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Today in 1215 King John reluctantly affixed his seal to Magna Carta, a document which placed restrictions on his royal power.
It has come to represent the centuries long battle to restrain capricious, insane, despotic leaders.
That's a work in progress
It has come to represent the centuries long battle to restrain capricious, insane, despotic leaders.
That's a work in progress
June 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Today in 1215 King John reluctantly affixed his seal to Magna Carta, a document which placed restrictions on his royal power.
It has come to represent the centuries long battle to restrain capricious, insane, despotic leaders.
That's a work in progress
It has come to represent the centuries long battle to restrain capricious, insane, despotic leaders.
That's a work in progress
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The Serious Fraud Office has won its first Unexplained Wealth Order case since the power was introduced. In 2017...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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SFO secures first Unexplained Wealth Order in £100m fraud case
Today the SFO secured its first UWO as it seeks to recover a Lake District property believed to have been purchased with the proceeds of a £100m fraud.
www.gov.uk
January 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The Serious Fraud Office has won its first Unexplained Wealth Order case since the power was introduced. In 2017...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Merry Christmas, with pease and goodwill to all!
December 25, 2024 at 8:26 AM
Merry Christmas, with pease and goodwill to all!
SFO in the UK charges five people following the collapse of law firm Axiom Ince:
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Five charged by SFO over collapse of law firm Axiom Ince
The Serious Fraud Office today charged five men following the collapse of the law firm Axiom Ince and alleged improper use of over £60 million of client money.
www.gov.uk
December 21, 2024 at 9:11 AM
SFO in the UK charges five people following the collapse of law firm Axiom Ince:
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
US Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ('FinCEN') has warned of fraudsters using its name, insignia, and authorities for financial gain:
www.fincen.gov/news/news-re...
www.fincen.gov/news/news-re...
FinCEN.gov
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an alert today to raise awareness of fraud schemes abusing FinCEN’s name, insignia, and authoritie...
www.fincen.gov
December 19, 2024 at 10:17 AM
US Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ('FinCEN') has warned of fraudsters using its name, insignia, and authorities for financial gain:
www.fincen.gov/news/news-re...
www.fincen.gov/news/news-re...
US Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned two entities and two individuals for developing and procuring components for navigational systems used by the Iranian military:
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Treasury Targets Facilitators for Procuring Sensitive Navigational Systems for Iran
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is sanctioning two entities and two individuals for their role in developing and procuring components ...
home.treasury.gov
December 19, 2024 at 10:10 AM
US Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned two entities and two individuals for developing and procuring components for navigational systems used by the Iranian military:
home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
US Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned two individuals and one entity concerned in money laundering allied to funds generated by a North Korean IT workers and cybercrime network:
home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
December 19, 2024 at 10:00 AM
US Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned two individuals and one entity concerned in money laundering allied to funds generated by a North Korean IT workers and cybercrime network:
home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
US Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned nine individuals and seven entities facilitating financial and military support to North Korea:
home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
Treasury Sanctions Key Facilitators Behind North Korea’s Illicit Financial Activities and Military Support to Russia
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today sanctioned nine individuals and seven entities that have provided financial and military support to the...
home.treasury.gov
December 17, 2024 at 3:43 PM
US Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned nine individuals and seven entities facilitating financial and military support to North Korea:
home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
Further additions to the Russia financial sanctions regime targeted at Russian oil movements. 2Rivers DMCC and 2Rivers Pte Ltd, as well as a further 20 vessels, have been sanctioned: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67614e...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
December 17, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Further additions to the Russia financial sanctions regime targeted at Russian oil movements. 2Rivers DMCC and 2Rivers Pte Ltd, as well as a further 20 vessels, have been sanctioned: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67614e...
Coucil of Europe adopts 15th package of financial sanctions against Russia. 84 new listings (54 individuals and 30 entities), further vessels subject to a port access ban, including from third countries, and further export controls on dual-use technologies: www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine: EU adopts 15th package of restrictive measures
The Council adopted a 15th package of economic and individual restrictive designed to target the circumvention of EU sanctions through Putin’s shadow fleet and weaken Russia’s military and industrial ...
www.consilium.europa.eu
December 17, 2024 at 8:53 AM
Coucil of Europe adopts 15th package of financial sanctions against Russia. 84 new listings (54 individuals and 30 entities), further vessels subject to a port access ban, including from third countries, and further export controls on dual-use technologies: www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
MONEYVAL reports on improvements to Poland's anti-money laundering regime. It has been re-rated on R1 (Assessing risks and applying a risk-based approach: largely compliant) and R33 (Statistics: compliant): www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
Poland improves its understanding of money laundering and terrorist financing risks and statistics
Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) strasbourg 16 december 2024
www.coe.int
December 17, 2024 at 8:50 AM
MONEYVAL reports on improvements to Poland's anti-money laundering regime. It has been re-rated on R1 (Assessing risks and applying a risk-based approach: largely compliant) and R33 (Statistics: compliant): www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
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Russian general sanctioned over chemical weapon use in Ukraine killed in Moscow blast
Russian general sanctioned over chemical weapon use in Ukraine killed in Moscow blast
Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov was killed along with his assistant after device inside scooter exploded, Russia’s investigative committee says
A Russian general in charge of radiation, chemical and biological protection forces has been killed in an…
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2024 at 6:26 AM
Russian general sanctioned over chemical weapon use in Ukraine killed in Moscow blast
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Today, we welcome the Council's adoption of the 15th sanctions package against Russia for its continued illegal war on Ukraine.
