Sharp Increase in Money Laundering in Cyberspace Law enforcement agencies have served as big watch dogs that have surveilled the rise of crypto and cyber crimes for quite some time. Money laundering in crypto-currency has grown by over 30% in the last year, totaling $8.6 billion in 2021, says a…
Lack of Compliance From the National Bank of Pakistan The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) and it’s New York Branch have been subject to a total of $55 million dollars in fines for gaps in its compliance methods. The Federal Reserve imposed $35 million of those fines and the superintendent…
High End Art, A Haven for Money Laundering High-end art is quickly making the scene for an increase in financial crime. Banksy is a popular artist whose themes consist of anti-establishment sentiments and rebukes consumer culture and capitalism. His art has ironically become the latest target for money laundering activity.…
FinCEN Setting More Priorities for AML Programs to be Present at Every Financial Institution The List Continues to Grow On January 28th, the United States Treasury Department released formal requirements for businesses to rigorously enhance their monitoring efforts against exposure to money launderers who increase their vulnerability to financial crime.…
A New Approach to Fighting Corruption With the New Year, the Biden Administration announced a new approach to combatting financial corruption. Identifying corruption as a “cancer within the body of societies—a disease that eats at the public trust and the ability of governments to deliver for their citizens.” The plan,…
Who is FIBA? FIBA is back! The Florida International Bankers Association (FIBA) was founded over 40 years ago and is a nonprofit trade association and an international center for financial success. The core mission of FIBA is to provide world class education through training and certification to members of the…
HSBC Fined for Failures in AML and KYC Compliance Weaknesses Fines related to failures in anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC) compliance systems are increasing, and they shows no signs of stopping. As of last week Europe’s largest bank, HSBC based in London, was fined the equivalent of…
Fines For Money Laundering Crimes Increase According to Kroll’s Global Enforcement Review, which provides insights on global enforcement trends with a focus on the financial services industry, an upsurge in money laundering crimes during the coronavirus pandemic has led to authorities handing out a total of $2.2 billion in money…
An Overview of Environmental Crimes Environmental crimes are estimated at over 110 billion USD annually(FATF report,2021 ). They are considered the most profitable crimes in the world. Roughly two thirds of these crimes consist of forestry, illegal mining, and waste trafficking. The impact of these financial crimes soars beyond the…
Last month, the United Kingdom regulator known as the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) fined Commerzbank London £37.8 million for failures in the bank's anti-money laundering (AML) procedures. The Final Notice provided by the FCA outlines the problems with the bank's AML program. Preventing financial crime in banks is of very…
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