Anti-Money Laundering

PEPs & Sanctions

UK to Help Cyprus Establish Sanctions Implementation Unit

By Editors | 12/12/2024

That new unit will have new analytical tools and powers to investigate sanctions evasion and ensure the effectiveness of Russia-related sanctions.

Anti-Money Laundering

AUSTRAC Launches Consultation on New AML/CTF Rules Framework

By Manesh Samtani | 12/12/2024

This consultation covers several areas including AML/CTF programmes, risk assessments, customer due diligence and travel rule information requirements.

Anti-Money Laundering

AUSTRAC Gifts TAIPAN Technology System to PNG’s FIU

By Thisanka Siripala | 12/12/2024

AUSTRAC has now delivered TAIPAN to ten FIUs across the Pacific, enabling them to identify suspicious financial patterns indicative of illicit activity.

Anti-Money Laundering

US Lawmakers Allege Widespread Abuse of BSA for Surveillance

By Thisanka Siripala | 11/12/2024

The lawmakers say the government access to the private financial data of US citizens is “widespread and virtually unchecked”.

PEPs & Sanctions

UK, US Issue Sanctions for Illicit Gold Trading, Human Rights Abuses

By Editors | 10/12/2024

The dozens of sanctions targets include a British-Kenyan businessman who ran a global gold smuggling and money laundering network in Zimbabwe.

Anti-Money Laundering

Egmont Group Offers Guidance to FIUs on Conducting NRAs

By Manesh Samtani | 10/12/2024

New Egmont Group report discusses best practices for identifying ML/TF risks, common challenges experienced in NRAs, and strategies for ensuring success.

KYC & CDD

Australia Sets Out Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Policy for Unlisted Companies

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 09/12/2024

Beneficial ownership information will be accessible to journalists, academics, AML/CTF reporting entities, regulators and law enforcement.

Anti-Money Laundering

HKMA Fines China CITIC Bank for Transaction Monitoring Deficiencies

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 08/12/2024

The HKMA said 13 out of a total of 33 detection rules and two core model rules had not been implemented as intended.

Anti-Money Laundering

Canada’s FINTRAC Signs AML/CFT MoU with US Regulators

By Thisanka Siripala | 06/12/2024

The MoU will facilitate information exchange, best practice sharing, and coordination on illicit finance risks that affect both the Canadian and US financial systems.