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Taking The Right Approach in Asset Searching and Recovery in 2025

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The tension among regulators between the push for increased transparency and the need to protect individual privacy is always apparent in asset searching exercises. This tension is a global phenomenon, central to the ongoing...more

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Changes in Beneficial Ownership rules under the new EU Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (EU) 2024/1624

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The adoption of the EU Anti Money Laundering Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 (the “AML Regulation") marks a significant advancement in the European Union's efforts to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Effective from...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

What’s Ahead as Corporate Transparency Act Comes to a Crossroads

The recent whiplash regarding the validity of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)—it was enjoined just to particular parties, then enjoined nationwide, then un-enjoined, then enjoined again, while other courts let it...more

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The Corporate Transparency Act and Reporting Requirements

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On January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act, 33 U.S.C. §5336, (the “CTA”) took effect and strict compliance must be met by all entities and individuals to which it applies. The CTA adds reporting requirements for...more

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The Corporate Transparency Act takes Effect Monday, January 1, 2024

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The Corporate Transparency Act takes effect Monday, January 1, 2024. What are the primary goals of the Corporate Transparency Act? Who is required to comply with the information disclosures within this important new law and...more

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The Challenge of Transparency in Preventing Financial Crime: Navigating Financial Integrity in a Changing Risk Landscape

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The landscape of financial crimes is constantly evolving, and the concept of transparency is being fundamentally challenged. A dynamic, innovative approach is imperative to preserve and shape the future of financial...more

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British Columbia's Beneficial Ownership Transparency Register: Overview and Status Update

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As part of a global effort to improve corporate transparency and combat serious financial crime, private companies incorporated under the British Columbia Business Corporations Act (“BCBCA”) have been required to prepare and...more

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Québec’s Enterprise Transparency Regime Is Coming Into Force

Amendments to the Act respecting the legal publicity of enterprises (LPA), which require registrants (described below) to declare their “ultimate beneficiaries,” will come into force on March 31, 2023. Corporate ownership...more

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Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 - Obligation to Register at Companies House from 1 August 2022

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The Government has now announced that it intends to launch the Register of Overseas Entities at Companies House (“ROE”) on 1 August 2022. We await formal confirmation (in the form of a commencement order) but we anticipate...more

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Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 ushers in the new overseas entities register with some late amendments of...

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The draft Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill, published on 28 February 2022 and following an expedited passage through Parliament, received Royal Asset on 15 March 2022 to become the Act. Some of the...more

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Foreign Ownership of UK Real Estate Under Scrutiny

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The UK Government has recently introduced the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill 2022 (the Bill). Amongst other objectives, the Bill proposes the setting up of a register of overseas entities and their...more

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Corporate Transparency Act: How Will It Affect Financial Institutions?

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The Corporate Transparency Act, found within the National Defense Authorization Act, directs the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to establish and maintain a national registry of beneficial ownership information. ...more

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Luxembourg Fiduciary Contracts and Trusts Register: Time to get prepared

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The Luxembourg law of 10 July 2020 (the "Trust Register Law") establishing a Luxembourg Register of fiduciary contracts and trusts (the "Trust Register") will enter into force on 17 July 2020. ...more

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United States “Beats” Switzerland as a Perceived Global Haven for Money Laundering and Tax Evasion

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The Cayman Islands Receive “Top Honors.”  But, Global Financial Transparency is Reportedly Improving in General - The United States has overtaken Switzerland as a financial secrecy haven, according to the latest rankings –...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

What is Next after BSA turns 50?

On 2/6/2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the 2020 National Strategy for Combating Terrorist and Other Illicit Financing (2020 Strategy).  The purpose of the 2020 Strategy is to...more

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FinCEN Stresses Transparency, BSA Filing Data, and Perils of “Under- Regulating” to Securities Industry

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Last Thursday, FinCEN Deputy Director Jamal El-Hindi appeared at the 20th annual Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Financial Crimes Conference hosted by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) in New...more

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Financial Action Task Force Publishes Best Practices for Beneficial Ownership Transparency

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The Financial Action Task Force has published best practices on beneficial ownership for legal persons. Global standards require authorities to be able to ascertain the ultimate owner of a company or foundation to provide...more

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Lawmakers Renew Effort to Overhaul AML Laws, Including Greater Beneficial Ownership Transparency

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The Issue of Who Truly Runs and Owns Entities Contines to Gnaw at Congress and Law Enforcement - First Post in a Two-Post Series on the ILLICIT CASH Act - On June 10, a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. Senate...more

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Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 Broadens Beneficial Ownership Reporting

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In early March, the House Financial Services Committee released three proposed bills to codify many of the suggested reforms discussed during ongoing conversation among financial agencies, law enforcement, financial...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

UK Proposal for Register of Foreign Beneficial Ownership of Real Estate Continues Global Trend Toward Transparency

On 5 April 2017, the UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (the “Department”) issued a call for evidence (the “proposal”) for a public register (the “foreign ownership register”) which would contain...more

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