Our extensive knowledge at your fingertips
Other Regions
This section covers AML/CTF initiatives by organisations from Africa & Middle East, Asia & Pacific, Latin America & Caribbean and other regions and jurisdictions such as Australia.
African Development Bank updates
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Asia-Pacific Group on ML
Australian Transactions Report and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC)
Caribbean FATF
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)
Eastern and South Africa AML Group
Eurasian Group
South, Central and North America AML/CTF Group
Inter Governmental Action Group Against ML in West Africa
Middle East and North African FATF
And many more..
Sections
Latest editions
Search
Topics
- Topics
- Accountability
- AML/CTF
- AML/CTF compliance programme
- Anti-corruption
- Artificial intelligence
- Asset Recovery
- Beneficial Ownership
- Biodiversity
- Bribery & Corruption
- Bribes
- CDD
- Complex structures
- Confiscation & Freezing
- Conflict of Interest
- Correspondent Banking
- Corruption
- Counterfeiting
- Crime
- Cross-border finance
- Cryptoassets
- Cryptocurrencies
- Cybercrime
- Data Protection
- Digital assets
- Digitalisation
- Drug Trafficking
- EDD
- Enforcement
- Environmental crime
- ESG
- Ethics
- EU ML Directive
- FCPA
- Financial Crime
- Financial Inclusion & Literacy
- Financial Sanctions
- Fines & Enforcements
- FinTech
- FIU
- Fraud
- Gambling
- Greenwashing
- Human Rights
- Human Trafficking
- Illicit Finance
- Illicit Trafficking
- Information Sharing
- Integrity
- Intellectual property
- Investigations
- kleptocracy
- KYC
- Land justice
- Machine Learning
- Modern Slavery
- Money Laundering (ML)
- NPOs
- Offshore
- Onboarding
- Organised crime
- Payments
- PEPs
- Proliferation
- Proliferation of WMD
- Public Officials
- Ransomware
- RegTech
- Risk
- Sanctions
- Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SMCR)
- Shell Companies
- Source of wealth & funds
- Stablecoins
- Supervision
- Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)
- Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs)
- Tax
- Tax Evasion
- Technology
- Terrorist Financing
- Trade Finance
- Trafficking
- Transaction Monitoring
- Transfers
- Transnational crime
- Transparency
- Travel
- Unexplained Wealth Order
- Virtual Assets
- Virtual currencies
- Whistleblowing
- Wildlife crime
Industry
Organisation
- Organisation
- ABA
- AFME
- APPG
- Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering
- Atlantic Council
- AUSTRAC
- B20
- BAFIN
- BAFM
- Bank of England
- Basel
- BGC
- BIS
- CBUAE
- CCAF
- CFATF
- Charity Commission
- Chatham House
- City of London Police
- CMA
- Companies House
- Corruption Watch
- Council of Europe
- Council of the EU
- CPS
- CSSF
- DEA
- Department of Business
- DIT
- EBA
- ECB
- EFCC
- EGBA
- Egmont Group
- EPPO
- ESA
- ESAAMLG
- ESMA
- Eurojust
- European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)
- European Commission
- European Council
- European Parliament
- European Union (EU)
- Europol
- FATF
- FBI
- FCA
- FCDO
- FCO
- Federal Reserve
- Fenergo
- FIAU
- FinCEN
- FINMA
- FINRA
- FINTRAC
- FIU
- FSA / FCA
- FSB
- FSC
- FSMA
- G20
- G7
- GAFILAT
- Gambling Commission
- GCFCC
- GFI
- GI-TOC
- GIABA
- Global Initiative
- Global Integrity
- Global Witness
- GRECO
- GRETA
- HKMA
- HKSFC
- HM Treasury
- HMCPSI
- HMRC
- Home Office
- House of Commons
- House of Lords
- ICAEW
- ICE
- ICIJ
- ICO
- IDB
- IMF
- Insurance Europe
- Interpol
- IOM FSA
- ISO
- J5
- JMLSG
- Law Commission
- Law Society
- MAS
- MENAFATF
- MONEYVAL
- NAO
- NCA
- NECC
- NED
- Nice Actimize
- NYDFS
- OCC
- OCCRP
- OECD
- OFAC
- OFSI
- OPBAS
- OSCE
- Other
- OTSI
- PRA
- project CRAAFT
- PSR
- RBI
- RUSI
- Sayari
- SEBI
- SEC
- SFO
- Spotlight on corruption
- SRA
- Tax Justice Network
- TFG
- TRACE
- Traffic
- Transparency International
- TRNC
- UK Finance
- UK Govt
- UKACC
- UN
- UNODC
- US DEA
- Us DoC
- US DoJ
- US DoS
- US Govt
- US Sec
- US Treasury
- USAID
- VISA
- Wall Street Journal
- WCO
- White House
- Wolfsberg
- World Bank
Jurisdiction
- Jurisdiction
- Afghanistan
- Andorra
- Asia
- Australia
- Austria
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Berlin
- Bermuda
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- China
- Colombia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- EU
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Global
- Greece
- Guernsey
- Hong Kong
- India
- Iran
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Japan
- Jersey
- Kenya
- Lithuania
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritiania
- Mexico
- Middle East
- Monaco
- Myanmar
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- Norway
- Other
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- San Marino
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- UAE
- UK
- Ukraine
- US
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
