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A&O Shearman

Pandora Papers Fallout: Proposed US Legislation Targets “Enablers” of Money Laundering

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The release of the Pandora Papers, a leak of approximately 12 million documents, exposed how foreign leaders and private actors use tax havens to conceal their wealth, with the United States a destination of choice. For...more

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The Corporate Transparency Act and Pandora’s Papers

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With the recent release of the “Pandora Papers,” renewed attention is focused on corporate ownership transparency. Earlier this year, Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). The CTA was enacted to combat the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

“Panama Papers” Law Firm Announces Its Closure Due to Fallout from Massive Data Breach

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The beleaguered law firm at the center of the international Panama Papers scandal – Mossack Fonseca – has announced that it is closing its doors. It offered no apologies....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Lunione europea ha pubblicato la black list dei paradisi fiscali

Il Consiglio Europeo dei ministri dell'economia ha approvato e pubblicato una lista di 17 Paesi considerati paradisi fiscali (c.d. "Black List") e una lista di 47 Paesi che si sono impegnati ad allinearsi e rispettare i...more

The Volkov Law Group

Customer Due Diligence in the Post-Panama Papers Era

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Sometimes it takes a scandal to advance a policy or law enforcement cause. The Panama Papers scandal has given new life to financial regulators around the world who seek to impose customer due diligence requirements on banks...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

FinCEN Issues Final Rules for Customer Due Diligence Requirements

On May 11, 2016, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued the final version of its long-awaited “Customer Due Diligence Rules” under the Bank Secrecy Act. The final rules impose a new requirement on...more

Carlton Fields

FinCEN Unveils “Fifth Pillar” of Anti-Money Laundering Compliance

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The idea that a “fifth pillar” of Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”) compliance – customer due diligence requiring U.S. banks, broker-dealers, mutual funds, commodity futures merchants, and introducing brokers (“covered financial...more

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