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DOJ Revises Its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Policy to Consider How Companies Address Risks Posed by AI

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The Department of Justice's Criminal Division is "using more tools than ever before to identify corporate misconduct and to encourage companies to be good corporate citizens," according to Nicole Argentieri, Principal Deputy...more

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5 Strategies for a Future-Proof CFO: Leading Finance in a Dynamic Business Environment

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The office of the chief financial officer (CFO) is a revolving door – as of Q1 2024, CFO turnover has reached the highest level in three years, now only sitting on the hot seat between two and five years. The CFO role has...more

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Nonprofits Operating Abroad: Five Key Compliance Strategies

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With the current state of the world and heightened scrutiny of the nonprofit sector, it is critical that nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) with international reach routinely assess the effectiveness of their trade...more

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INDEPTH FEATURE: Anti-Money Laundering 2024

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Could you provide an insight into recent trends shaping financial crime in your country of focus? How great a risk does money laundering in particular now pose to companies? One would likely never imagine compliance as...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Navigating the Labyrinth: Artificial Intelligence in the Battle Against Trade-Based Money Laundering

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In the rapidly evolving financial landscape, governments worldwide are intensifying their focus on compliance in Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) efforts for financial institutions. Trade-Based Money...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

JPEX Is Test Case for Hong Kong’s New Regulatory Regime for Virtual Asset Exchanges

Hong Kong regulators recently brought criminal enforcement actions against virtual asset trading platform JPEX and individuals associated with the platform. This case has become the first opportunity for local authorities to...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Do You Own Crypto? AML Order Also Applies to Digital Currencies

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For the first time, companies providing virtual currency services will be required to comply with Israeli anti-money laundering provisions. This follows an amendment to the Prohibition of Money Laundering Order that recently...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

OFAC Issues Sanctions Compliance Guidance for Virtual Currency Industry

On Oct. 15, 2021, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published sanctions compliance guidance for the virtual currency industry. OFAC acknowledged that virtual currencies are playing an...more

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Treasury Department Steps Up Its Counter-Ransomware Efforts and Simultaneously Issues New Sanctions Compliance Guidance for...

Recently, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department, released a report on ransomware trends stating that during the first half of 2021, 68 different ransomware variants...more

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Incorporating AML Compliance Into a Compliance Program (Part III of III)

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Global companies should implement an AML program and KYC practices that follow the general outline for best practices, though it does not need to be as rigorous as a financial institution. For most companies, AML risks can...more

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