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AUSTRAC provides briefing on virtual kidnappings

Virtual kidnappings are a form of technology-enabled scam that involves scammers: often impersonating a Chinese military or government official; convincing victims they have been implicated in a crime; demanding large payments from victims under the threat of being deported or arrested.

AML Analytics and Bank of Jamaica publishes joint Whitepaper on ‘Using supervisory technology and thematic reviews to enhance risk-based supervision’

The paper aims to empower risk-based supervision by integrating advanced supervisory technologies. By incorporating thematic reviews, the it seeks to elevate risk management practices, offering a comprehensive approach to strengthening the supervisory framework…

APGML publishes follow-up report to the Mutual Evaluation of Cambodia

Cambodia is re-rated on Recommendation 7, which relates requires countries to implement targeted financial sanctions to comply with the United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs) relating to the prevention, suppression and disruption of proliferation of weapons of mass destructions (WMD) and its financing.

APGML publishes follow-up report to the Mutual Evaluation of Myanmar

As a result of this progress, Myanmar has been re-rated on Recommendation 14, which relates to MVTS.  However, insufficient progress has been made to justify a re-rating of R.7, R.8,
R.24 and R.26.

APGML publishes report on protecting NPOs from terrorist finance

Provides a detailed regional analysis of implementation of FATF Standards on protecting NPOs from terrorism financing abuse. It includes a heat map
of strengths and weaknesses for each criterion used to evaluate technical compliance with Recommendation 8.

APGML publishes follow-up to the Mutual Evaluation of Thailand

Thailand has made some progress in addressing the technical compliance deficiencies identified in its MER and has been re-rated to LC with Recommendations 1 and 26.

Global Financial Integrity analyses the legal framework for virtual assets in El Salvador and assesses financial crime risks

On September 7, 2021, El Salvador became the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender and has enacted a series of laws and regulations regarding virtual assets in preparation for its mutual evaluation by the Latin American Financial Action Group (GAFILAT).

IMF assesses the potential effects of a downside scenario from ‘de-risking’ between China and OECD economies

Latest edition of Regional Economic Outlook looks at the potential impacts of de-risking in major economies on economic growth in China.

US Treasury announces cyber security cooperation Memorandum of Understanding with the United Arab Emirates

MoU enhances cooperation in the following areas: Information sharing relating to the financial sector including cybersecurity information on incidents and threats;
Staff training and study visits to promote cooperation in the area of cybersecurity; and Competency-building activities such as the conduct of cross-border cybersecurity exercises.

SEBI, Securities and Exchange Board of India have issued an amendment to their AML guidelines

These guidelines relate to the rules framed under the prevention of money laundering Act 2002. For the uninitiated, Prevention of ML Rules, 2023 came into force on Sep 4, this year, and in view of these amendments, certain provisions of the master circular stand to get modified…

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has overhauled its ‘Master’ Know Your Customer (KYC) guidelines

RBI has issued new guidelines for Know Your Customer (KYC) to strengthen the customer verification system. Under this, banks and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) have been asked to adopt a risk-based approach regarding KYC updates from time to time…

Australia Introduces Stricter Verification Rules for Online Gambling

Australia Introduces Stricter Verification Rules for Online Gambling. Australia’s anti-money laundering regulator, AUSTRAC, has announced that online gambling service providers must implement stricter customer identification procedures in the coming year…