Trends in White Collar Crime Enforcement: Looking Back on 2021 and Ahead to 2022
2022 will probably be a lot like 2021, only more so. With most key federal positions filled, the Biden Administration ...
Tag: AML
Anti-money laundering or AML refers to laws and regulations designed to prevent people from hiding money that they’ve obtained in illegal ways. From a compliance standpoint, AML regulations require that banks and other financial institutions follow rules and regulations to ensure they’re not issuing credit to or opening accounts for people who are participating in money laundering schemes or activities.
AML compliance officers are often appointed to oversee AML policies and ensure that organizations are compliant.
The following articles and resources cover many aspects of anti-money laundering as it relates to compliance and risk management.
UBOs Often Remain Elusive Despite Repeated Regulatory Efforts
After repeated investigations that have laid bare the struggle governments have in identifying the ultimate beneficial owners implicated in money ...
With Salvadoran Adoption of Bitcoin, Firms Must Navigate Uncharted Waters
In September 2021, El Salvador became the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. It will likely not be ...
Hughes Hubbard & Reed FCPA & Anti-Bribery 2022 Alert
A new sheriff is in town, at least when it comes to combatting corruption, according to an analysis by international ...
Blockchain Startup TRM Labs Announces $60M Series B Round Led by Tiger Global
Blockchain startup TRM Labs announced that it raised $60 million in a Series B round led by Tiger Global with ...
With Updated AML/CFT Priorities, Businesses Across Verticals Face Unprecedented Exposure to FinCEN and OFAC Scrutiny
Updated enforcement priorities and guidance on facilitating ransomware payments remind companies of all types to establish holistic AML policies and ...
A Laundry List of Compliance Failures Landed BitMEX a $100M Penalty from CFTC and FinCEN
In a recent assessment, CFTC and FinCEN found the virtual currency exchange BitMEX lacked a number of licenses and had ...
Voyager Digital Adds NICE Actimize AML Essentials to Crypto Trading App
Voyager Adds NICE Actimize Suspicious Activity and Customer Due Diligence Functions to Growing Crytpo Trading App Voyager Digital, a cryptocurrency ...
Inefficiency Plagues AML Enforcement, But Banks Are Hardly the Sole Culprit
While they did identify examples of shocking activity, Buzzfeed's and ICIJ's FinCEN Files didn't necessarily expose widespread wrongdoing, as its ...
Responding to BSA/AML Enforcement: Don’t Make Matters Worse with a Shoddy Action Plan
Facing BSA/AML enforcement, a financial institution’s action plan can either ameliorate or aggravate penalties. Professionals from Deloitte’s anti-money laundering and ...
Conflicting Risk Appetites: A Surefire Recipe for Due Diligence Disasters
CDD and KYC have been baked into AML compliance for two decades now, yet enforcement of money-laundering violations continues to ...
The Biden Administration Is Ramping Up Numerous Cross-Border Enforcements. Compliance Teams Should Take Note.
The Biden administration has signaled numerous cross-border enforcement updates that carry compliance implications, including updated anti-corruption, financial and sanctions measures. ...
