- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By Neil Hodge2022-11-29T18:17:00
Determining the true owner of a company might become more difficult after Europe’s top court ruled automatic access to registers of beneficial ownership conflicted with the right to privacy.
In a Nov. 22 decision, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) invalidated a provision of the 5th EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD5) that guaranteed public access to information on companies’ real owners.
The case was sent to the CJEU from a Luxembourg court after a Luxembourgish company and a beneficial owner wanted to restrict public access to the Luxembourg Business Registers, which maintains company details.
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2022-12-16T15:24:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network released a notice of proposed rulemaking that outlines what agencies and entities should be allowed to access the beneficial ownership registry that is in the works.
2022-10-13T12:34:00Z By Neil Hodge
Only the United States and Switzerland can be considered “active enforcers” in tackling foreign bribery, while countries like the United Kingdom and Israel have taken a step back, according to the latest report from Transparency International.
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The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill aims to stem the flow of dirty money coming into the United Kingdom by giving Companies House more power and resources to help combat money laundering.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged cryptocurrency company Unicoin, three top executives, and its general counsel with defrauding investors of $110 million by selling them bogus “rights certificates” in a future cryptocurrency coin.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has shuttered a special Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) unit that focused on public corruption and whose legwork led to the special counsel investigation of President Donald Trump for trying to overturn the 2020 election results.
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