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COP26: Is corruption on the agenda?
As world leaders gather at COP26 to negotiate their climate change commitments, will they include a credible commitment to fight corruption? Corruption is strangely missing from the conversation…
FinCEN renews real estate Geographic Targeting Orders for 12 metropolitan areas
FinCEN announced the renewal of its Geographic Targeting Orders (GTOs) that require U.S. title insurance companies to identify the natural persons behind shell companies used in all-cash purchases of residential real estate. Renewing the GTOs will further assist in tracking illicit…
NatWest braces for £200m hit from ML fine
When the bank, formerly Royal Bank of Scotland, reports its third-quarter result, the figures are likely to include a hit of about £200 million in anticipation of a fine for failing to have the systems in place to stop suspected money laundering by one of its customers…
Danske Bank over ‘shortcomings’ on AML controls
Sweden’s financial regulator (FSA) has criticised Danske Bank over its AML failings related to suspicious transactions connected to the bank’s Estonian branch and has set the Danish institution a deadline to sort out its problems…
Gambling Commission outlines strategy for next 3 years
Evidence shows that while headline gambling participation is not increasing, the ways people gamble are changing. Changes in consumer behaviour and emerging technology create new risks and opportunities for regulation to keep pace with…
JMLSG revisions on its Guidance – Trade Finance
JMLSG publishes a revised sectoral piece in Part II of its Guidance – Sector 15 (Trade Finance). Firms addressing the money laundering/terrorist financing risks in trade finance should also have regard to the guidance in Sector 16: Correspondent Relationships…
FATF cross border payments survey results
The survey results highlight, among others, that lack of risk-based approach and inconsistent implementation of the AML/CFT requirements increases cost, reduces speed, limits access and reduces transparency. Inconsistent national approaches also create obstacles in identifying…
FATF public statement on the situation in Afghanistan
The FATF reiterates the upmost importance of ensuring non-profit organisations (NPOs) and all other humanitarian actors can provide the vital humanitarian assistance needed in the region and elsewhere, without delay, disruption or discouragement…
Companies agree to forfeit £29m linked to ML
A Cyprus-based company and a South African law firm have agreed to give up nearly £29 million that was allegedly linked to ML in the UK’s biggest ever forfeiture case. Prosecutors working with the City of London Police said they had reached an agreement…
FATF on proposed revisions to Recommendation 24
The amendments seek to reinforce Recommendation 24 to ensure greater transparency about the beneficial ownership of legal
persons, and take action to mitigate the risks. FATF has analysed the views received from various stakeholders in considering…
European Parliament on the Pandora Papers
Parliament called for thorough investigations to be launched into any wrongdoing exposed by the Pandora Papers that took place in EU jurisdictions. It urged Member states to do more on the identification and sharing of information on beneficial owners…
FATF issues a call to action to high risk jurisdictions
FATF calls on all members and urges all jurisdictions to apply enhanced due diligence, and, in the most serious cases, countries are called upon to apply counter-measures to protect the international financial system from the( ML/TF/PF) risks emanating from the country…