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Topic Anti-money laundering Legal Sources

In the field of the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing prevention, there are numerous international, European and national set of rules and legal sources. In the following you will find the relevant legal sources:

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Com­bat­ing mon­ey laun­der­ing: “There is still some way to go”

On the whole, companies in the financial industry have made progress in the area of money laundering prevention in recent years. But in BaFin’s view, further improvement is needed.
Commentary by Birgit Rodolphe, Chief Executive Director of Resolution and Prevention of Money Laundering at BaFin.

BaFin or­ders fu­tu­rum bank AG to rem­e­dy short­com­ings in mon­ey laun­der­ing pre­ven­tion

On 23 October 2023, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) ordered futurum bank AG to remedy shortcomings in its precautions for the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing. Serious deficits were identified in internal controls and safeguards, in the fulfilment of due diligence requirements and in suspicious transaction reporting.

BaFin or­ders Leon­teq Se­cu­ri­ties (Eu­rope) GmbH to rem­e­dy short­com­ings in the area of mon­ey laun­der­ing pre­ven­tion

The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has ordered Leonteq Securities (Europe) GmbH to remedy shortcomings in its arrangements for the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing. Serious shortcomings were found in the company’s outsourcing of internal controls and safeguards, performance of due diligence and compliance with record-keeping and retention requirements. BaFin

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