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International news and developments - January 2018
Written by Jason Morris on Tuesday February 6, 2018
UK Region
FCA fines and bans former RBS trader
FCA warns of increased risk of online investment fraud
Report into RBS misconduct will be made public
Major cyber-attack on UK a matter of ‘when, not if’
London ‘the money laundering capital of the world’
FCA fines Interactive Investor for poor market abuse controls
New UK AML supervisory body, OPBAS, launched
Reports of suspicious money activities are down
Santander’s fake ‘money mule’ job advert convinces 32% of Brits to take illegal job
Estate agents huge fines under money laundering and tax evasion laws
The government has a gaping black hole in its money laundering defences
EMEA Region
Civil servant jailed for selling personal data
Head of Nigerian anti-corruption court…charged with bribery
Companies in Africa ‘unprepared’ for GDPR compliance, report says
European Commission publishes factsheet on GDPR
ECB official calls for tax on bitcoin transactions
APAC Region
South Korea sways cryptocurrency price
Samsung chairman released on appeal on corruption charges
US warns Hong Kong over North Korea money laundering
Australian supervisor controls on amendments to AML law
Japan’s banks secure access to police agency database
Former Hong Kong home affairs secretary denies leading bribery scheme
Singapore in crackdown on white collar crime
Australia a safe haven for illicit funds
North America Region
SEC publishes joint statement with CFTC on virtual currency enforcement action
US Senate Committee met in open session to discuss strengthening BSA Enforcement
Metropolitan bank halts international cryptocurrency-related wire transfers
How Trump made millions selling condos to unknown buyers
LATAM Region
FATF publishes mutual evaluation report on Mexico
Latin Americans go to the polls in 2018, with corruption on the mind
Panama investigates $40m corruption ring
Caribbean
US urges Caribbean to seriously tackle money laundering in the region
Africa
The African Union starts 2018 with anti-corruption campaign
Tribert Rujugiro: Africa’s kingpin of fraud and smuggling
Misc.
Financial Action Task Force publishes report on Financing of Recruitment for Terrorist Purposes
How global regulators are cracking down on financial crime
World Economic Forum publishes report on cyber resilience
Four reasons why cryptocurrencies will continue to crash
Bitflyer launches and becomes the first bitcoin exchange to be regulated in Japan, US and Europe
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