The new Anti-Money Laundering Authority would directly supervise high-risk financial entities and coordinate national authorities and FIUs.
May 17, 2023Members of the European Parliament approved draft AML/CFT legislation, including plans for the new Anti-Money Laundering Authority.
March 29, 2023RUSI’s Tom Keatinge discusses the continuing focus on fraud and scams in Asia, and work underway on asset recovery, sanctions, and environmental crime.
January 12, 2023The AMLA will directly supervise certain types of credit and financial institutions, including crypto asset service providers, starting in 2026.
July 7, 2022In a new report, the EBA outlines findings from its second round of assessment of the approaches AML/CFT supervisors are using in the banking sector.
March 28, 2022FinCEN is meanwhile taking steps to boost cooperation with the FIUs of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, the UK , and the Netherlands.
March 17, 2022A group of EU member states led by Germany is seeking to make the inclusion of cryptocurrency firms under the AMLA's remit more explicit.
March 2, 2022The guidelines cover supervisory cooperation and risk-based supervision of banks. New draft RTS are published for a new EU-wide database known as EuReCa.
December 23, 2021Customs, police, FIUs and wildlife and forestry enforcement agencies in 118 countries participated in the operation, which has led to hundreds of arrests and over 1,000 seizures.
December 6, 2021Interpol’s Rory Corcoran says environmental crime is funding global terrorism and organised crime, while also impacting the sustainability agenda.
December 2, 2021