News | Comsure, Jersey

CFTC guide on how to assess the effectiveness of their AML/Compliance program.

21/09/2020

HSBC Shares Fall to 25-Year Low on China Fears, Banks Report

21/09/2020

Guernsey fine a director £14k

17/09/2020

More German DAX[s/d] listed money laundering - Grenke – For Your Fraud Financing Needs

16/09/2020

Coronavirus: 18,000 test results published by mistake

15/09/2020

To Know Money Laundering, You Need To Know Your Predicate Offences (& 6AMLD)

11/09/2020

The GDPR: How to send sensitive information by email

11/09/2020

New JFSC Public Statement - Lumiere Wealth Limited (in liquidation)

10/09/2020

HSBC reaches tentative agreement in US over shareholder action regarding AML violations

10/09/2020

Anonymous Companies and Transnational Crime

09/09/2020

Mauritius: The Fight Against Fraud and Corruption Shall Continue Relentlessly, Without Fear or Favour, Says Prime Minister Jugnauth

09/09/2020

Malta gets another downgrade at crucial juncture for financial services industry

09/09/2020

Island-wide cyber security risk assessment launches next week

08/09/2020

Guernsey data protection regulator has teeth and uses them (£80k time !!!!)

03/09/2020

Independence of the Compliance Function: A Critical Component of the Three Lines Model

01/09/2020

Three Lines of Defence” model and the independence of compliance – thoughts?

01/09/2020

New guidance on avoiding a breach of UK financial sanctions

01/09/2020

Mauritius National Sanctions Secretariat August 2020 UN sanction guidelines

26/08/2020

Money laundering through channel islands banks – revisiting a case from 2018

26/08/2020

Dubai and money laundering are there any connections – example 5 - Dubai's real estate market

25/08/2020

Dubai and money laundering are there any connections – example 6 = IMDB

25/08/2020

Cyprus sold passports to criminals and fugitives

24/08/2020

FCA Fines of 2020 already exceed £100 million – a look at the big 4

24/08/2020

Dubai and money laundering are there any connections – example 1 - Isabel dos Santos

24/08/2020

Dubai and money laundering are there any connections – example 2 - The Fishrot Files

24/08/2020

Dubai and money laundering are there any connections – example 3 - the Guptas

24/08/2020

Dubai and money laundering are there any connections – example 4 - the Russian Laundromat

24/08/2020

GFSC issue £70k of fines on Insurance Global Insurance Group Limited, Christopher Schofield, Andrew William Robert - 30th July 2020

21/08/2020

The GFSC issue fines of £78,750.00 on x2 NEDs - Shane Younger and Christopher Percival - 30th July 2020

21/08/2020

GFSC issue a £7k fine on a NED - Stephen Paul Dewsnip (“Mr Dewsnip”) - 27 July 2020

21/08/2020

UK Law Partner suspended over multiple money laundering failures

20/08/2020

THE X3 LINES OF DEFENCE – A NEW PERSPECTIVE?

20/08/2020

José Filomeno and his links to Mauritius and Quantum Global

18/08/2020

Everything you wanted to know about encryption and GDPR but were afraid to ask

17/08/2020

Wirecard lessons to be learned

14/08/2020

Germany raids its own financial intelligence authority over backlog of suspicious activity reports

14/08/2020

Moscow to Ditch Popular Tax Treaty With Cyprus

13/08/2020

Publication of Wolfsberg Group statement on Developing an Effective AML/CTF Programme

13/08/2020

Global Anti-Money-Laundering Fine Amounts Released

13/08/2020

JFSC REPORT on Reliance on Obliged Persons

12/08/2020

Tax affairs of 246 footballers being investigated by HMRC in 2019-20

12/08/2020

Westpac says money laundering and counter-terrorism breaches may be 450,000 more than suspected

12/08/2020

RISK THINKING - Every business faces risks that could present threats to its success.

