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OECD Global Forum Tax Evasion report 2022
The capacity-building programme of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (Global Forum) reached its 10-year mark in 2021. This report presents how the programme emerged, evolved and grew…
EBA’s feedback to EC proposals on preventing ML/TF
The EBF maintains that it is key to develop an intelligence-led approach to effectively mitigate money laundering risks and detect financial crime. However, the package does not address some fundamental dimensions of information…
EBA central database on AML/CFT in the EU
The RTS on a central database on (AML/CFT) in the EU specify the definition and the materiality of weaknesses identified by competent authorities, the type of information collected, and how such information will be communicated to the EBA…
EC rules to end most forms of ivory trade in the EU
EU Commission takes further steps aimed at effectively banning most forms of EU trade in ivory, as announced in the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. The adopted new measures reaffirm and deliver on the EU’s commitment to take further action against elephant poaching and ivory trafficking globally…
EC new EU AML/CFT authority and cryptoasset proposals
EC proposal for regulations establishing a new EU AML/CFT authority and traceability of cryptoasset proposals transfers. The aim to introduce an obligation for crypto-asset service providers to collect and make accessible full information about the sender…
FINMA final ML proceedings connected with Venezuela
FINMA has concluded two further proceedings focusing on Venezuelan business relationships. It found that Banca Zarattini & Co. SA along with CBH Compagnie Bancaire Helvétique SA breached their obligations to combat ML…
Europol’s Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) 2021
The exceptional COVID-19 crisis has fuelled the increase of cybercrime in all its forms, while grey infrastructure serves to facilitate the proliferation of crime…
Danske Bank over ‘shortcomings’ on AML controls
Sweden’s financial regulator (FSA) has criticised Danske Bank over its AML failings related to suspicious transactions connected to the bank’s Estonian branch and has set the Danish institution a deadline to sort out its problems…
European Parliament on the Pandora Papers
Parliament called for thorough investigations to be launched into any wrongdoing exposed by the Pandora Papers that took place in EU jurisdictions. It urged Member states to do more on the identification and sharing of information on beneficial owners…
AFME paper on AML Transaction Monitoring in the Markets Sector
A small number of firms have demonstrated that it is possible to monitor effectively through the use of a hybrid approach blend. Firms using a hybrid approach are deploying more markets-specific AML TM coupled with intelligence led investigations…
ESA sectoral reports on supervisory independence
The EBA, EIOPA and ESMA published their individual reports on the supervisory independence of competent authorities (CAs) in their sectors. The reports highlight that the independence of CAs is multi-faceted and dependent on a number of legal, institutional, operational and…
EU plans new rules against tax avoidance
The tax discussion at the plenary session of the EU parliament was added to the agenda after reports this week on a large leak of tax data, known collectively as the “Pandora Papers”, which showed how the rich and powerful continue to systematically use offshore companies…