by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Dec 13, 2024
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has seized over 750 properties in a massive housing estate in Abuja, marking its largest-ever asset recovery. The luxurious homes and land are alleged to belong to a former senior government official and were...
by AdrianaAMLP | Nov 14, 2024
This multi-year investigation exposes how politically connected elites from other African nations use South African real estate to conceal the proceeds of grand corruption, facilitated by local professionals. Lawyers and real estate agents, as detailed in this report,...
by AdrianaAMLP | Nov 5, 2024
Report shows that in 2023/24 the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) took regulatory action against firms in relation to anti-money laundering breaches in 78 cases – an increase on the previous year (47). In more than half of the cases, the most common...
by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Sep 9, 2024
Australia’s new AML reforms will target lawyers, accountants, real estate agents and other advisers, addressing gaps in regulating “tranche-two” entities involved with criminal syndicates. Attorney General highlighted that these updates are part of...
by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Aug 28, 2024
FinCen has issued two final rules to address illicit finance risks in the residential real estate and investment adviser sectors. The residential real estate rule mandates reporting of high-risk non-financed transfers to increase transparency, while the investment...
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