The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) says its engagement with legislators in the national assembly is gaining traction as it seeks to persuade them to frame laws that curb financial crime, terrorist financing and illicit financial flows involving the… Read More ›
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is seeking the views of financial institutions and a range of other organisations and experts on its newly published white paper for public consultation on the transparency and beneficial ownership of legal persons. The… Read More ›
Haiti, Malta, Philippines and South Sudan have been added to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring the task force announced at the end of its plenary session on 25 June. Ghana is the only… Read More ›
Penalties and fines of up to 100,000 dirhams (AED100,000 – US$27,223) are in the offing for UAE-based companies that fail to comply with reporting beneficial ownership information under new regulations that take effect on 1 July. The UAE has already… Read More ›
G7 finance ministers have agreed to implement and strengthen registries of company beneficial ownership information in their respective jurisdictions. The UK says this a major step forward in global efforts to tackle illicit finance and will also boost the country’s… Read More ›
Despite European Union (EU) provisions stressing the importance of granting public access to beneficial ownership information, access to that data may be restricted, even in member countries that have public central registers in place according to a new report published… Read More ›
Serious concerns linger over the new Colombo Port City Law passed by the Sri Lanka parliament at the end of last month. Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) was one of the petitioners that had challenged the new law. One of… Read More ›
The US treasury department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) seeking comments on the new Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AML Act) which includes the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). Reforms in the… Read More ›