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Coverage of global AML regulations, compliance standards, enforcement actions, and innovations in detecting and preventing money laundering activities.
Anti-Money Laundering
Bangladesh Considers Introducing Market-based FX Rates
By Editors | 18/09/2022
Recent rate fixing is called “discriminatory” against exporters. A new legal framework is being set out to facilitate the confiscation of unreported offshore assets.
Anti-Money Laundering
Puerto Rico Authority Agrees on Liquidation of Euro Pacific Bank
By Editors | 17/09/2022
Euro Pacific Bank customers will recoup 100 percent of their deposits. Several hundred investigations are still underway globally over whether the bank was used for tax evasion.
Anti-Money Laundering
MAS Identifies AML/CFT Control Lapses at VCCs
By Manesh Samtani | 14/09/2022
MAS found issues with EFI appointment, oversight and escalation. Customer risk assessments and ongoing monitoring need improvement.
Anti-Money Laundering
FATF, INTERPOL to Ramp Up Global Asset Recovery Efforts
By Editors | 13/09/2022
The FATF and INTERPOL will work to improve international efforts to freeze, seize and confiscate criminal assets including by enhancing cooperation frameworks and available tools.
Anti-Money Laundering
Australian Federal Police Forms Cryptocurrency Unit
By Editors | 13/09/2022
The new unit will target assets and provide investigative tracing capabilities for all of the AFP’s commands across all of its businesses.
Anti-Money Laundering
AUSTRAC Launches AML Probe into Entain Group
By Editors | 13/09/2022
London-listed betting company Entain Group was also fined last month by the UK Gambling Commission for AML and social responsibility failures.
Anti-Money Laundering
Five Korean Crypto Exchanges Face AML Penalties
By Editors | 12/09/2022
Most of the funds involved in Woori and Shinhan’s suspicious wire transfers came from five crypto exchanges and were not reported.
PEPs & Sanctions
US Treasury Issues Guidance on Russian Oil Price Cap
By Manesh Samtani | 12/09/2022
The price cap on Russian crude starts in December. India and China import over half of Russia’s seaborne oil. Nord Stream 1 is closed.
PEPs & Sanctions
BSP Issues New Guidance on TFS Implementation
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 09/09/2022
The guidance sets out the BSP’s regulatory expectations and identifies emerging typologies, including the use of virtual assets to finance terrorism.
Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
China Passes Law to Combat Telecom and Online Fraud
By Darien Choong | 07/09/2022
The law imposes an obligation on telecom companies and banks to help hunt down fraudsters, and requires the establishment of a risk information sharing mechanism.
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