Tag: money laundering

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27 October 2017

UK government introduces new sanctions and anti-money laundering bill

On 19 October the UK Government published the text of a proposed new Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill (the "Bill"), which seeks to create a …

05 February 2015

Hong Kong’s top court clarifies mental element in money laundering offence

In the recent case of HKSAR v Pang Hung Fai (FACC 8/2013), the Court of Final Appeal (the CFA) offered, for the first time, authoritative guidance on the …

01 December 2013

Anti-money laundering and anti-bribery systems and controls at asset management firms: FCA thematic review

In October 2013, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published the much-anticipated report of its thematic review into anti-money laundering (AML) and …

13 August 2013

FCA Fines Bank for Anti-Money Laundering Failings

On 8 August 2013 the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") issued a Final Notice against Guaranty Trust Bank (UK) Limited ("GTBUK"), the fifth in a series …

09 August 2013

Recent Sanctions Developments: EU relaxes certain Syrian sanctions and amends measures relating to North Korea, Iran and Tunisia; US relaxes Myanmar sanctions

The EU has recently published a new Regulation (Regulation 697/2013 of 22 July 2013 ("Regulation 697/2013")) which amends Regulation 36/2012, the key …

26 April 2013

EU/UK: Recent sanctions developments concerning Myanmar (Burma), North Korea, Syria and Libya

Daniel Hudson, Karen Anderson Jeremy Sher and Richard Wright comment on recent developments concerning the EU sanctions regimes applying to Myanmar …

19 July 2012

Proposed changes to the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 - Government response to consultation

Following a somewhat leisurely consultation process, the Government has this week published a response to its consultation on changes to the Money …

31 May 2012

FSA fines bank and its former MLRO for failure to comply with anti-money laundering requirements

In May 2012 the FSA issued Final Notices fining Habib Bank AG Zurich ("Habib") £525,000 for failure to take reasonable care to establish and maintain …

22 May 2012

Shah v HSBC: High Court clarifies bank's duties to customers when making SARs

The High Court has clarified whether banks owe liability or have disclosure obligations to their customers in respect of whom they have made money …