FINANCIAL CRIME & SANCTIONS INTELLIGENCE · Roundup 8 Nov 2026 · D1–D8

Sanctions, AML/CFT, beneficial ownership & state-capture intelligence across 170 jurisdictions

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🇨🇦 Canada · D5 FIU, Supervision & Enforcement

CA-FI-005

Source Authority: T1/4 Official FIU Notice Confidence: Confirmed Penalty: CA$176,960,190 (Record AMP) Confirmed: 16 Oct 2025 · Notice: 22 Oct 2025

"On 16 October 2025 (public notice 22 October 2025), Canada's Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre (FINTRAC) imposed a record CA$176,960,190 (CA$176.9M) administrative monetary penalty on Xeltox Enterprises Ltd. (operating as Cryptomus, formerly Certa Payments Ltd.) for 2,593 violations across 6 contravention types under Part 1 of the PCMLTFA, including 1,068 unreported suspicious transactions and 1,518 failures to report property transactions exceeding CA$10,000 originating from Iran under the Ministerial Directive."

Primary Instrument & Official Notice PCMLTFA Part 1 · FINTRAC AMP Notice (pen-2025-10-22-eng) ↗

Source Verification T1 Official FIU Notice verified → Confirmed

Downstream Fleet Propagation Propagated to Cryptoassets.gi (CA-C6-002) & Signal.gi (MEMO-2026-Q4-01)

Primary Source fintrac-canafe.canada.ca ↗ · Official Notice

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Source-Tier Confidence Cap: Claims receive Confirmed status only when backed by a Tier-1 primary official instrument (such as FINTRAC's official penalty notice above). Secondary regulatory commentary is capped at Probable until the primary statutory or Gazette text is verified.

170

Monitored Jurisdictions

105 countries · 61 sub-nat · 4 blocs

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Active Domains

D1–D7 live · D8 in build

9,323

Cited Sources

FATF, FIUs, OFAC, OFSI, EU

Elevated / Designated

1 Countermeasures · 2 Sectoral · 9 EDD · 1 Mon

Expert-Reviewed

Ramparts · Peter Pink-Howitt

2026-11-01

Latest Roundup

Research checked 8 Nov 2026

170-Jurisdiction Standing Baseline

Global Sanctions, FATF & EU High-Risk Third Country Designation Ledger

Exact standing posture across all 170 monitored jurisdictions. Snapshot anchors: FATF Plenary: 2026-10-25 · EU HRTC Delegated Reg: 2026-10-25 · Consolidated Sanctions: 2026-10-25.

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Comprehensive Sanctions

FATF Countermeasures

Sectoral Sanctions

Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD)

Increased Monitoring

153

No Standing Designation

Supranational / N/A

Standing Designation Categories & Coverage Summary

1. Comprehensive Sanctions (0) & FATF Countermeasures (1 — Iran): Jurisdictions subject to a FATF High-Risk Call for Action (countermeasures) or territory-wide comprehensive embargo among the 170 monitored profiles.

2. Sectoral Sanctions (2 — Russia, Venezuela) & Enhanced Due Diligence (9): Jurisdictions subject to OFAC/OFSI/EU sectoral financial prohibitions or concurrent FATF Increased Monitoring + EU Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 High-Risk Third Country (HRTC) EDD mandates.

3. Increased Monitoring (1), No Standing Designation (153) & Supranational (4): Single-list monitoring posture (1), baseline jurisdictions with no active FATF/EU HRTC/OFAC/OFSI/UN country-level designation (153), and regional/supranational blocs (4: EEA, Africa, APAC, LATAM) where country designations apply at member-state level.

Coverage Summary: Monitored Register = 170 (105 countries · 61 subnationals · 4 blocs) Published Dossiers = 170 (3,842 findings · 9,323 sources) Expert-Reviewed Profiles = 3 Reviewed (EEA, UK, GI · Ramparts) Scope Notice: Jurisdiction-level regime monitor (not a named-entity counterparty tool)

Expert-Reviewed Jurisdictions

European Economic AreaExpert reviewed · 2026-10-27

Ramparts — Peter Howitt

GibraltarExpert reviewed · 2026-10-27

Ramparts — Peter Howitt

United KingdomExpert reviewed · 2026-10-27

Ramparts — Peter Howitt

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CRITICALT1 · Confirmed🇨🇦 Canada · D5

FINTRAC Imposes Record CA$176.9M (CA$176,960,190) Penalty on Cryptomus (Xeltox Enterprises Ltd.)

Largest penalty in FINTRAC history (confirmed 16 Oct 2025, public notice 22 Oct 2025) across 2,593 PCMLTFA violations, including 1,068 unreported STRs and 1,518 Ministerial Directive failures.

16 Oct 2025 (Notice 22 Oct) · FINTRACOfficial Notice ↗

HIGHT1 · Confirmed🇦🇪 UAE · D1/D5

CBUAE & Executive Office Post-Grey-List Supervisory Enforcement Surge

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HIGHT2 · Probable (Capped)🇮🇹 Italy · D1/D5

UIF / Banca d'Italia Gambling-Sector AML Anomaly Indicators & UBO Access

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Research last banked: 2026-11-08 · This site last published: 2026-11-08

3,842 claims across 9,323 primary & official sources