Hello, and welcome to episode 175 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. In this episode, we look at sanctions, anti-money laundering, and regulatory enforcement. Highlights include major US sanctions against Venezuela’s Cartel de los Soles for narco-terrorist activities, Ukraine’s alignment with EU sanction packages targeting Russian industry, and the EU’s renewal of its terrorism blacklist. The episode also explores increasing concerns around money laundering risks amid digital innovation, updates on enforcement actions from regulators across multiple jurisdictions, and key judicial decisions impacting the financial sector. 

A transcript of this podcast, with links to the stories, will be available on Thursday at www.crimes.financial.