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In February 2019, another criminal group was arrested in Europe for laundering money through hawala transactions. Based ...

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DORA: practical guide for small businesses

Compliance with the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) represents a real challenge for small businesses in the financial sector. Unlike large institutions with dedicated cybersecurity and risk management departments, SMEs often lack specialized resources. They may not even have formal go...

How to detect serious fiscal fraud?

Serious fiscal fraud is not just a legal risk, it’s a direct threat to an organization’s reputation. The stakes are rising as European and national authorities ramp up enforcement under evolving frameworks like the Directive on Administrative Cooperation (DAC), the Anti-Money Laundering Dir...

How will CSDDD impact companies in the EU?

The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) draws a clear legal line between profit and harm. By embedding environmental and human rights due diligence into the core of corporate strategy, the directive redefines what it means to do business responsibly. But what will th...

How to approach de-risking for AML compliance?

Cutting ties to minimize risk might sound smart, but what happens when de-risking goes too far? In 2015, Dr. Iraj Hashi, a U.K.-based economics professor, had his bank accounts abruptly closed after 40 years of banking without any explanation. The most likely reason? His Iranian origin. De-ri...

How can AML professionals detect smurfing?

Small, frequent transactions may seem harmless, but in the world of AML (Anti-Money Laundering), they are a major tool for money laundering. It is therefore essential that financial institutions deploy monitoring systems capable of detecting these suspicious schemes before the funds are integra...

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How to reduce compliance burden?

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With the never-ending stream of regulations and obligations imposed on financial institutions, it is no wonder that departments across the industry struggle to comply and race against the clock to meet their deadlines. But is there a way to reduce th...

What are the EU's Anti-Money Laundering Directives?

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Since 1991, the European Union has regularly updated and released new anti-money laundering directives to adapt to and be able to fight new money laundering and terrorist financing techniques (e.g.: MiCA to regulate crypto-currencies). Today, moder...

How important are audit trails for your company?

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An audit trail (also called audit log) is a relevant chronological recording of actions, a set of files, or the destination of a collection of records that represent a sequence of successive activities or events within an operational environment, a p...