July 2025 Sanctions and Export Controls Update
Explore this month’s Sanctions and Export Controls Update, highlighting IFI’s take on key developments from July 2025.
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The New Counter-Illicit Finance Regime
The convergence of AML/CFT and sanctions regimes has led to a paradigm shift. These disciplines may now be viewed as overlapping parts of a broader global counter-illicit finance regime.
Safeguarding Trust – How to Balance Innovation and Security in Gen AI-Powered Compliance
This article explores how privacy-first architecture, robust guardrails, and source transparency can build trust while ensuring responsible AI deployment in compliance solutions.
Webinar Recap – The Dos, Don’ts & Expert Insights on Beneficial Ownership
In our recent webinar, regulatory, investigative, and anticorruption policy experts discussed some of the nuances relating to the U.S. Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its Beneficial Ownership reporting requirement. Explore the highlights in this article.
Understanding and Addressing Fraud and Corruption Risks
In our recent webinar, industry experts delved into the crucial topic of fraud and corruption risks. From seasoned professionals to anti-corruption activists, the webinar featured a panel of distinguished speakers: Steve Burgess, Nikki Kenyon, Chris Williams, and James Wasserstrom. This blog post aims to summarize the key points discussed during the session, equipping readers with the knowledge necessary to navigate these risks effectively.
Tech vs. Corruption
As corruption continues to pose significant challenges across various sectors, including government agencies, traditional banking institutions, and designated non-financial businesses and professionals (DNFBPs), innovative technological solutions are proving to be essential in combating these issues. This article highlights how blockchain, AI, and data analytics are revolutionizing the fight against corruption.
Types of Sanctions – A Vast and Varying Landscape
In the United States, most sanctions programs combine multiple types of designations that vary across multiple dimensions. U.S. designations are constantly changing, and more individuals, entities, vessels, and aircraft are being added to OFAC’s sanctions list. Explore the five primary types of sanctions in our latest article.
Upholding Integrity — Obligations in Combating Corruption and Bribery
Bribery and corruption represent a critical nexus where ethics, governance, and societal values intersect. These issues have long been a stain on both public and private sectors, creating distrust and distorting fair competition. International bodies and conventions typically define public sector corruption as the abuse of public office or a position of public trust for private gain. Explore a recent case study and how organizations can protect against corruption.
Russian Use of Crypto for Sanctions Evasion on the Rise
Experts agree there isn’t enough liquidity in the virtual assets space to enable largescale sanctions evasion by Moscow, but sanctioned individuals and entities have used virtual currencies—most notably Tether—to access the global financial system and pay for restricted goods and technologies. Explore recent designations, how cryptocurrencies and other virtual assets are being leveraged to facilitate evasion as well as risk mitigation strategies for financial institutions in our latest article.