04/08/2020

$150 million Lessons From Deutsche Bank’s Epstein Fine

03/08/2020

JFSC consults on revisions to the AML/CFT Handbooks

24/07/2020

Ohio Speaker of the House Arrested for $61m Bribery Scheme

24/07/2020

London Laundromat: Police seize £2 million profits of Italian mafia gang held in British banks

24/07/2020

JFSC has extraterritorial powers says Jersey Royal Court

24/07/2020

Asset freeze designations will now be published on the Jersey Gazette

23/07/2020

UK extends Global Human Rights sanctions to Isle of Man & Overseas Territories

23/07/2020

AML Lessons to be Learnt from the Commerzbank Fine

22/07/2020

OFAC fines U.K. subsidiary firm for North Korea fag end imports

22/07/2020

Deutsche Bank’s Many Epstein Failures

22/07/2020

Jersey LLC law paves the way for the new offering

22/07/2020

The Three Lines of Defence model – revamped

21/07/2020

Migration of foreign limited partnerships into Jersey

21/07/2020

OFAC FINE AMAZON

20/07/2020

JFSC Annual Report 2019 published

20/07/2020

Dutch banking’s transaction monitoring utility gets green light

17/07/2020

The Guernsey Financial Services Commission [GFSC] strike again.

17/07/2020

JFSC consultation on changes to fund fee rates

17/07/2020

BRIEFING FOR TCSPs - Inheritance tax changes in the Finance Act 2020 and the tax impact upon trustees and settlors.

16/07/2020

McKinsey warned Wirecard About “risks related to business partnerships or third parties.”

15/07/2020

Thematic Review on Source of Funds / Source of Wealth

14/07/2020

McKinsey warned Wirecard a year ago to take ‘immediate action’ on controls

14/07/2020

JFSC consultation on changes to fund fee rates

10/07/2020

AML and the SRA: Time to root out the bad apples?

09/07/2020

JFSC Outsourcing Notifications to be submitted online

09/07/2020

Jersey Restrictive measures against UK Human Rights Designations

08/07/2020

Jersey Restrictive measures against UK Human Rights Designations Issued:07 July 2020

08/07/2020

JFSC Virtual examinations follow up questions

07/07/2020

The UK imposes sanctions against abusers of human rights

07/07/2020

The UK imposes first human rights sanctions

07/07/2020

Basel Committee finalises AML/CFT guidelines on supervisory cooperation

06/07/2020

The long arm of OFAC in the U.K. – check your agreements

06/07/2020

UNDERMINING US SANCTIONS

03/07/2020

Regulatory financial penalties in Jersey; some reflections by a time-served Regulator

01/07/2020

A summary of the JFSC Financial crime examinations feedback paper

01/07/2020

SWM Limited (SWM) Public Statement Issued: 29 June 2020

29/06/2020

JFSC Financial crime examinations [FCEU] feedback published

26/06/2020

LLPs, SLPs, UBOs… acronyms in financial crime scandals – a 30 min podcast

23/06/2020

Jersey company registry legislation RE - beneficial owners, controllers and significant persons?

22/06/2020

JFSC 30min Virtual examinations update webinar

18/06/2020

The JFSC 2019 annual report published

18/06/2020

Dark web scammers exploit Covid-19 fear and doubt

16/06/2020

Fraudulent conversion judgment in Jersey – 2-0 to Ian Jones at Preston Legal.

15/06/2020

JFSC Barry Faudemer steps down as Director of Enforcemen

15/06/2020

Mauritius - The Financial Services Commission (the “Commission”) publishes its Enforcement Manual (“Manual”) this 12 June 2020.

15/06/2020

11th June 2020 - The GFSC STRIKE AGAIN - £70K Fines

12/06/2020

Standard Chartered Trust (Guernsey) Limited fined £140,000 – is this linked to Singapore’s 2015 $4.9 million fines?

12/06/2020

The Guernsey [GFSC] issues fines [£110,000.00] against investment firm and directors

12/06/2020

Standard Chartered Trust (Guernsey) Limited fined £140,000 by the GFSC

11/06/2020

COMSURE “lunch and learn” CPD - The “OLD NORMAL” is back

04/06/2020

JFSC Online Outsourcing Notifications & Portal set up

04/06/2020

JFSC Consultation on sustainable investments

04/06/2020

Updated 2020 JMLSG guidance takes account of amended Money Laundering Regulations 2017

03/06/2020

Equity Trust (Jersey) Limited (Equity) fined £115,575.00

01/06/2020

RE: Industry update - 29 May 2020 - JFSC/JFCU Changes to SARs and MIRs response letters

01/06/2020

Financial crime systems and controls during Covid-19:

29/05/2020

Consultation on revisions to the AML/CFT handbooks

28/05/2020

Jersey Email Alert Service - Financial Sanctions Notices [Official]

28/05/2020

JFSC UPDATE - Relaxation of lockdown requirements for financial services

21/05/2020

EASYJET HACK: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR ME AND MY PERSONAL DATA?

