Beneficial ownership data should be structured and interoperable, collated in a central register, and accessible to all actors fighting financial crime.
August 26, 2021Lawyers, real estate agents, investment advisers, and bank employees have repeatedly facilitated money laundering through US real estate by HNWIs and PEPs.
August 13, 2021The new platform will enable banks to securely share information on customers exhibiting significant risk red flags and warn each other of potential criminal activity.
August 6, 2021A new EU-level AML authority will coordinate national authorities to ensure the private sector correctly and consistently applies EU rules.
July 23, 2021Sight unseen real estate purchases are an attractive method of money laundering and terrorism financing, the Department of Internal Affairs says.
July 13, 2021FinCEN will publish new rules within 6 months reflecting the priorities, which identify the most significant AML/CFT threats currently facing the US.
July 6, 2021The report highlights the use of trade-based fraud and shell companies by criminals to launder proceeds from environmental crime.
June 29, 2021The FATF finalised reports on technological innovation, environmental crime, and asset recovery. New guidance on PF risk and a white paper on beneficial ownership were also finalised.
June 25, 2021The "Unifying Framework" published this month sets out five core practices for gatekeepers to use to identify and respond to potential illicit activity.
June 16, 2021TCFD, IASB frameworks endorsed; communique also calls for progress on impact, nature-based and beneficial ownership reporting.
June 7, 2021