Compliance Alert · archive
The week in compliance, every Friday
Sanctions moves, enforcement actions and the policy signals behind them, each read against the issuing authority's own notice and each with the action it implies. Every issue keeps its own permanent address. Issues before 21 August 2026 are still being added.
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- Issue 22421Brussels lists 1,569 Russian arms makers as Washington fines Bank of America more than $1.21 billionThe EU listed 826 companies and 743 executives from Russia's military-industrial complex in a single act, while US Treasury agencies hit Bank of America with penalties that Treasury says exceed $1.21 billion for late suspicious activity reporting and sanctions screening failures. Washington also widened Operation Economic Outcast to an Iraqi bank, Iranian offshore banks and exchange houses, designated the International Criminal Court, targeted Cartel del Noreste's business network, and issued a FinCEN alert on Iranian abuse of religious charities.16 October 2026
- Issue 21422Payment rails and shipping lanes in the frame.Washington designated what it calls Iran's remaining shadow fleet, several tankers under African flags, while London's Russia package reached Kyrgyz payment processors and the owner of the Cryptomus platform. OFAC listed two French charities in a Hamas financing network and deleted 125 old SDN entries. American Express's bank agreed a $350m penalty as US regulators issued AML consent orders, and the Dutch central bank fined Modulr Finance B.V. over partner-based monitoring. FinCEN withdrew its crypto mixing proposal, and the EU's AMLA moved to centralise supervisory data.9 October 2026
- Issue 20323Washington goes after the plumbing.Treasury designated the A7 shadow-banking network, whose SDN entry names Nigeria and Zimbabwe, and OFAC shut the U-turn route for Cuba payments. Brussels and London added Russia targets from children's camps to LNG carriers. Swiss and Hong Kong supervisors took aim at PEP risk and weak monitoring. On fraud, a reported €95m deepfake impersonation at Intesa's Fideuram and two scam-centre cases show how fast social engineering is industrialising, while Nigeria's FATF preparations show where scrutiny is heading next.2 October 2026