On 24 March 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14245 authorizing Secretary of State Marco Rubio to impose a 25 percent tariff on all goods imported into the United States from any country that directly or indirectly...more
On FINCast Episode 39, Juan Zarate sits down with K2 Integrity’s Katya Hazard and Amir Fadavi to discuss the state of Russia-related sanctions and to explore what has worked and what may require further coordinated efforts to...more
The landscape of financial crimes is constantly evolving, and the concept of transparency is being fundamentally challenged. A dynamic, innovative approach is imperative to preserve and shape the future of financial...more
12/20/2023
/ AML/CFT ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Due Diligence ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Exports ,
Financial Crimes ,
FinCEN ,
Human Trafficking ,
Investment ,
Phishing Scams ,
Risk Management ,
Russia ,
Transparency ,
UK
Since 9/11, countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) has been a focus of U.S. and international security policy, and an evolving feature of the regulatory and risk environment for authorities and the private sector. In the...more
9/19/2022
/ AML/CFT ,
Asset Freeze ,
Counter-Terrorist ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement ,
Executive Orders ,
Financial Institutions ,
Intelligence Services ,
Patriot Act ,
Risk Management ,
Russia ,
Sanctions ,
Terrorist Financing ,
Terrorist Financing Regulations ,
Terrorist Threats ,
Ukraine
Stuart Levey, the first ever Under Secretary of the US Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, joins his former colleague Juan Zarate, Global Co-Managing Partner, for a one-on-one conversation about Levey’s career...more
The United States, the United Kingdom, and European Union have led a broad international coalition imposing a sweeping and unprecedented range of economic and financial sanctions against Russia and Belarus in response to...more
3/14/2022
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Anti-Terrorism Financing ,
Belarus ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Currency ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Global Market ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
SWIFT ,
UK ,
Virtual Currency
K2 Integrity is committed to tracking, assessing, and reporting the rapidly evolving multilateral sanctions against Russia for its ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Our latest Policy Update summarizes global sanctions...more
3/1/2022
/ Asset Freeze ,
Biden Administration ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
EU Central Securities Depository Directive ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
Switzerland ,
UK ,
Ukraine
Amidst the fast-moving events with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, FINCast recorded an episode on February 25, 2022, to examine developments and the role of sanctions in this seismic and complex geopolitical event. On FINCast...more
Over the past week, the Russian Federation has taken a number of aggressive steps toward Ukraine in furtherance of its ultimate invasion—steps that were immediately condemned by the international community as a blatant...more
2/28/2022
/ Biden Administration ,
Economic Action Plan ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
Financial Institutions ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
SWIFT ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury ,
UK ,
Ukraine