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On 15 October 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) released detailed sanctions compliance guidance for the virtual currency industry (the Guidance).1 The Guidance provides an overview of OFAC sanctions requirements and lists several best practices for virtual currency industry participants to comply with OFAC regulations, based on the five...

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF)—the global AML/CFT standard-setting body and watchdog—held its third and final Plenary meeting under the Chinese Presidency on 24 June 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting was held virtually; nonetheless, the Plenary outcomes were numerous. Please join us as we continue our FATF-focused series with the four leading...

To view this webinar on-demand, click here. To access the recording you must complete the required fields and click "Register"   In the face of the expanded CFIUS authorities, there is a substantial premium for investors and businesses to more effectively manage potential national security and CFIUS risks that could delay or hinder transactions. Join us...

11 AUGUST 2021 – NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, DC – K2 Integrity today announced its engagement with Diem Networks US to support, initially lead, and continue to build innovative solutions for the Diem Networks US Financial Intelligence Function (FIF). The FIF is designed to protect the Diem Payment Network (DPN) from illicit financial activity and works in...

Elizabeth Severinovskaya is an associate managing director in the Financial Crimes Risk Management practice at K2 Integrity, where she advises both crypto natives and traditional finance (TradFi) clients on their financial crimes risk and compliance strategies. She has a broad range of industry experience across banking and financial services, Fintechs, payments, and cryptocurrency platforms. In...

By Juan C. Zarate. Originally published as the foreword to Countering the Financing of Terrorism: Law and Policy, edited by John M. Geiringer (Chicago: ABA Business Law, 2022). Reprinted with permission from the American Bar Association. Copyright 2022.  Since 9/11, countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) has been a focus of U.S. and international security policy,...

Danny Glaser, global head of jurisdictional service and head of K2 Intelligence FIN’s Washington, DC office, discusses the possibility of sanctions against global white supremacist groups in a recent op-ed in The Washington Post (11 May 2020). In the piece, Danny examines former sanctions-related activity, and what can happen from here. Read more in The...

NEW YORK – 5 March 2025 – K2 Integrity, the leading global risk and financial crimes advisory firm, today announced that Himamauli Das, formerly Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and senior White House and U.S. Department of the Treasury lawyer and policy official, has rejoined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as Senior Managing...

In “UK Sanctions Guidance a 'Gentler Touch' Than the US” (TradeWinds, 27 July 2020), K2 Intelligence FIN discusses the recent U.K. sanctions guidance for the shipping and maritime industries, noting that the U.K. guidance is more educational than the U.S. guidance, which is more prescriptive. Read the full article in TradeWinds (registration may be required). 

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) became law on 27 March 2020. This $2 trillion stimulus package—the third of what will likely be several such funding and stimulus packages designed to combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic—is currently being distributed through a variety of state and local mechanisms, including two...