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RUSI publishes report on “AML Supervision of the professions in the UK: four key challenges and how to address them”
The report highlights the challenge in regulating diverse professional sectors, inconsistency in AML regulations across different professional domains, limited resources for supervising AML practices within professional sectors and adaptation of technology…
EY experts provide their insights on the impact of ESG on sustainability-related choices within the insurance sector
The summary includes insights on how organisations can navigate and manage ESG-related risks effectively within the regulatory framework, which involve integrating sustainable practices, disclosure requirements, and compliance strategies…
New guidance on detecting and preventing money mules
The FCA published key findings from its multi-firm review of payment account providers’ systems and controls against money mule activity, outlining examples of good practice, areas for improvement and how firms manage the risks…
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.
FinCEN proposes new regulation to enhance transparency in convertible virtual currency mixing and combat terrorist financing
Highlights the risks posed by the extensive use of CVC mixing services by a variety of illicit actors throughout the world and proposes a rule to increase transparency around CVC mixing to combat its use by malicious actors including Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
SEC adopts amendments to rules governing beneficial ownership reporting
The amendments accelerate the filing deadlines for initial and amended beneficial ownership reports on Schedules 13D & 13G. The final rules are intended to improve transparency and provide more timely information for shareholders and the market…
SEC division of examinations announces 2024 priorities. AML compliance is one of the top priorities.
SEC’s Division of Examinations announced that its 2024 examination priorities will focus on key risk factors related to information security and operational resiliency, crypto assets and emerging financial technology, regulation systems compliance and integrity, and AML…
World Bank issues report on lessons learned from the First Generation of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risk Assessments
This report aims to guide the policy makers in World Bank client jurisdictions in continuously improving their assessments and understandings of money laundering and terrorist financing risks in their jurisdictions. The report attempts to draw lessons mainly from…
Wolfsberg Group publishes updated Payment Transparency Standards
The challenges associated with payment transparency cannot be resolved solely by payment and compliance specialists within banks, but rather require agreement among all payments stakeholders – including competent authorities, the PMIs within their countries…
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.
United States seeks to forfeit more than $72 million involved in bribery and money scheme
The US filed a civil forfeiture complaint seeking to forfeit more than $72 million involved in a bribery and money laundering scheme centered around Ecuador’s public police pension fund (ISSPOL). As alleged in the complaint, from 2014 through 2020, more than $2.6 million…
US DoJ announces court-authorised action to disrupt illicit revenue generation efforts of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea IT workers
A court order issued in the Eastern District of Missouri seized 17 website domains used by DPRK information technology (IT) workers in a scheme to defraud U.S. and foreign businesses, evade sanctions and fund the development of the DPRK government’s weapons program.