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Part 1: Recent and incoming legislative change
Anti-financial crime (AFC) remains a regulatory hot topic, and 2020 saw a raft of new AML regulatory changes implemented across the globe.
Global | Publication | February 2021
Senior management and boards are increasingly acknowledging the threat of financial crime as a critical risk to their business that must be addressed. This has been exacerbated in the last 12 months through the impact of the pandemic as well as rising domestic and international tensions. Our financial crime compliance practitioners, located in the UK, US, Canada, Australia and Asia, are looking ahead to 2021 to identify the incoming legislative changes, growing role of technology and the need for an effective regulatory response. This forms part of a seven-part series which will assess, amongst other things, the expansion of virtual currencies, the growth of the role of the money laundering reporting officer, the changing world of sanctions regimes, and how the Biden Presidency could shape financial crime compliance into the future.
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