Money Laundering

Sowing Tainted Money in the Indian Agriculture Sector

Today is March, the 31st; last day of the accounting/taxation year. Accountants and auditors are having a busy day finalizing accounts, similarly would be...

Professional Shell Company operators

In the month of March'2017, there was a news that almost 54 Chartered Accountants have come under the radar of the Income Tax department...

Impact of Demonetization on CAME Profession

Demonetization efforts of the Indian government are likely to see a increased demand for the Certified Anti Money Laundering Experts. The anti-money laundering (AML)...

Statistics on Heightened Risk Entities

Riskpro Technology, which compiles the data on heightened risk entities recently published their factsheet. There are more than 175000 individuals flagged as Heightened Risk...

Classification of High Risk Customers

Regulated financial institutions are required to take a risk-based approach to customer due diligence and ongoing monitoring under the Money Laundering Regulations. Customer relationship...

2017 will see changes in the syllabus of AML Certification

Reforms in various laws related to financial crimes have changed the compliance rules in 2016, many of these legislations would see activity in the...

Money Laundering Vs. Terrorist Financing

Quite frequently, I see a lot of people using the terms money laundering and terrorist financing together. AML and CTF terms are frequently seen...

Amendments in Benami Transactions Act

Benami Transactions Act of 1988 was amended in 2015. These amendments are predominately anti money laundering measures and its purpose is to seize benami...