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New research from Moody’s reveals the far-reaching risk of shell companies and their role in financial crimes such as money laundering
Moody’s new research reveals this risk is far-reaching. As of November 2023, more than 21 million risk activity flags have been raised by Moody’s Shell Company Indicator across 472 million companies…
MAS and Mastercard signed an MoU to enhance cooperation in cybersecurity, with the aim to strengthen cyber resilience in the financial services sector in Singapore
The strategic partnership aims to further cement the collaboration between MAS and Mastercard in: bilateral information sharing of cyber threat intelligence to raise cyber situational awareness in the financial services sector; joint analysis of the latest cyber threats impacting the financial services sector to produce actionable insights and recommendations on possible countermeasures; and competency-building activities, such as joint cybersecurity exercises, staff training and study visits…
AML RightSource releases the 2024 Financial Crime Market Outlook: The United Kingdom and Europe
Banks and financial institutions operating in these areas will face increased scrutiny and must take the necessary safeguards to ensure compliance in 2024, including accurate risk assessments and enhanced due diligence measures….
Council of the EU gives green light for EU law on asset recovery and confiscation
The Council adopted a law which sets out EU-wide minimum rules on the tracing, identification, freezing, confiscation and management of criminal property in connection with a wide range of crimes.
OCCPR highlight that Belarusian timber finds its way to EU despite sanctions
The EU banned imports of wood from Russia and Belarus in March 2022, shortly after Moscow invaded Ukraine. Until then, only Belarus exported timber worth around one billion euros annually. But since the ban came into effect, the EU suddenly saw an influx of wood supposedly coming from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan…
FATF publishes Status of implementation of Rec. 15 by FATF Members and Jurisdictions with Materially Important VASP Activity
FATF notes that many countries have yet to fully implement the FATF’s requirements on virtual assets and virtual asset service providers to prevent their misuse for illicit finance. The lack of implementation of these requirements (Rec. 15) leaves significant loopholes globally, that criminals and terrorists exploit.
FIAU Malta publishes guidance document in relation to goAML Rejection Rules
The purpose of this guidance document is to provide an overview of the goAML Rejection Rules following the Web Report validation process. These Rejection Rules serve as an additional automated filter prior to the acceptance stage. This is to ensure that submissions made include as much information as possible to assist with the prompt assessment and prioritisation of reports received by the FIAU.
Europol publishes ground-breaking report uncovering the most significant criminal networks threatening the security of the EU
Describes, in detail, how the most threatening criminal networks are organised, which criminal activities they engage in, and how and where they operate.
Bank of England, FCA, PRA and PSR conduct 2023 review of Memorandum of Understanding for payment systems in the UK
The Authorities have identified areas for future co-operation and co-ordination, including revisions to the MoU regarding proposed stablecoin regulation, embedding the reforms from the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (FSMA 2023), as well as further enhancing the sharing of information and data. These will be undertaken during 2024 and beyond…
FATF highlights United States’ progress in strengthening measures to tackle ML/TF – R. 24: Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal persons
The FATF published the updated rating in the Seventh Enhanced Follow-Up Report of the US, recognizing Treasury’s historic efforts to increase beneficial ownership transparency and address key vulnerabilities in the U.S. AML/CFT framework…
FinCEN seeks comments on modernising its Customer Identification Program (CIP) requirements for banks
Relates to existing requirements for banks under the Customer Identification Program (CIP) Rule to collect a taxpayer identification number (TIN) from a customer prior to opening an account.
The Wolfsberg Group releases the principles for auditing financial crime risk management (FCRM)
The Group believes that IA can assist their FIs in their fight against financial crime by measuring FCRM outcomes using the Factors and has developed principles and measures for auditing an FCRM programme…