Welcome

On behalf of the AMLP Forum, we look forward to welcoming you to AMLP’s 17th Annual UK AML & Financial Crime Seminar scheduled virtually over two afternoons on 17 – 18 May 2021, 13:30 – 17:00 UK time.

Event summary

This Seminar will provide valuable updates on the latest anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing, economic sanctions, and other financial crimes developments, associated regulatory and legal requirements, best practices in implementation.

Key topics

Leading government and law enforcement stakeholders will examine the UK’s Economic Crime Plan & Brexit – main strategic priorities 2021; the direction of travel for UK’s legislative development; NCA on the new threats, SARs reform programme & tech advances; and FCDO, OFSI & ECJU on UK financial & trade sanctions strategies 2021 – the main changes. The law enforcement panel will this year focus on developing an effective response to the new fraud threats.

Industry experts will provide valuable insights on the new vulnerabilites and taking forward an effective and efficient financial crime compliance programme; the three lines of defence & data governance for effective risk management & controls; CDD/KYC evolution – a focus on digital onboarding, perpetual KYC & higher risks; the evolving role of machine learning in financial crime; the UK Modern Slavery Act review & interaction with POCA – the new changes and risks; and Harnessing AI in public-private intelligence sharing to combat ML across major markets.

Hotspot panels will cover HMRC supervision and enforcement agenda 2021; Gambling: rising to the challenges of new regulation – a focus on the Gambling Act review, player protection and AML; and new UK AML guidance for the legal sector.

Benefits

The Seminar will provide a unique opportunity for financial crime professionals to get their key financial crime updates and answers from key stakeholders and high-level industry experts, compare and benchmark against the approaches of other professionals along with discussions on current cross-industry issues.

Who should attend?

This Seminar is aimed at professionals responsible for money laundering prevention, financial crime & counter terrorist financing notably from:

• All parts of the financial sector
• Accountants
• Gambling sector
• Government
• High value dealers
• Insurance sector
• Law enforcement
• Law firms
• Money service businesses
• Real estate agencies
• Regulators
• TCSPs

We look forward to welcoming you on the day!