IMF suggests incentives for banks to maintain correspondent banking arrangements
Correspondent banking arrangements can be manipulated to disguise the movement of funds for terrorist financing purposes according to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) recently published book on counter terrorism financing frameworks (Trade-based Financial Crime, 15 May 2023). But Countering the Financing of Terrorism: Good Practices…
MENA trade-based financial crime reference guide launched
With a long tradition of trade, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region shares trade-based financial crime (TBFC) typologies with other global trading hubs, according to a new guide published by the MENA chapter of the Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime (GCFFC) and…
Canada’s federal government failing to address TBML says Cullen report
Federal investigative agencies have done little to address trade-based money laundering (TBML) according to the final version of a report commissioned by British Columbia into money laundering following revelations of widespread trade-based financial crime in the Canadian province (Trade-based Financial Crime, 12 June 2019). “This…
Ukraine’s finance minister calls on counterparts to blacklist and expel Russia from FATF
Ukraine’s finance minister Sergii Marchenko says he has called on 37 other finance ministers of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) member states to support Kyiv’s appeal for Russia to be expelled from the FATF and included on its list of high-risk jurisdictions, often referred to…
Ministers commit to swift and decisive action to improve compliance and implementation of FATF standards
The ministers of the Financial Actional Task Force (FATF) at their biennial meeting in Washington last week said they “note with concern” that effectiveness of measures in place to fight money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing, remains insufficient in many countries. They committed to…
Trade-based financial crime transformed by invasion of Ukraine, pandemic impacts and digitalisation
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, pandemic-related supply chain disruptions, digitalisation and online trading have transformed the nature and scope of trade-based financial crime according to panellists at a recent Regulation Asia webinar. The webinar aimed at banks in the Asia-Pacific region discussed the need for greater…
IHS Markit and TradeSun partner to use data and AI to combat trade-based financial crime
TradeSun, a trade finance platform that features artificial intelligence (AI) technology that augments human behaviour by learning how employees interact with trade finance documents, has partnered with maritime and trade information, analytics and solutions provider IHS Markit, to offer an integrated trade solution that enhances…
FACT Coalition “applauds” proposals for revised US beneficial ownership reporting
A non-partisan alliance of more than 100 US and international organisations working toward a fair tax system has “applauded” the proposal by the US treasury department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) for revised rules on beneficial ownership information reporting requirements (Trade-based Financial Crime, 30 December 2021)….
Difficult to assess FinCEN’s beneficial ownership reporting proposals say US banks
The American Bankers Association (ABA) has responded to the proposal by the US treasury department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) for revised rules on beneficial ownership information reporting requirements (Trade-based Financial Crime, 30 December 2020). The association says it supports the creation of the registry…
EC proposal to end misuse of shell entities in EU for tax purposes could reveal those used in trade-based financial crimes
The European Commission (EC) has published Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive 3 (ATAD 3) laying down rules to prevent the misuse of shell entities for improper tax purposes throughout the European Union (EU). While the directive aims to clamp down on the use of shell companies for…
