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Practice Compliance weekly highlights—11 March 2021

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Published on: 11 March 2021

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Financial crime prevention
HMT and OFSI publish updated guidance on monetary penalties for breaches of financial sanctions
UK Finance blog discusses territorial scope of financial sanctions and extra-territoriality in a post-Brexit world
FATF publishes guidance for applying an AML/CTF risk-based approach and a consolidated assessment ratings table
TRACE publishes annual report on anti-bribery enforcement
Proposed corporate liability reform creates ‘complications’, government adviser says
As cryptocurrency money laundering increases, regulators seek response
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Free tests for all businesses in England amid coronavirus (COVID-19)
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This week’s edition of Practice Compliance weekly highlights includes: free workplace COVID-19 testing programme for all businesses in England, hefty fines for nuisance marketing texts and a very busy week for financial crime prevention.

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