Anti Money Laundering
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Malta’s customs strengthens Anti-Money Laundering team and anti-terror efforts
Following an analysis of the current trend in infringements of the Cash Control Regulations (S.L. 233.07) and the inherent risks, the Customs Department, this week, has initiated the process intended…
Chamber of Advocates places Anti-Money Laundering high on its agenda
The Chamber of Advocates has placed anti-money laundering as a high priority on its training agenda for this year, in a bid…
German Parliament passes anti-money-laundering laws
The German Parliament passed a raft of anti-money-laundering measures to bring the country in line with EU directives. The reform packet imposes…
Malta is expected to get ‘poor’ rating for its anti-money laundering regime – Sunday Times
The Sunday Times reports that international experts are expected to deliver a poor assessment of Malta's anti-money laundering regime. The newspaper says…
Government jobs to MPs is fundamentally wrong
The Sunday Times reports on a document by the Commissioner for Standards in Public Life warning that government jobs offered to MPs…
Suspicious Russian network with link to Prince Charles exposed
In an exclusive report The Guardian revealed that a charity run by Prince Charles received donations from an offshore company that funneled…
EU plans to place Saudi Arabia on a money laundering blacklist blocked
The Financial Times reported that European Union plans to place Saudi Arabia and four US territories on a money laundering blacklist has…
Al-Sirraj calls for removal of Libya from EU’s anti-money laundering blacklist
The Head of the Presidential Council (PC) Fayez Al-Sirraj called on the European Union (EU) to remove Libya from the list of…
The European Commission expected to order Malta to strengthen enforcement of anti-money laundering rules
The European Commission is preparing to use little-known powers in EU law to issue binding demands on Malta’s financial regulator after an…
Calls for dedicated EU anti-money laundering agency
The European Central Bank board member Benoit Coeure called for a dedicated EU anti-money laundering on Friday. Addressing the press in the…