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FATF re-rates Japan on six Recommendations in recognition of the country’s progress since the 2021 Mutual Evaluation
Reflects improvements in measures targeting proliferation, NPOs, Politically exposed persons and DNFBPs; as well as new focus on the transparency and beneficial ownership of legal arrangements.
New Zealand publishes its AML/CFT Programme Guideline
The Act improves New Zealand’s safety by making it harder for criminals to profit from their offending. It also provides a mechanism for potential criminal activity to be reported and then investigated, for tackling organised crime and depriving criminals of assets amassed from illegal activity. Similarly, by making it harder to finance terrorism, the Act disrupts terrorist activities, both in New Zealand and worldwide….
Inter-Ministerial Committee publishes Recommendations to strengthen Singapore’s Anti-Money Laundering Framework: ‘Proactive Prevention, Timely Detection, Effective Enforcement
It focused on five key areas: a) How to better prevent money launderers from misusing corporate structures; b) How financial institutions can enhance their controls and collaborate more effectively with one another and the authorities to guard against and flag suspicious transactions; c) How other gatekeepers in the system, like corporate service providers, real estate salespersons and estate agencies, and precious stones and precious metals dealers can better guard against ML risks, including the adequacy of the existing regulatory framework over these players;…
CBUAE’s National Summit on Financial Crime Compliance, held on Oct 9-10, reaffirms its commitment to enhance its financial crime combat efforts in preparation for the upcoming FATF evaluation in 2026
To shed light on supervisory activities in licensed financial institutions, H.E. said the Central Bank is in the process of launching the first-of-its-kind Supervisory Technology (SupTech) initiative in the region which will enable early detection and warning of risks based on data assessment processes to determine the extent of exposure to money laundering operations.
FATF Mutual Evaluation Report for India, acknowledges India’s AML progress in banking and ongoing non-financial sector weaknesses
India has achieved a high-level of technical compliance across the FATF Recommendations and has taken significant steps to implement measures to tackle illicit finance…
MAS and major retail banks are set to introduce Singpass Face Verification to further strength resilience against phishing scams
SFV will be triggered in higher risk scenarios to strengthen and complement existing authentication methods for DT setup. SFV uses a face scan to verify a customer’s identity against national records before the customer’s DT can be activated for use. This makes it more difficult for a scammer to take over a customer’s DT by setting it up on his own device using phished credentials such as an SMS, one-time passwords…
FINTRAC imposes an administrative monetary penalty on Ontario Inc. for non-compliance with the Proceeds of Crime (ML) and TF Act and associated Regulations
The administrative violations include failure to develop and apply its policies and procedures in practice in relation to know your client requirements, and ongoing monitoring of business relationships; failure to assess and document money laundering or terrorist activity financing risks of its clients and business relationships, geographic locations, products and delivery channels, and new technologies…
GFI analyses the current practices of Belize’s Beneficial Ownership Registry, evaluating its strengths and weaknesses in the broader context of global financial transparency efforts
Belize, a country that has been navigating international financial regulation and striving to align its practices with global standards, introduced its BOR as part of an effort to improve its legal and regulatory framework to comply with international standards and improve its capacity to prevent financial crimes…
Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) seeks provider to identify investment scams and phishing websites from fake investment platforms and crypto fraud
The types of investment scam and phishing websites which ASIC is looking for the service to identify and/or refer and takedown may include: Investment scam websites falsely claiming to be authorised and/or regulated by ASIC, fake investment trading platform scams, crypto-asset related scams, phishing scam email domains and websites impersonating organisations that are regulated by ASIC…
Guardian: Oligarchs have successfully challenged the UK’s fraud squad and emerged victorious
A former police officer was at home by the South African coast when he received a call about the suspicious death of geologist. After Bekker’s charred body was discovered in his burned Audi Quattro in Johannesburg, Jackson agreed to investigate the case initially considering the possibility of suicide. However, evidence suggested the fire was intentionally set leading Jackson to believe it was a murder…
FINTRAC imposes an administrative monetary penalty on Canada Changjiang Management Ltd for failure to submit STRs
Canada Changjiang Management Ltd. was found to have committed the following administrative violations: Failure to submit suspicious transaction reports where there were reasonable grounds to suspect that transactions were related to a money laundering or terrorist activity financing offence; Failure to submit large cash transactions reports of $10,000 or more in the course of a single transaction, together with prescribed information…
Australian Parliament introduces AML/CTF Amendment Bill
This Bill has three key objectives:
extend the AML/CTF regime to additional services provided by lawyers, accountants, trust and company service providers, real estate professionals, and dealers in precious metals and stones (tranche two entities)
modernise the regulation of virtual assets and payments technology
simplify and clarify the regime, to increase flexibility, reduce regulatory impacts and support businesses to prevent and detect financial crime.