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ANALYSIS: Australia staying off FATF’s grey list – here’s what its new AML measures mean for real estate professionals

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GREY LIST FEARS: The Australian Attorney General said real estate is a focus as Sydney is seen as “an attractive destination for the investment of foreign proceeds of crime in real estate”. “Real estate professionals are the front door to buying and selling property [and] real property makes up more than 65% of confiscated proceeds of crime in Australia,” the AG said. Our file photo shows the Sydney Opera House.

INSIGHT: Setting up the new EU AML Authority (AMLA) for success

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NEWS: Nigeria court rules Binance executive can face trial on behalf of crypto exchange

NEWS: EU must do more to battle ‘faceless’ criminals, Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe tells Anti-Financial Crime Summit 2024

By PAUL O’DONOGHUE, Senior Correspondent DUE to various gaps in its AML measures, Australia risks becoming one of the wealthiest and most developed jurisdictions in the world to land on the FATF’s “grey list”. Being put on the list can have a major impact, such as by restricting international transactions, leading to difficulties for a…

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INSIGHT: Setting up the new EU AML Authority (AMLA) for success

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NEWS: Nigeria court rules Binance executive can face trial on behalf of crypto exchange

NEWS: EU must do more to battle ‘faceless’ criminals, Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe tells Anti-Financial Crime Summit 2024

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  • Two Foreign Nationals Arrested for Laundering At Least $73M Through Shell Companies Tied to Cryptocurrency Investment Scams

    An indictment was unsealed in the Central District of California yesterday charging two Chinese nationals alleging they played leading roles in a scheme to launder proceeds from cryptocurrency investment scams.

    Daren Li, 41, a dual citizen of China and St. Kitts and Nevis, and a resident of China, Cambodia, and the United Arab Emirates, was arrested on April 12 at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and subsequently transported to the Central District of California. Yicheng Zhang, 38, a Chinese national and resident of Temple City, California, was arrested yesterday in Los Angeles.

  • Setting up the new EU Anti-Money Laundering Authority for success

    Central Bank of Ireland

    Speaking at the European Anti-Financial Crime Summit today, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland Derville Rowland said: “The commitment of European leaders to introduce a single rulebook for Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and the creation of a new European AML supervisory and financial intelligence coordination authority is truly historic, and we are at an inflection point in the journey of financial crime prevention.

  • NCA secures first Unexplained Wealth Order in Northern Ireland

    National Crime Agency

    The National Crime Agency (NCA) has secured the first Unexplained Wealth Order in Northern Ireland against a man suspected of involvement in serious organised crime. The Order compels the man and his wife to explain the source of funds used to construct a property in County Armagh worth approximately £275,000. It was obtained at the High Court in Belfast on Friday (17 May) as part of an ongoing NCA civil recovery investigation.

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