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Home Office announces new strategy to tackle the domestic and international threat of serious and organised crime
The new strategy builds on the work already underway by government and law enforcement and sets out further action to eradicate complex criminal networks, including through the NCA..
OFSI and the FCA have entered into an information sharing agreement
A new agreement has been established between OFSI and the FCA to share information related to potential weaknesses in regulated companies’ systems and controls. This collaboration aims to prevent sanctions breaches and enhance the enforcement of those sanctions.
HMT publishes the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (High-Risk Countries) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2023
The changes reflected in the updated list include: Albania, Cayman Islands, Jordan and Panama are no longer classed as high-risk third countries for the purposes of enhanced customer due diligence requirements in regulation 33(1) of the MLRs…
NCA issues latest SARs in Action
Includes evidence from Constable Day of Cheshire Police who has achieved his personal target of recovering £1 million for the victims of fraud during 2023 with the help of SAR intelligence.
A new UK government plan is in place to combat serious and organised crime at home and abroad
The new strategy includes increased funding for the NCA in 2023/24, to enable local forces to address organised crimes within their communities and emphasises international efforts to prevent exploitation, including combating modern slavery…
FCA consults on access to cash in an increasingly digitalised world
Proposals would require designated firms, acting alone or via a designated coordination body, to establish a cash access request process, allowing local communities to ask for significant gaps in local cash provision to be addressed.
UK National Audit Office makes several recommendations to the UK’s FCA on how to improve its oversight
As this report is focused on how the FCA is responding to changes in the market and to its remit, it does not seek to establish the overall effectiveness of the FCA’s business-as-usual work, nor does it review how the FCA has managed individual regulatory decisions or cases…
The UK Law Society publishes guide for solicitors and firms on the UK economic crime regime
The 2023 amendment to money laundering regulations mandates reduced enhanced due diligence for domestic politically exposed persons (PEPs) compared to foreign PEPs, aligning with the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023.
The Gambling Commission publishes their latest ML and TF risk assessment which upgrades the risk level from low to medium
The report provides useful guidance to operators including outlining which gambling areas are considered high risk e.g. remote casino, betting and bingo…
NatWest Group publishes key findings and recommendations from Phase 2 of the independent review into PEP account closures
The report confirms that decision-making was consistent with relevant standards and otherwise appropriate and that there was no evidence of discrimination due to political views or affiliations, or any other protected characteristic…
UK Cross-Agencies issue red alert guidance on Gold-based financial and trade sanctions circumvention
This Red Alert is issued by the NECC, a multi-agency unit in the NCA, OFSI and FCDO working in conjunction with law enforcement and financial sector partners as part of JMLIT with the aim of promoting awareness and bringing about preventative action…
Home Office releases two new factsheets relating to the Criminal Justice Bill 2023
The measures in the Bill will reform the confiscation regime – the statutory framework used to strip criminals of their proceeds of crime – to improve the process by which confiscation orders are made and enforced facilitate the transfer of funds representing the amounts…