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Goldman Sachs fined US$350m in Hong Kong over 1MDB bond compliance failures
Risk and compliance failures, including anti-moneylaundering, around three bond offerings for the 1Malaysia Development Berhad(1MDB) sovereign fund, have cost Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC a US$350 million(HK$2.71 billion) fine by the Hong Kong..
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22 October 2020
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Goldman Sachs to pay over US$2.9 billion for 1MDB bribery and compliance failures
Goldman Sachs has reached a US$2.9 billion-plus global settlement with prosecutors and regulators in five jurisdictions over its role in bribing public officials and in the alleged embezzlement of more than US$2.7 billion from the proceeds of bond..
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22 October 2020
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FinCEN Files: is the UK Government’s response enough to fix a failing system?
Caroline Harbord (+44 020 7399 4791, caroline.harbord@forsters.co.uk)is a Senior associatein the Commercial Dispute Resolution team at Forsters.
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26 October 2020
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UAE fines two exchange houses for lax AML/CFT compliance
Two unnamed exchange houses have been fined AED950,000 (US$258,640) and AED500,000 (US$136,125), respectively, by the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates for weak anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing controls.The CBUAE, which..
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28 October 2020
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Lombard Bank Malta fined €340,058 for broad AML breaches
The Maltese Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) imposed an administrative fine of €340,058 on the Lombard Bank Malta plc on 23 October [2020] for wide-ranging anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing failings. [1]An onsite..
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02 November 2020
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279 - 22 October 2020
FinCrime Curator – October 2020
An abundance of high quality broadcast content is available to financial crime professionals (often at no cost), so much that those at the frontline won’t have time to watch and listen to it all; fortunately, that is part of our job. MLB selects..
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03 November 2020
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279 - 22 October 2020
EU ministers back AML plan for single supervisor and tighter law
By Nicholas Wallace, in Brussels, and Keith Nuthall
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05 November 2020
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279 - 22 October 2020
Latvia fines Reģionālā investīciju banka €473,076 over source of funds checks
Reģionālā investīciju banka is to pay €473,076 to Latvia’s Financial and Capital Market Commission (FCMC) after an onsite inspection discovered “irregularities in detecting the source of funds” behind large cash transactions by “high risk clients..
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09 November 2020
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Seven law firms fined Dh100,000 each in UAE for AML breaches
The UAE Ministry of Justice, on 8 November [2020], announced individual penalties of Dh100,000 (US$27,220) against seven unnamed law firms for failing to comply with anti-money laundering regulations, Gulf News reports. [1]The fines follow a..
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09 November 2020
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279 - 22 October 2020
Sailing in uncharted waters - extending the moratorium period
Jonathan Fisher QC (jf@brightlinelaw.co.uk) is ranked in the first tier by the UK’s professional directories as a leading Queen’s Counsel in Proceeds of Crime cases. Anita Clifford is also ranked as a leading / up and coming junior barrister in this area of practice. (www.brightlinelaw.co.uk)
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09 November 2020
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Banco Itaú fined US$9.64m in Paraguay for reporting failures
Brazil’sBanco Itaú failed to report suspicious transactions to Secretaría de Prevenciónde Lavado de Dinero o Bienes (SEPRELED), the Paraguan financial intelligenceunit, and was fined US$9.64 million in August [2020], according to an announcementby..
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10 November 2020
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Informa Law resumes printing and distribution of Money Laundering Bulletin
Following the temporary halt to our normal printing and distribution of Money Laundering Bulletin due to the coronavirus pandemic, Informa Law is pleased to confirm that hard copy publication will begin to be distributed again from 1 January 2021 in..
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10 November 2020
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BoyleSports Enterprise fined UK£2.8m by Gambling Commission for AML failings
Gambling operator BoyleSports Enterprise has been censured and fined UK£2.8 million by the UK regulator for weak anti-money laundering controls on its Boylesports.com and Boylecasino.com websites. [1]The Gambling Commission found the firm lacked an..
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12 November 2020
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Cainvest fines CI$100,000 in Cayman over failed due diligence and transaction checks
Cainvest Bank and Trust Limited's breaches of the Cayman Islands’ Anti-Money Laundering Regulations have cost it a CI$100,000 (US$120,000) penalty from the regulator. [1]The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) found the bank had failed to..
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13 November 2020
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Paysera fined €370,000 in Lithuania over e-money AML failings
The Bank of Lithuania has fined Paysera LT, an electronic money institution, €370,000 for “significant shortcomings” in anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing compliance. [1]The Financial Market Supervision Service (FMSS) visited..
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17 November 2020
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FinCEN proposes ‘Travel Rule’ threshold cut to US$250 for international transfers
TheUS ‘Travel Rule’, which requires originator details be sent in payment instructionsto each receiving institution in the transfer chain, would apply to amountsover US$250, down from the current US$3,000 threshold, under a proposal fromthe..
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17 November 2020
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Expectation management
Timon Molloy (timon.molloy@informa.com), Editor
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18 November 2020
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UK SARs volumes go ever higher – FIU report
Totalsuspicious activity reports filed with the UK financial intelligence unit roseto a record 573,085 for the year to March 2020, 20% up on the previous 12months, while defence against money laundering (DAML) submissions increased81%, to..
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19 November 2020
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279 - 22 October 2020
Christmas crime, bravado and whine
Susan Grossey may be contacted on +44 (0)1223 563636, susan@thinkingaboutcrime.com, www.thinkingaboutcrime.com
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20 November 2020
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Close to home – online training
Covid-19 and the expansion of home-basedworking it has forged pose significant training and mentoring challenges. KeithNuthall finds vendors, AML bodies and subject matter experts busydeveloping new services and strategies to ensure that financial..
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21 November 2020
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Levy or tax – ways to pay for public sector AML
Governments, perennially resettingpriorities, may focus existing resource on asset recovery after a wave ofCovid-19 job retention scheme fraud, but, medium-term, funding of economiccrime initiatives, including law enforcement, could be borne,..
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21 November 2020
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Out back – Australia
In Australia, upgrading AML/CFT law andregulation to meet international standards has stalled, Barbara Barkhausenreports, from Sydney, while a widening banking scandal only emphasises the needfor reform. Millions of failuresConcern in Australia over..
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21 November 2020
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EU lockdown – directive to regulation
Unevenimplementation of the anti-money laundering directives and manifest failures tostop massive flows of illicit funds through EU banks have impelled the EuropeanCommission to tighten the bloc’s legal framework in a bid to more effectivelyresist..
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21 November 2020
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House cleaning – casinos
Cash-intensive,high-roller friendly – casinos on and offline are a strong magnet for hot moneybut regulators in some jurisdictions, at least, are starting to push them harderto resist. Poorna Rodrigo reports from Leicester, UK; Keith Nuthallfrom..
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21 November 2020
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