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American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 23rd Annual Canadian Forum on Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime - June 5th - 6th, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hosted by the Canadian Institute, the 23rd Annual Canadian Forum on Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime returns for another exciting year. The event features carefully curated programming providing practical guidance...more

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‘One eye across the Atlantic’ - The UK SFO Director’s Maiden Speech and Recent Visits to the United States Underscore the...

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The Director of the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Nick Ephgrave QPM, delivered his maiden public speech on February, 13, 2024, closely followed by visits to key financial centres in the United States to meet with...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Complying with the Corporate Transparency Act of 2020: Guidance for New York Cooperatives and Condominiums

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The Corporate Transparency Act of 2020 (“CTA”) took effect on January 1, 2024 (“Effective Date”), impacting many privately held corporations, limited liability companies, and other similar entities. At a...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Corporate Transparency Act - New Federal Reporting Requirement For Entities

Background - In January 2021, the United States Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) as part of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020. This law, while intended to prevent criminal actors from hiding and...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The Corporate Transparency Act: Access Rules

On December 21, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued final rules establishing a framework for accessing, using, and protecting beneficial ownership information (BOI)...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Wealth Management Update - December 2023

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Shining a Light on the Corporate Transparency Act: FinCEN’s Rules for Beneficial Ownership Reporting - On January 1, 2021, Congress enacted the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) as part of the Anti-Money Laundering...more

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In the First Use of Its Section 9714 Powers, the U.S. Treasury Designated Bitzlato as a Russian-Linked Primary Money Laundering...

On January 17, 2023, U.S. law enforcement authorities in Miami arrested Anatoly Legkodymov, a Russian national and the founder and majority owner of Hong Kong-based virtual currency exchange Bitzlato Ltd., on charges of money...more

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The UK’s economic crime enforcement gap: the merits of a new funding proposal

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On 24 January 2022, the anti-corruption campaign group Spotlight on Corruption published a report on the state of economic crime enforcement in the UK (the “Report”). The Report warns that “the UK is currently losing the...more

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Dealing with Account Freezing and Account Forfeiture Orders

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In January 2018, UK law enforcement agencies were granted new powers to pursue the forfeiture of assets. Unexplained wealth orders ("UWOs") initially grabbed the media's attention, but the relative ease with which UK law...more

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SAR Reform: The Case of Causey and its Effect

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The UK Government kicked off the New Year with a reminder that tackling economic crime remains top of its agenda. The Home Secretary and Chancellor announced last week that they will chair the new "Economic Crime Strategic...more

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Interpol's colorful 'notices' are potent, obscure tools to combat financial crime

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(This is the first of a two-part series by Michelle Estlund, principal at Estlund Law, in Miami, on the assistance that the multinational organization known as Interpol provides in combating financial crime, apprehending...more

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How UK may be forced out of Europol

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Last week the UK government announced plans to launch a new national economic crime centre (NECC), which promises to tackle ‘the most serious cases of economic crime’. This is a grand promise. Originally published in The...more

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Criminal justice: How best to stop economic crime

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Speaking at the 35th annual Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime, Robert Buckland QC MP, the Solicitor General for England and Wales, and David Green QC, Director of the SFO, addressed the question, “Preventing...more

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