By Kyle Brasseur2023-07-27T13:55:00
Germany is set to establish its new Federal Bureau of Financial Intelligence as the country’s office overseeing monitoring and analysis of money laundering and sanctions enforcement, according to multiple reports.
Details regarding the new office were set out in a draft law viewed by Reuters and AML Intelligence. The German finance ministry did not respond to requests from Compliance Week to view the draft law.
The office is set to begin operations in 2024 and have nearly 2,000 employees, according to the reports. Germany’s finance ministry has budgeted more than 700 million euros (U.S. $772 million) toward its implementation.
2024-02-27T12:43:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
The European Union’s recently approved Anti-Money Laundering Authority will be based in Frankfurt, Germany, and begin operations in 2025.
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The impact of the Anti-Money Laundering Authority to improve the coordination and success of AML activities will be largely indirect, depending on its influence over European national governments continuing to supervise most EU financial services firms.
2023-12-14T15:42:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
A new agency to supervise high-risk financial institutions across the European Union regarding their anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism activities gained provisional approval.
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A Houston-based freight forwarder, Fracht FWO Inc., will pay $1.6 million for violating U.S. sanctions tied to Venezuela and Iran, according to the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). The fine comes as OFAC ramps up enforcement in recent months.
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Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay a $3 million fine and has returned $5 million in fee overcharges to customers as part of a resolution with Hong Kong’s financial services regulator.
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