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Cyprus Aligns with EU Regulations by Adopting Strong AML/CFT Measures
Cyprus has established a new digital registry and requires the businesses to identify their true ...
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Bank of Lithuania Revokes License of UK Payments Firm for AML Failures
Transactive Systems Ltd., which processed more than €1 billion of payments every month, has had i...
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Estonia’s New AML/CFT Regulatory Regime Sparks 80% Downfall in Licensed Crypto Firms
Since May 2023, Estonia’s updated crypto AML/CFT regulations have resulted in an 80% reduction in...
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FCA Probe into Barclays for Anti-Money Laundering Failings
The Financial Conduct Authority opened a probe into Barclays for suspected failings in compliance...
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AGA Issues Updated AML Compliance Guidelines for the Gaming Industry
American Gaming Association (AGA) launches the third edition of the Best Practices of AML Complia...
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European Parliament Members Adopt New Recommendations to fight Tax Fraud and Money Laundering
The parliament members adopted a comprehensive set of regulations stemming from the previous reco...
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UK has Suffered Fraud and Cyber Crime Losses Worth £1.3 Billion in 2021
London incurred the highest amount of losses to cybercrime and fraud in the first half of 2021, a...
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EU Court of Justice Passes Judgement Against Provision of AMLD5
EU Court of Justice has passed a judgment against the provision of the AMLD5, concluding that pub...
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Ex-Microsoft engineer accused of digital currency scam
Ukrainian citizen, Volodymyr Kvashuk, has been accused of six counts of money laundering, five of...
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Cryptocurrencies Need Regulation to Prevent Money Laundering, Says Singapore Minister
A panel of regulators and bankers at the World Economic Forum stated that cryptocurrency need to ...
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Investment platforms on target of Criminals to Launder Stolen COVID Relief funds
Sophisticated fraudsters with expert knowledge in tech are stealing the COVID-19 relief funds fro...
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Canada’s Anti-Money Laundering Crackdown Gets Support From Coalition
The Canadian government has swiftly responded to a call for action from an alliance of organizati...
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Hong Kong Licenses Crypto Exchanges, Limiting Services to Professional Investors
Digital currency exchanges in Hong Kong will be obliged to apply for a license prior to offering ...
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Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission Warns Investing Firms for AML Non-Compliance
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) warned the Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs) ...
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MAS Ramps Up Efforts Against Financial Crimes With the Help of Data Analytics
Singapore’s central bank has revealed in a report on Wednesday that financial criminals will be p...
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Roll-out of vital banking fraud check postponed again due to Coronavirus
A crucial banking security check that could avert the loss of millions of pounds to internet frau...
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India and the United States Collaborate to Combat Financial Crime
The US-India Dialogue on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Terrorism Financing, jointly chaire...
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Shufti Bagged “Product Leader” Award with 92% Customer Satisfaction
Shufti, an AI-powered identity verification services provider has won the Product Leader 2020...
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FCA Bans Crypto-Related Investments in the UK
Financial Conduct Authority- FCA had proposed a ban on crypto-related investments in October 2020...
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Nigerian Parliament Strengthens AML/CTF Laws for Real Estate Industry
Nigerian real estate regulatory authority to mandate businesses to comply with AML/CTF compliance...
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Westpac Freezes Executive’s Bonuses Amid Money Laundering Scandal
Westpac’s board will withhold bonuses of all of its senior executives as an ‘interim’ step follow...
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Senate Reveals a 12-Year-Old Loophole Targeted by Americans to Cheat IRS
Offshore tax loopholes are safe havens for wealthy Americans to cheat the Internal Revenue Servic...
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Switzerland Introduces New Regulations To Clamp Down on Money Laundering
Switzerland proposed new Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations to crack down on money launderin...
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FATF Removes Malta From gray List of Untrustworthy Financial Jurisdictions
After one year of being included in the FATF grey list, the global action committee has voted Mal...