21/05/2020

6AMLD - Non-covid-19-related issues to keep an eye on

13/05/2020

Whistleblowing now and in the future including EU 12/2021 DEADLINE

13/05/2020

2020 Regulatory Visits BPP Forum - 18 May 2020

08/05/2020

The 75th anniversary of Jersey's Liberation

08/05/2020

A useful consideration/decision flow chart on outsourcing “TO THE CLOUD.”

07/05/2020

Jersey concludes saga with Robert Tantular and his criminal property

07/05/2020

Tax Evasion as Money Laundering

06/05/2020

Jersey confiscates money after-tax evasion confession [2019]

06/05/2020

Jersey - The intermeddling offence: revised guidelines – an update

06/05/2020

Guardian Global Capital (Suisse) SA v JFSC 29-Apr-2020 judicial review - Trust Company Business "in or from within Jersey."

06/05/2020

COVID-19 Suspicious Activity Reporting – red flags

05/05/2020

FATF: COVID-19-related Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risks and Policy Responses

05/05/2020

OFAC finds Amex breached WMD sanctions because its screening failed!!!

05/05/2020

Bank Hapoalim Agrees to Pay More Than $30 Million for Its Role in FIFA Money Laundering Conspiracy

05/05/2020

Jersey mentioned in Bank Hapoalim Criminal Misconduct of Tax Evasion case

05/05/2020

JERSEY BOARDS - ITS TIME TO START BEHAVING NORMALLY

05/05/2020

Shared workspaces and security and data protection by design and by default

05/05/2020

INFOGRAPHIC ON Subject Access; A Guide for Data Controllers

01/05/2020

Webinar: Working in the pandemic

01/05/2020

Four advantages of using email encryption

30/04/2020

Latvia Uncovers Money Laundering Scheme

29/04/2020

Beer (and vody) on route for North Korea – is Kim Jong-un in a lockdown party?

29/04/2020

Jersey boards have you ran your periodic self-assessment, or external assessment, of the board’s effectiveness.

29/04/2020

UWO - The discharge of unexplained wealth orders – STEP BY STEP analysis of NCA v Baker -

29/04/2020

GSY NEW AML RULES – DEADLINESS EXTENDED TO 30 SEPTEMBER 2020 / 30 JUNE 2021

29/04/2020

JFSC Starting to do revised visits….

28/04/2020

High Court discharged three Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) – lessons to be learned

22/04/2020

OECD’s mandatory disclosure regime (MDR) in Jersey – DO NOT FORGET

22/04/2020

UN investigating UAE companies for suspected breach of Libya arms embargo

22/04/2020

Comsure can offer its Channel Island, Mauritian and Seychellois clients with a 14 day free trial of Galaxkey's Secure Workspace

21/04/2020

GFSC Financial Crime Handbook Consultation (CLOSES 5pm on 22 May 2020.)

21/04/2020

Comsure is 15 years old……

20/04/2020

FCA ID&V checks “a fraudster's charter”?

17/04/2020

US Indicts KARL SEBASTIAN GREENWOOD Co-Founder of OneCoin Ponzi Scheme

17/04/2020

The critical data loss prevention practices you should consider

17/04/2020

SFO's Deferred Prosecution with Tesco concluded

17/04/2020

Ten years on - the UK Bribery Act under scrutiny

17/04/2020

Red Flags of Bribery – Using The Case Study “Griffiths Energy International Inc & Chad Oil (March 2018)”

17/04/2020

Lol – LOOK WHO IS WORKING FROM HOME

16/04/2020

Indian Ministry of Finance Restores Mauritius’ Eligibility to Category 1 Foreign Portfolio Investors

16/04/2020

1MBD money laundering and bribery scandal - U.S. Repatriates another $300 Million ($600 million in total) to Malaysia

