UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME

AML / KYC

Coordinated and Agile Response Needed to Address Financial Crime Threats in APAC

By Bradley Maclean | 22/04/2025

Regulation Asia Co-founder Bradley Maclean discusses newly published research and what the findings say about the ongoing fight against financial crime.

Big Picture

Forest Crimes Fuel Wider Criminal Economies – UNODC Report

By Thisanka Siripala | 10/04/2025

A new UNODC report says illegal logging supply chains are increasingly infiltrated by actors from other organised criminal markets.

AML / KYC

Nepal Reveals Surge in Transaction Reporting as it Battles FATF Greylist

By Nathan Lynch | 09/04/2025

Nepal’s efforts to combat financial crime have led to an increase in STR filings, led by banks but also including DNFBPs.

AML / KYC

UN General Assembly Adopts New Cybercrime Convention

By Manesh Samtani | 26/12/2024

The Convention will help to address online child sexual abuse, sophisticated online scams and money laundering

Hong Kong Signs Anti-Corruption MoUs with Maldives, Indonesia

By Editors | 13/09/2024

Cooperation between the ICAC and the anti-corruption agencies of Maldives and Indonesia will cover information exchange, training and other collaborations.

Market Infrastructure

UN Committee Approves Global Cybercrime Treaty Despite Opposition

By Manesh Samtani | 10/08/2024

The UN Convention against Cybercrime still needs to be ratified by at least 40 nations at the General Assembly in the fall.

AML / KYC

FATF Issues Update on Standards Work for the NPO Sector

By Manesh Samtani | 19/07/2024

The FATF will revise Recommendation 1 to better enable financial inclusion by improving the risk-based approach and supervision.

AML / KYC

Japan’s AML Landscape and the Need for Effective Governance

By Bradley Maclean | 03/06/2024

Former regulator and AML subject matter expert Hiroshi Ozaki discusses Japan’s financial crime threat landscape and how firms can mitigate risk through effective governance.

HK ICAC Signs Cooperation MoUs with UNODC, Four Countries

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 23/05/2024

The MoUs with the UNODC and the anti-corruption authorities of Kazakhstan, Mauritius, Saudi Arabia and South Africa will enhance anti-corruption cooperation.