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Enhancing Trade-Based Money Laundering Detection: Retrieval-Augmented Generation and Semantic Search Technologies

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This article explores the application of retrieval-augmented generation combined with semantic search technologies in the detection of trade-based money laundering (TBML). Retrieval-augmented generation combined with semantic...more

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What financial services firms should know about the new UK 'failure to prevent fraud' corporate criminal offence

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Financial services firms are already subject to significant obligations to prevent financial crime. The proposed introduction of the new failure to prevent fraud offence will no doubt prompt the question within such...more

Sullivan & Worcester

Compliance Alert! Regulated Entities Gear Up for the UK's Economic Crime Levy

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If your organisation is both supervised under the UK Money Laundering Regulations (“MLR”) and your UK Revenue exceeds £10.2 million per year, if you are not already, you will need to prepare for the forthcoming Economic Crime...more

Console and Associates, P.C.

Claims of Ally Bank Debit Card Fraud Skyrocket Following Apparent Cyberattack

Recently, Ally Bank customers have been reporting a significant increase in the number of incidents involving unauthorized activity on their debit cards. While the company has yet to confirm any type of data breach, an Ally...more

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UK Money Laundering Regulation Changes Announced for September 2022

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Following its 2021 consultation on targeted amendments to the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (the MLRs), the U.K. government has published a...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Statement from UK Financial Regulatory Authorities on Sanctions and the Cryptoasset Sector

On March 11, 2022, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”), the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (part of HM Treasury) and the Bank of England published a joint statement (the “Statement”) on sanctions and the...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

UAE further strengthens its AML protections with creation of specialist AML court

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The United Arab Emirates (the “UAE”) has announced a new division of its court system established specifically to hear cases relating to money laundering and financial crime. This new Court, an integral element of the UAE’s...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Forensic Accountants augment a Financial Institution’s Corporate Governance Program

A financial institution’s understanding and management of financial crimes and their genesis would enhance and strengthen its Corporate Governance programs and internal controls.  ...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

FATF Issues Paper on COVID-19 Enhanced AML and Fraud Risks

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On May 4, the Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”) issued a paper entitled “Covid-19-Related Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing – Risk and Policy Responses (“Paper”). ...more

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Trade-Based Money Laundering: GAO Report Stresses Enforcement Challenges

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On January 29, 2020, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) publicly released the results of a study which the GAO conducted on trade-based money laundering, or TBML, entitled “Countering Illicit Finance and Trade:...more

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