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Egmont Group issues statement on the situation in Ukraine
Egmont Group aligns its position with the FATF’s Public Statement on the Situation in Ukraine and urges FIUs to remain vigilant and continue information exchanges to assess and mitigate any emerging ML/TF/PF risks, fostering relations based on mutual trust…
GRECO Compliance Report of 4th Evaluation Round on Luxembourg
GRECO had recommended that i) as intended with the current draft Code of Conduct, a set of ethical rules and standards be adopted with the aim of preventing corruption and safeguarding integrity in general; ii) these rules be supplemented by an implementing…
Europol on Operation LUDUS I: targeting counterfeit & illicit toys
Europol details the outcomes of Operation LUDUS I, the first international law enforcement operation ever led against counterfeit toys. Monitoring criminal trends and emerging counterfeiting threats is key to this work and allows for targeted law enforcement actions…
EBA assessment of competent authorities’ approaches to AML/CFT supervision of banks
EBA finds that AML and countering the financing of terrorism supervision is improving but not always effective yet. Significant challenges remain in important areas such as the identification and assessment of ML/TF risks…
FATF report on ML/TF arising from migrant smuggling
FATF analyses the ML/ TF risks associated with migrant smuggling. While there has been an increase in migrant smuggling, many countries do not consider it a high-risk crime for ML and the financial flows…
OECD on Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework
OECD released a public consultation document concerning a new global tax transparency framework to provide for the reporting and exchange of information with respect to crypto-assets, as well as proposed amendments to the CRS for the automatic exchange…
Europol arrest in Germany in theft of vehicles
A coordinated strike between the German Police, the Austrian Criminal Police Office and the Bosnian Ministry of Interior Affairs under the coordination of Europol, has led to the dismantlement of a gang of car thieves operating across Germany…
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…