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Estonia’s Financial Intelligence Unit publishes yearbook for 2023
Annual report summarising key AML/CFT developments in the Baltic state.
MEPs vote on new rules for payment services to improve access to cash with strong defences against fraud and data breaches
The aim is to foster a level playing field between banks and non-bank payment service providers while protecting users from fraud, misuse of their data and hidden fees and charges. MEPs also want to ensure better access to cash for all citizens, especially those in remote or rural areas…
FinCEN issues notice on the use of counterfeit U.S. passport cards to perpetrate identity theft and fraud schemes at Financial Institutions
The Notice provides an overview of typologies associated with U.S. passport card fraud, highlights select red flags to assist financial institutions in identifying and reporting suspicious activity, and reminds financial institutions of their reporting requirements under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA).
Europol arrests 20 in clampdown against gang suspected of laundering EUR10M
20 members of an intercontinental criminal network engaged in drug trafficking and money laundering have been arrested following a large-scale operation on 6 and 7 March in Spain and Portugal. The suspects laundered more than EUR 10 million using stolen identities of Colombian, Portuguese, Spanish and Venezuelan nationals…
FCA publishes report on its approach on AI following the Govt’s publication of its pro-innovation strategy
The FCA want to promote the safe and responsible use of AI in UK financial markets and leverage AI in a way that drives beneficial innovation. The FCA sees beneficial innovation as a vital component of effective competition. When competition works well, consumers benefit from lower costs and prices, higher service standards and quality, and increased access to financial service…
UNODC launches new action to combat human trafficking and migrant smuggling
The involvement of organized crime and the rapid evolution of digital technologies have exacerbated the situation. Online technologies are regularly abused to exploit trafficking victims or advertise migrant smuggling services. Financial crises, armed conflicts and forced displacement, catalyzed by the pandemic…
House of Lords issues letter to the FCA on Consultation Paper CP24/2: Our Enforcement Guide and publicising enforcement investigations – a new approach
The letter raises concerns that the FCA’s proposals risk having a disproportionate effect on firms named in investigations, where those firms are subsequently cleared of any wrongdoing, particularly given the length of many investigations. This also risks the overall integrity of the market, including through possible unwarranted impacts on share prices…
Home Office adds Terrorgram to list of proscribed terrorist organisations
The UK is to become the first country in the world to proscribe the Terrorgram collective, an online network of neo-fascist terrorists who produce and disseminate violent propaganda to encourage those who consume its content to engage in terrorist activity.
FinCEN renews its GTO requiring US title insurance companies to identify the natural persons behind shell companies used in non-financed purchases of residential real estate
The terms of the GTOs are effective beginning April 19, 2024, and ending on October 15, 2024. FinCEN renewed the GTOs that cover certain counties and major U.S. metropolitan areas in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New York, Texas, Washington, Virgina, and the District of Columbia.
FinCEN issues analysis on elder financial exploitation: Threat pattern and trend information from June 2022 – 2023
Elder Financial Exploitation typically consists of two subcategories: elder scams and elder theft. FinCEN’s analysis reveals that most elder scam-related BSA filings referenced “account takeover” by a perpetrator unknown to the victim; that adult children were the most frequent elder theft-related perpetrators; and that illicit actors mostly relied on unsophisticated means to steal funds that minimise direct contact with financial institution employees.
New report from PWC reveals that some financial firms consider AML regulations to be unhelpful
The ‘AML Survey 2024: Spotlight on Effectiveness’ revealed that only 53% of EMEA financial firms believe that current AML regulations are helpful to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing. Over a third of respondents cited an increase in regulatory pressures as their most challenging issue and just over half stated they will spend more than 10% of their AML budget on technology in the next 2 years.
Europol and law enforcement authorities from 19 countries have disrupted LabHost, one of the world’s largest “phishing-as-a-service” platforms facilitating cyber fraud on a massive scale
LabHost had provided phishing tools and services to around 10,000 cybercriminal users worldwide for a monthly subscription fee. Europol stated that at least 40,000 phishing domains were linked to LabHost, which targeted users of hundreds of financial institutions, shipping firms, telecom providers, and more…