This timeline sets out developments in relation to anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) regimes being implemented in the UK including the...
Individuals who have, or have had, a high political profile, or hold, or have held, public office, can pose a higher money laundering risk to firms as their position may...
Source of funds and wealth was a key focus of the SRA’s Preventing Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism thematic review, published in March 2018. Its findings...
Forthcoming changes: The UK has voted to leave the EU and this will take place on exit day as defined in section 20 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. This has...
This Practice Note contains a table with some specific examples of where legal professional privilege (LPP) and privileged circumstances are likely to apply...
Forthcoming changes: The UK has voted to leave the EU and this will take place on exit day as defined in section 20 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. This has...
Forthcoming changes: The UK has voted to leave the EU and this will take place on exit day as defined in section 20 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. This has...
This Practice Note details the challenges that names from different cultures can present to compliance teams when it comes to the customer/client due...
This Practice Note explains counter-terrorist financing (CTF), including the offences and obligations contained in the Terrorism Act 2000 (TA 2000) and related...
Employers may wish to know whether a prospective employee has a criminal record, for example because: • it reflects on the employee’s character and suitability for the...
The Fourth Money Laundering Directive (4MLD), replacing the Third Directive which had been in force since 2005, was transposed across Europe in June 2017. A mere 13...
Forthcoming changes: The UK has voted to leave the EU and this will take place on exit day as defined in section 20 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. This has...
Click here to download the latest Anti-Money Laundering 2019 report 2019, published by Getting the Deal Through. Jurisdictions covered The following jurisdictions are...
This Practice Note lists high-risk third countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), HM Treasury and the European Commission as having deficiencies in...
The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA 2002) and the Terrorism Act 2000 (TA 2000) impose obligations to report knowledge or suspicions of money laundering and terrorist...
Forthcoming changes: The UK has voted to leave the EU and this will take place on exit day as defined in section 20 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. This has...