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FCA delivers speech at the AFME Annual European Compliance and Legal Conference on the FCA’s evolving enforcement strategy, emphasising the need for faster, targeted investigations to combat financial crime and provide timely market alerts

The FCA is improving its processes and embracing innovation, intervening earlier, acting faster and with more focus. The FCA is taking a targeted, outcomes-based approach, enabling a fair and thriving financial services sector for the good of consumers and the economy…

US DOJ updates its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs, providing new guidance for prosecutors to assess the effectiveness of corporate compliance efforts

The update emphasizes key factors for evaluating compliance, including risk assessments, training programs, and the enforcement of policies. It also highlights the importance of a company’s culture in supporting compliance initiatives. The DOJ aims to promote stronger corporate governance and accountability through these guidelines​…

FinCEN holds a virtual information session on beneficial ownership information reporting requirements and how to comply with the law

The Corporate Transparency Act requires many companies doing business in the United States to report information to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) about who ultimately owns or controls them…

FATF Mutual Evaluation Report for India, acknowledges India’s AML progress in banking and ongoing non-financial sector weaknesses

India has achieved a high-level of technical compliance across the FATF Recommendations and has taken significant steps to implement measures to tackle illicit finance…

 

G7 issues its first joint Industry Guidance, aimed at preventing Russia from circumventing export controls and sanctions

This guidance focuses on protecting high-priority items from being misappropriated, minimising reputational risks, and enhancing compliance with coordinated export controls. Key elements include identifying items at risk of diversion, recognising red flags for potential sanctions evasion, and outlining best practices for industries to conduct enhanced due diligence…

 

The 2021- 2023 Best Egmont Group Cases Award (BECA) Book: 24 cases demonstrating various ML/TF schemes, and predicate offenses worldwide

This collection provides valuable insights into the global fight against ML/TF by demonstrating the effectiveness of financial intelligence in tackling criminal activities…

FinCEN releases Outreach and Education toolkit for beneficial ownership (BO) reporting to familiarise small business owners with BO reporting requirements

This toolkit provides resources to help educate small business owners on new beneficial ownership reporting requirements under the bipartisan Corporate Transparency Act. It includes customizable templates and sample content for easy adaptation…

US Treasury takes coordinated actions against illicit Russian virtual currency exchanges and cybercrime facilitator

Order identifies PM2BTC—a Russian virtual currency exchanger associated with Russian individual Sergey Sergeevich Ivanov (Ivanov)—as being of “primary money laundering concern” in connection with Russian illicit finance. Concurrently, OFAC is sanctioning Ivanov and Cryptex—a virtual currency exchange registered in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and operating in Russia.

FinCEN withdraws its findings and notice of proposed rulemaking regarding ABLV Bank, AS

On February 16, 2018, FinCEN issued an NPRM that set forth FinCEN’s findings of money laundering concern regarding ABLV, a commercial bank located in Riga, Latvia, and proposed imposing special measure five under section 311, prohibiting covered financial institutions from opening or maintaining in the United States correspondent accounts for, or on behalf of, ABLV. This has now been withdrawn in recognition of improvements.

MAS and major retail banks are set to introduce Singpass Face Verification to further strength resilience against phishing scams

SFV will be triggered in higher risk scenarios to strengthen and complement existing authentication methods for DT setup. SFV uses a face scan to verify a customer’s identity against national records before the customer’s DT can be activated for use. This makes it more difficult for a scammer to take over a customer’s DT by setting it up on his own device using phished credentials such as an SMS, one-time passwords…

US DoJ and FBI seize more than $6m in alleged proceeds of a crypto-confidence scheme

Cryptocurrency confidence investment schemes begin by criminals contacting potential victims through seemingly misdirected text messages, dating applications, or professional meetup or investment groups. Next, using various means of manipulation, the criminal gains the victim’s affection and trust…

Europol and Eurojust dismantles an encrypted communication platform used for criminal activities like drug trafficking, corruption, and ML, leading to 50+ arrests and assets seizure

Due to servers being located in France, French authorities started investigations into the platform. The platform’s robust encryption made it ideal for criminal networks to use for their activities. It was mostly used for drug trafficking but also for other criminal activities, such as arms trading, homicide, robbery, kidnapping, and money laundering…