The Central Bank of The Bahamas has announced that it will host along with The Group of Financial Services Regulators of The Bahamas, The 2018 National AML/CFT Risk Management Conference. … Read More
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EU Council on Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
The Council has agreed its negotiating stance on strengthened EU rules to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing. Today the Permanent Representatives Committee, on behalf of the Council, asked the … Read More
Equipping Lawyers in Fight Against Corruption
The OECD has joined forces with the [International Bar Association](http://www.ibanet.org/) (IBA) to form a task force to develop professional conduct standards and practice guidance for lawyers involved in establishing and … Read More
Measures to Combat Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation in Switzerland
The FATF has concluded an assessment of Switzerland’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) system, based on the 2012 FATF Recommendations. This assessment reviews both the level of effectiveness of … Read More
European Council Adopts Directive on Access to Beneficial Ownership Information
The Council today adopted a Directive granting access for tax authorities to information held by authorities responsible for the prevention of money laundering. According to a release from the EU, … Read More
European Parliament – Automatic Exchange of Bank Account Information
Members of the European parliament (MEPs) [have approved plans](http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20161117IPR51550/tax-evasion-meps-back-automatic-exchange-of-bank-data-to-track-account-owners) to allow European tax authorities to automatically share certain information about bank account holders in order to prevent tax evasion and … Read More
FATF October Plenary
The first Plenary meeting of Plenary year FATF-XXVIII was held in Paris on 19-21 October, under the Spanish Presidency of Mr. Juan Manuel Vega-Serrano. The Plenary dealt with a number … Read More
FATF Report to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has published its report to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors which sets out its on-going work to improve the implementation of international … Read More
FATF Plenary Meeting
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) held its fourth meeting of the FATF-XXVII Plenary Year in Busan, Korea June 22-24 – under the Korean Presidency of Mr. Je-yoon Shin. The … Read More
The Fight Against Illicit Financial Flows
The OECD says the issue of illicit financial flows (IFFS) is at the forefront of the international agenda. Both the OECD and the [High Level Panel](http://www.uneca.org/iff) on IFFS from Africa … Read More
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