FATF seeking views on potential changes to beneficial ownership recommendations
Financial institutions are amongst stakeholders the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is seeking views from in its review of its Recommendation 25 (R25) on the transparency and beneficial ownership (BO) of legal arrangements. The objective of the review is to improve R25 and its interpretive…
Global Forum reports on African plans and progress to stem IFFs
A lack of transparency facilitates all types of illicit financial flows (IFFs) in Africa, including money laundering and terrorism financing, corruption as well as tax evasion according to a new report published by the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes….
Banks drawn into reputational laundering networks to obscure illicit gains
Reputation launderers, notably public relations agencies and law firms, are distorting the financial crime and sanctions risk profiles of kleptocratic regimes and oligarchs seeking to launder and protect their illicit gains according to academic and investigative researchers. Banks can also be drawn into reputation laundering…
US tops list of world financial secrecy ranking
The US tops the list of countries for enabling banking secrecy, shell companies, anonymous real estate ownership or other forms of financial secrecy, which in turn enable money laundering, tax evasion and the evasion of sanctions according to the Tax Justice Network’s (TJN’s) Financial Secrecy…
