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Businesses Get Wary Of Trade-Based Money Laundering

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The Financial Action Task Force ( FATF ) is warning of new ways of money laundering via exports like onions, potatoes, soft fruits or expensive cars, a report from the Financial Times says. the new demand for some goods and services for the fighting of COVID-19 also posed increased risk of money laundering in this way.

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Know Your Customer (KYC): What It Is and How to Comply

Stax

That’s a lot of money being exchanged—and also provides a huge amount of possibility for financial crime. Financial crime can take on several faces, including (cyber) fraud, cryptocurrency scams, and money laundering—and companies offering financial services can lose out on serious bucks. In the U.S.,

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Singapore’s Central Bank Helping Police Investigate Wirecard

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Singapore’s Commercial Affairs Department (CAD), the white-collar crime unit, has been probing Wirecard’s Singapore operations for 16 months, the news service reported. “In We will take firm action if we find evidence of criminal behavior or serious lapses in anti-money laundering controls,” the MAS said.

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UK Banking Investigations Rise 16 Pct YOY

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are up for the first time since 2015 due in part to an increase in both white-collar and money laundering crimes, the Financial Times reported Sunday (Dec. The FCA has urged them to tighten transaction monitoring to help reduce their exposure to potential money laundering and fraud.”.

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Master SOX Compliance: A Comprehensive Guide for 2023

FloQast

Titles IX and XI : Corporate Fraud Accountability and White-Collar Crime These two Titles define the criminal penalties for corporate financial fraud and increase the penalties for white-collar crimes and conspiracies.

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Financial Crime: Technology can Transform Compliance

FICO

Concerning AFC, we are reputed for being a world leader in the fight against fraud and money laundering, developing and implementing standardized and individual solutions against financial and white-collar crime and for risk management and monitoring, analysis, and reporting. Can you elaborate on that?