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NEWS: Cyprus AML chief urges clarity on who supervises non-financial sectors

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PHOTO: Kleanthis Ioannides is Cyprus representative on AMLA's General Board

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NEWS: Financial crime leaders worry about AI-enabled threats but lag on adoption, Ripjar finds

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LATEST: Bank of America processed millions via 32 Russia-sanctioned banks, despite known screening flaws

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NEWS: Swiss risk assessment flags organised crime infiltration and surge in fraud

By CARLO BOFFA, EU Correspondent A senior Cypriot anti-money laundering official urged authorities to clarify who will oversee non-financial professions before the EU’s new rules apply next year.  Cyprus is among the many member states that have yet to appoint supervisors for several non-financial business categories that fall under the rules, which for the first…

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NEWS: Financial crime leaders worry about AI-enabled threats but lag on adoption, Ripjar finds

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NEWS: Swiss risk assessment flags organised crime infiltration and surge in fraud

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  • Update to UK Sanctions List: Russia Regime

    UK Government

      Today, Thursday 15 October, the UK Government has varied an individual under the Russia sanctions regime. Individuals Varied:

    Name: Unique ID:
    Nadia CHERKASOVA RUS1636

  • Hungary: GRECO publishes three compliance reports on corruption prevention in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors, top executive functions and law enforcement agencies

    GRECO

    GRECO has made public today three Compliance Reports on Hungary under the Fourth and Five Evaluation Rounds, setting out an assessment of the progress made by Hungary in implementing GRECO’s recommendations to prevent corruption and promote integrity in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors, central government (top executive functions) and law enforcement agencies.

  • Italy: EPPO targets suspected criminal association in public contract corruption scheme

    European Public Prosecutor's Office

    At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo (Italy), a judge has ordered precautionary measures against seven individuals suspected of participating in a criminal association involved in corruption and the steering of public contracts in Syracuse, including an EU-funded project to expand accommodation for seasonal agricultural workers in Cassibile (Sicily). The measures, issued on 12 October by the judge for preliminary investigations at the Court of Syracuse, include pre-trial detention for a Carabinieri officer, house arrest for a local political figure and a construction entrepreneur, and a 12-month ban on carrying out business activities involving applications for EU or national funding for four other individuals. The judge has also summoned another suspect, a municipal public official, for questioning before deciding on the requested precautionary measure.

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