Luxembourg and its progress in implementing the OECD’s anti-bribery convention, and the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK has published its Business Plan for 2024/25. I also round-up the limited cyber-attack news this week. Let’s crack on.

As usual, I have linked the main stories flagged in the podcast in the description. These are:

Financial Conduct Authority, Business Plan 2024/25.

National Crime Agency, SARs in Action: Issue 25.

National Cyber Security Centre, Responding to a cyber incident – a guide for CEOs.

Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury Targets Vessel Shipping Iranian Commodities for Houthis and Qods Force.

Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury Sanctions Actors Supporting Kremlin-Directed Malign Influence Efforts.

Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury Sanctions Nicaragua’s Attorney General.

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Luxembourg should build upon recent achievements in the fight against foreign bribery by substantially strengthening enforcement efforts and resources.

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Monitoring the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention in Sweden: Call for contributions.

Public Sector Fraud Authority, Government Counter Fraud Functional Strategy 2024-2027.

Transparency International, 12 Countries to Watch on the 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index.

UK Government, Cyber security longitudinal survey: wave three results.

US Department of State, Sanctions on Nicaragua’s Attorney General.

US Embassy and Consulates in Russia, Imposing Sanctions on Actors Supporting Kremlin-Directed Disinformation Efforts.