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The FSA has published a report following a review of systems and controls for data security at 39 banks, building societies and insurance companies. Click here to read the summary and download the report.
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We are delighted that Misha Glenny, the award-winning journalist and author of a new book entitled "McMafia: Crimes Without Frontiers" will be the final speaker at the forthcoming IMLPO annual conference in Manchester. Click here for full programme details!
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An FT article looks at how the hawala system to get round US sanctions. Click here for full story.
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The National Audit Office is urging the use of data sharing to help stem the losses to tax evasion in the UK. Click here for the full article in the Financial Times.
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Click here for press release on the merger of ARA and SOCA, effective 1st April.
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There are several articles in today's Financial Times about mortgage fraud and the increased efforts of the City of London Police to combat it: click here, here and here to read the full stories.
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Today's Times includes an article on the US State Department's annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, which identifies the UK as a "jurisdiction of primary concern". Click here for the full article.
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ACPO has commissioned a report that estimates annual mortgage fraud in the UK at £700 bn. Click here for the full article in the Financial Times.
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According to an article in The Scotsman, there are now 400 organised crime bosses in the UK - predominantely from countries such as Albania, Russia and Turkey - with an amassed wealth of £440m. Click here for the full article.
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According to a new survey conducted for Verisign, Internet users in the UK could lose up to £10,077 a year each in online fraud. Click here to read the full article on Finextra.
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The FATF issued a warning on 28th February 2008 of the higher risk of money laundering posed by deficiencies in Uzbekistan, Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Sao Tome and Principe and Northern Cyprus. Click here for link to the full article on Finextra.
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All Accounting Services Providers (ASPs) - ie anyone who provides accountancy and/or tax services who is not already supervised by the FSA - must be registered with HMRC by 1st October. This includes such people as farm secretaries - click here for information.
Click here for link to the HMRC website.
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Wednesday 27th February: the Home Office announced a £1bn programme to tackle the UK's drugs problem, including extended police powers to seize the assets of suspected criminals. Click here for link to the Home Office website.
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Figures on and analysis of trends in fraud during last year are available on the CIFAS website - click here for full information.
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The 2008 IMLPO annual conference is taking place on Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th May, at The Midland Hotel, Manchester.
Ours is now THE must-attend event in the AML calendar! Click here to go to the conference website.
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