SARs overload slowing efforts to combat financial crime
By 
Martin Woods2020-07-29T14:43:00
For the global AML community, there is a need to recognize too much valuable time is spent filing too many low-value suspicious activity reports that will never become the subject of any law enforcement action, writes Martin Woods.
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