FinCrime Intelligence Weekly
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.
This week’s essential financial-crime reading.
The June 2026 plenary reshaped the increased-monitoring list to 22 jurisdictions, and FinCEN told US institutions to apply the changes.
FATF's seventh targeted update names stablecoins a priority risk and pushes Travel Rule supervision toward 99 jurisdictions.
OFAC removed deceased individuals, scrapped vessels, and dead-network names from the SDN list, turning a delisting into a screening event your team must reconcile.
A second joint rule sets minimum customer identification standards for permitted payment stablecoin issuers, with comments due 60 days after publication.
The Government of Ireland pairs a new national risk assessment with 30 measures targeting crypto, gambling, and corporate ownership.
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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