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NEWS: SmartSearch partners with Daon on AI-powered ID verification tech

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Clive Bourke, Daon’s President for EMEA & APAC

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INSIGHT: An ‘AML Machine’ – the amazing success of one small police station that dedicated two of its officers to fighting rampant financial crime

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NEWS: EU bans AI-generated images and videos in official communications

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NEWS: Bank of America agrees to pay $72.5 million to settle Epstein accusers’ lawsuit

By PAUL O’DONOGHUE, Senior Correspondent

UK-based SmartSearch has partnered with identity technology firm Daon to deliver AI-powered identity verification through the SmartDoc platform.

The collaboration integrates Daon’s biometric identity assurance tools into SmartSearch’s SmartDoc solution. The goal is to help regulated businesses improve onboarding, comply with anti-money laundering (AML) rules, and detect financial crime more effectively.

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  • Hull funeral director pleads guilty to 67 criminal charges

    The Crown Prosecution Service

    A man has pleaded guilty to dozens of counts of preventing a lawful and decent burial after remains were found at a funeral directors in Hull in 2024.

    Robert Bush, 47, formerly of Kirk Ella, East Yorkshire, has pleaded guilty today (2 April 2026) to a total of 67 charges, including the prevention of a lawful and decent burial, fraud, fraudulent trading, and theft.

    The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecuted Bush following an investigation by Humberside Police.

  • Europol has identified AI powered fraud as a key problem area
    From intelligence to conviction: Europol helps dismantle Terrorgram Collective

    Europol

    A Canadian man has been sentenced by the Public Prosecution Service of Canada to 20 years in prison for terrorism-related offences, following an investigation supported by Europol’s European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC). The individual, based in Ontario’s Niagara region, pleaded guilty to producing and disseminating violent white supremacist propaganda as part of the online extremist network known as the “Terrorgram Collective”. Content he co-created and shared online was found to have inspired multiple terrorist attacks.

  • Public register makes it harder for criminals to launder money through crypto

    Austrac

    Australia’s anti‑money laundering and counter‑terrorism financing (AML/CTF) laws have expanded, strengthening safeguards to make it significantly harder for criminals to launder money through crypto and other virtual assets. The reforms introduce greater oversight of businesses operating in the virtual asset sector, which AUSTRAC continues to identify as a high money‑laundering risk. The changes ensure Australia’s financial crime laws keep pace with the rapid growth of crypto and other virtual assets, closing known gaps that criminals have sought to exploit, and aligning Australia with global standards.

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