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“The following information and links to laws and regulations is provided to simplify the challenge that is sometimes experienced in identifying and assessing what the ‘rules of the game’, or as we often say, ‘the offside rule’ is when managing financial crime compliance”

UK AND INTERNATIONAL APPLICABLE LAWS

United Nations Convention of
Transnational Organised Crime 2000
SOURCE: UNODC.ORG
UK Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
SOURCE: GOV.UK
UK Serious Organised Crime and
Police Act 2005
SOURCE: LEGISLATION.GOV.UK
Criminal Finances Act 2017
SOURCE: GOV.UK
HMRC Guidance – Corporate offences
for failing to prevent criminal facilitation
of tax evasion
SOURCE: GOV.UK
The UK Terrorism Act 2000
SOURCE: GOV.UK
UK Bribery Act 2010
SOURCE: GOV.UK
Ministry of Justice Bribery Act Guidance
SOURCE: GOV.UK
UK Fraud Act 2006
SOURCE: GOV.UK
UK Sanctions and Anti-Money
Laundering Act 2018
SOURCE: GOV.UK
USA Bank Secrecy Act 1970
SOURCE: TREAS.GOV
USA Patriot Act 2001
SOURCE: FINCEN.GOV
UK Money Laundering Regulations
2017 (as amended)
SOURCE: GOV.UK

GUIDANCE GROUPS

The Financial Action Task Force
SOURCE: FATF-GAFI.ORG
The Wolfsberg Group
SOURCE: WOLFSBERG-PRINCIPLES.COM
Transparency International
SOURCE: TRANSPARENCY.ORG.UK
Global Financial Intergrity
SOURCE: FINTEGRITY.ORG
Tax Justice Network
SOURCE: TAXJUSTICE.NET
International Consortium of
Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)
SOURCE: ICIJ.ORG
Organised Crime and Corruption
Reporting Project (OCCRP)
SOURCE: OCCRP.ORG
The National Consortium for the
Study of Terrorism and Responses
to Terrorism (START)
SOURCE: START.UMD.EDU
Financial Conduct Authority
SOURCE: WWW.FCA.ORG.UK

LAW ENFORCEMENT FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNITS

Egmont Group
SOURCE: EGMONTGROUP.ORG
The National Crime Agency
SOURCE: NATIONALCRIMEAGENCY.GOV.UK
UK MI5
SOURCE: MI5.GOV.UK
US Department of the Treasury’s
Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network (FinCEN)
SOURCE: FINCEN.GOV
AUSTRAC
SOURCE: AUSTRAC.GOV.AU
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
SOURCE: HKMA.GOV.HK
Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
SOURCE: MAS.GOV.SG
EUROPOL
SOURCE: EUROPOL.EUROPA.EU