Brexit and the fight on financial crime
Posted in EU Financial Crime UK

Fighting Financial Crime after Brexit – Part 4 – 5MLD by Andrew Williams

In Financial Crime News – Issue 1 a three part series of articles examined the issues around the UK’s ability to fight financial crime once…

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virtual currency joining FATF club
Posted in FATF Virtual Currency

Virtual Currency is joining the FATF club

Virtual Currencies (VC) have come a long way in the 10 years since Bitcoin first emerged, born out of the financial crises and now a…

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Laundromats
Posted in Financial Crime Money Laundering

Laundromats by Graham Barrow

So called laundromats, like the Russian, Azerbaijani and Troika laundromats are making headlines, tarnishing once stellar reputations, and leading to serious questions about their prevalence,…

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Transparency International
Posted in Financial Crime Money Laundering

Transparency Int’s CPI Results by Hillary Rosenberg

A common thread behind much of the financial success enjoyed by criminals is the prevalence and persistence of Corruption. According to the Global Corruption Barometer…

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Posted in Financial Crime Money Laundering

Modern Organised Crime turns 100

Whilst the term “organised crime” appears to have emerged in Chicago in 1919, the phenomenon of organised criminal activity far pre-dates this and its manifestations…

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Posted in Financial Crime Money Laundering

EU & Americas News by Vincent Heintz

As major changes to AML/CTF are being considered and discussed, developments on both sides of the North Atlantic are of particular note, of which the…

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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 Sanctions

Sanctions Compliance by Steve Munro

Complying with economic sanctions requires a comprehensive program of controls and oversight capable of addressing the unprecedented pace of change, geopolitical tensions, conflicting governmental policies,…

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Corruption
Posted in Financial Crime Money Laundering

Corruption Perceptions from Africa by Solomon Abiakalam

Traditional African societies educated their young using folklore. By exploring folklore further, it may offer Africa insight into its corruption problems. Storytelling, has a long…

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Posted in FATF Financial Crime Money Laundering

FATF Country Evaluation Results – Part 2

It has already been reported in FATF Country Evaluation Results – Part 1 that over 70 Countries were assessed based on published FATF Reports and…

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