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Beneficial Ownership Compliance for Small Businesses (Archive Edition)
This episode originally aired on September 22, 2023
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has published a Small Entity Compliance Guide...
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This episode originally aired on September 22, 2023
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has published a Small Entity Compliance Guide...
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This week, an advisory on spear-phishing was issued, the US Department of Justice brought indictments for an $80 million pig butchering scheme, and...
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This week, the US Treasury issued a Fact Sheet on its action to disrupt corruption, FINTRAC levied fines against another bank for AML/CFT program...
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It has been another busy week. IRS:CI issued its Annual Report for 2023, the US Treasury announced the creation of a new fentanyl task force, and...
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It has been another busy week. The Center for International Private Enterprise issued a report on the importance of business integrity to the...
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It has been another busy week. The Basel Institute on Governance released its AML 2023 Index. The US and the UK issued sanctions on Hamas leaders and...
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It has been a busy week. FinCEN issued an alert and final rule, OFAC issued sanctions against cartel activity on fentanyl, and Canada and the UK...
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It has been a busy week. FATF released the outcomes from its October Plenary, the Biden Administration issued an Executive Order on Artificial...
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FinCEN has issued a new regulation, renewed its real estate geographic targeting orders, and published an alert regarding terrorist financing. John...
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John and Elliot examine how different things come together in financial crime prevention efforts. They discuss a recent release from AUSTRAC about...
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It's clear that terrorist financing is still a global problem that demands consistent vigilance. John and Elliot discuss the importance of being...
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This week Elliot and John come to you from the ACAMS Assembly in Las Vegas. They discuss some of the highlights from sessions at the conference and...
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In a busy week, John and Elliot discuss the corruption and bribery indictment of US Senator Robert Menendez, an adverse ruling in the civil case...
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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has published a Small Entity Compliance Guide for beneficial ownership information. A set of FAQs...
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The US Department of State has issued itsImplementation Planfor theUS Strategy on Countering Corruption. The five-pillar Plan outlines actions for...
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The Inspector General from the US Treasury Department has issued an audit report on FinCEN’s BSA data retention processes. The Financial Conduct...
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The International Crisis Group issued a report on the impact of sanctions on peacemaking. John and Elliot discuss critical insights in the report....
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The Wolfsberg Group issued a comment letter in the public consultation of FATF’s draft amendments to Recommendation 8 and its Interpretive Note and...
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The American Bar Association House of Delegates has approved changes to strengthen a lawyer’s obligations as a gatekeeper. Also, FinCEN issued a ...
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This week, Attorney General spoke to the American Bar Association, and OFAC issued guidance on providing humanitarian assistance to Syria. John and...
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Both the US House and Senate have been very active ahead of leaving for their August recess. John and Elliot discuss the Senate proposal to apply the...
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The US Departments of Commerce, Treasury, and Justice recently updated their voluntary self-disclosure policies. The DOJ also announced the...
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The Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions of the US House Financial Services Committee held a...
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Europol recently issued its 2023 Terrorism Situation and Trend Report. The US Treasury issued new sanctions against a top Serbian security official....
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The US Department of Justice announced an indictment charging four people with fraud and money laundering. John and Elliot discuss the connection...
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The FATF June Plenary has ended, and the Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs of the US Senate issued a report on intelligence failures before...
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The US Department of State has issued its 2023 Trafficking in Persons report. The theme of this year’s report is partnerships. John and Elliot...