FinCrime Intelligence Weekly
The US and Brazil hit the PCC crypto laundering network in a two-day crackdown, the UK takes the FATF helm with a fraud roadmap, and the MiCA deadline forces unlicensed crypto firms out of the EU.
This week’s essential financial-crime reading.
Treasury blocks six parties tied to Brazil's largest gang for laundering more than $30 million of US proceeds through crypto, the first hit since PCC's terrorist designation.
Two days after the US Treasury sanctioned the network, Brazil's Federal Police ran Operation Exchange, freezing crypto, cash, and bank assets worth up to roughly two billion dollars.
On 1 July 2026 the UK assumed the two-year FATF presidency and launched a roadmap that targets scam-compound money trails and the transnational networks behind global fraud.
The transitional period under the EU crypto rulebook closed on 1 July 2026, and any crypto-asset service provider still operating without full authorisation is now in breach of EU law.
The 2 July public hearing was the last major input point before the 3 September close, so the EU's binding standard for ongoing monitoring is now near final form.
Issue №5 · Jun 22 – 28, 2026
Treasury hits the Prince Group scam network and Huione rails, OFAC sanctions ISIS facilitators, the FCA censures CACEIS, and ESMA forces unlicensed crypto firms out before the MiCA deadline.
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Issue №4 · Jun 15 – 21, 2026
The FATF plenary reshapes the grey list and targets stablecoins, Treasury clears 76 stale sanctions entries, FinCEN proposes stablecoin ID rules, and Ireland aims a 30-point plan at crypto.
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Issue №3 · Jun 8 – 14, 2026
A crypto mixer that sold untraceability is seized, OFAC delists and relicenses in a day, stablecoin AML rules near finalization, and the EU sharpens monitoring and beneficial-ownership rules.
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Issue №2 · Jun 1 – 7, 2026
OFAC sanctions Nobitex and Iran's crypto rails, FinCEN makes ITIN accounts a due diligence question, Belgium closes in on Wise, and US and UK rules push programs toward effectiveness.
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Issue №1 · May 25 – 31, 2026
OFAC tightens on Iran and extends a Lukoil window, AMLA and a new EU anti-corruption directive advance, and an Australian court shows ignoring a regulator only raises the bill.
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