Tag: Financial Intelligence Unit

Rethinking SARs in the fight against financial crime

Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) sit at the heart of AML frameworks worldwide. Without them, efforts to identify laundering, trafficking and terrorist financing would be...

Korea’s FIU unveils 2026 AML plan targeting digital asset risks

South Korea’s financial authorities are preparing a significant expansion of anti-money laundering controls, giving regulators new powers to suspend suspicious bank accounts and widening...

Latvia builds trust to fight financial crime

Trust, not just regulation or technology, is emerging as the crucial ingredient in the fight against financial crime. That was the central message from...

Meeting AML standards in the UAE’s 2025 framework

Anti-money laundering (AML) compliance across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has been undergoing rapid change. According to Workfusion, stronger rules, heightened oversight and...

Mexican banks face huge money laundering threat – FIU

Seven big Mexican banks face a huge risk of being used for money laundering, according to new research from the Financial Intelligence Unit.

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