February 16, 2026 The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has published the outcomes of its February 2026 Plenary in Mexico City, including an update to its list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring (the so-called Grey List). At this meeting, FATF added Kuwait and Papua New Guinea to the Grey List, reflecting their commitment to address…
February 11, 2026 On February 10, 2026, the Council of Europe’s anti-money laundering body, MONEYVAL, has released a report on the use of virtual assets and virtual asset service providers in the laundering of criminal property, financing of terrorism and the evasion of sanctions. The report contains an updated horizontal review of measures to regulate…
The Basel Institute on Governance has officially published the 2025 Basel AML Index, offering its latest independent assessment of global money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) risks. The Basel AML Index is an independent, data-driven ranking and risk assessment tool for money laundering and related financial crime risks. It evaluates countries based on vulnerability to…
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued a public statement concerning changes to its list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring due to strategic deficiencies in their regimes to counter money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing. Specifically, FATF announced that Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Nigeria, and South Africa have been removed from its list of jurisdictions…
The Financial Intelligence Unit of Cyprus (MOKAS) has published its Strategic Analysis Report (the “Report”) for the period 2023–2024.The Report was prepared following a thematic analysis of Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs/SARs) submitted to MOKAS during the years 2023 and 2024. The Report provides valuable insights into trends and practices related to Money Laundering and Terrorist…