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Financial Crime Weekly Podcast

Christopher Kirkbride

Welcome to the Financial Crime UK Weekly podcast. I’m Chris Kirkbride and I lecture law.This is an introductory podcast to give you a guide as to the sort of things which we will be looking at on this podcast in the first week of every month. However, there will be specials and additional podcasts out of this sequence if something happens which is significant and deserves a special episode.So, what are the sort of things we’ll be talking about? Well, we will cover news, events, legal developments,

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Financial Crime Weekly Episode 205

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2025/11/27

Hello and welcome to episode 205 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast. I am Chris Kirkbride. This episode covers significant global enforcement actions, including the UK updating its Cyber Sanctions List to subject Russian national Andrei Valerevich Kozlov to an asset freeze for involvement in the cybercrime ecosystem, and the US Treasury’s OFAC levying a statutory maximum $4.7 million penalty against a real estate investor for illegally dealing in property owned by a sanctioned Russian individual

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Financial Crime Weekly Episode 204

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2025/11/23

Hello and welcome to episode 204 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast. I am Chris Kirkbride. This episode covers major global enforcement actions, including how the UK's NCA exposed a billion-dollar Russian money laundering network linked to a Kyrgyz bank purchase for the war effort. Concurrently, the U.S. Treasury sanctioned Iran's shadow fleet financing its military and proxies, while Europol coordinated against sophisticated Russian sanctions evasion. Domestically, the UK's PSR

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Financial Crime Weekly Episode 203

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2025/11/20

Hello and welcome to episode 203 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast. I am Chris Kirkbride. This episode covers major enforcement actions and global regulatory updates. Key topics include significant fraud cases, such as a former Qualcomm executive sentenced to four years for a $180m fraud and money laundering scheme, and a Miami influencer's conviction for fraudulently obtaining over $600,000 in COVID relief loans. We examine UK integrity challenges, with GRECO criticising the government over

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Financial Crime Weekly Episode 202

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2025/11/16

Hello and welcome to episode 202 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast. I am Chris Kirkbride. This episode covers significant sanctions news including the US Treasury targeting the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army for operating cyber scam centres in Burma, and the sanctioning of a global network supporting Iran’s missile and UAV programmes across Iran, China, the UAE, and several other countries. The episode also covers transnational crime fighting efforts, such as FinCEN’s proposed rule identifying

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Financial Crime Weekly Episode 201

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2025/11/13

Hello and welcome to episode 201 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast. I am Chris Kirkbride. This episode covers key sanctions updates, including the UN Security Council's Resolution 2799 (2025) delisting Syrian officials and the US suspending some Caesar Act sanctions to aid Syria's recovery, as well as the UN General Assembly criticising US sanctions on ICC officials. Enforcement highlights feature fraud charges against six ex-Glencore executives, the UK's National Crime Agency

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Financial Crime Weekly Episode 200

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2025/11/09

Hello and welcome to episode 200 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast. I am Chris Kirkbride. This episode summarises significant global enforcement actions and regulatory updates. Highlights include HMRC's £1.16m settlement with a UK exporter over Russia sanctions violations, asset freezes related to suspected terrorism, and US measures against Hizballah funding activities. The episode covers notable anti-money laundering penalties: €45m by BaFin to JPMorgan’s Frankfurt branch, and £650,000 by

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Financial Crime Weekly Episode 199

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2025/11/06

Hello and welcome to episode 199 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast. I am Chris Kirkbride. This episode covers the UK government consolidating sanctions into the UK Sanctions List by January 2026, new guidance for the freight sector on Russian sanctions, and a centralised enforcement page. It also covers US Treasury sanctions against a North Korean cybercrime network, Chelsea FC’s £150 million penalty buffer, a major intra-EU VAT fraud scheme ("Goliath"), and a €600 million cryptocurrency

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Financial Crime Weekly Episode 198

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2025/11/02

Hello and welcome to episode 198 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast. I am Chris Kirkbride. In this episode, the UK has lifted its arms embargo on Armenia and Azerbaijan, shifting to Strategic Export Licensing Criteria. The US Treasury has sanctioned the Bhardwaj Human Smuggling Organisation, and OFSI designated Aliakbar Ansari for supporting hostile activity under the Iran sanctions. The FCA secured its first Data Protection Act conviction against a former Virgin Media O2 employee involved in a

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Financial Crime Weekly Episode 197

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2025/10/30

Welcome to episode 197 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast. I am Chris Kirkbride. This episode covers the U.S. imposing sanctions on Colombia's President Petro over alleged cartel links and updates to the UK's OFSI humanitarian license for Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon. The UK reported £629.3 million lost to fraud in early 2025, while Starling Bank introduced an AI tool to combat online purchase scams and Europol highlighted €850 million in annual losses from caller ID spoofing. The FATF

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Financial Crime Weekly Episode 196

