by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Jan 16, 2025 | News
The Home Office’s 2024 statistics show a 13% rise in drug seizures, with 217,644 recorded, up from 192,145 last year. Figures reflect enforcement efforts and market changes, not drug prevalence…
by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Jan 7, 2025 | News
The UK requires exporters of critical goods to include “no re-export to Russia” clauses in contracts, stressing the need for robust due diligence and monitoring to prevent goods circumventing sanctions and supporting Russia’s military...
by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Dec 24, 2024 | News
Europol reports 86% of criminal networks exploit legitimate businesses in sectors like finance, real estate, and tech, using methods such as VAT fraud, subsidy fraud, and cyber-enabled ML with cryptocurrency and global tech infrastructure…
by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Dec 19, 2024 | News
NCA urges the financial sector to tackle human trafficking in the latest SARs in Action, also covering illicit fund laundering, a Hydroponics Cell Alert, and UKFIU and NECC’s role in the 2024 Global Financial Institutions Partnership Summit in...
by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Dec 18, 2024 | News
FinCEN issues alert about fraud schemes abusing its name, and tools, including scams linked to beneficial ownership reporting offering guidance, red flags for financial institutions, emphasizing vigilance and fraud prevention as AML/CFT priorities…
by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Dec 18, 2024 | News
AMLA has appointed Bruna Szego, head of the AML at the Bank of Italy, as Chair, with 569 votes in favour 20 against, and 61 abstentions. Her appointment as Chair of the AMLA now awaits approval from a qualified majority…
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