10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending December 13, 2025

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Welcome to 10 For 10, the podcast that brings you the week’s Top 10 compliance stories in one podcast each week. Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you the compliance stories you need to know to end your busy week. Sit back, and in 10 minutes, hear about the stories every compliance professional should be aware of from the prior week. Every Saturday, 10 For 10 highlights the most important news, insights, and analysis for the compliance professional, all curated by the Voice of Compliance, Tom Fox. Get your weekly filling of See more +
Welcome to 10 For 10, the podcast that brings you the week’s Top 10 compliance stories in one podcast each week. Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you the compliance stories you need to know to end your busy week. Sit back, and in 10 minutes, hear about the stories every compliance professional should be aware of from the prior week. Every Saturday, 10 For 10 highlights the most important news, insights, and analysis for the compliance professional, all curated by the Voice of Compliance, Tom Fox. Get your weekly filling of compliance stories with 10 for 10, a podcast produced by the Compliance Podcast Network. AI architects are Time’s Person of the Year, Disney licenses figures to Sora AI for use, McDonald’s pulls AI-created Christmas ads, AI hackers are getting very good at it, and NAACP presses for equity-first AI in healthcare.

This week’s stories include:

• DOJ folds another set of corruption convictions. (ESPN): https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/47263312/us-prosecutors-ask-drop-soccer-tv-rights-corruption-case

• Bessent wants DOT to take over all AML roles. (WSJ): https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/treasurys-bank-regulation-takeover-has-a-new-goal-anti-money-laundering-rules-ae602c06

• US credibility in countering corruption is under strain. (JustSecurity): https://www.justsecurity.org/126467/global-corruption-local-hypocrisy-corruption-act/

• Nadine Menendez wants her jewelry back. (4NBCNY): https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/nadine-menendez-wants-her-jewelry-back-from-the-feds/6427727/

• China executes a second banker over corruption. (Bloomberg): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-09/china-executes-second-ex-huarong-executive-over-bribery-sentence

• EU fines X $140MM. (WSJ): https://www.wsj.com/tech/eu-fines-musks-x-140-million-over-blue-check-system-ad-transparency-484778b7

• Zelensky’s sabotage of oversight; you can see the results. (NYT): https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/world/europe/ukraine-corruption-zelensky.html

• UK to crack down on bankers, lawyers, and accountants involved in money laundering. (Bloomberg): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-08/uk-targets-lawyers-bankers-in-fresh-anti-corruption-drive

• Nepal accuses China of corruption over the airport. (NYT): https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/business/china-nepal-airport-corruption.html

• Trump to preempt state laws on AI. (Reuters): https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-he-will-sign-executive-order-this-week-ai-approval-process-2025-12-08/

You can check out the Daily Compliance News for four curated compliance and ethics-related stories each day, here: https://compliancepodcastnetwork.net/category/daily-compliance-news/

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