Real Estate, Real Risks

The FATF has identified the global real estate sector as an area requiring heightened attention due to its vulnerabilities to money laundering, terrorism financing, sanctions evasion and other illicit activity. This article explores why property transactions attract financial crime.

Iran and the Sanctions Landscape

Iran has spent nearly five decades under some form of U.S. economic sanctions, and the network built to evade those sanctions is correspondingly mature. Since February 2025, that architecture has come under the most intensive and sustained pressure it has faced since the 2015 nuclear deal.

August Monthly Sanctions and Export Controls Report

Explore this month’s Sanctions and Export Controls Update, highlighting IFI’s take on key developments from August 2026.

National Bank of Yemen Launches Enterprise-Wide Compliance Training with IFI