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A court in the Maldives ordered the arrest and detention on Monday of the former president, Abdulla Yameen, on suspicion of money laundering. Yameen, who drew the Indian Ocean island country closer to China during his rule, is accused of receiving $1 million of government money through a private company, SOF Private Limited, which has […]

DATA Protection Week 2019 got under way with a stark warning that every organisation will at some point suffer a data breach. The Jersey Opera House was the venue for the opening conference, which was organised by the Jersey Data Protection Association, the Office of the Information Commissioner and the States of Jersey and sponsored […]

The JFSC and the Jersey government have issued a joint Dear CEO statement on Brexit [8 February 2019]. You can read it here  also you can find a version below. This letter highlights the following matters:- Information and resources Jersey’s financial services Data flows EU Nationals Other Government departments Expectations of firms Introduction No Deal […]

A London student who pre-paid 390,000 pounds ($500,000) in rent for a Knightsbridge penthouse must hand over nearly half a million pounds, following an investigation by the U.K.’s National Crime Agency. Three bank accounts for Vlad Luca Filat, 22, were frozen in May 2018 after NCA financial investigators suspected the funds derived from illegal activity […]

The Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) has today announced the appointment of a new Commissioner to its Board. Tracy Garrad will be sworn in by the Royal Court for a five year term on Friday 8 February. A former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of HSBC Channel lslands and Isle of Man, Tracy’s career spans 14 […]

In march 2018 it was reported in the FT that following a review of 50 firms two-thirds found lagging in compliance procedures. In a review of 50 firms designed to test the sector’s compliance with new, tougher anti-money laundering regulations, the watchdog found only a third had carried out a mandatory risk assessment of their […]

A former law firm compliance and money laundering reporting officer has been fined £10,000 for the way he handled five conveyancing transactions. A judgment from the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal said the case should serve as a warning to lawyers to ensure they ‘discharge’ their senior duties. Anthony Gale, former partner at Yorkshire firm Maurice Smiths […]

Kleptocracy and grand corruption are now under scrutiny as never before. With renewed global attention on these abuses, a relatively clear picture has emerged of the domestic political economies shaped by kleptocratic rule. Analysts have shown how state institutions are set up to allow elites and their families to systematically loot, while protecting these elites […]