Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. Money laundering and sanctions top the bill this week, with some regulatory enforcement thrown in, and there are also some consultations opening this week.

These are the links to the principal documents mentioned in the podcast: 

European Banking Authority, EBA consults on new Guidelines to tackle de-risking.

Financial Conduct Authority, FCA fines three broker firms £4,775,200 for failures relating to the detection of market abuse.

Financial Conduct Authority, FCA publishes Decision Notices against three bond traders for market manipulation.

Payment Systems Regulator, PSR takes steps towards greater transparency on APP scam data across banks and building societies.

Spotlight on Corruption, Spotlight writes to Justice Secretary and SFO Director (full letter).

The Council of the Europe Union, Human rights violations: EU restrictive measures prolonged for a further year.

Trading Standards Scotland, A-Z of Scams.

Uk Government, Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: changes to bodies granted investigatory powers.

UK Government Sanctions Regime, The Russian Oil Price Cap (General licence INT/2022/2469656).

UK Government Sanctions Regime, The Winddown licence (General licence INT/2022/2470256).

UK Government Sanctions Regime, General licence (General licence INT/2022/2470056).

UK Government Sanctions Regime, General licence (General licence INT/2022/247015).

UK Insolvency Service, Glasgow engineer banned for £100k Bounce Back Loan abuse.

UK Insolvency Service, Two Leicestershire company directors banned for a total of 19 years.