Last night saw the second Presidential debate, although 1 candidate – the man standing in place of the barred ex-Presient Martinelli – refused to take part.
We are told that, so far in 2024, Panama has seized at least 24 tons of drugs and apprehended about 100 people. In 2023, Panama reported the seizure of 121.1 tons of drugs.
14 MARCH 2024
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On 14 March, OFAC announced that it had designated Diego Macedo Gonçalves do Carmo, a member of Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC). The PCC is the most notorious organised crime group in Brazil and among the largest in Latin America, and Gonçalves is a key operative responsible for laundering hundreds of millions of dollars for the organisation.
https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20240314
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On 14 March, OFAC announced that EFG International AG, a global private banking group based in Switzerland with approximately 40 global subsidiaries had agreed to pay $3,740,442 to settle its potential civil liability for apparent violations of multiple sanctions programs administered by OFAC. The alleged violations included Cuba-related transactions, dealings with a designated Russian and a Chinese national that OFAC later designated as a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficking Kingpin (SDNTK).
https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/932766/download?inline
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On 14 March, OFAC advised that the existing entries for 3 individuals and 1 entity had been amended.
https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20240314
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On 14 March, OFAC advised that 3 individuals and 2 entities had been added to its sanctions lists.
https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20240314
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On 14 March, La Estrella de Panama reported that the EU Commission has announced the removal of Panama from the list of high-risk countries due to strategic deficiencies in the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing.
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On 14 March, the EU advised that negotiators from the EU Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on updating rules to trace import and export of civilian firearms more effectively. An updated EU Regulation aims to make import and export of firearms in the EU more transparent and more traceable, reducing the risk of trafficking. Under the updated and more harmonised rules, all imports and a vast majority of export of firearms for civilian use will be subject to closer supervision without compromising trade. It would also set up an EU-wide electronic licensing system (ELS) for manufacturers and dealers, replacing the predominantly paper-based national ones. The proposed Regulation must now be formally adopted by the European Parliament and the Council before it enters into force.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_24_1477
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On 13 March, FATF issued an updated schedule of all AML/CFT ratings to date.
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