On New Year’s Day 2021, Congress passed the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AMLA 2020). As we reported last April, the AMLA 2020 included sweeping reforms aimed at strengthening protections against money laundering,...more
On New Year’s Day 2021, Congress passed the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AMLA 2020). As we reported last April, the AMLA 2020 included sweeping reforms aimed at strengthening protections against money laundering,...more
9/22/2021
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
BSA/AML ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Criminal Penalties ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Employees ,
Financial Institutions ,
Money Laundering ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers
As we reported in April, the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AMLA 2020) aims to strengthen protections against money laundering, terrorism financing, and other illegal activities through a variety of mechanisms, including...more
7/15/2021
/ Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
BSA/AML ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Money Laundering ,
New Rules ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Terrorist Financing Regulations ,
U.S. Treasury
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), collaborating with German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, in spring 2016 began leaking approximately 11 million internal documents obtained without permission...more
8/11/2016
/ Banking Sector ,
FBAR ,
Financial Institutions ,
Foreign Trusts ,
Money Laundering ,
Mossack Fonseca ,
Offshore Funds ,
Panama Papers ,
Penalties ,
Popular ,
Shell Corporations ,
Tax Haven