Posted in Financial Crime Premium

Global Threat Assessment – By John Cusack – Publicly Available Now to Read / Download

Global Threat Assessment by John Cusack Despite the limitations presented in estimating criminal activity designed to be hidden, the results in the Global Threat Assessment…

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Posted in Financial Crime

Interview with ANZ’s Guy Boyd

On a recent trip to Australia, Financial Crime News caught up with ANZ’s Guy Boyd, now Chief Compliance Officer, in Melbourne, with responsibility also for…

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Posted in AHT IUU Fishing

Intelligence Briefing – Illegal Unregulated & Unreported Fishing by FCN

Illegal Fishing represents one of the largest markets open to and exploited by organised criminal groups, but beyond overfishing and the environmental challenges this brings,…

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Posted in Financial Crime

The Wolfsberg Group Due Diligence Questionnaire – Additional Capacity Building Materials now available

Correspondent Banking  The Wolfsberg Group has now published materials supporting the implementation of the Correspondent Banking Due Diligence Questionnaire (CBDDQ) – Watch the video overview…

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Posted in Financial Crime

Assurance – Interview with Natalie Merrylees

FCC Leaders Interview: Assurance & Testing – An Interview with Natalie Merrylees Financial Crime News sat down with Natalie Merrylees to discuss her thoughts on…

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Posted in Financial Crime

Spotlight on FinTech & RegTech by Markus Schulz

Some people have argued that the next frontier in the fight against financial crime is using new technology to detect money laundering. New technology could…

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Posted in FATF Financial Crime

Modernising the Fight Against Financial Crime – Part 3 – by John Cusack

Having attended the FATF Consultative Forum on the 6-7th May, 2019, I was invited to present on “the latest trends / priorities in the Public…

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Posted in Financial Crime

Modernising the Fight against financial Crime – Part 2

In search of a Model to Measure Effectiveness This paper sets out what effectiveness could mean in terms of a Bank’s response to fighting financial…

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Posted in Financial Crime Money Laundering

Trade Finance Guidance

Over the two years since the publication of the 2017 Trade Finance Guidance, the working group made up from Wolfsberg members, BAFT and ICC began…

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Posted in Financial Crime Sanctions

Sanctions Screening Guidance

The Guidance was published in Jan 2019 and highlights: • whilst sanctions screening is a primary control, it is not foolproof and needs to be…

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