Penalties and fines from July as UAE seeks to impose beneficial ownership transparency
Penalties and fines of up to 100,000 dirhams (AED100,000 – US$27,223) are in the offing for UAE-based companies that fail to comply with reporting beneficial ownership information under new regulations that take effect on 1 July. The UAE has already launched a campaign to ensure…
FATF report draws attention to trade-based terrorist financing
A specific focus on trade-based terrorist financing (TBTF) features in the new report released by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in collaboration with the Egmont Group to help the public and private sector with the challenges of detecting trade-based money laundering TBML (Trade-based Financial…
Council of Europe warns Georgia of TBML and trade-based terrorism financing risks
The Georgian authorities are being urged to strengthen measures to better understand the risks of trade-based money laundering (TBML), including its use in the financing of terrorism in a new report published by the Council of Europe’s anti-money laundering body. The Committee of Experts on…
European Union publishes new list of high risk countries
The European Commission (EC) has published a new annual list of high risk third countries that it believes pose significant threats to the financial system of the European Union (EU) because of failings in tackling money laundering and terrorism financing. The list aims to protect the…
