A new report says many index funds and state pensions are investing in companies that use Uyghur forced labour or source from suppliers that do.
November 29, 2022Refinitiv's Wendy De Cruz talks to Regulation Asia about new supply chain laws reshaping industries and the challenges FIs face in enhancing due diligence practices.
October 6, 2021Rani Hong, Sasha Lezhnev, Ben Spevack and Che Sidanius discuss efforts under way to prevent the illicit exploitation of legal infrastructures for crime.
April 27, 2021Based on an analysis of globally prosecuted cases of modern slavery, FairSupply Analytics has identified 11 indicators to help FIs detect modern slavery.
February 23, 2021Ahead of COP26 in November, a plethora of regulatory and legislative changes as well as industry-level initiatives will drastically impact the ESG investing space.
January 14, 2021A new 'Fighting Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking' certificate is being provided free-of-charge to financial sector actors.
June 4, 2020ACAMS will encourage financial crime professionals globally to adopt a blueprint for mobilising finance against modern slavery and human trafficking.
February 6, 2020Many banks are retooling to include modern slavery as one of the issues they track within their existing AML protocols, says Matt Friedman, CEO of The Mekong Club.
January 17, 2020The Wolfsberg Group has endorsed the latest Anti Human Trafficking Toolkit from the Thomson Reuters Foundation, tailored for use in Asia Pacific by banks and financial institutions.
April 26, 2019Banks will need to adapt existing AML programmes to include new monitoring scenarios and train staff to recognise human trafficking red flags, says Nick Turner at Clifford Chance.
January 3, 2019