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Global Glimpses

“Global Glimpses” follows compliance, risk, and corporate governance news both in Europe and around the world. It covers developments at the International Accounting Standards Board, as well as global regulation, anti-bribery, and corruption enforcement, along with other compliance developments abroad. Global Glimpses is written by contributor Paul Hodgson. Hodgson welcomes questions, comments, and statements from readers on global issues and will address them here when appropriate. Readers can contact him at paul.hodgson@complianceweek.com.
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European Watchdog: Vatican Must Crack Down on Financial Crimes
Aarti Maharaj | December 16, 2015
The Council of Europe’s Moneyval Committee is calling on the Vatican to step up its anti-money laundering enforcement actions. Although the Vatican has finally revamped its regulations to address terrorist financing and money laundering, there’s still a lot of work needed to detect and prevent suspicious transactions, the regulator said.
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Parliament moves to halt AML activities in Overseas Territories
Paul Hodgson | May 4, 2018
In an effort to stem the tide of money-laundering activites in Britain's 14 Overseas Territories (including the British Virgin Islands), the U.K. parliament accepted a cross-party amendment to the Sanctions and AML Bill that will force the territories to set up public registers of beneficial ownership.
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Podcast: AML Compliance in the Netherlands
Aarti Maharaj | October 14, 2015
In this week’s podcast, Leon Blonk, regional compliance officer at the Bank of China, discussed the current state of anti-money laundering compliance in the Netherlands and what companies should consider when conducting business in this part of Europe. According to Transparency International, the Netherlands ranked eighth in its latest Corruption Perceptions Index, which means that the country still has some work to do in dealing with corruption. Listen here.
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Preventing money laundering in law firms
Paul Hodgson | March 5, 2018
Strict new anti-money laundering regulations will make compliance matters much more complicated for U.K. solicitors whose business makes them a target for money laundering operations.
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Safeguarding HSBC against Zupta
Paul Hodgson | December 26, 2017
HSBC’s new anti-money laundering (AML) and sanctions policies are due to be in place by the end of the year, but what form of compliance or enforcement will they take?
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