15/04/2020

Updates to AML/CFT Handbook appendices April 2020

15/04/2020

Mauritian regulator issues rules for family offices

15/04/2020

A former London banker at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. arranged for millions of dollars in bribes

14/04/2020

Family Wins Fight With U.K. Cops Over ‘Billionaire Row’ Home

09/04/2020

Jersey updates guidance on Intermeddling in estates of deceased persons [April 2020]

08/04/2020

JERSEY - Electronic signatures and the use of technology in Jersey

08/04/2020

MAS Imposes Composition Penalty of $400,000 on TMF Trustees Singapore Limited for AML/CFT Failures

07/04/2020

GFSC GUIDANCE - Can video calling be used to verify the identity of individuals? 6th April 2020

07/04/2020

Ask for a selfie: UK financial watchdog eases rules in pandemic

06/04/2020

Spoofed email account costs a firm £30k in – The Maserati Fraud – this is why encryption is important

04/04/2020

JFSC INDUSTRY UPDATE 03 APRIL 2020

03/04/2020

Barclays & WM Morrison - x2 Important Supreme Court decisions on vicarious liability – 1 April 2020

03/04/2020

Beneficial Ownership Regulations in Kenya

03/04/2020

Good news for employers, or is it? – the UK Supreme Court hands down judgment in WM Morrison Supermarkets plc (Appellant) v Various Claimants (Respondents)

02/04/2020

Lux Regulator suspends Rothschild ex-CEO for ten years-AML and governance and prudent risk management

01/04/2020

ZOOM - Defend against video conference hijacking

01/04/2020

OFSI imposes £20.4 million fine on Standard Chartered Bank for breaching financial sanctions.

31/03/2020

Trust Register: Latest (26 March 2020)

31/03/2020

THE JFSC and Government of Jersey - Stay at Home Order - Essential workers in Financial Services

30/03/2020

INSIDER FRAUD and the preventative steps to take

30/03/2020

Could Northern Ireland become “the new Panama”?

27/03/2020

In-house lawyer was ‘puppet director’ for dubious £16m schemes

27/03/2020

Acorn Finance

26/03/2020

Comsure update due to COVID-19

24/03/2020

Dubai Property: An Oasis for Nigeria's Corrupt Political Elites

23/03/2020

COVID-19 in Mauritius

20/03/2020

School closures and working from home – a six-point guide for Channel Islands employers

19/03/2020

JFSC Findings for ICAAP themed examination programme

18/03/2020

Director of Pilatus Bank, Malta, guilty of sanction busting and bank fraud, money laundering, and defrauding the United States

17/03/2020

JERSEY CORONAVIRUS BUSINESS CONTINUITY CHECKLIST – act now

13/03/2020

Information for regulated businesses - Coronavirus (COVID-19)

13/03/2020

Guernsey fiduciary

12/03/2020

Mauritius FIU STR AML/CFT insights October - December 2019 - Issue no. 3 / 09 March 2020

11/03/2020

THE VULNERABILITY OF MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS TO AN OFFENCE OF MONEY LAUNDERING

11/03/2020

Alison Johnson – MD, Valla Limited

10/03/2020

THE STORY JUST KEEPS ON GIVING - Jahangir Hajiyev was running out of money, and the board in Guernsey need to act!

10/03/2020

Compliance officer, Mauritian CSP

06/03/2020

Highlights from the IRISH Data Protection Commission's 2020 GDPR report

06/03/2020

Civil fining in Jersey – A Look at the first-ever financial penalty against a regulated business and the background and processes

06/03/2020

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC Jersey Branch Pleaded Guilty – the court judgement is available

03/03/2020

Henley & Partners

28/02/2020

Cryptoassets ARE property under English law AND the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA 2002).

