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Despite the consistent efforts adopted by banks to fight money laundering and financial crime, fines for AML breaches ha...
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The Enterprise-Wide Risk Assessment (EWRA) or Overall Risk Assessment has become a regulatory obligation from an EU and ...
- 11 min read
The popularity of cryptocurrencies has risen significantly in recent years, with more individuals and businesses using t...
- 11 min read
In today’s financial challenging environment, institutions are exposed to numerous economic abuses making it necessary...
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The exponential growth of technology is leading to the disruption of numerous sectors including telecommunications, robo...
- 12 min read
Beneath the seemingly ordinary surface of global commerce, criminals have created an underground world of complex scheme...
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The understanding and management of risk by financial institutions, banks, and entities, has improved over the years. To...
- 10 min read
Conduct Risk has been the hot topic during the past few years and its scope falls outside the traditional domains of ris...
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Insurance/reinsurance companies play an important role for the European economy. Many European countries, among them Be...
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How can criminology help us understand white collar crime?
Though rare in corporate or finance environments, criminology offers valuable insights. Despite "white-collar crime" often costing more than street crime, society tends to overlook it. Analyzing corporate misconduct through a crimilogical lens reveals the dynamics of deceit, power, and ...
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Financial greenwashing: the dark links between green bonds and corruption.
Faced with the urgent challenge of climate change, green bonds are emerging as an innovative response to finance sustainable projects and encourage the transition to an environmentally friendly economy. However, the persistent threat of corruption undermines these well-intentioned initiatives, ...
- 11 min read
What can be done to improve the efficiency of AML fines?
The heavy fines imposed on financial institutions for AML deficiencies over the years have frequently fallen short in achieving their goals. This inefficiency is manifest in the repeat offending of such banks, the heavy burden it places on them, and the lack of improvement in the AML system. A ...
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How effective are AML fines?
Considered a strong deterrent against financial crime, AML fines seem to be little more than symbolic slaps on the wrist for financial institutions with vast pockets. With trillions of dollars being freely laundered every year and ambiguous structural changes required to effectively combat mone...
- 9 min read
How are charities used for money laundering?
As funds flow into the hands of charities, an unsettling question arises: is your donation inadvertently fueling money laundering activities? While the noble intentions behind charitable giving inspires positive change, criminals have exploited the realm of benevolence, using it as a strategic ...
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AML EWRA - How to conduct Anti-Money Laundering overall risk assessment?
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Overview and Summary of the 5th AML Directive - AMLD5
AML, Compliance, KYC, Financial firms, Money Laundering, European Commission, 5AMLD, EU, Know your Customer, Politically Exposed Persons,In the past few years, many scandals related to money laundering have been recorded. For instance, the Panama Papers have shown how the rich and powerful use tax havens to hide their wealth. Big companies such as UBS and ABN AMRO are suspected of not...