On 9 October 2025, the Anti-Money Laundering Action Plan Act (Wet plan van aanpak witwassen, the Act) was published in the Dutch Government Gazette. The Act introduces a ban on cash payments of EUR 3,000 or more by traders of goods in the Netherlands.
This measure forms part of the Dutch government’s
On 4 July 2025, the draft Implementation Act on the prevention of money laundering and terrorism financing (Implementatiewet ter voorkoming van witwassen en terrorismefinanciering, Draft Implementation Act) was published for public consultation. The Draft Implementation Act transposes the Sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (Directive (EU) 2024/1640, AMLD6) into Dutch law. It
On 4 July 2024, the European Banking Authority (EBA) issued new guidelines on the ‘travel rule’.
The EBA publicly consulted on a draft version of the guidelines between 24 November 2023 and 26 February 2024. A public hearing took place on 17 January 2024.
The guidelines specify which information should accompany a transfer
On 5 January 2023, the threshold amount specified in section 339A of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) was increased from £250 to £1,000 following the coming into force of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) (Threshold Amount) Order 2022 (SI 2022/1355) made on 15 December 2022.
The threshold amount is the
Avis du ministère de la Justice américain sur une violation en vertu de la FCPA – est-ce que cela se produirait au Canada?
En janvier, le ministère de la Justice américain (Ministère) a rendu un avis à une société américaine sur la question de savoir si le fait de payer un tiers pour
In January, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) issued an opinion to a US company on whether paying a third party for release of its employees would breach the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).[1] The DOJ said it would not bring charges against the company if it made a payment to prevent
The Canadian federal government is bolstering Canada’s anti money laundering (AML) regime by bringing forward plans to introduce a beneficial ownership registry in 2023.
A beneficial ownership registry would require corporations to register and verify the identity of companies’ beneficial owners, making it more difficult to use shell companies to conceal criminal activity.
The need
On 24 March 2022, there was published a letter from the European Banking Authority (EBA) to John Berrigan (Director General, Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union) and others regarding the European Commission’s anti-money laundering / countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) package and issues related to supervisory cooperation and
On 22 March 2022, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published the findings from its assessment of Member State competent authorities’ (NCAs) approaches to anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) supervision, but the EBA has found that significant challenges remain in key areas such as the identification and assessment of money
Australia’s Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) regulator, AUSTRAC, has released its guidance with respect to new laws that require digital currency exchange (DCE) providers to register and comply with AML/CTF obligations.
AUSTRAC takes a broad approach in interpreting what is covered within the legal definition of a DCE. Essentially, any