Our extensive knowledge at your fingertips
On the Web
Over 40 years of articles and reference material
A page dedicated to global, regional, UK and US anti-money laundering developments and initiatives.
Browse the resource database or make a subselection.
Sections
Latest editions
Search
Topics
- Topics
- Accountability
- Financial Sanctions
- Crime
- Money Laundering (ML)
- Terrorist Financing
- Cybercrime
- Beneficial Ownership
- CDD
- PEPs
- Bribery & Corruption
- Fines & Enforcements
- KYC
- Transaction Monitoring
- Tax Evasion
- Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)
- Asset Recovery
- Fraud
- Trafficking
- Whistleblowing
- Transparency
- Risk
- Data Protection
- Correspondent Banking
- Cryptocurrencies
- Trade Finance
- Human Rights
- Financial Inclusion & Literacy
- Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs)
- Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SMCR)
- Proliferation of WMD
- Wildlife crime
- Supervision
- FinTech
- Drug Trafficking
- EU ML Directive
- Illicit Finance
- AML/CTF
- AML/CTF compliance programme
- RegTech
- Financial Crime
- Information Sharing
- Source of wealth & funds
- Technology
- Biodiversity
- Payments
- Virtual currencies
- Sanctions
- Confiscation & Freezing
- Cryptoassets
- Human Trafficking
- Ethics
- Complex structures
- Transfers
- Tax
- Digitalisation
- Public Officials
- Offshore
- ESG
- Ransomware
- Shell Companies
- Conflict of Interest
- Transnational crime
- Integrity
- Bribes
- Corruption
- Investigations
- Enforcement
- Anti-corruption
- Illicit Trafficking
- Virtual Assets
- Proliferation
- Artificial intelligence
- Modern Slavery
- Stablecoins
- Cross-border finance
- Gambling
- Travel
- Unexplained Wealth Order
- Environmental crime
Industry
Organisation
- Organisation
- Council of the EU
- OFAC
- HM Treasury
- European Commission
- IMF
- GRECO
- OECD
- Other
- Transparency International
- MONEYVAL
- SEC
- FinCEN
- SFO
- US DoJ
- US Treasury
- Egmont Group
- HMRC
- UN
- European Parliament
- FATF
- Europol
- Global Witness
- Basel
- Wolfsberg
- World Bank
- OCC
- European Council
- Gambling Commission
- Interpol
- NCA
- G20
- WCO
- US DoS
- Home Office
- Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering
- FSB
- GFI
- White House
- EBA
- UNODC
- FINRA
- G7
- OFSI
- FCDO
- ECB
- AUSTRAC
- MENAFATF
- Companies House
- UK Govt
- FCA
- RUSI
- GIABA
- FINTRAC
- OCCRP
- GAFILAT
- European Union (EU)
- PRA
- JMLSG
- US Sec
- FINMA
- MAS
- ISO
- ICE
- IDB
- US Govt
- Insurance Europe
- Chatham House
- FBI
- HKMA
- ESA
- BAFIN
- House of Commons
- Traffic
- Bank of England
- DIT
- SRA
- EFCC
- FIAU
- ICIJ
- CPS
- EPPO
- Council of Europe
- CFATF
- J5
- UKACC
- NECC
- City of London Police
- AFME
- ESAAMLG
- FSMA
- TRACE
- Tax Justice Network
- Corruption Watch
- CBUAE
- Fenergo
- HKSFC
- TRNC
- BAFM
- EGBA
- Nice Actimize
- Sayari
- Atlantic Council
- GRETA
- USAID
- OPBAS
- HMCPSI
- TFG
- BIS
- FSC
- SEBI
- ESMA
- RBI
- Global Integrity
- UK Finance
- Global Initiative
- GI-TOC
Jurisdiction
- Jurisdiction
- Other
- US
- UK
- China
- Germany
- Australia
- France
- Russia
- Singapore
- India
- South Africa
- Ireland
- Canada
- Switzerland
- Global
- EU
- Gibraltar
- Cyprus
- Andorra
- Middle East
- Asia
- Czech Republic
- Lithuania
- Mauritiania
- Hong Kong
- Cayman Islands
- Poland
- Afghanistan
- Brazil
- Netherlands
- Iran
- Greece
- Nigeria
- Bermuda
- Ghana
- Ukraine
- Malaysia
- Belarus
- Japan
- Malta
- Austria
- Berlin
- North Korea
- New Zealand
- Turkey
- Mexico
- Israel
- Finland
- Slovenia
- Monaco
- Sweden
- Venezuela
- Norway
- Botswana
- San Marino
- Belgium
- Myanmar
- Estonia
- Romania
- Bulgaria
- Vietnam
- Guernsey
- Colombia
- Denmark
- UAE
Credit Suisse scrutiny after client data leaks
Credit Suisse is facing fresh scrutiny after leaked data purported to show the bank had served human rights abusers, corrupt politicians and businessmen under sanctions for decades. The Swiss bank has denied any wrongdoing and said it “strongly rejects” the allegations...
In Putin’s Russia, oligarchs don’t matter as much as they used to
Many oligarchs continued harvesting riches in the decades following my 1998 meeting with Potanin. On the other hand, today’s oligarchs are far less important to the inner workings of Vladimir Putin’s Russia...
EU draft law on human rights, environmental ethics
The draft law will require EU companies with more than 500 employees and turnover of €150 million to prevent human rights and environmental abuses along their full supply chains, by carrying out so-called 'due diligence'...
Netherlands Financial Crime Threat Assessment 2022
The Netherlands is rated overall as Low – Moderate Risk scoring 62/100 for financial crimes and money laundering by FCN. Threats are rated Moderate at 50/100 & Responses Moderate – High at 72/100...
US imposes Russia sanctions
OFAC has issued Directive 4 under Executive Order (E.O.) 14024, “Prohibitions Related to Transactions Involving...
SWIFT meaningful sanctions against Putin regime
Selected Russian banks banned from global payments system, while Russian central bank will find it harder to spend $500bn war chest...
Leak of internal investigations at Ericsson
Telecoms giant’s internal investigators uncover allegations it was involved in corruption in at least 10 countries. Confidential documents have revealed how the telecoms giant Ericsson is alleged to have helped pay bribes to the Islamic State terrorist group in order to continue...
How is China involved in organized crime in Mexico?
Over the last few years China’s presence in Mexico has expanded in both legal and illegal activities. Trade between China and Mexico topped $100 billion in 2021, a new record. Imports from China account for over 90% of total trade between China and Mexico...
Rabobank triples net profit, ups spending on AML controls
Rabobank is setting aside a further €249m to improve its money laundering controls, after the Dutch central bank expressed its concerns and threatened to impose a fine. The bank has so far invested €1.6bn in improving anti money laundering checks and some 4,900 members...
China launches 3-year AML campaign
China has launched a 3-year campaign to fight money laundering in a bid to safeguard national security and social stability, according to a government statement. The campaign, which started this year and will last until the end of 2024, is led by the People's Bank of China (PBOC)...
Cayman Islands to face increase challenge in the EU
The financial services industry in the Cayman Islands is bracing itself for another rocky year. This jurisdiction could be included on the European Union’s list of high-risk third countries for money laundering that pose significant threats to the financial system of the Union...
HKMA regulatory framework on crypto-asset guidance
HKMA has issued its Discussion Paper on Crypto-assets and Stablecoins, setting out the regulatory landscape globally and in other jurisdictions, as well as the current landscape in Hong Kong, and how it believes the Hong Kong regulatory framework should be expanded to cover payment-related stablecoins.