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Punishing Putin – A Book Review

Punishing Putin by Stephanie Baker is well worth a read and is a well documented reminder of what the last 2 and half years of…

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TD Bank USA AML Fines & Penalties – A Deep Dive

TD is the 2nd largest Bank in Canada, the 6th largest in North America and 10th largest in the USA, with globally 28 million customers,…

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EU/EEA Payment Fraud – The Good the Bad and the Ugly

Two Reports have been published recently on Payment Fraud across the EU/EEA with data for 29 countries from the ECB & EBA. They provide key…

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Jersey Financial Crime Country Dashboard and FATF/Moneyval Assessment

Today, the island of Jersey, A UK Crown dependency, together with FATF’s Moneyval published the AML/CTF Country Assessment for the Country. The report running to 350 plus…

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Information Sharing – Comparative Summary – Key Countries/Blocs

With an information sharing gateway to exchanging information to combat AML/CTF recently announced via Article 75 of the EU AML Regulation 2024, the choices and…

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EU Article 75 – Pan EU information sharing is coming, but will it be enough?

The new EU AML package passed in April by the European Parliament marks almost the end of “so whats next” to 2030 in the EU’s…

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Thailand Country Financial Crime Dashboard 2024 by FCN

Today Financial Crime News is publishing a Financial Crime Country Dashboard for Thailand after the Editor spent a few days last week in Bangkok. Many…

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UAE continues to make progress in combatting ML/TF

UAE Progress Update As FATF week starts in Paris, a topic of interest is the grey listing status of the UAE. Financial Crime News published…

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Seat of the new AML Authority – EU Public Hearings

Today, a joint hearing organised by the EU Parliament and the Council was held, with each of the remaining 9 bidding countries, each having 1…

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South Africa Country Financial Crime Dashboard 2023 by FCN

Today Financial Crime News is publishing a Financial Crime Country Dashboard for South Africa. This December 2023 Dashboard includes, for example approx 150 data points…

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