28/02/2020

Guernsey update - GFSC issue new fiduciary & pension scheme guidance

28/02/2020

Themed Examination Programme 2019 – The Role of the MLRO (it's out)

24/02/2020

AML & SAR cases in Luxembourg

21/02/2020

Consultation on proposals to change Investment Business fees rates

20/02/2020

Guernsey (GFSC) strike again in 2020 - Louvre and its controllers fined again

20/02/2020

Annual proceeds from human trafficking and forced labour exceed $150 billion

20/02/2020

Feedback about the Masterclass 1

19/02/2020

Head of Risk & Compliance – Leading Offshore Law firm

18/02/2020

Guernsey (GFSC) strike again in 2020 - Louvre and its controllers fined again

18/02/2020

AIRBUS TO PAY €990,963,712 IN UK’S LARGEST DEFERRED PROSECUTION AGREEMENT

18/02/2020

The US admits it is a global money-laundering risk (or at least that is what I interpret)

18/02/2020

Guernsey linked to Jahangir Hajiyev, and his wife, Zamira, and an Ascot golf course

17/02/2020

How Britain can help you get away with stealing millions: a five-step guide (posted by Comsure in 6 postings 6/6)

14/02/2020

How Britain can help you get away with stealing millions: a five-step guide (posted by Comsure in 6 postings 5/6)

14/02/2020

Updates to the AML / CFT Handbook for regulated financial services businesses

14/02/2020

How Britain can help you get away with stealing millions: a five-step guide (posted by Comsure in 6 postings 4/6)

13/02/2020

How Britain can help you get away with stealing millions: a five-step guide (posted by Comsure in 6 postings 3/6)

12/02/2020

How Britain can help you get away with stealing millions: a five-step guide (posted by Comsure in 6 postings 2/6)

10/02/2020

US sanctions Bulgarian PEP (judge) and his family for corruption

10/02/2020

JFSC Registry Programme of Work 2020 Seminar - lots to do by OCT 2020!!!!!

07/02/2020

Money Laundering order amendment 11

07/02/2020

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC, Jersey Branch (ADCBJ) guilty and fined £475,000

07/02/2020

Who indeed wants to be an MLRO (& / or Directors, Partners, Senior Managers, and MLCO)?

06/02/2020

How Britain can help you get away with stealing millions: a five-step guide (posted by Comsure in 6 postings 1/6)

06/02/2020

Iranian national charged with $115m US sanctions evasion scheme

06/02/2020

Partners and Senior Managers at a leading Channel Island Law Firm

05/02/2020

JFSC Risk data on Sound-Business-Practice-Policy & Appendix D2

05/02/2020

EWHC finds Russian bankers liable for balance-sheet concealment scheme

05/02/2020

MAURITIUS: Financial sector must file plans to identify AML gaps

05/02/2020

$300 million of laundered money held in Jersey bank accounts to be sent back to Africa

05/02/2020

JERSEY Fintech enquiries on the rise for the regulator

05/02/2020

UK trust Registration Service - consultation

04/02/2020

GDPR - What are Binding Corporate Rules designed to achieve?

04/02/2020

JOIC UPDATE ON BREXIT

04/02/2020

Tax cheats on notice that their days of non-compliance are over Global tax chiefs undertake worldwide tax fraud probe

31/01/2020

OFSI post Brexit guidance for UK sanctions regimes

31/01/2020

Director, Multi-Jurisdictional Corporate Service Provider

29/01/2020

The Jersey Data Protection Authority (JDPA) has issued its first public statement (but no fine)

29/01/2020

Jersey Business Crime and the Weaponisation of White-Collar Enforcement – are you prepared?

27/01/2020

Failing to act with integrity due to not disclosing or avoid conflicts of interest – are you at risk?

24/01/2020

2019 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX SHOWS ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS STAGNATING IN G7 COUNTRIES

24/01/2020

U.S. HITS NEW LOW IN GLOBAL CORRUPTION INDEX

23/01/2020

Groupthink and how to avoid it

22/01/2020

Request for appointment information for Principal and Key Persons

22/01/2020

Global anti-money laundering fines top £6bn

21/01/2020

5AMLD-and-the-art-market = A-new-landscape

21/01/2020

2019 Supervisory Risk Data Collection Exercise – Update for Funds, wire transfer and prepaid card providers

20/01/2020

FCA becomes AML and CTF supervisor of UK cryptoasset activities

17/01/2020

Compliance manager, Mauritius, a multi-jurisdictional TCB provider

16/01/2020

Mauritius NEW AML 2020 handbook - It is time to start planning your 2020 AML training

16/01/2020

Unreal Estate - Mihajlo Perenčević received millions of dollars from Russia under the guise of fictitious real estate purchases

