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In a new advisory, the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN") alerted financial institutions to the risk that proceeds of political corruption from Nicaragua may enter the U.S. financial system.

Extending the effectiveness of the no-action position it took in 2016, the SEC Division of Trading and Markets granted relief to certain broker-dealers

The U.S. freight market’s rebalancing has continued through 2026, as capacity tightened against flat demand and spot rate growth accelerated. Shippers now face greater pressure alongside this shift, including a historic spike in fuel prices, ongoing tariff volatility, and growing broker liability risk that shippers should factor into their carrier mix.

The Corporate Transparency Act ("CTA") imposes new federal reporting obligations on certain companies, including information on the beneficial owners of those companies.

On January 15, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision issued risk management guidelines relating to anti-money laundering and terrorist financing.

Pierre Storrer wrote an article that appeared in the January 2016 issue of the French publication Revue Banque.

On November 4, 2016, the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network published technical amendments to anti-money laundering (AML) regulations implemented pursuant to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA).

On February 16, 2016, the US Government Accountability Office released a report that examines the potential illicit uses of remittances...

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) often involve two areas with known money laundering and terrorist financing risks: cryptocurrencies and high-value assets, like art.

The parties agreed to settle the charges without admitting or denying the SEC and FINRA findings.

On June 28, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network announced long-anticipated proposed rules on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism program...

In this article, Litigation Member Matthew Reinhard discusses the new compliance challenges that the art and antiquities markets may face with the new regulations put in place by the 2021 Defense Authorization Act (DAA)...

Paris counsel Pierre Storrer's article "Anti-Money Laundering: Application of the Tegister for Beneficial Owners of Legal Entities" appeared in the July-August 2017 issue of the French publication Banque & Droit.

FinCEN imposed a $1 million civil penalty on Nevada casino Sparks Nugget, Inc. d/b/a John Ascuaga's Nugget ("Sparks Nugget") due to willful violations of the anti-money laundering provisions...

New York AG Letitia James announced that the owner of several payroll companies, Michael T. Mann, pleaded guilty to and was sentenced for one felony count of Money Laundering in the First Degree...

John Cunningham, shareholder in the firm's White Collar Defense, Compliance & Investigations group, was interviewed for a podcast at the American Bankers Association's Financial Crimes...

On November 8, 2017, the US Department of the Treasury announced Kenneth A. Blanco as Director of FinCEN, a bureau in Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence.