FinCrime Intelligence Weekly
FinCEN finds banks file 3 percent of human smuggling reports but hold 61 percent of the money, Binance cuts off 16 platforms on its own timetable, and Lebanon charges a former central bank governor.
This week’s essential financial-crime reading.
FinCEN's new trend analysis shows money services businesses carry the filing volume while depository institutions carry the dollars, and reports fell 62 percent in 2025.
The Block reports Binance will block transactions involving 16 named crypto platforms, including HTX, on three staged cutoff dates, with breaches triggering a compliance review.
Judge Raja Hamouche filed proceedings against Riad Salame and Samir Hanna over alleged embezzlement, laundering and bribery, with the central bank itself now suing to recover.
The Department of Finance sets out five priorities, crypto travel rule obligations and new disclosure duties for Limited Partnerships, with a FATF Mutual Evaluation in view.
Rice Lake Weighing Systems settled eight apparent violations of Iran sanctions after its Italian subsidiary sold to a UAE distributor knowing the goods were bound for Iran.
Issue №11 · Aug 3 – 9, 2026
UBS's $125m repeat AML fine, OFAC's Shelbit crypto sanctions, the FCA's transaction reporting overhaul, a UK money mule surge, and the Senate's Epstein SAR report.
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Issue №10 · Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026
Treasury sanctions a Bitcoin funded Hormuz insurance racket, Lombard Odier is fined over Karimova funds, the Gambling Commission flags white label gaps, and a Brisbane bribe hides in a tea gift.
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Issue №9 · Jul 20 – 26, 2026
FinCEN puts the student aid tell in the ACH reference field, a games supplier settles over third party risk it could not see, and the OCC refuses a charter over the people named to run it.
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Issue №8 · Jul 13 – 19, 2026
OFAC designates a Danish CFO and an Italian CEO inside an Iranian shipping network, Dutch police disrupt a fraud operation run like a company, and the NCA charges five over a spoofing platform.
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Issue №7 · Jul 6 – 12, 2026
INTERPOL blocks 31,014 mule accounts in a 97-country fraud sweep, OFAC revokes Iran General License X with ten days to wind down, and the EU beneficial ownership deadline arrives.
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Issue №6 · Jun 29 – Jul 5, 2026
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.
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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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