16/01/2020

The international art market and money laundering

16/01/2020

Key considerations for UK investment in the legal cannabis industry abroad (November 12, 2019)

15/01/2020

UK enforcement round up and looking ahead to 2020

15/01/2020

Seychelles' lawmakers to strengthen anti-money laundering, terrorism financing legislation

14/01/2020

Mauritius – NEW AML HANDBOOK

14/01/2020

5MLD - the Trust Registration Service scope widens

14/01/2020

The truth is that great minds don’t think alike

13/01/2020

Jersey's Royal Court declares trustee's exercise of power void

13/01/2020

UK Updated AML rules for 2020

13/01/2020

Do Russian Oligarchs launder dirty cash in the English courts?

13/01/2020

Christmas ransomware attack hit New York airport servers

13/01/2020

Jersey sanctions update

10/01/2020

The Netherlands issues guidelines on internal compliance programmes

10/01/2020

The GDPR: What exactly is personal data?

06/01/2020

High Court upholds strikeout of a claim based on allegation a financial institution breached fiduciary duties as a shadow director of its customer

19/12/2019

Consultation paper on the proceeds of Civil Financial Penalties Issued:16 December 2019 (Proposals = Retention as income)

17/12/2019

Economic substance laws update: the private wealth context – a pan island briefing [Jersey – Guernsey – BVI – Cayman] (Publication - 10/12/2019) Introduction

13/12/2019

Westpac to admit money laundering breaches

09/12/2019

Three men who were part of cyber fraud group sentenced

05/12/2019

Cryptoqueen: How this woman scammed the world, then vanished

05/12/2019

Europe’s Anti-Money Laundering Framework Needs Further Reforming

05/12/2019

The JFSC 2020 programme for on-site thematic examinations - 3 December 2019

04/12/2019

Action Fraud warns of Amazon Prime scam that has cost victims over £400,000 in two months

03/12/2019

Diplomats for Sale - Al Jazeera Investigations

03/12/2019

Iceland – Guernsey FSC say due to changes sort out your EDD by 31 January 2020.

03/12/2019

Mixcloud data breach exposes over 20 million user records

03/12/2019

US Hospitals Fined $2.175M for "Refusal to Properly Report" Data Breach

03/12/2019

Cryptocurrency expert charged with US N Korea sanctions violations

03/12/2019

Top 15 tax havens around the world – where the billionaires and millionaires hoard their money

02/12/2019

SARs and private law actions and the question of consent – Liang v RBC Trustees (Guernsey) Limited

29/11/2019

End-of-Life Devices Pose Data Breach Risk

26/11/2019

Were EY aiding in the laundering of drug money and did they fail to meet the reporting (SAR) standards

22/11/2019

Jersey provisions are more robust than their UK equivalent - Account Freezing / Forfeiture Orders

22/11/2019

UK "AML" authorities are receiving more "SARs" than ever.

22/11/2019

Public Statement Mr Kevin Robert Manning (Mr Manning)

21/11/2019

UK’s new ‘freeze and seize’ powers upheld in Moldovan money laundering case

21/11/2019

Swedbank under investigation for facilitating transactions involving Kalashnikov

21/11/2019

Advisory on the Financial Action Task Force-Identified Jurisdictions with Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism Deficiencies and Relevant Actions by the United States Government

19/11/2019

Disney+ Accounts Hacked: Hackers Sharing Disney Plus Accounts on Reddit

19/11/2019

The First multi-million GDPR fine in Germany: €14.5 million for not having a proper data retention schedule in place

19/11/2019

THE AML [financial crime] risk appetite statement

19/11/2019

UK/US data sharing and the impact on financial crime

19/11/2019

Initial Coin Offerings: Issues of Legal Uncertainty Report: Initial Coin Offerings: 30 July 2019

08/11/2019

JFSC issue Property managers and letting agents themed examination programme findings - Issued:23 October 2019 Property managers and letting agents themed examination programme findings

05/11/2019

Cryptocurrency' scam'? Dr Ignatova, OneCoin and Death threats for a whistleblower

05/11/2019

Compliance chief busted for stealing confidential SEC information

05/11/2019

You cannot confiscate illicit funds from a company without having brought charges against it

05/11/2019

Legal Uncertainty from Exchange Tokens and Initial Coin Offerings

25/10/2019

Using Search Engines For AML Compliance…..????

