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UK police seek to freeze multiple student bank accounts
Ninety-five bank accounts suspected of laundering millions of pounds are the subject of freezing orders, pending court approval on 28 February, in an operation by police forces across the UK and HM Revenue & Customs, coordinated by the National..
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28 February 2019
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UK police seek multiple freezing orders on student bank accounts
Ninety-five bank accounts suspected of laundering millions of pounds are the target of freezing orders in a nationwide operation by police forces and HM Revenue & Customs, coordinated by the National Economic Crime Centre (NECC).The accounts,..
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28 February 2019
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Countrywide Estate Agents pays UK£215,000 for AML breaches in sector sweep across England
Countrywide Estate Agents has been fined UK£215,000 by HM Revenue & Customs for anti-money laundering failures in policies and controls at group level, as well as in its due diligence when it undertook verification, and for deficiencies in..
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04 March 2019
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UK tightens investor visa criteria
NewUK rules for foreign investors who wish to settle in the country will, fromApril this year, require applicants to prove they have had control for at leasttwo years over the minimum UK£2 million they need to put into local businesses,against 90..
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07 March 2019
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EU banks linked to ‘Troika Laundromat’ flows
By Sara Lewis
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07 March 2019
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EU member states reject Commission high-risk third country blacklist
By Keith Nuthall
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07 March 2019
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Troika Laundromat investigation finds suspect flows to banks across EU
If the alleged laundering through Troika Dialog, once Russia’s largest private investment bank, had involved only three parties, it may well have escaped notice but the revelations by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)..
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11 March 2019
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Fast-track forfeiture - Account Freezing Orders activated
Anna Gaudoin (+ 44 (0)207872 1016, anna.gaudoin@wilmerhale.com)is an associate in WilmerHale’s UK White Collar Defence & Investigationspractice.
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11 March 2019
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UK sanctions enforcer imposes first monetary penalty – Raphaels Bank
Daniel Hudson (+44 20 7466 2470, daniel.hudons@hsf.com) is a partner and Daniel Hyde (+44 20 7466 2841, daniel.hyde@hsf.com) an associate at Herbert Smith Freehills.
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11 March 2019
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Gross dereliction of AML supervision duty by UK professional bodies – official report
By Timon Molloy, managing editor
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12 March 2019
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EU member states face court proceedings over 4MLD non-compliance
By Sara Lewis, in Brussels
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14 March 2019
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Official PEP list & supra AML supervisor win UK Parliament committee support
Difficult as it may be, the UK Government should try to measure the scale of the economic crime threat and its impact on different sectors more precisely, the Treasury Committee concludes in its report on AML supervision and sanctions..
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14 March 2019
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Mirror trading – clear reflection
Damon Batten (+44 (0)20 7620 8440, dbatten@bovill.com) is a managing consultant with Bovill.
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19 March 2019
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262 - 01 April 2019
Leading questions – USA & Canada
The United States and Canada - two leading, developed countries with long-established anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regimes - have been found wanting by the Financial Action Task Force. Both jurisdictions..
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25 March 2019
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Listing to starboard
Susan Grossey may becontacted on +44 (0)1223 563636, susan@thinkingaboutcrime.com,www.thinkingaboutcrime.com
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25 March 2019
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Channel update – Guernsey’s rulebook
Marcus Leese (+44 1481 737152, marcus.leese@ogier.com) is a partner and Alex Horsbrugh-Porter (+44 1481 752272,alex.horsbrugh-porter@ogier.com) is of Counsel at Ogier inGuernsey.
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25 March 2019
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PEPs, their private bankers and the whistleblower – a case study
DenisO’Connor is a Fellow of both the Institute ofChartered Accountants in England & Wales and the Chartered Institute ofSecurities and Investment. He was a member of the British Bankers’ AssociationMoney Laundering Committee from 2003-10 and a member of the Joint MoneyLaundering Steering Group’s Board and Editorial Panel between 2010 and 2016. Hehas been a frequent speaker at industry conferences on financial crime issues,both in the UK and abroad.
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25 March 2019
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