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.

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Financial Crime Digest June 2019

This issue covers:

The Law Commission’s report on reforming the SARs regime
The FCA’s review of the money laundering risks in capital markets
A special feature on corruption in Peru, which includes an interview with José Ugaz

Financial Crime Digest May 2019

This issue covers:

The UK’s consultation on reforms to Companies House
US sanctions Iran-related trade in metals
A special feature on Tanzania’s anti-corruption crusade

Financial Crime Digest April 2019

This issue covers:

The UK’s consultation on the transposition of the Fifth Money Laundering Directive
The USD 1.1 billion Standard Chartered Bank settlement for sanctions violations
A special feature on Yemen’s southern Intifada

Financial Crime Digest March 2019

This issue covers:

An exclusive interview with the UK’s National Economic Crime Centre
The US university admission bribery scheme
The EU banks implicated in the Troika Laundromat revelations

Financial Crime Digest February 2019

This issue covers:

The European Commission’s list of 23 third countries with AML/CTF deficiences
A special feature on the threat posed by Italy’s ‘Ndrangheta to the UK
The latest developments in the sprawling Danske Bank A/S scandal

Financial Crime Digest January 2019

This issue covers:

The European Commission’s report on the risks posed by “golden visa” schemes
A special feature on Mexico’s fight to combat organised crime and corruption
The OFAC lifts sanctions on three companies after severing the control of Oleg Deripaska

Financial Crime Review 2018

This issue features articles covering some of the most notable financial crime developments to have taken place in 2018:

Danske Bank – reflections on a scandal
France’s progress on anti-corruption
2018 – enforcement and key cases
Ukraine’s new church
Deutsche Bank’s financial crime troubles
2018 technical developments round-up

Financial Crime Digest December 2018

This issue covers:

The report on the cost of corruption across the EU
A special feature on the measures to address the abuse of Scottish Limited Partnerships
The FATF’s 2018 mutual evaluation report of the UK

Financial Crime Digest November 2018

This issue covers:

The reimposition of US sanctions on Iran
A special feature on Unexplained Wealth Orders
The launch of the UK’s Serious and Organised Crime Strategy

Financial Crime Digest October 2018

This issue covers:

The OECD’s new list of high-risk “golden visa” schemes
A special feature on Evading Trump: How Iran circumvents sanctions
The new report on illicit financial flows

Financial Crime Digest September 2018

This issue covers:

The European Commission’s proposals to strengthen the fight against money laundering
An exclusive interview with the President of Moneyval
The Executive Order to further implement CAATSA

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 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.