In this episode of This Week in AML, Elliot Berman and John Byrne unpack the latest developments in financial crime compliance. They discuss the U.S. Court of Appeals decision upholding the Corporate Transparency Act, new guidance from France’s TracFin on detecting shell companies, and FATF’s mutual evaluation of Belgium under its updated regime. The conversation also covers global civic space concerns, major enforcement actions in the U.S. and UK, IRS-CI’s annual report highlights, and the OCC’s conditional approval of crypto trust charters. Plus, breaking news on sanctions and fentanyl designations.