Financial institutions are amongst stakeholders the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is seeking views from in its review of its Recommendation 25 (R25) on the transparency and beneficial ownership (BO) of legal arrangements. The objective of the review is to… Read More ›
Financial institutions should participate actively in public-private information-sharing frameworks to foster a more effective anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) programme according to a paper published by the Wolfsberg Group. The association of global banks that develops frameworks… Read More ›
A lack of transparency facilitates all types of illicit financial flows (IFFs) in Africa, including money laundering and terrorism financing, corruption as well as tax evasion according to a new report published by the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange… Read More ›
Federal investigative agencies have done little to address trade-based money laundering (TBML) according to the final version of a report commissioned by British Columbia into money laundering following revelations of widespread trade-based financial crime in the Canadian province (Trade-based Financial… Read More ›
Gibraltar has been added to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) ‘grey list’ of jurisdictions subject to increased monitoring for failing to adequately implement anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) measures. Malta, after 12 months of increased monitoring,… Read More ›
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued a new statement last week at its plenary meetings in Berlin that restricts Russia from playing any significant role in the activities of the task force. But while the global financial watchdog continues… Read More ›
Trade-based money laundering (TBML) has ranked top of the list of emerging financial crime risks in the latest LexisNexis True Cost of Compliance Study – Asia-Pacific Edition. Crimes involving digital payments and cryptocurrency, third parties – including TBML, money mules,… Read More ›
Financial institutions should include all forms of trade-based money laundering (TBML) in their standard due diligence, record keeping, and financial intelligence reporting according to a new report by a recently formed national security non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Washington. The… Read More ›