Main Seminar – 23 April 2026

• Inside the UK’s Global Summit on Illicit Finance – turning pledges into action
• Home Office & HMT on strengthening the UK’s National FinCrime Framework
• UK Economic Crime Plan: Progress update & Companies House reform in action
• Critical updates from the FCA, ECAEW, GC, ICAEW & SRA – a new supervision era
• FCDO, OFSI & OTSI evolving financial & trade sanction framework
• Addressing 2026 top FinCrime risks – building a modern compliance programme amid geo-risks, tech shifts & regulatory convergence/divergence across the Atlantic & the Channel
• Tax evasion & economic crime in focus: landmark ‘failure to prevent’ tax evasion case,
  new whistleblower incentives & heightened enforcement
• Delivering a seamless client experience with stronger fraud & deepfake defenses – next
  gen FinCrime controls powered by digital, dynamic KYC & payment protection
• Next level AI for FinCrime defences – opportunities, limitations and regulatory-safe adoption
• DNFBPs Hotspot: Strengthening AML/CTF Compliance Amid Rising Regulatory Expectations and Heightened Threats
• The law enforcement shifts for 2026: emerging threats, expanded powers & capabilities, smarter cross-sector intelligence sharing & stronger illicit asset freezing
  

Pre-Seminar Masterclass – 22 April 2026

AML/AFC STREAM A: 09:00 – 12:30

• Emerging typologies in ML & FinCrime – tackling the next wave of threats
• Dynamic risk assessment and controls: adapting to evolving supervisory expectations and today’s ML, fraud, and wider FinCrime threat

SANCTIONS STREAM B: 13:30 – 17:00

• Balancing diverging sanctions & trade controls regimes – anticipating and preparing for fresh challenges on both sides of the Atlantic 
• Trade as a Trojan Horse: TBML, sanctions evasion & proliferation finance – addressing the next waves of risks, evasion tactics & dual-use of goods 

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