The focus of this package is to keep cracking down on Russia’s shadow fleet, as well as combating sanctions’ circumvention ↓
europa.eu/!QkTc4p
#StandWithUkraine
The focus of this package is to keep cracking down on Russia’s shadow fleet, as well as combating sanctions’ circumvention ↓
europa.eu/!QkTc4p
#StandWithUkraine
December 16, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Today, we welcome the Council's adoption of the 15th sanctions package against Russia for its continued illegal war on Ukraine.
The focus of this package is to keep cracking down on Russia’s shadow fleet, as well as combating sanctions’ circumvention ↓
europa.eu/!QkTc4p
#StandWithUkraine
The focus of this package is to keep cracking down on Russia’s shadow fleet, as well as combating sanctions’ circumvention ↓
europa.eu/!QkTc4p
#StandWithUkraine
FATF Plenary Outcomes: Black list unchanged (Myanmar, North Korea, Iran). Grey list: Senegal removed; Algeria, Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, and Lebanon added.
October 25, 2024 at 3:25 PM
FATF Plenary Outcomes: Black list unchanged (Myanmar, North Korea, Iran). Grey list: Senegal removed; Algeria, Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, and Lebanon added.
Honesty, Microsoft, take all the time you need. Frankly, if it needs to go offline for a week or so, I'm here for that.
September 27, 2024 at 8:03 AM
Honesty, Microsoft, take all the time you need. Frankly, if it needs to go offline for a week or so, I'm here for that.
Several individuals disqualified as trustees for failings in the management of charity, 'Fashion for Relief'.
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Regulator disqualifies trustees after finding serious mismanagement at Fashion for Relief
The Charity Commission has today (26 September 2024) published the report of its statutory inquiry into Fashion for Relief, concluding the charity was poorly governed and had inadequate financial mana...
www.gov.uk
September 26, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Several individuals disqualified as trustees for failings in the management of charity, 'Fashion for Relief'.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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THE CITY got info on the charges: "Adams is being charged with acting as an unregistered foreign agent for taking actions in his official capacity after receiving donations from foreign sources."
www.thecity.nyc/2024/09/25/e...
www.thecity.nyc/2024/09/25/e...
Mayor Eric Adams Indicted by Federal Prosecutors
Sources who are familiar with the matter told THE CITY that Adams is being charged with acting as an unregistered foreign agent for taking actions in his official capacity after receiving donations fr...
www.thecity.nyc
September 26, 2024 at 1:54 AM
THE CITY got info on the charges: "Adams is being charged with acting as an unregistered foreign agent for taking actions in his official capacity after receiving donations from foreign sources."
www.thecity.nyc/2024/09/25/e...
www.thecity.nyc/2024/09/25/e...
Calling Alanis Morissette.
September 12, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Calling Alanis Morissette.
If this widely reported news turns out to be correct, this will be a huge disappointment. The PSR looked as though it was withstanding pressure from the bank lobby when, earlier this year, it was asking for a delay to the implementation of the rules.
www.theguardian.com/business/art...
www.theguardian.com/business/art...
UK reportedly poised to slash amount banks must refund to fraud victims
Regulator said to be planning cut to maximum amount available to victims from £415,000 to about £85,000
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2024 at 8:58 AM
If this widely reported news turns out to be correct, this will be a huge disappointment. The PSR looked as though it was withstanding pressure from the bank lobby when, earlier this year, it was asking for a delay to the implementation of the rules.
www.theguardian.com/business/art...
www.theguardian.com/business/art...
Football competition draws have certainly come a long way since the days of Bert Millichip drawing balls from a bag on a Monday lunchtime. #UCLDraw
August 29, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Football competition draws have certainly come a long way since the days of Bert Millichip drawing balls from a bag on a Monday lunchtime. #UCLDraw
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Another scam letter. But this time the trail leads to an FCA-regulated electronic payment institution and what looks like a significant failure of anti-money laundering controls.
Quick thread...
Quick thread...
August 17, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Another scam letter. But this time the trail leads to an FCA-regulated electronic payment institution and what looks like a significant failure of anti-money laundering controls.
Quick thread...
Quick thread...
Court filing in Florida alleges that the personal data of 3bn people has been stolen in a cyber-attack on National Public Data. If correct, it would be the largest pool of victims in a single attack since the Yahoo attack around a decade ago. news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-...
Personal Data of 3 Billion People Stolen in Hack, Suit Says (1)
Jerico Pictures Inc., a background-check company doing business as National Public Data, exposed the personal information of nearly 3 billion individuals in an April data breach, a proposed class acti...
news.bloomberglaw.com
August 9, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Court filing in Florida alleges that the personal data of 3bn people has been stolen in a cyber-attack on National Public Data. If correct, it would be the largest pool of victims in a single attack since the Yahoo attack around a decade ago. news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-...