Hello, and welcome to episode 185 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I am Chris Kirkbride. In this episode, on sanctions, the US Treasury's imposition of sanctions on Sudanese Islamist figures over Iran ties and a global network funding Iran's military and terrorist activities. We look at a $100 million pump-and-dump fraud scheme where Chinese tech executives allegedly defrauded US investors. On the cybercrime front, we cover the data breach at luxury group Kering, owner of Gucci, and the crippling cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover, which has compromised sensitive data, disrupted production, and is estimated to have cost £1 billion in lost production. Furthermore, we'll look at the commentary from the Royal United Services Institute arguing that the global anti-financial crime system is "fundamentally broken," despite over $200 billion spent annually on compliance, urging systemic reform and real-time data sharing. Finally, we'll touch on the UK’s significant increase in asset recovery, the National Crime Agency taking the helm of the Five Eyes Law Enforcement Group amid rising global threats, efforts to promote integrity in education in Moldova, and a warning from the Information Commissioner's Office about a surge in cyber attacks within UK schools, often caused by students themselves.

A transcript of this podcast, with links to the stories, will be available at www.crimes.financial.