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2022 Financial Crime Market Outlook | Africa & Middle East
In this part of our global anti-money laundering outlook, we are delving into Africa and the Middle East and what is to come this year. The Middle East and Africa anti-money laundering market is projected to register a CAGR of
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2022 Financial Crime Market Outlook | Latin America
Welcome back to our 2022 outlook on the AML industry across different parts of the world. In this part, we’re looking at Latin America, where there is a dire need for compliance teams to step up their AML efforts to
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2022 Financial Crime Market Outlook | APAC
Our next foray into the complex financial crime compliance industry is looking into APAC. In a report published by Business Market Insights, the APAC anti-money laundering market is projected to grow from US$377m in 2019 to US$1.7bn by 2027, as
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2022 Financial Crime Market Outlook | North America
Welcome back to our financial crime market outlook series, where we’re looking at North America and some of the key factors that we should be aware of in this upcoming year. According to a report by Global Market Insights, the
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2022 Financial Crime Market Outlook | UK & Europe
As we enter a new year, it seems only fitting to look at what we can expect in 2022 in the financial crime compliance space. We’ve divided our market outlook into a five-part series looking into different geographical regions and
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Private Jets to Airliners: The Use of Private Aircraft in Narco-Trafficking
The use of private aircraft for narco-trafficking into the United States (US) is not new and has been seen as far back as the 1970s. The heyday of narco-trafficker Amado Carrillo Fuentes, nicknamed ‘Lord of the Skies’[1] for his use
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UK Regulatory Needs for Real Estate
The real estate sector is under pressure to improve its AML practices, as criminals step up their efforts to launder their dirty money through property. This article was originally published on AML RightSource. Read how the UK Real Estate market has
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Central Digital Currencies Create Risks, But Could Crush Crime
The mainstream financial world faces a brave new dawn as central banks prepare to introduce digital currencies. The move is fraught with risks, but necessary to avoid losing control of economies to unregulated cryptocurrency markets. And it could, ironically, be
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The UK’s First National Risk Assessment of Proliferation Financing
This article was originally published on AML RightSource. Read about the UK’s release of its first National Risk Assessment of Proliferation Financing. The United Kingdom (UK) was one of the first countries to publish a Money Laundering (ML) and Terrorist Financing
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Know Your Crypto: How KYC and AML are Helping Cryptocurrencies Go Mainstream
Cryptocurrencies have ascended the ranks from being a nascent concept to a legitimate commodity that banks are investing in. So much so, that regulatory bodies have had to adapt to an ever-shifting change in compliance, as they continue to assess
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What do NFTs in the video gaming industry mean for AML?
NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, have taken their place in the spotlight in recent times and now they’re becoming a hot topic amongst the video gaming community. (A community of 3 billion we should add.) Unlike other cryptocurrencies, NFTs are unique
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The UK’s First National Risk Assessment of Proliferation Financing
The United Kingdom (UK) was one of the first countries to publish a Money Laundering (ML) and Terrorist Financing (TF) National Risk Assessment (NRA). The ML/TF NRA however did not include Proliferation Financing (PF). In September 2021, the UK released
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New tech set to boost financial crime fighting efforts
Experts have welcomed a Financial Action Task Force report highlighting new technologies that can help fight financial crime. The task force emphasised how advances — such as customer due diligence tools, artificial intelligence and blockchain — can make anti-money
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Applying Technology To Financial Crimes Compliance
How can banks best apply technology to help with their financial crime compliance processes, particularly when the rapid advancement in the space? AML RightSource Creative Director Elliot Berman sat with CEO Frank Ewing and Head of Product David Buxton at
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Real Estate and the Need for “Real” Reforms in Australian AML Regulations
“Incremental” is a word that is often used to describe the pace of AML/CTF reforms in Australia. The release in 2021 June of the latest Tranche 1.5 by the AUSTRAC is emblematic of the glacial pace at which reforms