Financial Crime Weekly Episode 246

Financial Crime Weekly Podcast · May 3, 2026 · 11m

Welcome to episode 246 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast. I am Chris Kirkbride. In this episode, the US sanctions a former president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. On fraud, a €50 million pan-European fraud network has been dismantled, and a range of counter-fraud operations in the US including one targeting cryptocurrency "pig-butchering" scam centres, and the successful prosecution of a $215 million business email compromise network. Furthermore, the European Parliament has passed a resolution on persistent anti-corruption and rule-of-law gaps across member states…