Former Dutch trust service provider IMFC Trust and Fund Services (IMFC) based in Amsterdam has appeared in Dutch and Spanish media as having allegedly facilitated bribery payments originating from Spain, transferred through the Dutch bank accounts of IMFC and paid out in cash to Algerian public officials as part of a public procurement project. The […]

The Commission is today issuing Instruction Number 01/2016 for Financial Services Businesses and Prescribed Businesses replacing Instruction No. 04/2015 issued on 19 November 2015. Myanmar has now been added to Part B of the Instruction which lists countries and territories with improving Global AML/CFT Compliance. This means that financial services businesses and prescribed businesses may […]

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has provided two updates relating to its task of identifying jurisdictions that threaten the international financial system due to strategic Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) deficiencies. The FATF published the following documents: A public statement on jurisdictions with strategic AML/CTF deficiencies, which calls on FATF members to […]