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Here’s the EU’s Plan to Tackle Money Laundering

8th January 2020
It now appears that the European Union (EU) is convinced of the need for a central authority to tackle money laundering.
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Money Laundering: The Dirty Secret That Won’t Go Away

12th December 2019
A report by anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International lays bare what it believes is massive, carefully planned money laundering in the UK.
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Is the US Really Alone in the Battle Against Bribery?

26th November 2019
The chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission has said his country is the only one tackling bribery and corruption.
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How an 18th Century Tax Law Still Catches People Out

20th November 2019
Taxation in the England and Wales is regulated entirely by statute.
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EY Aided the Laundering of Drug Money, But Who's Really to Blame?

8th November 2019
A recent investigation by the BBC and Premières Lignes has uncovered that one of Britain’s biggest accountancy firms aided the laundering of drug money.
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Big Rise in Businesses Taking Legal Action on Late Payments

6th November 2019
Two in five small business owners (40%) say they are taking legal action against customers not paying them on time and many bosses are foregoing their own salary in order to ensure their employees get paid on time.
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Are Law Firms Failing to Mitigate Increasingly Sophisticated AML Practices?

6th November 2019
If businesses have learnt anything from the past few years, it’s that knowing who you are working with is key to success.
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The Fifth Money Laundering Directive and Legal Compliance

31st October 2019
10 January 2020 is a date that the business world cannot afford to ignore. It is the date the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD) will become law throughout the European Union. And it places plenty of responsibility on many of those in business.
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Does Interest Accrue on Sums Owed to a Sanctioned Entity?

21st October 2019
In July 2019, the High Court of England and Wales gave judgment in the case of Ministry of Defence and Support for Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (“MODSAF”) v. International Military Services Limited (“IMS”).
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Increased Sentences for Money Laundering, But How Is It Being Tackled?

18th October 2019
The increasing average length of sentences given to convicted money launderers in the UK over the past decade makes a strong enough story in itself.
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