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Money Laundering
Companies House publishes the ‘Register of People with Significant Control’ guidance, detailing how UK companies must identify and record individuals or entities with substantial ownership or control
Under the PSC regime, firms must identify individuals or legal entities that meet defined “significant control” criteria — for example holding over 25% of shares or voting rights, having the power to appoint/remove a majority of directors, or otherwise exercising significant influence — and submit this data to Companies House. The system now centralises all PSC registers at Companies House …
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Anti-Bribery & Corruption
GRECO’s Fifth Evaluation Round Compliance Report reveals Malta’s significant gaps in enforcing core anti-corruption measures for senior officials and law‑enforcement agencies
The 2025 GRECO Addendum finds that Malta has made limited progress on its anti-corruption commitments, with many of the 23 recommendations still only partly or not implemented. Despite steps like a new conflict-of-interest directive, expanded integrity training, and better consultation processes, major gaps remain—particularly around a comprehensive integrity strategy, lobbying transparency…
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Human Trafficking
Europol strikes a powerful crackdown on organised human-trafficking networks, arresting 29 suspects across Europe and dismantling criminal operations exploiting vulnerable individuals
In two joint operations, Europol supported France and Spain as well as Italy and Romania in disrupting large-scale organised crime groups involved in human trafficking and sexual exploitation. The operations, carried out with the support of multiple national police forces, not only dismantled key parts of these networks but also resulted in the safeguarding of victims and the seizure of criminal assets linked to the…
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Environmental Crimes
Egmont Group’s report The Role of FIUs in Fighting Environmental Crimes calls on FIUs to enhance analytical tools, cross-border collaboration, and sectoral awareness to track illicit financial flows
The report outlines how FIUs face significant hurdles—including limited awareness, resources, and cooperation—in detecting and analysing money flows tied to environmental offences such as illegal logging, wildlife trade, fishing and mining. It recommends that FIUs integrate environmental crime into national risk assessments, share intelligence widely (domestically and internationally), treat such offences…
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Sanctions & Trade Embargoes
Europol tightens the net on sanctions evasion, using intelligence and cross-border cooperation to help Member States target networks exploiting EU restrictions linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine
Europol establishes a new “Target Group Sanctions” unit within its European Financial and Economic Crime Centre (EFECC) and, together with European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), launches a joint initiative — Project Transporter — to support EU member states in uncovering and dismantling networks that facilitate sanctions evasion, including illicit trade routes, money laundering, document forgery and customs fraud…
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Fines & Lessons Learned
OFAC fines a U.S. real-estate investor $4.68M for illegally dealing in property owned by a sanctioned Russian, underscoring strict enforcement of sanctions on blocked assets
Between April 2023 and March 2024, the investor — acting through a U.S.-based real-estate firm — mortgaged, renovated and sold a residential property in Atlanta that belonged to a person on OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, in violation of U.S. sanctions and an earlier cease-and-desist order. The penalty serves as a strong enforcement signal that U.S. persons must not transact…
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On the web
The Guardian: Nauru’s President is accused of siphoning millions in Australian taxpayer funds amid a $2.5B offshore-resettlement deal, fueling corruption and opaque financial channels concerns
CNBC: Binance’s Former CEO, recently pardoned by Trump despite a prior AML conviction, faces scrutiny over a Trump‑linked stablecoin deal, raising concerns about political favouritism and crypto compliance
Reuters: A Deloitte review reveals major AML/CTF failures at Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, triggering a share-price drop and a full compliance overhaul with regulators
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NCA’s UKFIU SARs Booklet Nov 25 shows how high-quality SARs and DAMLs helped law enforcement seize millions, including £2M from organised crime, £1.2M from money-mule activity, and £850K from fraud
Case studies illustrate how timely and detailed DAML SARs have directly supported account freezing orders and asset forfeiture actions across multiple money-laundering and fraud investigations. They highlight recurring typologies — such as unexplained international transfers, excessive cash deposits, layering through linked companies, and suspected money-mule activity — and demonstrate how robust reporting enables law enforcement to trace, restrain and recover criminal proceeds…
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