The European Union (“EU”) recently has grappled with a series of massive money laundering scandals and strategized about how to more effectively combat international money laundering and corruption. Generally, the EU has...more
9/18/2019
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AMLD V ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Bank Fraud ,
Beneficial Owner ,
BSA/AML ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Danske Bank ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
EU Directive ,
FATF ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Transactions ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Huawei ,
Individual Accountability ,
Internal Investigations ,
Money Laundering ,
Panama Papers ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Tax Evasion ,
Terrorist Financing Regulations ,
White Collar Crimes
In early March, the House Financial Services Committee released three proposed bills to codify many of the suggested reforms discussed during ongoing conversation among financial agencies, law enforcement, financial...more
3/29/2019
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Beneficial Owner ,
BSA/AML ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Committee ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Money Laundering ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Shell Corporations ,
Transparency ,
White Collar Crimes
Second Post in a Two-Part Series -
In our first post in this series, we described how the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (the “Banking Committee”) met in open session late last week to conduct a...more
12/6/2018
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Beneficial Owner ,
BSA/AML ,
FBI ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
FinCEN ,
Geographic Targeting Order ,
Legislative Agendas ,
OCC ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Real Estate Investments ,
Regulatory Burden
Last week, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) published the Spring 2018 Semiannual Risk Perspective (the “Report”), which uses up-to-date data to identify risks to U.S. banks and measure their compliance...more
6/6/2018
/ Beneficial Owner ,
BSA/AML ,
Customer Due Diligence (CDD) ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Financial Fraud ,
Fraud Prevention ,
Money Laundering ,
OCC ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
Third-Party Risk
OCC Identifies AML/BSA and Cyber Threats as Elevated Risks Facing Banks -
Last week, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) published the Spring 2018 Semiannual Risk Perspective (the “Report”), which uses...more
Last week, the Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”) issued a report concluding that Mexico needs to “step up efforts in pursuing money launderers.” ...more
1/9/2018
/ AML/CFT ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Banking Sector ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Corruption ,
FATF ,
Information Sharing ,
Know Your Customers ,
Mexico ,
Money Laundering ,
Risk Management ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
White Collar Crimes