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Dr Martin Goodson (+44 (0)7596 068421, martin@evolution.ai) is Chief Scientist and CEO at Evolution AI. Tim Parkman (+44 (0)845 618 1567, tp@lessonslearned.co.uk) is Managing Director at Lessons Learned Ltd.
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03 October 2018
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US investigates Danske Bank over non-resident flows through Estonian branch
Danske Bank is under criminal investigation by the US Department of Justice, it reported on 4 October.Denmark’s biggest lender is already subject to criminal inquiries in Estonia and Denmark in connection with suspicious transfers of €200 billion by..
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04 October 2018
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UK property of foreign PEPs targeted through courts: two cases
The UK Serious Fraud Office announced on Wednesday [3October] that it was seeking to recover “a number of assets,” including three UK
properties, it alleges were “obtained using the proceeds of corrupt deals in
Uzbekistan involving Gulnara Karimova..
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04 October 2018
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Danske Bank memo reveals Russian money flow mechanism
An internal Danske Bank memo reveals it completed up to €8.5bn of “mirror trades” for Russian clients in a single year, the Financial Times reports [5 October]. [1]The trades involved intermediaries buying Russian government bonds in roubles on..
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05 October 2018
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JPMorgan Chase settles over airline payment US sanctions violations
JPMorgan Chase Bank has paid the US Treasury $5,263,171 to settle ‘apparent violations’ of sanction programs overseen by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). [1]Between January 2008 and February 2012, the bank processed 87 netting payments..
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08 October 2018
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UK sanctions office expects to fine in next six months
The UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation annual report for April 2017 to March 2018 [1], published on 5 October, reports that a year ago, in September 2017, UK£12.8 billion in frozen funds were held by UK businesses.The figure, which does..
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09 October 2018
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Golden visas have opened Europe to criminals and the corrupt, say NGOs
Individuals seeking to safeguard stolen assets are taking advantage of lax and opaque ‘golden visa’ schemes offered by European Union member states, according to new research by Transparency International and Global Witness. [1]The anti-corruption..
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10 October 2018
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Target of first UK unexplained wealth order named
Zamira Hajiyeva, wife of the former chairman of the International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA), is the subject of the UK’s first unexplained wealth order (UWO), it can be reported after anonymity restrictions expired [on 10 October].Her husband,..
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10 October 2018
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UAE bank fined $40m in New York for BSA/AML violations
Mashreqbank PSC, the UAE-based bank and its New York branch have been fined $40 million by the New York Department of Financial Services for Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) law breaches in the branch’s US dollar clearing..
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15 October 2018
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Nordea faces possible criminal investigation over Russian laundering claims
Nordea,the Nordic region’s biggest lender, is the subject of criminal complaints of
money laundering through the bank filed by Bill Browder, who runs investment
firm Hermitage Capital Management. He alleges that Nordea handled the proceeds of a..
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16 October 2018
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Paddy Power Betfair pays UK£2.2m over stolen money wagers
Paddy Power Betfair has been penalised UK£2.2 million by theUK Gambling Commission for failing to stop punters playing with stolen money
and for not doing enough to identify and communicate with customers showing
signs of possible addiction to..
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17 October 2018
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258 - 01 November 2018
Super SARs
Susan Grossey may be
contacted on +44 (0)1223 563636, susan@thinkingaboutcrime.com,
www.thinkingaboutcrime.com
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18 October 2018
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258 - 01 November 2018
Base errors: the ING case
Denis
O’Connor is a Fellow of both the Institute of
Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and the Chartered Institute of
Securities and Investment. He was a member of the British Bankers’ Association
Money Laundering Committee from 2003-10 and a member of the Joint Money
Laundering Steering Group’s Board and Editorial Panel between 2010 and 2016. He
has been a frequent speaker at industry conferences on financial crime issues,
both in the UK and abroad.
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18 October 2018
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Building blocks – system re-think
Skilled anti-moneylaundering professionals are in short supply, yet the workload never seems to
lessen. Sarah Gibbons looks for
answers to the capacity conundrum.Concerns
continue to grow about the resilience of anti-money laundering/combating..
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18 October 2018
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Two-speed acceleration – cryptocurrencies and regulation in Asia
Cryptocurrencies have made a big splashacross Asia, writes Jens Kastner,
with governments taking very different regulatory approaches to curb the
financial scams and money laundering following in their wake. While one group
of countries has banned..
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18 October 2018
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Confidence gains – whistleblower safeguards in the EU
Draft European Union legislation promisesgreater protection for whistleblowers, but with Brexit fast approaching it may
come too late for those who wish to speak up in the UK, finds Liz Newmark.New European Union (EU) rules on
whistleblower..
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18 October 2018
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Selective defence - Egypt
Egypt’s anti-money laundering regime isundermined by lack of judicial capacity and an economically-active military,
writes Pavlos Boulos from Beirut,
even as legislation governing an Administrative Control Authority charged with
curbing corruption..
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18 October 2018
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FATF gives Iran reform extension; UK & Israel evaluation reports expected by December
Iran now has until February 2019 to implement anti-money laundering/counter-terrorist financing reforms after the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) agreed at its latest plenary [1] to further extend suspension of counter-measures for non-completion..
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22 October 2018
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259 - 01 December 2018
Capital One pays $100m for delay in BSA/AML remediation
Capital One, the Virginia-based bank, will pay $100m to the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for violations of a consent order to address Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering failings it signed in 2015. [1]The 2015 cease and..
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24 October 2018
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JSC ‘LPB Bank’ fined €2.2m in Latvia, board member ordered off AML/CFT & censured
Latvian lender JSC ‘LPB Bank’ is to pay €2,205,282 to the Financial and Capital Market Commission (FCMC) for anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing rule breaches.The FCMC has also censured Arniss Kalveršs, the chief risk officer and a..
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25 October 2018
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259 - 01 December 2018
Hong Kong SFC expands PEP controls to international organisation staff
By Keith Nuthall
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29 October 2018
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