Financial Crime Weekly Digest — 6 – 12 October 2026
Global enforcement actions, regulatory moves & intelligence from the world of AML & financial crime.
Tag: financial-crime
Tag: financial-crime
45 posts · financial-crime
DIFC: what the DFSA’s 2 March 2026 amendments changed in the AML module
On 26 February 2026 the DFSA issued a Notice of Amendments to Legislation. Its Board had made the AML Rule-Making Instrument (No. 435) 2026 and the Glossary Module Rule-Making Instrument (No. 436) 2026, both to come into force on 2 March 2026. The DFSA's…
Qatar Central Bank’s DLT Guideline: approval before use, no anonymous users, and no permissionless networks for now
When a business line proposes putting a process on a blockchain, the first compliance question at a firm regulated by the Qatar Central Bank is not about the technology. It is whether the QCB has approved the application. The QCB's Distributed Ledger…
Saudi Arabia: SAMA adds non-resident property buyers to the Account Opening Rules, with a restricted account and no cards
On 1 July 2026 the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) issued circular No. (482004268), dated 16/1/1448H, updating its Account Opening Rules by adding bank account opening requirements for non-residents covered by the Law of Real Estate Ownership by Non-Saudis. The…
UAE: who can penalise a reporting entity under Federal Decree by Law No. (10) of 2025, and for what
A penalties slide with one headline figure on it does not describe the UAE's AML law. Federal Decree by Law No. (10) of 2025 Regarding Anti-Money Laundering, and Combating the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation Financing puts administrative penalties in…
Mauritius: what the National AML/CFT Strategy 2026-2029 plans for supervision, sanctions screening and STRs
A national strategy is not a rulebook, and this one does not pretend to be. It is still the clearest published statement of where Mauritian supervisors, the FIU and law enforcement intend to put their effort over the next few years, and several of its actions…
Financial Crime Weekly Digest — 29 September – 5 October 2026
Global enforcement actions, regulatory moves & intelligence from the world of AML & financial crime.
Mauritius and ESAAMLG: what the follow-up reports re-rated, and what they left out
ESAAMLG's third-round assessments calendar lists Mauritius's last evaluation as July 2018, a possible on-site visit in January/February 2028 and a possible plenary discussion in August/September 2028. Those are scheduled windows, not events that have…
ADGM: virtual asset and fiat-referenced token transfers now have their own travel rule
As late as April 2026, one section of the FSRA's Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Rulebook covered every kind of transfer. In the FSRA's own words, AML 10.3 "has governed wire transfers and all other value transfer arrangements", transfers of virtual…
Qatar Financial Centre: the QFCRA expects a sanctions programme, and Qatar’s domestic list must be on it
A screening tool that carries the UN list and whatever the vendor ships by default is not, on its own, what the QFC Regulatory Authority is asking for. Its Guidance on the Implementation of an Effective Sanctions Compliance Programme, marked V1.0 and dated…
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