MAS issues Environmental Crimes Money Laundering National Risk Assessment
Environmental crimes, including wildlife trafficking and logging generate significant global criminal gains, with Singapore’s high exposure to these crimes due to its international financial center and externally-oriented economy…
Global Witness: The state oil company in the UAE secured $100billion in deals during its year as COP28 host
27 US Senate and House members criticized the idea of a fossil fuel champion in climate negotiations arguing it could undermine the goal…
AUSTRAC announces the new guidelines have been issued to combat the use of foreign students as money mules
Criminal networks exploit international students and temporary residents in Australia as money mules, unaware of the illegal nature of their activities. Criminal networks are constantly seeking ways to clean their dirty money, obtained from various criminal activities such as drug and human trafficking, fraud, and scams…
AUSTRAC accepts Enforceable Undertaking from online betting company Sportsbet
The enforceable undertaking binds Sportsbet to an ongoing remedial action plan to improve its AML/CTF program, which AUSTRAC will monitor to ensure it is undertaken within agreed timeframes. As part of the undertaking, Sportsbet is also required to provide reports to AUSTRAC from an auditor who will continually monitor the progress of Sportsbet’s uplift.
ESAAMLG publishes second enhanced follow-up and first technical compliance re-rating on Mozambique
Reviewers considered information provided in support of the request for re-rating of Recommendations 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 19, 20, and 26 and upgrade Mozambique on all but Recommendation 8 (protection of non-profits from abuse for terrorist financing), which remains non-compliant.
ESAAMLG publishes 12th enhanced follow-up and fifth technical compliance re-rating on Uganda
Recognises the progress made since Uganda’s National Risk Assessment in 2022 and pledges by the country to update the NRA on a three year basis. Report also finds that there have been steps to address the absence of frameworks for implementation of targeted financial sanctions relating to proliferation.
ICIJ reports that leaked Dubai property files reveal links between luxury apartments and scammers from the One Coin cryptocurrency scheme
The owner had established One Coin, promised to launch a cryptocurrency that would be the number one globally. The global investigators connected it to a $4 billion global pyramid scheme that defrauded over 3.5 million people. In order to receive and allegedly launder money wired from One Coin investors, the owner established bank accounts and incorporated shell companies there…
GIABA publishes second enhanced follow-up Technical Compliance report on the Gambia
The Gambia is re-rated on Recommendations 1, 13 and 16; covering a risk-based approach, cross-border correspondent banking relationships and the exchange of virtual currencies.
ESAAMLG publishes second enhanced follow-up report and technical compliance re-rating on Tanzania
Finds that Tanzania has addressed the deficiencies in respect of the following Recommendations which have been re-rated as follows: Recommendation 6 (initially rated NC) is re-rated to Partially Compliant; Recommendation 10 (initially rated PC) is re-rated to Largely Compliant; Recommendation 12 (initially rated NC) is re-rated to Partially Compliant; Recommendation 13 (initially rated PC) is re-rated to Compliant; Recommendation 17 (initially rated NC) is re-rated to Partially Compliant; Recommendation 18 (initially rated NC) is re-rated to Compliant; Recommendation 19 (initially rated NC) is re-rated to Compliant.
FINTRAC issues an advisory on the role of virtual currency automated teller machines in laundering the proceeds of crime
Describes key attributes of virtual currency automated teller machines activity in Canada suspected of being related to money laundering or terrorist activity financing. In particular, suspicious transactions involving virtual currency automated teller machines are concentrated in the Greater Toronto Area, the Greater Montréal Area, and Metro Vancouver.
AUSTRAC and SkyCity have agreed on a proposed $67 million penalty for Adelaide’s casino due to its violations of the AML/CFT Act 2006
SkyCity has acknowledged in reaching this agreement that it violated the AML/CTF Act in several ways, including that: Its AML/CTF Programs violated the section 81 by not adhering to the AML/CTF Act and AML/CTF Regulations…
HKMA alerts members of the public on phishing instant messages related to ICBC (Asia) Limited
The HKMA wishes to remind the public that banks will not send SMS or emails with embedded hyperlinks which direct them to the banks’ websites to carry out transactions. They will not ask customers for sensitive personal information, such as login passwords or One-Time Password, by phone, email or SMS (including via embedded hyperlinks)…