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When secrets become currency: A deep dive into insider trading

When secrets become currency: A deep dive into insider trading

Institutional vigilance and anti-bribery and corruption programs

Institutional vigilance and anti-bribery and corruption programs

Transaction monitoring’s AI era

Transaction monitoring’s AI era

A growing concern in Brazil’s digital gambling market

A growing concern in Brazil’s digital gambling market

Angela Salter: The CAMS Evolution

Angela Salter: The CAMS Evolution

A new era in financial crime partnerships

A new era in financial crime prevention partnerships

World Digest

AML Controls for Crypto in Europe
ACAMS Connection, Europe Express, World Digest

AML Controls for Crypto in Europe

March 30, 2022February 2, 2023 /Leave a comment
There are specific rules in place to regulate and supervise credit institutions and payment service providers across Europe. Banks and other license holders are required to cooperate with their national supervisors, who coordinate their work through the network of national financial supervisors. The biggest European...
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COVID-19 and The Sexual Exploitation of Children Online
Europe Express, World Digest

La COVID-19 et l’exploitation sexuelle des enfants en ligne

February 22, 2022March 4, 2022 /Leave a comment
La crise du COVID-19 a déclenché une hausse sans précédent dans la production et la distribution de matériels d’abus sexuels d’enfants et d’exploitation sexuelle d’enfants, la retransmission en direct d’abus sexuels sur enfants et en particulier des contenus/matériels sexuels autoproduits. Aux commencements de la crise,...
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The Continuing Rise of Financial Penalties
ACAMS Connection, Europe Express, World Digest

The Continuing Rise of Financial Penalties

January 26, 2022February 2, 2023 /Leave a comment
The ninth annual Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Supervision Report 2019-201 issued by HM Treasury in the UK highlights notable changes in supervisory activity and fines that supervisors have issued. Civil penalties continue to rise year on year as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) exercises...
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Why Developing Nations Are Embracing Blockchain
Compliance, World Digest

Why Developing Nations Are Embracing Blockchain

January 21, 2022January 31, 2022 /Leave a comment
Blockchain technology is quickly setting in as the next technological revolution of the decade. The rise of crypto markets and the value they represent have put this innovative technology under the mainstream investor’s spotlight. However, blockchain is much more than just a vessel for cryptocurrencies....
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Central Bank Digital Currency Launched with AML Controls in Place
ACAMS Connection, Caribbean Catch-Up, World Digest

Central Bank Digital Currency Launched with AML Controls in Place

January 11, 2022February 2, 2023 /Leave a comment
PwC published the first edition of its “PwC CBDC global index,”1 in which it analyzes the development of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) as countries around the world race to develop their own digital currency for retail and interbank CBDC. This report ranked the Bahamas...
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From FinCEN Files to Cryptocurrency
AFC Challenges, World Digest

From FinCEN Files to Cryptocurrency: The Next Criminal Battleground

December 13, 2021December 14, 2021 /Leave a comment
Marking one year since the publication of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Files is no cause for celebration. Instead, it is a stark reminder that organized criminals continue to exploit legal loopholes and weak anti-money laundering (AML) regimes across the globe. This has been...
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The Biometric Solution for Crypto
Europe Express, World Digest

AML: The Biometric Solution for Crypto

October 18, 2021December 8, 2021 /Leave a comment
Most of the ground to be covered by the proposed EU AML Authority is familiar territory. Anti-money laundering (AML) practices are well established. But in the burgeoning world of cryptocurrency trading, the challenge of identifying true asset owners is altogether different, as the UK regulator...
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DESMITIFICANDO EL LAVADO DE ACTIVOS Y EL CUMPLIMIENTO
ACAMS Conexión, Acceso LatAm, Español, World Digest

Desmitificando el lavado de activos y el cumplimiento

September 24, 2021November 23, 2021 /Leave a comment
Céteris páribus» es una frase que usan los economistas cuando se analiza una variable económica, aislando la incidencia que puede tener de otras en una misma ecuación. Algo similar está ocurriendo por parte de algunos analistas cuando opinan sobre el lavado de activos al referirse...
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Sun Tzu and the Art of Due Diligence
Compliance, World Digest

Sun Tzu and the Art of Due Diligence

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 /Leave a comment
Anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorist financing (CTF) and counter-proliferation financing (CPF) frameworks are recognized as key weapons in the global fight against crime, whether it be the war on drugs or the war on terror. Financial institutions (FIs) and designated nonfinancial businesses and persons (DNFBPs)...
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Forced Labour
Europe Express, World Digest

Forced Labour: Five Key Financial Risk Indicators

August 6, 2021 /Leave a comment
When walking along the Seine in Paris, one can see drawings on a wall depicting unusual icons. What appear to be children’s drawings at first are actually images representing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals  agreed upon by UN member states in 2015. These ambitious and...
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