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is ramping up its fines for anti-moneylaundering (AML) infractions. s revenue and customs branch, the HMRC, has increased the average value of anti-moneylaundering fines levied against businesses by 166 percent, while the total value of financial crime fines issued jumped 105 percent year over year.
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is to the existing Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)/anti-moneylaundering (AML) regime. Among the key provisions is addressing the increasing burden on financial institutions required to file SuspiciousActivityReports (SARs) and the enormous amount of data flowing to Treasury’s Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN).
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