Hello, and welcome to episode 92 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. It is yet another busy week for financial crime. There is news of co-ordinated action against a Russian cyber-criminal by the Australian, US, and UK authorities. On money laundering, there has been a range of updates to the law in the UK, and we end this week with a range of cyber-attack news stories. Lots to get into, so let’s crack on.

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

Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, Insuring an invasion: UK insures EUR 46.4 bn Russian oil since sanctions.

Council of the European Union, Sudan: Council adds six entities to EU sanctions list.

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Business leaders urged to toughen up cyber attack protections (press release).

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Cyber Governance Code of Practice: call for views.

Europol, Three arrested for exporting military goods to Russia.

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, UK, US and Australia sanction key figures in Hamas’s financial network.

HM Treasury, Guidance: Money Laundering Advisory Notice: High Risk Third Countries.

Institute of International Finance and Deloitte, Global financial crime prevention, detection and mitigation: Building on progress, addressing evolving priorities and achieving effective outcomes.

National Crime Agency, UK warns of criminal sanctions evasion through artwork storage facilities (press release).

National Crime Agency, Amber ALERT: Financial Sanctions Evasion, Money Laundering & Cultural Property Trafficking Through the Art Storage Sector.

National Cyber Security Centre, Cyber Essentials: are there any alternative standards? (Blog post).

National Cyber Security Centre, Global ransomware threat expected to rise with AI, NCSC warns (press release).

National Cyber Security Centre, Report: The near-term impact of AI on the cyber threat.

Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Financial Sanctions Notice: Counter-Terrorism (International).

Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Who is subject to financial sanctions in the UK?

Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Financial Sanctions Notice: Cyber.

Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Financial Sanctions Notice: Yemen.

Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Financial sanctions: Cyber.

Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S., UK, and Australia Target Additional Hamas Financial Networks and Facilitators of Virtual Currency Transfers.

Office of Foreign Assets Control, United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom Sanction Russian Cyber Actor Responsible for the Medibank Hack.

Peter Hain, Bring looters to justice with an International Anti-Corruption Court.

UK Legislation, The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (High-Risk Countries) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 SI No 69.

US Department of State, Terrorist Designation of the Houthis.

US Department of State, Executive Order 13224.

Vatican, Procedura in materia di segnalazioni ai sensi dell’art. 7 dello Statuto dell’Ufficio del Revisore Generale, 24.01.2024.