www.theguardian.com
- Sanctions are political tools aimed at isolating and hurting the target country’s economy, forcing it to change policy. But in the short run, a target country may adopt alternative, survivalist means…
theconversation.com
- The Panama Papers have exposed the largest financial crime scandal of our lifetimes. But what has been uncovered by the Panama Papers is much more dangerous than simply greed and corruption. For thos…
www.adaderana.lk
- Finance Minister Mangala Smaraweera says that Sri Lanka has long identified the risk of financial crime as a priority area, given the country’s history in battling a sophisticated terror organization…
kyc360.com
- A London resident shares her edited personal experience about money muling with KYC360. One day my husband asked me if I could do a favour for his close friends, a couple whom I’ll refer to as Joe an…
www.straitstimes.com
- North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Sunday, amid discussions of a pre-emptive strike on it in the United States. Analysts say it launched an intermediate-range missile instead of an intercontine…
russia-insider.com
- The United States and a number of its Western partners have expressed their great apprehension regarding the rapid growth in Russian arms exports to a number of longstanding Western military clients,…
www.reuters.com
- JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel’s central bank said on Monday it would not recognise virtual currencies such as bitcoin as actual currency and that it was difficult to devise regulations to monitor the …
thebulletin.org
- The primary security problem confronting China's policy makers today is the possibility of armed conflict between North Korea and the United States. But China has no intention of “solving” the North …
www.singaporelawwatch.sg
- Though aware China client's money for house deal was likely ill-gotten, she did not report it A Singapore law firm director decided to find out more about a "high net worth client" who was buying a h…
www.fcpablog.com
- Brad Gates (“Is third party due diligence a commodity?”) and Scott Shaffer (“Due diligence will always be a human skill”) make interesting points and both are right. While automation can be useful, …
kyc360.com
- The European Commission has outlined new measures aimed at providing law enforcement and judicial authorities with wider access to vital evidence and information in financial crime cases. The rules p…
geopolitics.co
- Now, it can be made clear as to why the FBI Director James Comey had been flip-flopping with his statements regarding the Clintons’ slew of high crimes, i.e. he has multiple conflicts of interest whe…
www.theverge.com
- New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman launched an investigation into bitcoin exchanges today, his office announced. He’s looking into thirteen major exchanges, including Coinbase, Gemini Trust,…
blog.volkovlaw.com
- Financial institutions face an important deadline – May 11, 2018 is the effective date for the new customer due diligence regulations governing beneficial ownership requirements. FinCEN provided fin…
accountingpracticeonline.co.uk
- Richard Simms goes back to basics with some anti-money laundering building blocks We are fortunate enough to be able to work with a large number of accountants in practice through our work with our A…
thenassauguardian.com
- Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis said The Bahamas loses over $200 million a year due to corruption. Minnis, who spoke on the sidelines of his trip to Lima, Peru, said his administration must put an e…
australianfintech.com.au
- Two more Australian cryptocurrency exchanges have been registered by AUSTRAC under rules that came into effect earlier this month. NCX and ACX.io join Independent Reserve and CoinSpot in complying wi…
blog.neufund.org
- Shani is Neufund’s KYC specialist. Magda is a German lawyer at LACORE Rechtsanwälte LLP specialized in tech and blockchain. In this blog post, they summarize their thoughts on how money laundering re…
