Welcome to this week’s AML Roundup. In our anti-money laundering news this week, the Basel AML Index is reporting an increase in the global money…
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Welcome to this week’s AML Roundup. In our anti-money laundering news this week, the newly appointed director of the US regulator FinCEN speaks about the…
“If I asked what is the most corrupt place on earth, you might say it’s Afghanistan, maybe Greece, Nigeria, the south of Italy. I would…
The past year has not been a happy one for Russian-American relations, deteriorating over military action in Syria and questions over alleged interference in the…
By Amos Wittenberg Earlier this month the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists released the Paradise Papers, the latest in a roughly annual series of leaks…
In December of 2017, the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS or “Institute”) issued a report detailing the breadth of non-compliance with United Nations…
How does the EU Sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (6AMLD) measure up? As further steps are taken through the Brussels legislative machinery to enhance the fight…
Does the Compliance Department get it wrong sometimes, and what happens when an extremely important KYC report turns out to be flawed? A London-based compliance…
The rapid adoption of biometric technology by the financial sector is likely to drive profound changes in anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) efforts. As…
By Amos Wittenberg In the field of NFC readers and facial recognition technology, passports seem a little old hat: delicately constructed, a relic from an…