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Sri Lanka removed from the high-risk money-laundering list
COLOMBO – Sri Lanka was recently removed from the list of high-risk countries for money lau...
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UK FCA Orders Illegal Crypto Service Providers to Shut Down ATMs
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has ordered crypto firms operating illegally in the country ...
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Brazil to Become a Part of OECD and Plans to Launch IPO for Its Digital Bank
During a virtual event on Tuesday, Paulo Guedes, Brazil’s Minister of Economy, announced that the...
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UAE: Virtual Asset Fraudsters to Face Imprisonment, Dh 1M Fine
Residents in the UAE have been advised to perform due diligence procedures prior to investing in ...
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Canadian financial watchdog geared up for FATF compliance
The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) plans on closely regul...
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Beverly Hills Store Pleads Guilty to Conspiring with Drug Money Launderers
U.S. Private Vaults, Inc. has pleaded guilty to charges on its Beverly Hills store of conspiring...
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Ireland’s Central Bank Found Gaps in Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Practices
Ireland’s Central bank has found that certain financial firms are lacking in regards to anti-mone...
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Turkey’s Regulatory Authorities Oblige Rigid Crypto Licensing Measures
Turkey’s Regulatory Authorities stated they will develop rigid regulations for crypto service pla...
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Hungary Becomes “Largely Compliant” with FATF Standards After Improving AML/CFT Measures
The Anti-Money Laundering Body of the Council of Europe has stated that Hungary has improved its ...
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China’s cyberspace regulators approve 224 blockchain ventures
China’s Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission (OCCAC) has recently announced a new ...
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UAE Praises Singapore’s S$2.8b Financial Crime Bust
The director-general of UAE anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing commends Singap...
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US Regulates Art Market as it is at High Risk of Money Laundering
Law enforcement agencies across the globe have turned their attention to the use of high-value ar...
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FATF Issues Guidance for AML/CFT Digitization of FIUs
FATF published a report in collaboration with the Egmont group discussing why and how FIUs should...
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Growing List of Countries are Introducing Regulations on Crypto
Ukraine’s Parliament officially adopted the Draft Law On Virtual Assets. Prior to this, cryptocur...
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Manitoba Expands Criminal Property Forfeiture Branch to Counter Money Laundering
The Manitoba government is expanding the Criminal Property Forfeiture (CPF) branch as part of its...
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Mauritius to Step Out of FATF Gray List Following Key Regulatory Changes
Mauritius, which was previously known for being a tax haven, might be out of the FATF’s grey list...
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Hong Kong’s SFC Plans to Regulate Digital Asset Trading Platforms
Hong Kong’s Securities and Future Commission has proposed strict rules for digital asset exchange...
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Dubai Police Monitors Cryptocurrencies for Prevention of Money Laundering
The cybercrime unit of Dubai Police has started monitoring cryptocurrencies to ensure that digita...
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UAE Struggles to Shade Off Grey-List Status as it Continues to Attract More Crypto Firms
The UAE is keen on regaining a good reputation by clearing its name from FATF’s grey list while t...
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8.3 million users affected in ‘Freepik data breach’
Freepik, a free photo and graphics site, has disclosed a major data breach that affected nearly 8...
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UK to Set up CBDC Taskforce to Analyze the Possibility of ‘Britcoin’
The Bank of England along with the British Government plans to set up a task force to create digi...
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UK Gambling Commission Charges Kindred Brand $8.7M over AML Shortcomings
The UK Gambling Commission has charged the Kindred Group with a hefty £4.19-million (US$5.15 mill...
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Money Laundering Investigation Leads to Seizure of Canberra Properties, Vehicles, and Cash
Assets worth over $10 million have been seized after an international investigation into money la...
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Money Laundering Ring Pushed $4bn through 60 HSBC Accounts within 2 Years
60 HSBC accounts were used to launder USD 4.2 billion in Hong Kong.
An investigation carried out...
