The UKFIU highlights efforts to combat Illegal Wildlife Trade through initiatives like Project Anton, Europol partnerships, and the Egmont Group’s environmental crimes project. FIs are urged to enhance SARs detection for IWT-related transactions and also addresses the growing misuse of AI in financial crime and updates on the SARs Digital Service Delivery project…
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