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European parliament committees want wide access to beneficial ownership registers
By Keith Nuthall
Online Published Date:
06 March 2017
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242 - 01 April 2017
Middle East - de-risking, collateral damage [Video]
De-risking by US and European financial institutions is putting immense pressure on Arab banks in the Middle East, especially in the dollarized economies, as they seek to preserve their correspondent relationships. In September 2016, the Arab..
Online Published Date:
06 March 2017
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242 - 01 April 2017
Into trilogue: European Parliament agrees stance on Fourth EU ML Directive
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material is published with permission from Sven Giegold’s office. His website
is www.sven-giegold.de
Online Published Date:
15 March 2017
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242 - 01 April 2017
TI-UK details corruption/ML risk in off-plan and luxury London property sales
Land
Registry data reveal that in 14 luxury London developments, worth at least
UK£1.6 billion, almost 40% of the 2,066 new homes were sold to individuals in
high-corruption risk jurisdictions or to companies based in “secrecy..
Online Published Date:
15 March 2017
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242 - 01 April 2017
Chinese company pays record-breaking penalty for Iran-related sanctions violations
Scott Balber (+1 917 542 7810, scott.balber@hsf.com) is a partner and Jonathan Cross (+1 917 542 7824, jonathan.cross@hsf.com) is of Counsel in the New York office of Herbert Smith Freehills.
Online Published Date:
16 March 2017
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242 - 01 April 2017
UK aims for consistency with supervisor of AML supervisors
A new Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering
Supervision (OPBAS), announced on 15 March, will aim to better align the risk
based approaches adopted by AML supervisors in the UK. [1] Currently 23
supervisors oversee accountancy and..
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16 March 2017
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242 - 01 April 2017
Russian ‘laundromat’ washed hundreds of millions of dollars through major banks, investigation reveals
By Keith Nuthall
Online Published Date:
22 March 2017
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242 - 01 April 2017
New order – UK supervision reworked
Timon Molloy (timon.molloy@informa.com), Editor
Online Published Date:
22 March 2017
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242 - 01 April 2017
Hidden shackles - modern slavery, an AML imperative
Susan Grossey may be
contacted on +44 (0)1223 563636, susan@thinkingaboutcrime.com,
www.thinkingaboutcrime.com
Online Published Date:
22 March 2017
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242 - 01 April 2017
The Gulf in terrorist finance control
Arab Gulf governments are repeatedly
accused of aiding terrorist financing on and, more often, off the record. Calls
to get tough on these states have been side-lined by political and economic
expediency, while Gulf moves to curb such funding..
Online Published Date:
22 March 2017
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242 - 01 April 2017
Argentina – power play
Argentina’s centre-right government,
which took office in December 2015, says it is determined to rid the country of
money laundering, but highly combative domestic politics make it hard going,
finds Tom Azzopardi. A new broomThe..
Online Published Date:
22 March 2017
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242 - 01 April 2017
Advances on the Russian front
Additional reporting by Keith Nuthall.
Online Published Date:
22 March 2017
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242 - 01 April 2017