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The Art Market and Money Laundering
Visiting art fairs has become more common nowadays. Imagine you are visiting Art Basel or Sotheby’s. Standing in front of an artwork with a powerful stroke on it, and there’s a little red sticker beside the artist’s statement saying “SOLD”....
Read MoreCrypto Regulation is coming? How Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP) Prepare for the Licensing and Anti-Money Laundering (AML/CFT) Compliance?
Decentralized finance (DeFi) and Cryptocurrency are the most rapidly growing trends in today’s financial world. The overall market capitalization of cryptocurrencies surges from 758 billion in 2020 to all-time high of $3 trillion in November 2021. In the light of...
Read MoreRussia Sanctions – What You Should Know as a Professional Firm
On 24 Feb 2022, after months of political and military posturing, the world woke up to the fury of the guns. Russia had invaded Ukraine under the pretext of “Special Military Operation”. To many, this seems like a Cold-War era...
Read MoreTop 3 AML Trends in 2022 – What Lies Ahead for Us This Year?
From novel technologies being invented to fight financial crime, to Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) regulators taking actions like the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) endorsing Artificial Intelligence (AI) enhanced transaction monitoring, the Anti-Money Laundering industry has seen...
Read MorePandora Papers – Spotlight on Shell Companies
What is the Pandora Papers? The Pandora Papers is a leak of almost 12 million documents exposing the hidden wealth and offshore dealings of the world’s most rich and powerful people to avoid tax, and in some cases also engage...
Read MoreNew threats of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing under COVID-19 pandemic — Effective measures to combat the emerging risks
COVID-19 poses unprecedented challenges not only to global societies and economies but also to the operations of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT). Substantial increase in risks and crimes associated with money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF) are reported and predicted globally due...
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