Despite two recent high profile out-of-court settlements involving major Dutch banks, some of the Netherland’s supervisors still heavily rely on informal enforcement actions and warning letters according to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). In its Mutual Evaluation Report Netherlands-2022,… Read More ›
The EU Council has adopted further sanctions against Russia, effectively banning its most significant export after energy – Russian gold. It has also introduced new measures to prevent circumvention of sanctions by ships and extends the list of dual-use and advanced… Read More ›
The European Commission (EC) has set out plans to introduce a new import ban on Russian gold to align with the announcement last month that the UK, Canada, US and Japan would do so in an attempt to stem funding for… Read More ›
Providers of financial services such as loans and credit as well as importers and exporters who participate in activities sanctioned or otherwise prohibited or restricted by the European Union (EU) could face criminal charges if a proposal by the European… Read More ›
Illicit financial flows (IFFs) in the EU’s Eastern Partnership (EaP) region, can be estimated at around €29 billion (US$31 billion) every year according to a new study released by the EU and the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute…. Read More ›
Pakistan’s new national single window customs portal, which allows traders to submit and access all relevant documents relating to a trade via a single electronic gateway, is to integrate with its Chinese counterpart after the customs authorities in the two… Read More ›
Russia and nine other countries have been added to the EU’s so-called grey list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. Turkey meanwhile has escaped being put on the EU’s black list of countries that need to substantially reform their tax… Read More ›
The online and offline distribution of fake and substandard goods now relies heavily on the digital domain and criminals trafficking counterfeit food and drink are setting up complex trade-based money laundering (TBML) schemes according to Europol. The EU law enforcement… Read More ›