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Gambling Commission’s plans for implementation of the Gambling Act Review White Paper
The White Paper committed to increase regulatory powers to tackle illegal gambling and to facilitate cross-government collaboration on a number of areas. The first set of White Paper-related LCCP consultations will be published this summer and pre-consultation…
GRETA issues the 3rd Evaluation Report for Netherlands highlighting the access to justice and effective remedies for victims of trafficking in human beings
In the report, GRETA notably urges the Dutch authorities to intensify their efforts to prevent and combat human trafficking for labour exploitation, and to strengthen their efforts to investigate and prosecute such cases. This includes taking further steps to regulate recruitment and temporary work agencies.
OPBAS publishes report on legal and accountancy sector AML supervision
The report has found that professional bodies are continuing to demonstrate good levels of compliance with money laundering regulations but improvements in how effectively they supervise have not been good enough. Too many PBSs still failed to share relevant information…
FinCEN publishes review of Fiscal Year 2022/23
The Year in Review is intended to help stakeholders gain insight into both FinCEN’s efforts to support law enforcement and national security agencies, and how financial information, filed pursuant to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) is used. The information that FIs provide to…
MONEYVAL releases its Strategy on AML/CFT and proliferation financing (2023-2027)
MONEYVAL held a high-level meeting in Warsaw where Member states committed to improve the effectiveness of their regimes to prevent and combat money laundering, the financing of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction proliferation. Illicit finance poses a major…
EU agrees comprehensive framework for Crypto Regulation
EP endorsed the first EU rules to trace crypto-asset transfers (like bitcoins & electronic money tokens), prevent money laundering, as well as common rules on supervision and customer protection. The aim is to ensure that crypto transfers can always be traced and suspicious…
NCA releases latest edition of SARs in Action
The new SAR reporting is live and reporting organisations have started using the new SAR portal to submit SARs. This is a significant milestone for the Programme, as it is the first live application on the new NCA Tier 1 cloud environment. Every submission made on the new SAR portal will improve the quality and structure of the SAR data, which will ultimately enhance the use of SARs to better…
EU MEPs approves long-awaited EU AML Package
The EU AML package focuses on three pieces of draft legislation notably, the EU “single rulebook”, 6th AML directive and the regulation establishing the European AML Authority with supervisory and investigative powers to ensure compliance with AML/CFT requirements…
FCA releases its Business Plan 2023/24 prioritising financial crime prevention
The Business Plan sets out how the FCA will deliver its 2022-25 Strategy, prioritising financial crime prevention by focusing on driving down fraud and delivering the UK Economic Crime Plan 2, lowering the incidence of money laundering, raising standards in authorised firms…
FATF revises its Rec. on combatting ML/TF & proliferation
FATF strengthens the requirements for higher risk situations, and to allow countries to take a more focused approach in areas where high risks remain or implementation could be enhanced. Countries should first identify, assess and apply resources aimed at ensuring the risks…
UK Govt publishes new UK Economic Crime Plan 2, 2023/2026
The new UK Economic Crime Plan 2023/2026 highlights further actions to tackle money laundering, fraud and kleptocracy. It is intended to build on the first economic crime plan by delivering real-world outcomes to cut crime, protect our…
EC proposes more transparency and less red tape for companies to improve business environment
EC adopted a proposal for a Directive making it easier for companies to expand the use of digital tools and processes in EU company law. It aims to facilitate cross-border companies’ operations and to increase business transparency and trust by making more information…