Financial Action Task Force

    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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