Financial Crime Digest August 2018
This issue covers:
- The challenge to the NCA’s unexplained wealth order
- The FATF report on financial flows from human trafficking
- Iran sanction developments
Financial Crime Digest
The Aperio Intelligence Financial Crime Digest is a monthly newsletter, targeted at investment and compliance professionals, which provides a synopsis of the latest regulatory and financial crime developments in the UK and worldwide. It provides technical and regulatory updates as well as a review of press and media coverage of topics including money laundering, terrorist financing, bribery and corruption, and sanctions.
Financial Crime Digest July 2018
This issue covers:
- HM Treasury issues advisory notice on money laundering in overseas jurisdictions
- FATF issues public consultations on draft risk-based approach guidance for life insurance and securities sectors
- Glencore subpoenaed by US Department of Justice
Financial Crime Digest June 2018
This issue covers:
- FinCEN issues advisory on human rights abuses by corrupt foreign PEPs
- EU Council agrees new rules on mutual recognition of freezing and confiscation orders
- House of Lords Select Committee publishes call for evidence on Bribery Act
Financial Crime Digest May 2018
This issue covers:
- US announces withdrawal from JCPOA;
- Malaysia’s new Prime Minister vows to re-open 1MDB probe;
- House of Commons committee issues report on Russian money laundering in UK.
Financial Crime Digest April 2018
This issue covers:
- A special feature on the Saudi anti-corruption purge and implications for foreign investment;
- British Overseas Territories forced to implement public registries of beneficial owners by 2020;
- Fifth Money Laundering Directive adopted by EU Parliament.
Financial Crime Digest March 2018
This issue covers:
- A special feature on the establishment of China’s new anti-corruption agency;
- HM Treasury’s AML/CTF supervision report;
- Kremlin‘s meddling in US elections, the Skripal case, and Russia’s response to Western sanctions.
Financial Crime Digest February 2018
This issue covers:
- A special feature on the introduction of the register of overseas owners of UK property;
- Outcomes of the FATF plenary meeting;
- Closure of the Latvian ABLV Bank due to alleged links to widespread money laundering.
Financial Crime Digest January 2018
This issue covers:
- A special feature on the US Treasury’s “Russian Oligarch Report”;
- Launch of the UK’s Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision (OPBAS);
- Updates on Saudi Arabia’s corruption crackdown.
Financial Crime Review 2017
This issue offers special reviews covering some of the most notable financial crime developments to have taken place in 2017:
- UK Criminal Finances Act 2017;
- The Sapin II anti-corruption law in France;
- Sanctions environment under Donald Trump;
- The rise of cryptocurrencies and their implications for financial crime;
- Saudi Arabia’s anti-corruption drive;
- Corruption, state capture, and transitions in Southern Africa.