25/10/2019

Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) regulations 2019

25/10/2019

Gibraltar RGP confirm major anti-money laundering operation - 22nd October 2019

25/10/2019

Guide to the Criminal Finances Act in the United Kingdom

23/10/2019

INTERMEDDLING: COULD YOU BE FACING A FINE…OR WORSE?

23/10/2019

The GFSC announced the “none fining” of a company (£30k) and do not act to fine any of the directors –how odd!!!

22/10/2019

Jersey courts (April/October 2019) are reminded of Jersey TCSP poor conduct in its apparent backdating of commercial contracts, share sale agreements and accounts

22/10/2019

DOTAS and Jersey and Jersey’s enforcement of such matters

18/10/2019

Reliance on information from banks hindering corruption and money laundering investigations

18/10/2019

You cannot confiscate illicit funds from a company without having brought charges against it

18/10/2019

US issues sanctions [OFAC] against Turkey after the military offensive in Syria

17/10/2019

Invoice hijacking fraud - Court adopts practical approach to assist in the recovery of funds

17/10/2019

ML "No Consent": Suspicion And Provenance Challenges in the Channel Islands.

17/10/2019

The Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation has published its 2018/2019 Annual Review.

16/10/2019

US charges Turkish bank with FRAUD, MONEY LAUNDERING, AND SANCTIONS evasion

16/10/2019

When outsourcing goes awry - Raphaels Bank:

15/10/2019

Outsourcing Step-By-Step Guidelines Checklist

15/10/2019

Know your UBO% or else - A Swiss company has filed a complaint against Deutsche Bank

15/10/2019

Captain Kirk & money laundering? The final frontier for financial crime!!!

11/10/2019

OFAC adds Guptas to Global Magnitsky sanctions list

11/10/2019

UK Export Control Amendment Order creates new offences for export control violations

10/10/2019

US draft guidance for the export of hardware, software and technology with surveillance capabilities

10/10/2019

JERSEY AND GURESNEY PENSION TRANSFER REFUSAL AND PENSION TRANSFER DELAYS - CIFO's emerging issues

10/10/2019

CIFO latest complaint numbers

10/10/2019

Improving the suitability of financial advice - Fact finding and reporting

10/10/2019

New rules brought in for non-UCITS retail schemes

10/10/2019

The President and The Arms Dealer

07/10/2019

Jersey classic money laundering case revisited (2003-2006) “You cannot turn a blind eye to the obvious”!!!

07/10/2019

Deloitte challenge PwC in £25m claim over Guernsey ‘Ponzi’ scheme

07/10/2019

OFAC sanctions Iran’s National Development Fund & amends Central Bank of Iran designation

04/10/2019

Post brfexit - UK to impose ‘Magnitsky’ sanctions on regimes that imprison journalists and campaigners

04/10/2019

SPOT THE SIGNS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING (even in Jersey)- Awareness can save lives

03/10/2019

Cybercrime University Module Series

03/10/2019

Jersey - first two prosecutions for Intermeddling – have you adequate procedure

02/10/2019

Part II of the JMLSG’s guidance updated

02/10/2019

JFSC findings from its MLRO thematic

02/10/2019

GDPR

27/09/2019

Data security

27/09/2019

Why does the compliance function/officer struggle (and in some case fail?)

26/09/2019

LEARN FROM A DATA BREACH

26/09/2019

Cybersecurity tops business risks in internal auditor survey

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OFAC announces settlement with bank in London, UK

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Commerzbank Frankfurt Offices Raided in Widening Tax Scandal

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18/09/2019

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GFSC director seeks judicial review over police complaint

10/09/2019

SFO Guidance: New requirement for lawyers to ‘certify privilege.’

10/09/2019

Fifth man charged in cayman money laundering case

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An Overview of Cuban OFAC Sanctions and Key Tips on How to Deal With the Ongoing Changes

06/09/2019

Jersey courts criticise ‘no consent’ regime….AGAIN!!!

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FinCEN Launches Division to Identify Foreign Money Laundering Threats

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