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PEPs & Sanctions
DPRK Sanctions Evasion Not Being Captured by Regulation
By Manesh Samtani | 07/01/2022
Gatekeeper professions play an important role in facilitating North Korean sanctions evasion, RUSI says in a new paper.
Anti-Money Laundering
PBOC Set to Establish Beneficial Ownership Register
By Manesh Samtani | 27/12/2021
Companies, partnerships, and branches of foreign companies will have until 1 March 2023 to file their beneficial ownership information.
Anti-Money Laundering
Regulation Asia: Top 20 News Stories for 2021
By Editors | 23/12/2021
This list presents the most-read new stories published by Regulation Asia in 2021, based on aggregated user traffic analytics.
Anti-Money Laundering
HKMA Fines ePaylinks Technology for AML/CTF Breaches
By Editors | 20/12/2021
SVF licensee ePaylinks had deficiencies in its transaction monitoring and name screening systems, and failed to take enhanced measures in high risk situations.
Anti-Money Laundering
FATF Calls for Global Action on Environmental Crime
By Editors | 13/12/2021
For the first time, the UNODC, UNEP and CITES met with the FATF to discuss partnerships to fight money laundering from environmental crimes.
Anti-Money Laundering
US Treasury Targets Human Trafficking in Updated Action Plan
By Mark Johnston | 12/12/2021
Treasury will leverage its AML expertise to augment human trafficking investigations, and develop advisories to alert FIs to potential red flags.
Anti-Money Laundering
BNM Unveils Initial Findings of Malaysia National Risk Assessment
By Mark Johnston | 05/12/2021
BNM is using technology to improve its risk-based supervision, intelligence analysis, data science techniques and off-site surveillance.
Anti-Money Laundering
Environmental Crime, A Global Security Issue
By Manesh Samtani | 01/12/2021
Interpol’s Rory Corcoran says environmental crime is funding global terrorism and organised crime, while also impacting the sustainability agenda.
Cryptocurrency
SEC Thailand Proposes Regulations to Ban Privacy Coins
By Editors | 28/11/2021
The proposed ban is aimed at preventing the misuse of digital assets as a tool to commit crime, the SEC said.
Anti-Money Laundering
The Rising Standards of AML/CFT Compliance in Hong Kong
By Susanne Harris | 22/11/2021
Mayer Brown’s Susanne Harris, Wei Na Sim, Alan Linning and Charlene Wong discuss key developments in the AML/CFT space in Hong Kong in 2021.
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