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Money Laundering Bulletin

Oversights – the UK AML supervision report

Timon Molloy (timon.molloy@informa.com), Editor
Online Published Date:  07 June 2016
Appeared in issue:  234 - 24 May 2016

Leave AML guidance to the professions, says Law Society

Professional bodies should retain responsibility for drafting anti-money laundering guidance as they are best placed to identify the AML/CFT risks their members face, says the Law Society of England and Wales in its response HM Treasury’s..
Online Published Date:  10 June 2016
Appeared in issue:  235 - 14 June 2016

Consent removal risks criminalising ordinary business, lawyers warn

If the UK consent regime, which, uniquely internationally, protects reporters of money laundering suspicion ahead of a transaction from prosecution, were abolished, it would have to be replaced by a similar system with equivalent safeguards,..
Online Published Date:  13 June 2016
Appeared in issue:  235 - 14 June 2016

Singapore tightens AML supervision after closure of BSI over 1MDB compliance

Financial institutions in Singapore face closer scrutiny of their anti-money laundering controls with the creation of new supervision and enforcement functions by the regulator. [1]The Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) announcement..
Online Published Date:  15 June 2016
Appeared in issue:  235 - 14 June 2016

The future is artificial – AML technology

Swamped with data – whether from, around or about a subject, sources both in-house and external, public and commercial – and ever wary of missing that vital piece, whatever the rules say about reasonable endeavour, due diligence and..
Online Published Date:  22 June 2016
Appeared in issue:  234 - 24 May 2016

Open questions – the Fourth EU ML Directive

Timon Molloy (timon.molloy@informa.com), Editor
Online Published Date:  24 June 2016
Appeared in issue:  235 - 14 June 2016

Long on ambition – the UK AML & CTF Action Plan, an assessment

David Coates may be contacted on david.coates@live.co.uk
Online Published Date:  28 June 2016
Appeared in issue:  235 - 14 June 2016

After Paris & Brussels – EU counter terrorist financing shifts gear

The ink was barely dry on the signatures to the finalised text of the Fourth EU Money Laundering & Terrorist Financing Directive before the attacks in France and Belgium initiated review. Sara Lewis reports from Brussels on the supervening..
Online Published Date:  28 June 2016
Appeared in issue:  235 - 14 June 2016

Cream of the crop

Susan Grossey may be contacted on +44 (0)1223 563636, susan@thinkingaboutcrime.com, www.thinkingaboutcrime.com
Online Published Date:  28 June 2016
Appeared in issue:  235 - 14 June 2016

US securities regulator hits Raymond James and compliance officer hard for AML breaches

Brian Monroe (+1 786 417 2706, bmonroe@acfcs.org) is Director of Content and Business Development at ACFCS. For information about the Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists, visit www.acfcs.org
Online Published Date:  28 June 2016
Appeared in issue:  235 - 14 June 2016

Still uphill in Pakistan

Bordering Afghanistan, which equals Taliban and the heroin trade, and with its own struggle to combat capital flight of both legal and illicit funds, Pakistan is just beginning to grapple with the scale of money laundering and terrorist financing it..
Online Published Date:  28 June 2016
Appeared in issue:  235 - 14 June 2016

Opening (up) for business - Iran

Samantha Sheen is AML Director for Europe, ACAMS (Association for Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists, www.acams.org)
Online Published Date:  28 June 2016
Appeared in issue:  235 - 14 June 2016

KPMG’s global AML survey – content and use

The three-yearly KPMG Global Anti-Money Laundering Survey seeks to record the concerns, aspirations, costs and challenges that confront those at the sharp end. Alan Osborn canvasses opinion on a unique study.Better insight into what has been..
Online Published Date:  28 June 2016
Appeared in issue:  235 - 14 June 2016

PEPs in the UK – legislating for a risk-based approach

Susannah Cogman (+44 (0)20 7466 2580, susannah.cogman@hsf.com) is a partner, Anna Bradshaw (+44 20 7466 2912, anna.bradshaw@hsf.com) a senior associate, and Karam Jardeneh (+44 (0)20 7374 8000, karam.jardeneh@hsf.com) an associate at Herbert Smith Freehills.
Online Published Date:  28 June 2016
Appeared in issue:  235 - 14 June 2016

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