Nov 29, 2023 Fund transfers, crypto-assets and AML/CTF – the European Banking Authority’s take on the ‘Travel Rule’ By Daniel Klingenbrunn Jan Struckmann Fund transfers, crypto-assets and AML/CTF – the European Banking Authority’s take on the ‘Travel Rule’ The fight against money laundering...
Nov 07, 2023 Economic crime and corporate transparency: Significant company law changes and new offences By Annie Whiteside The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 which received Royal Assent on 26 October is aimed at preventing the abuse of UK...
Sep 15, 2023 The cost of a £250 withdrawal: latest UK sanctions developments By Jonathan Kelly Simon Orton Rebecca Freedman The UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) recently issued its first “disclosure notice” and, on the same day, updated...
Jun 21, 2023 A further expansion of the UK corporate crime enforcement toolkit By Ben Morgan Emily Knight Zaid Fathoala In a nutshell Recent amendments to the UK's Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (the Bill), announced on 15 June, could...
May 30, 2023 Works council remuneration remains in spotlight in Germany By Flavia Lang Torsten Lauth In January of this year, the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof – BGH) ruled in on the unduly high remuneration granted...
May 05, 2023 The EU keeps the ball rolling in its battle against money laundering – next on the agenda: professional football By Jan Struckmann Marcel Michaelis Professional football is not just an entertaining happening for millions of fans around the world; it is also a big money game. During...
Apr 06, 2023 A Speedboat for AML enforcement By Norbert Nolte Daniel Travers Marcel Michaelis In August 2022, Germany’s finance minister, Christian Lindner, announced a new federal agency, the Higher Federal Authority for Combating...
Oct 11, 2022 AML update: Germany needs to pick up speed By Alicia Hildner Daniel Travers Moritz Pellmann It is said to have been one of the hottest summers in Germany since weather records were kept - the heated atmosphere in the money...
Jul 29, 2022 FCA enforcement action on Russian sanctions By Oliver Hamill Christopher Robinson Sarah Robinson Given the exceptional scale and speed with which sanctions were implemented against Russia by the UK Government, the FCA and the Office...
Jun 08, 2022 Does history repeat itself in market misconduct? By Simon Orton Thomas Clark Sharon Grennan The Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB) believes so. Or at least the recent FMSB report indicates that there are common broad...
May 11, 2022 The Queen’s Speech – what next for UK financial services? By Claudia Rugue The 2022 Queen’s Speech contained details of two proposed Bills that will impact the financial services community. The Financial Services...
Feb 09, 2022 Global Enforcement Outlook: Anti-money laundering trends to watch By Christopher Robinson Daniel Travers Silvia Van Dyck Olivia Radin Ali Sallaway Laura Feldman +3 more... Show less Given the opportunities for money laundering, fraud and other financial crime that government responses to the pandemic presented, it is...