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Estonia’s Financial Intelligence Unit publishes yearbook for 2023
Annual report summarising key AML/CFT developments in the Baltic state.
EU Parliament strengthens EU’s toolkit to fight ML/TF, providing interested parties with direct access to beneficial ownership
Journalists, media professionals, civil society organisations, competent authorities, and supervisory bodies are identified as parties with legitimate interest under the new rules, which also extend due diligence rules to football clubs and agents from 2029.
Home Office adds Terrorgram to list of proscribed terrorist organisations
The UK is to become the first country in the world to proscribe the Terrorgram collective, an online network of neo-fascist terrorists who produce and disseminate violent propaganda to encourage those who consume its content to engage in terrorist activity.
Reserve Bank of New Zealand consults on proposals for digital cash
The focus of this consultation is the use of digital cash by individuals.
FinCEN issues notice on the use of counterfeit U.S. passport cards to perpetrate identity theft and fraud schemes at Financial Institutions
The Notice provides an overview of typologies associated with U.S. passport card fraud, highlights select red flags to assist financial institutions in identifying and reporting suspicious activity, and reminds financial institutions of their reporting requirements under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA).
Council of the EU gives green light for EU law on asset recovery and confiscation
The Council today adopted a law which sets out EU-wide minimum rules on the tracing, identification, freezing, confiscation and management of criminal property in connection with a wide range of crimes.
FATF publishes Status of implementation of Rec. 15 by FATF Members and Jurisdictions with Materially Important VASP Activity
FATF notes that many countries have yet to fully implement the FATF’s requirements on virtual assets and virtual asset service providers to prevent their misuse for illicit finance. The lack of implementation of these requirements (Rec. 15) leaves significant loopholes globally, that criminals and terrorists exploit.
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FIAU Malta publishes guidance document in relation to goAML Rejection Rules
The purpose of this guidance document is to provide an overview of the goAML Rejection Rules following the Web Report validation process. These Rejection Rules serve as an additional automated filter prior to the acceptance stage. This is to ensure that submissions made include as much information as possible to assist with the prompt assessment and prioritisation of reports received by the FIAU.
Europol publishes ground-breaking report uncovering the most significant criminal networks threatening the security of the EU
Describes, in detail, how the most threatening criminal networks are organised, which criminal activities they engage in, and how and where they operate.
Bank of England, FCA, PRA and PSR conduct 2023 review of Memorandum of Understanding for payment systems in the UK
The Authorities have identified areas for future co-operation and co-ordination, including revisions to the MoU regarding proposed stablecoin regulation, embedding the reforms from the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (FSMA 2023), as well as further enhancing the sharing of information and data. These will be undertaken during 2024 and beyond…
FATF highlights United States’ progress in strengthening measures to tackle ML/TF – R. 24: Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal persons
The FATF published the updated rating in the Seventh Enhanced Follow-Up Report of the US, recognizing Treasury’s historic efforts to increase beneficial ownership transparency and address key vulnerabilities in the U.S. AML/CFT framework…