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2025/10/26

Welcome to episode 196 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I'm Chris Kirkbride. This episode highlights major sanctions, including US actions against Rosneft and Lukoil for war financing, and new UK sanctions on Balkan crime networks involved in people smuggling. We discuss regulatory changes in the form of the UK's Interim Necessities General Licence for listed Iranian entities, significant enforcement actions with FINTRAC's record fine on Cryptomus, and the UK Gambling Commission’s

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Financial Crime Weekly Episode 195

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2025/10/23

Hello, and welcome to episode 195 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I am Chris Kirkbride. This episode covers notable sanctions actions, including US and UK asset freezes targeting Haitian gang leaders and others under migration and trafficking regulations, as well as an OFSI licence allowing business with subsidiaries of Rosneft. We cover the takedown of a $30 million fraud ring targeting American timeshare owners, Switzerland’s proposed beneficial ownership register, and the UK’s move to

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Financial Crime Weekly Episode 194

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2025/10/19

Hello, and welcome to episode 194 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I am Chris Kirkbride. In this episode, the UK’s most forceful sanctions package to date, which targets major Russian oil producers, shadow fleet tankers, and 90 entities linked to Kremlin energy revenues. Separately, OFSI has reported of a record £37 billion in frozen assets, and the extension of a General Trade Licence covering sectoral software and technology under Russia sanctions. On fraud, the FCA urges banks to strengthen

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Financial Crime Weekly Episode 193

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2025/10/16

Hello, and welcome to episode 193 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I am Chris Kirkbride. In this episode, starting with sanctions, the UK Government is set to consolidate its designation framework, retiring the OFSI Consolidated List in January 2026, making the UK Sanctions List the sole official source for all designations. We also look at increasing threats, as risk advisory experts warn that banks are underprepared for the surge in AI-driven fraud and must rethink resilience with

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Financial Crime Weekly Episode 192

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2025/10/12

Hello, and welcome to episode 192 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I am Chris Kirkbride. In this episode, on sanctions news, the United States has launched a sweeping campaign targeting Iranian energy and militia proxies. On money laundering, the European Banking Authority has reported that EU regulators have significantly improved supervision of banks ahead of the transition to the new EU Anti-Money Laundering Authority, as well as urging national supervisors to strengthen AML/CFT oversight

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Financial Crime Weekly Episode 191

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2025/10/09

Hello, and welcome to episode 191 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I am Chris Kirkbride. In this episode, the EU has extended sanctions on those responsible for Russian hybrid threats, including cyber-attacks and disinformation. In the UK, Daniel Pugh has been sentenced for operating a £1.3 million Ponzi scheme and the Metropolitan Police has secured convictions against the launderers of over £5.5 billion in Bitcoin. On financial integrity, anti-corruption training in Guinea-Bissau’s health

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Financial Crime Weekly Episode 190

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2025/10/05

Hello, and welcome to episode 190 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I am Chris Kirkbride. In this episode, significant coordinated sanctions action by the United States government against Iranian targets. In Australia, AUSTRAC has launched a nationwide awareness campaign to prepare Australian industry for sweeping Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing reforms. In Malaysia, a move to Deferred Prosecution Agreements to modernise enforcement and enhance asset recovery, while a

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Financial Crime Weekly Episode 189

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2025/10/02

Hello, and welcome to episode 189 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I am Chris Kirkbride. In this episode, on sanctions, the US Treasury has sanctioned five individuals and one entity tied to a DPRK arms network, the UK’s OFSI has expanded sanctions on 71 entities and persons under the Iran (Nuclear) Sanctions Regulations, and imposed a £152,750 penalty on Colorcon Limited for breaching Russia sanctions. On money laundering, the European Commission has initiated infringement proceedings against

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Financial Crime Weekly Episode 188

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2025/09/28

Hello, and welcome to episode 188 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I am Chris Kirkbride. In this episode, beginning with sanctions, where the UK government has published a comprehensive starter guide for businesses and imposed asset freezes on two entities, Embers of an Empire and Rampage Productions, for alleged links to terrorism through music. The US has also taken action, sanctioning Indian nationals and an online pharmacy for trafficking counterfeit fentanyl pills. In money laundering

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Financial Crime Weekly Episode 187

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2025/09/25

Hello, and welcome to episode 187 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I am Chris Kirkbride. In this episode, geopolitical pressure intensifies as the EU proposes its 19th sanctions package against Russia, featuring a full transaction ban on Russian banks and targeting LNG imports by 2027 to cripple the war economy. Meanwhile, in the United States, FinCEN has proposed delaying the critical Investment Adviser AML Rule until January 2028, granting firms additional time to prepare for compliance

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Financial Crime Weekly Episode 186

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2025/09/21

Hello, and welcome to episode 186 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I am Chris Kirkbride. In this episode, on sanctions, we look at action by the EU against Israel. The UK has reaffirmed financial sanctions against Chinese drone manufacturer Autel Robotics, and issued an advisory warning UK firms about using North Korean IT workers. On the regulatory and digital asset front, the Financial Conduct Authority outlined its strategy for combating financial crime, proposing new rules for crypto firms

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