HM Treasury (HMT) has published an advisory notice on money laundering and terrorist financing controls in overseas jurisdictions. The notice includes two statements published by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on 27 June 2014 identifying jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and counter financing regimes. The notice advises firms to consider Algeria, DPRK, Ecuador, […]

Islanders offered revolutionary training to effectively and accurately gather intelligence information on the internet Those charged with due diligence in financial services (CO, MLRO, MLCO & HR) – professionals from sectors as diverse as police forces, marketing, data protection, law, property, journalism, recruitment, and regulation will all benefit from this course.

Revised and enhanced identification checking process from 28 May 2012 – On the 28 May, the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) introduced new guidelines for identity (ID) checks, which apply to all CRB applications. The new guidelines have been introduced to strengthen the checking process, making it more difficult for applicants with previous criminal records to […]

Must read white papers – David Thomas was Head of the UK FIU from 2006 to 2010, having earlier been appointed by Sir Stephen Lander (Chair of the UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency and former Director-General of MI5) to be the financial crime expert to review and to improve the UK Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) […]