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AML compliance for law firms series—Part 3—Independent audit function

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Published on: 05 May 2023
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Table of contents

  • The challenge
  • Size and nature
  • Independent
  • SRA insights
  • SRA focus for the year ahead
  • How can we help?
  • Compliance tips and tricks
  • Time, money and stress saving-tools
  • Coming soon

Article summary

The third article in our series focusing on AML compliance for law firms is here! In this part we’ll be looking at independent audits; an area where the SRA continues to find firms are struggling.

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