Hello, and welcome to episode 78 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. There is a good range of news across all the usual sectors this week, with money laundering and cyber-attack news at the head of queue.

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

Bar Council, Response to HM Treasury Consultation on reform of the AML and Counter-Terrorism Financing Supervisory Regime.

European Parliament, Nagorno-Karabakh: MEPs demand review of EU relations with Azerbaijan (press release).

Financial Conduct Authority, FCA fines ADM Investor Services International Limited £6,470,600 for serious financial crime control failings (press release).

Financial Conduct Authority, ADM Investor Services International Limited: Final Notice.

HM Treasury, Reforming anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing supervision (Closed Consultation).

Group of States against Corruption of the Council of Europe, Evaluation Report: Cyprus.

Information Commissioner’s Office, John Edwards' opening speech at DPPC 2023.

Information Commissioner’s Office, ICO consultation on draft Data Protection Fining Guidance.

Insolvency Service, Judge orders director of gift company to repay falsely-obtained Covid loan (press release).

Insolvency Service, Official Receiver secures multimillion payout for scam victims (press release).

Lieber Institute, Cyber Operations as Crimes at the International Criminal Court.

Moody’s, Cyber Survey 2023.

Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Financial Sanctions Notice: Iraq (06/10/2023).

Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Outreach Satisfaction Survey.

Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, General Licence: Payments to Companies House INT/2023/3626884.

UK Finance, Fraud by Abuse of Position and Money Laundering.

UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office and UK Delegation to OSCE, Corruption and Russia's war against Ukraine: UK statement to the OSCE.

United Nations, Security Council 1518 Sanctions Committee Removes One Entry from Its Sanctions List (press release).

US Department of Justice, Inkster Mayor Charged with Bribery.

US Department of Justice, Ian Freeman Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Operating a Bitcoin Money Laundering Scheme.

US Department of Justice, United States Attorney Martin Estrada Launches Corporate and Securities Fraud Strike Force.