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HMRC’s new Estate Agency Business Guidance strengthens AML requirements with earlier CDD, enhanced source of funds and wealth checks, stronger SAR reporting, and updated registration obligations

by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Jul 8, 2026

The revised guidance introduces a stronger focus on assessing proliferation financing risk, clarifies the application of risk-based AML controls, and reinforces customer due diligence and governance requirements. It also emphasises that each regulated business...

FinCEN renews its Residential Real Estate GTOs, requiring title insurance companies to identify individuals behind shell companies used in non-financed purchases – expires 28 Feb 2026

by AdrianaAMLP | Oct 10, 2025

Effective from October 10, 2025, to February 28, 2026, the renewal maintains the existing geographic coverage and purchase thresholds—$300,000 in most areas and $50,000 in Baltimore City and County. The extension bridges the gap until the new Residential Real Estate...

The Business Standard: UK NCA freezes £90 m London real estate linked to Salman F Rahman’s family in cross-border corruption investigation

by Jyotsna Bucktowar | May 24, 2025

This move targets high-value properties held through offshore companies in secrecy jurisdictions, highlighting increasing international cooperation to trace and restrict assets connected to alleged embezzlement and political corruption. The freezing orders prevent the...

FinCEN extends real estate GTOs, mandating title insurers to disclose the true buyers behind shell companies in all-cash home purchases to combat ML, with the orders effective until Oct 2025

by AdrianaAMLP | Apr 14, 2025

The GTOs apply to select counties in 15 states and D.C., with no changes to jurisdictional coverage or purchase price thresholds ($300,000, or $50,000 in Baltimore). The renewal supports efforts to track illicit funds and criminal activity in the real estate...

TI’s Mar 2025 OREO Index highlights how weak transparency in real estate markets fuels ML, calling for bans on anonymous ownership, stronger oversight, and better data access

by AdrianaAMLP | Mar 26, 2025

OREO Index shows that no country meets ideal standards for preventing money laundering in real estate, with 10 of 24 jurisdictions scoring below 5 out of 10. Key weaknesses include poor access to ownership data and insufficient anti-money laundering safeguards,...
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