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India to establish global crypto database to transform regulation
India To Create Global Crypto Exchange Database By March 2024. India is working towards building a global database of cryptocurrency exchanges, including those on Dark Web, in an effort to combat challenges posed by cryptocurrency-related illicit activities…
UK criminalizes membership in Wagner Group
The Wagner Group, its leaders and supporters, are already subject to financial sanctions in the UK. The process and criteria applied in proscribing entities are set forth in the Terrorism Act 2000. The factors to be taken into account by the Home Secretary in electing….
MONEYVAL publishes report following Mutual Evaluation of Luxembourg
Robust domestic co-operation and co-ordination are a key strength for Luxembourg and authorities also have timely access to beneficial ownership information. More focus more is required on real estate and professionals from the non-financial sector offering trust and company services, as well as asset recovery.
IMF calls for greater crypto oversight
IMF calls for greater oversight on crypto and proposes new risk assessment matrix. IMF released a working paper last week seeking to tackle the rapidly changing crypto market and highlight significant macro-financial risks they believe have yet to be fully addressed…
Australian Governments agree to implement customer pre-verification for online gambling accounts
To implement this measure, the AML/CTF Rules have been amended to strengthen the applicable customer identification procedures (ACIP) that apply to online gambling service providers.
FATF updates consolidated assessment ratings
Provides an up-to-date overview of the ratings that assessed countries obtained for effectiveness and technical compliance (last updated on 27 September 2023).
HKMA publishes “AML/CFT Regtech: Case Studies and Insights Volume 2”
Shares real-life use cases from banks in their Regtech adoption to make their AML/CFT efforts more effective and efficient.
Financial Stability Board identifies frictions from data frameworks that pose challenges to enhancing cross-border payments
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) today published its stocktake of international data standards relevant to cross-border payments. The stocktake looks at national and regional data frameworks relevant to the functioning, regulation and supervision of cross-border payment arrangements. It takes forward one of the priority actions under the G20 Cross-border Payments Roadmap, to enhance the interaction between data frameworks and cross-border payments.
GI-TOC publishes report on ‘Trafficking illicit medical products in West Africa’
This report analyses the market’s key characteristics and enablers and assesses national and regional responses. West Africa has become a hotspot for the trafficking of medical products, with estimations that the illicit market makes up to 80% of medical products in…
JMSLG receives ministerial approval for revisions to Part II Sector 22 of its guidance (cryptoasset providers and custodian wallet providers)
he new guidance relates to the provisions of The Money Laundering Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (MLRs) that implement the Travel Rule for cryptoasset transfers in the UK. The new obligations per Regulations 64A-64H come into effect on 1 September 2023.
FATF-INTERPOL announces details of their second global roundtable
Over 200 law enforcement, prosecutors, asset recovery, policy and regulatory experts, from both the public and private sectors, attended the two-day FATF-INTERPOL Roundtable Engagement (FIRE 2) to discuss asset recovery issues and practical solutions to deprive criminals of their illicit assets and contribute to a safer society.
Lindar Media faces UKGC regulatory action for AML failures
Lindar Media Limited, the operator of online casino Mr Q, is facing regulatory action by the UK Gambling Commission and has been ordered to pay £690,947 for social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures. The regulatory action follows…