As we did in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, we have crowdsourced predictions for the year ahead from the Freshfields global fintech team....
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A recent Court of Appeal decision [1] on the UK Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) has provoked significant interest given its focus on the...
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Professional football is not just an entertaining happening for millions of fans around the world; it is also a big money game. During...
In August 2022, Germany’s finance minister, Christian Lindner, announced a new federal agency, the Higher Federal Authority for Combating...
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In the past years, the EU legislator has gone quite far in its anti-money laundering (AML) and counter terrorist financing (CTF) efforts....
It is said to have been one of the hottest summers in Germany since weather records were kept - the heated atmosphere in the money...
The growing popularity of crypto-assets has led to their increasing use in money-laundering schemes. A Europol study cited in the...
This year has seen the European Commission propose various changes to the way certain ‘obliged entities’ are supervised. For example, the...
The FCA has published its business plan for 2021/2022. This sets out its priorities for the coming financial year (and beyond) and is...
FCA sets out themes it has identified from recent assessments of retail banks’ financial crime systems and controls The FCA has...
Combating money laundering has long been high on the EU’s legislative agenda. In our May 2020 blogpost, we outlined the European...
Given the UAE’s central role in the global trade of oil, gold and diamonds, it faces significant anti-money laundering (AML) and...