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AMLC Proposing Strict Monitoring Measures for FX Trading To Tackle Money Laundering
The AMLChas increased the monitoring process on FX declarations. All the inbound and outbound cha...
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NSW Make Reforms to Counter Money Laundering and Gambling
The New South Wales government embraces new reforms to counter the issue of money laundering and ...
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FCIU Uncovers Money Laundering Patterns Through Social Media Scams
South Yorkshire law enforcement authority has seized EUR 70,000 placed in the illicit gambling ac...
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Beware: Vaccine-phishing scams have risen by 500 percent
Vaccine-phishing scams have increased by 530 per cent, as stated by a new study by Unit 42, the P...
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Malta Faces 200% Spike in Money Laundering Cases
Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU), Malta’s financial regulator, received a 200% increas...
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CBUAE Revokes Dollar Exchange’s Licence over Regulatory Misconduct
The UAE Central Bank has revoked the licence of a dollar exchange house after it failed to keep a...
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North Korean bankers charged in $2.5 billion money-laundering scheme
The US Department of Justice recently revealed criminal charges against about twenty-four North K...
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Lloyds Banking Group Initiates “Pilot Scheme” to Combat Frauds
Lloyds bank initiates a “pilot scheme” with the London police to counter criminal act...
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UAE adopts digital identity and blockchain to fight COVID-19
Taking into account the recent Coronavirus outbreak, UAE’s Ministry of Community Development (MOC...
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FCA Says Bankman-Fried FTX Cryptocurrency Exchange Not Regulated in the UK
FCA warned crypto exchange FTX due to their unauthorized operations. The financial regulator clea...
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Investment Scams Rising Through Fake Celebrity Endorsements
Financial fraud through celebrity endorsement is becoming a primary concern as one in six firms o...
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AUSTRAC New Risk Assessment Report on Banking Sector Warns Brokers of High ML/TF Risk
The brokers knowingly allowed the loans to be repaid with illicit funds, states the report.
AUST...
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EBRD and Central Bank of Jordan Raise Awareness Against Financial Crime
EBRD and the Central bank of Jordan join hands in running campaigns to raise awareness for the tr...
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Croatian Finance Ministry Proposes New Bill to Combat Money Laundering
The Croatian Finance Ministry has introduced a new bill for state institutions to monitor the ban...
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WhatsApp Introduces Fingerprint Authentication For Android
WhatsApp has recently announced that its app can be locked with a fingerprint, now available on A...
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UK watchdog allows credit card and loan payment holidays to customers
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has instructed top banks to offer three-month payment holid...
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Russian Government Bans New Crypto Website for ‘Promoting Money Laundering’
The Russian government has banned the new website Bits.media for allegations of promoting illicit...
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Wealthy Americans Targeted by U.S. in Panama Tax-fraud Probe
Financial authorities in the US obtained a legal mandate to acquire information about wealthy cit...
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Canada Faces 400% Increase in the Cryptocurrency Fraud
The Canadian police department is warning people to protect their personal information and perfor...
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Fed Board Issues Directives Restricting Member Banks Holding Crypto as Principal
The US Federal Reserve rule cemented the Central bank’s caution about crypto asset activities, pr...
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Ghana Records $4.33m Financial Losses to Cyber Fraud in Q1’23
Ghana suffered direct financial losses of US $4.33 million due to cyber fraud activities between ...
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Singapore Government Discloses Modified Regulatory Measures for Stablecoins
Singapore’s Central Bank has disclosed upgraded regulatory guidelines for stablecoins to keep cry...
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US Treasury Holds Back AML Reforms Despite Money Laundering Through Art Industry
The US Treasury Department has found the country’s art market to be vulnerable to financial crime...
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Americans Lose $3.82 Billion to Crypto and ‘Phantom Property’ Investment Scam
The American public is being alerted to the proliferation of fraudulent investment schemes. Crypt...
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