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On May 30, 2024, following passage by the European Parliament in late April, the European Council officially adopted a set of rules that modernizes and harmonizes money laundering and terrorist financing (“AML/CFT”)...more
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Today we are very pleased to welcome, once again, guest blogger Dr. Kateryna Boguslavska of the Basel Institute on Governance (“Basel Institute”), who will discuss the Basel Institute’s release of the 12th annual Public...more
The Cayman Islands recently received an early Holiday gift when the EU Commission published a regulation in mid-December paving the way to remove Cayman from its list of ‘high-risk’ countries for AML/CFT purposes. The...more
As we have blogged repeatedly, there is a close nexus between money laundering and tax crimes. The frequent connection between the two sets of offenses – and the potentially related methods of combatting them – is a topic...more
The Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”) recently released its Report on the State of Effectiveness and Compliance with the FATF Standards (“Report”). The Report contains the results of its 4th Round of Mutual Evaluations...more
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
On June 30, 2021, FinCEN announced the first set of government-wide AML/CFT Priorities, as required by the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 ("AML Act"). Consistent with the National Strategy for Combating Terrorist and Other...more
The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AML Act) serves as the starting point for financial institutions and companies looking to understand what to expect from the Biden administration with respect to anti-money...more
On January 1, 2021, Congress enacted a broad range of anti-money laundering (“AML”) reforms within the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (the “AML Act”), as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021...more
Beginning on October 21, 2020, the Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”) held its three-day Plenary meeting virtually. It was the first Plenary of Germany’s two-year Presidency. As part of the Plenary outcomes, the FATF...more
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Earlier this month, senior officials of the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog—the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)—issued a paper identifying challenges, good practices, and policy responses to new...more
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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The U.S. Department of the Treasury 2020 Strategy (National Strategy for Combating Terrorist and Other Illicit Financing released on February 6, 2020) describes ongoing significant AML/CFT threats. ...more
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Established in 2003, the Basel Institute is a not-for-profit Swiss foundation dedicated to working with public and private partners around the world to prevent and combat corruption, and is an Associated Institute of the...more