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Money Laundering
European Parliament endorses Bruna Szego as AMLA’s Head: A landmark achievement for Italy and the EU in combating financial crime
AMLA’s new chief Bruna Szego pledges innovation, transparency and coordination in the fight against financial crime. Szego founded and leads the AML supervision and regulation unit at the Bank of Italy, having previously headed its regulation and macroprudential analysis directorate. She sits on the EBA’s AML standing committee. AMLA should begin its work in the first half of 2025…
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Anti-Bribery & Corruption
EC releases study on ‘High-risk areas of corruption in EU Member States: a mapping and in-depth analysis”, to advance the EU’s Anti-Corruption Strategy
Six EU-wide sectors emerged as high-risk areas of corruption where the Commission will be prioritising actions: healthcare, finance, public procurement, defence and security, construction and infrastructure, and sports. Corruption in these areas has cross-border implications and necessitates transnational action…
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Human Trafficking
Swiss Money Laundering Reporting Office launch first anti-trafficking guide for financial intermediaries to identify human trafficking transactions
The FIAHT Guide provides financial intermediaries with practical tools to detect human trafficking-related activities. It includes indicators like large cash transfers, multiple property rents, or prepaid card usage. The guide also offers examples of how traffickers hide profits and provides best practices for filing accurate suspicious activity reports to aid investigations…
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Environmental Crimes
Singapore strengthens its AML laws to better combat environmental crimes, introducing stricter penalties and enforcement measures
The Act adds serious foreign environmental crimes such as illegal mining, wildlife trafficking, logging, and waste trafficking as money laundering offenses. This targets the rising trend of funneling proceeds from these activities through Singapore’s financial system. The new provisions empower law enforcement to investigate money laundering…
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Sanctions & Trade Embargoes
US Treasury sanctions Gazprombank and takes additional steps to curtail Russia’s use of the international financial system
Treasury imposes sanctions on dozens of Russian banks, securities registrars, and finance officials; OFAC issues alert warning of risks of joining Russia’s System for Transfer of Financial Messages. This action is part of a broader effort to curtail Russia’s use of the international financial system to support its war against Ukraine…
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Fines & Lessons Learned
FCA fines Barclays £40m for breaches of the Listing Rules, relating to the failure to disclose certain arrangements with Qatari entities
The FCA held that Barclays failed to take reasonable care to ensure that the information contained in the announcements and prospectuses was not misleading, false or deceptive and did not omit anything likely to affect its import. It said that the advisory agreements formed part of the basis on which the Qatari entities agreed to participate in the capital raisings…
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On the web
The Guardian: UK politics infiltrated by ‘dark money’ with 10% of donations from dubious sources
FT: Wise rebuked by European watchdog over money laundering controls
AML Intelligence: Technicality sees Credit Suisse acquitted of notorious Bulgarian cocaine cash laundering episode
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NCA releases its SARs Reporter Booklet Nov 2024, summarising feedback from Law Enforcement Agencies on their use of SARs
The booklet provides insights into how SARs are used in the UK to combat financial crimes such as money laundering, fraud, and terrorist financing. SARs are a critical intelligence resource that law enforcement and financial institutions use to address serious crimes. Over 460,000 SARs are submitted annually in the UK, contributing to a database exceeding two million reports. This intelligence assists in identifying and disrupting criminal activities…
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