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BBC: Bangladesh’s AML agency has requested banks to provide account and transaction details linked to Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit has requested account details linked to Tulip Siddiq, her family, and her aunt Sheikh Hasina the former prime minister, following allegations of embezzlement of £3.9bn from Bangladesh’s infrastructure funds. Siddiq, named in the investigation last month, has denied the claims. Her spokesperson stated that no evidence has been provided and she has not been contacted regarding the matter…
Bloomberg: Federal authorities propose increasing AML oversight penalties by up to 40 times
Ottawa plans to increase penalties for AML oversight failures by up to 40 times with maximum fines reaching US$ 20 million per violation or 3% of annual global revenue. Additional measures include boosting fines for criminal offences by 10 times and providing clearer guidelines on jail terms. The move follows growing scrutiny of money laundering, highlighted by cases like TD Bank’s US$ 4.42 billion penalty in the US for oversight failures…
Thai authorities stress the importance of protecting the financial sector from ML/TF and weapons proliferation amid growing global conflicts
The Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) and the Bank of Thailand (BOT) join forces to outline heightened risks from high-risk countries and to address concerns raised in 2023 report by the OHCHR, which alleged that some Thai financial institutions facilitated transactions linked to Myanmar’s military government, suspected of human rights violations.
FATF praises Oman in latest evaluation report for achieving positive results in areas such as financial intelligence, international cooperation, and combating TF
Among many strengths identified in the report is a warning that excessive measures on NPOs may be disrupting legitimate activities. FATF advises Oman to remove the requirement for NPOs to be reporting entities.
FATF assesses Nauru’s AML/CFT framework, highlights low ML/TF risks but calls for improved risk understanding and enforcement
Report accepts that Nauru has a low risk for ML/TF, but identifies opportunities to improve Targeted Financial Sanctions implementation and cross-border currency controls, and to update the 2023 National Risk Assessment.
FATF identifies need for Papua New Guinea to strengthen resourcing of AML/CFT institutions, improve beneficial ownership data collection and enhance cross-border cooperation
Other areas flagged in the latest follow-up report on Papua New Guinea include the use of financial intelligences, out-of-date ML/TF risk assessments and risk-based supervision of high-risk FIs and DNFBPs.
FATF highlights significant gaps in Timor-Leste’s AML/TF risk understanding, supervision, enforcement, and guidance
Report urges the updating and broadening risk assessments, including for NPOs and legal persons, supporting financial inclusion with simplified measures for low-risk areas and prioritizing investigations into high-risk crimes like corruption, tax evasion, and trafficking.
Reuters: Canada’s FINTRAC partners with US agencies through MoU to strengthen AML efforts
FINTRAC announced a partnership with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Federal Reserve Board to share information and strengthen AML and anti-terrorist financing compliance in cross-border banking. This enhanced collaboration aims to address emerging risks, improve detection, and reduce ML/TF exposure. FINTRAC also imposed a record C$9.2 million penalty on TD Bank for AML regulation violations…
Australia introduces new beneficial ownership reporting requirements to strengthen AML oversight in high-risk sectors like real estate, law, and accounting, led by AUSTRAC
Businesses must identify and verify beneficial owners, defined as individuals with at least 25% ownership or control. Public access to the register will be limited to law enforcement agencies, regulators, journalists and academics.
Nigeria’s EFCC seizes over 750 properties in a massive housing estate in Abuja, marking its largest-ever asset recovery
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 purchased with proceeds of corruption. Established in 2003 the EFCC combats corruption, which remains deeply entrenched across Nigeria’s government structures…
AUSTRAC issues first consultation on draft AML/CTF rules, requesting feedback by 14 Feb 2025
This exposure draft of the new Rules covers the following areas: AML/CTF programs; reporting groups (formerly ‘designated business groups’); customer due diligence; travel rule; compliance reports; keep open notices (formerly ‘Chapter 75 notices’); correspondent banking relationships…
UNODC publishes report on illicit weapons trafficking in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea
In this report, threats from the Houthi’s are considered and main trafficking routes across the Red Sea and overland Oman are examined.