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A view on an ever increasingly popular method of laundering illicit funds – “In the world of mules…”
Supervision, financial intelligence, technical compliance, and effectiveness were some of the most important topics of our last webinar. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has been releasing several Mutual Evaluation Reports that have been key to understanding the current AML/CFT risks faced worldwide.
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Ignorance is not always bliss; a criminal investigation into ING Bank N.V
Supervision, financial intelligence, technical compliance, and effectiveness were some of the most important topics of our last webinar. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has been releasing several Mutual Evaluation Reports that have been key to understanding the current AML/CFT risks faced worldwide.
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Cybercrime and the dark web: tracking down criminals
Supervision, financial intelligence, technical compliance, and effectiveness were some of the most important topics of our last webinar. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has been releasing several Mutual Evaluation Reports that have been key to understanding the current AML/CFT risks faced worldwide.
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The 2022 FATF Mutual Evaluation Report of the Netherlands: highlights of our webinar
Supervision, financial intelligence, technical compliance, and effectiveness were some of the most important topics of our last webinar. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has been releasing several Mutual Evaluation Reports that have been key to understanding the current AML/CFT risks faced worldwide.
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Court of Auditors – New AML/CFT supervision model: expectations vs feasibility
The European Court of Auditors held a high-level seminar titled ‘New EU AML-CTF supervision model: expectations vs feasibility’ in which the main topic of discussion was the proposed AMLA (Anti-Money Laundering Authority). Nevertheless, the panel of experts shared interesting insights on the overall European AML/CFT framework in place as well as the series of challenges currently faced by the Union.
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Conducting Customer Due Diligence to Prevent Environmental Crime
Environmental crime is highly appealing to criminals, it is a low-risk but high-profit crime that is estimated to generate around USD 110 to 281 billion in criminal gains each year, many of which travel through the financial system disguised as legitimate proceeds.
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The missing value of human dignity
Cross-border arrests, seizures of bank accounts and shares and fast convictions are some of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) achievements during its first year of operations. The EPPO is the ‘newly’ independent entity in the EU system in charge of strengthening the fight against financial crime by investigating and prosecuting crimes that affect the EU budget.
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A new era of financial crime investigations in the EU: highlights from our webinar
Cross-border arrests, seizures of bank accounts and shares and fast convictions are some of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) achievements during its first year of operations. The EPPO is the ‘newly’ independent entity in the EU system in charge of strengthening the fight against financial crime by investigating and prosecuting crimes that affect the EU budget.
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Who is supervising the supervisor?
Financial institutions, particularly banks, have a very important function in society. The push for maximum profit for shareholders at the great players from the mid 90s has led to a culture of superiority, short term profit, taking excessive risks, developing and selling of complex financial products and the distribution of high fixed rewards and bonuses to bankers.
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The AML Race Across the Pond: A Comparison between the AML Compliance and Supervision Systems in US and Europe
Financial institutions, particularly banks, have a very important function in society. The push for maximum profit for shareholders at the great players from the mid 90s has led to a culture of superiority, short term profit, taking excessive risks, developing and selling of complex financial products and the distribution of high fixed rewards and bonuses to bankers.