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  1. Banks have a wealth of information

    Gitty Kanters, FIOD Eindhoven IntroductionRecently the Fiscal Intelligence and Investigation Service (Fiscale Inlichtingen- en Opsporingsdienst or FIOD) conducted a criminal investigation further to the ING Bank having reported an incident to the Police. This report...

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  2. Feedback over suspicious transactions: Leaks, bad press and transaction monitoring

    Leaks, bad press and transaction monitoring By: Joris Rozemeijer (AMLC) and Sonja Corstanje Maaskant (FIU-Nederland), December 2021 In this article, under the scope of transaction monitoring in reference to publications in the press and together...

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  3. Indicators for money laundering via cryptocurrency

    Virtual currency is regularly linked to money laundering. Gatekeepers need to remain alert of the risks. But which amount offers an indication of money laundering with virtual currency? The Europol Financial Intelligence Public Private Partnership...

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  4. Analysis of case law on the indirect method of proof

    Money laundering involves objects originating from crime. The offence an object originates from is not always clear. Money laundering cases in the Netherlands have shown that it is not necessary for a predicate offence to...

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  5. Anti Money Laundering Game

    The AMLC and Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC)[1] have jointly developed a new anti-money laundering game: the AML pressure cooker. The game was developed to make private parties that may unwittingly get involved in money laundering...

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  6. The FATF on the Travel Rule

    This summer, the Financial Action Task Force on money laundering (FATF) pointed out that a majority of countries have not yet implemented the FATF Crypto Guidance (read more here). The FATF Crypto Guidance includes the...

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  7. OECD report on professional enablers

    On February 25 this year the OECD published a new report: Ending the Shell Game, Cracking down in the Professionals who enable Tax and White Collar Crimes. Professional enablers are a distinct segment of professionals...

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  8. Guidelines on ML/TF risk factors

    The European Banking Authority (hereinafter EBA) is an independent EU-authority established in Paris, formed on January 1, 2011 in order to maintain financial stability in the EU and to protect the integrity and orderly functioning...

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  9. Serious Organized Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA)

    In EU SOCTA 2021, published on April 12, Europol cautioned that money laundering in the European Union is widely spread and more complex than previously thought. The report, which is published every four years, provides...

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  10. Private investment funds and money laundering

    By Tom Debets and Lisette de Zeeuw Last year, through a hack of the US investigation services (blueleaks), among other things a document about money laundering through hedge funds and private equity firms was disclosed...

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