Hello and welcome to episode 201 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast. I am Chris Kirkbride. This episode covers key sanctions updates, including the UN Security Council's Resolution 2799 (2025) delisting Syrian officials and the US suspending some Caesar Act sanctions to aid Syria's recovery, as well as the UN General Assembly criticising US sanctions on ICC officials. Enforcement highlights feature fraud charges against six ex-Glencore executives, the UK's National Crime Agency recovering over £20 million in assets via an Unexplained Wealth Order, and sentencing in a record-setting £5 billion Bitcoin seizure. Also discussed are federal charges against MLB pitchers for betting and money laundering, Europol's takedown of phishing-as-a-service networks like LabHost, and FCA alerts about clone scams targeting Northern Trust firms.

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