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MAS announces first Singaporean Presidency of FATF
At the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Plenary that ended on 4 March 2022, the Plenary officially selected Mr. T. Raja Kumar as its next President, to replace Dr. Marcus Pleyer. Mr. Raja will assume office on 1 July 2022 for a fixed two-year term…
UK Finance Bill 2022 – the Economic Crime Levy
UK government published the Finance Act 2022 providing for a new tax called the economic crime (anti-money laundering) levy. The new levy will apply to ‘persons’, including companies and partnerships, regulated under the MLRs. All persons subject to AML regulations…
Home Office policy paper on the Economic Crime Bill
The Bill was set up a register of overseas entities and their beneficial owners and require overseas entities who own land to register in certain circumstances; to make provision about unexplained wealth orders; and to make provision about sanctions…
FATF Plenary Outcomes, 2-4 March 2022
The Plenary approved key work including tougher Beneficial Ownership rules to tackle money laundering, risk-based Approach Guidance for the Real Estate & how FATF can mitigate the unintended consequences of FATF’s…
UK Overseas Territories & sanctions against Russia
The UK and other countries introduced sanctions against Russia in response to its military action against Ukraine, targeting its financial sector and assets held by Russian politicians and oligarchs.
Ghana: Recover Proceeds From Economic Crime
Ghana creates new economic crime board in the hope of recovering proceeds of crime. The Board is expected to formulate policies necessary for the EOCO to be able to prevent and detect organised crime as well as to facilitate the confiscation of the proceeds of crime…
HMT fact sheet on the Register of Overseas Entities
The new register ‘Register of Overseas Entities’ will require anonymous foreign owners of UK property to reveal their real identities to ensure criminals cannot hide behind secretive chains of shell companies, setting a global standard for transparency…
FATF Public Statement on revisions to R.24
The revisions to R.24 will require countries to follow a RBA and consider the risks of legal persons in their countries. They must assess and address the risk posed by legal person, not only by those created in their countries, but also by foreign-created persons which have…
FATF risk-based guidance to the real estate sector
This Guidance is aimed at professionals working in and involved with the selling and buying of real estate, generally known in this guidance as real estate professionals, to include real estate agents as well as other well as those professionals…
GRECO Fifth Round Evaluation Report on Greece
GRECO has made public its Fifth Round Evaluation Report on Greece which deals with preventing corruption and promoting integrity in central governments (top executive functions) and law enforcement agencies and its Second Follow-up..
EU report on the fight against oligarch structures
EU Parliament publishes report on the fight against oligarch structures and the protection of EU funds from fraud and conflict of interest. It has been calling on the Commission to take prompt action and to remedy the alarming misuse of EU funds by politically prominent wealthy…
AUSTRAC proceedings in Federal Court against Crown
AUSTRAC will commence civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court against Crown Melbourne and Crown Perth for alleged serious and systemic non-compliance with Australia’s (AML/CTF) laws..