OSCE PA Hosts First Hearing on Transnational Financial Repression

OSCE PA Hosts First Hearing on Transnational Financial Repression

09.07.2026

Authoritarian regimes, including states already under Western sanctions, exploit anti-money laundering rules, INTERPOL’s notice systems, and mutual legal assistance treaties to freeze accounts, access private data, and destroy the livelihoods of their critics in democratic countries. The system allows it because it was built on an assumption of good faith that no longer holds. On […]

Italian Senator Mauro Del Barba denounces unintended consequences of tightening AML/CFT rules

Italian Senator Mauro Del Barba denounces unintended consequences of tightening AML/CFT rules

27.03.2023

On Wednesday 22 March 2023, the Chamber of Deputies of Italy, held a hearing regarding the activities of the Bank of Italy.  Among others, Governor Ignazio Visco talked about the recent development regarding AML/CFT regulation. In 2022, for example, the Anti-Money Laundering Supervision and Regulation Unit was established to monitor AML compliance of financial intermediaries […]

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