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Chile: Financial Analysis Unit Publishes Compilation of Rules for Regulated Entities

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Chile’s Financial Analysis Unit (FAU) has published its Circular No. 62, also known as the Updated Compilation of Rules (RAN), which compiles, systematizes, and updates key requirements for all regulated entities that carry...more

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The Economic Crime Act: What will Change for Managers of Offshore Structures

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In the early hours of 15 March 2022, the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act (the “Act”) came into force. The rapid passage of the Act through the UK Parliament, after years of delays, came in response to...more

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New U.S. Law’s Impacts on Non-U.S. Financial Institutions

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The U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AML Act) became law on January 1 when the United States Congress passed the broader National Defense Authorization Act for 2021 over a presidential veto. Although it is a U.S. law,...more

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The Dawn of a New Day: Expansive Law Signals Heightened AML Enforcement

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On January 1, 2021, the Senate voted to override the president’s veto and to enact the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (the “NDAA”). Incorporated into the NDAA, the Anti-Money Laundering Act (“AMLA”)...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

U.K. Court Strikes Down “Unexplained Wealth Orders” By Parsing Facts and Making Value Judgments About Meaning of Corporate...

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A Court Ruling that May Resonate Across the Globe - The High Court in London recently struck down three “Unexplained Wealth Orders” that U.K. law enforcement had hoped would foil an alleged money laundering scheme by...more

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The French Financial Markets Authority released its new guidelines on AML/CFT

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The French Financial Markets Authority ("AMF") has just carried out a complete overhaul of its doctrine on Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism ("AML/CFT") and published its new guidelines setting out...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The implementation of the Fifth Anti Money Laundering Directive in German Law – Tighten the tight?

In the course of the “Panama Paper” scandal, Directive (EU) 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing – known as 4. Anti-Money Laundering...more

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Confronting Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing: Canada Considers Vast Changes to AML Regime

The Standing Committee on Finance (Committee) recently released its report, Confronting Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing: Moving Canada Forward (Report), where it makes 32 recommendations on proposed modifications and...more

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