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Follow the money
The new Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision (OPBAS) will tackle potential weaknesses in the supervisory system that criminals & terrorists may be trying to exploit.  The watchdog will raise standards across the supervisory regime and ensure supervisors & law enforcement work together more effectively to help identify & tackle criminals.
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HMT:  New watchdog to close money laundering & terrorist financing loopholes

One suspects much of the money is sent abroad asap!

Talk is Cheap: Action Needed on Tackling Organised Crime’s Finances

ESAs publish AML/CFT Guidelines

FRC launches proposed updates to Money Laundering Guidance

Crack down on terrorist & criminal financing

Almost £120,000 clawed back from money launderer

Parliament again rejects blacklist of states at risk of money laundering

UK FinTech Working Together to Combat Financial Crime

Fight against terrorism financing requires wider measures

Traffickers jailed after rucksack handover, fake IDs & money laundering

HMRC launch criminal investigation into global financial institution

NCA statement on the Laundromat money laundering scheme

UK tightens defences against money laundering

New RUSI programme to support public/private intelligence sharing to fight financial crime across major markets

FCA fines Deutsche Bank £163m for serious anti-money laundering controls failings

New crackdown on corporate economic crime

Security Union: EC adopts stronger rules to fight terrorism financing

How Lambeth Council undertakes effective know your citizen (KYC) / ID checks to prevent fraud