money laundering
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‘Practical AML Compliance for Auctioneers’ – industry webinar: 5pm 1 March
- February 19, 2021
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: News
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A concentrated hour of expert guidance & practical information to help auctioneers ensure AML compliance before the government deadline.
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“One of the best ones yet” – agents respond to the latest FCS webinar
- January 19, 2021
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: News
Latest FCS Compliance webinar on Rightmove sees hundreds of agents tune in
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Money laundering legislation and the art world
- January 13, 2021
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Blog
The time for AMPs to put AML on the back burner has now passed
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Registration opens for Rightmove webinar on CDD (19 Jan 2021)
- January 11, 2021
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: News
The next FCS Compliance webinar hosted by Rightmove looks at one of the critical aspects of adhering to the Money Laundering Regulations 2017: ‘Undertaking Effective Customer Due Diligence’.
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Rightmove to host two further FCS Compliance webinars: filing SARs (15 Dec) and undertaking effective CDD (19 Jan)
- December 10, 2020
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: News
Criminals continue to be drawn to the real estate market as a conduit for hiding their illicit funds and now, perhaps more than ever, estate agents are having to be particularly vigilant.
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Property offers ready shelter for criminal wealth
- November 5, 2020
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Press
Some argue that a cultural shift needs to take place in the property industry, akin to that which has been occurring at financial institutions
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Estate agents must be aware of money laundering
- June 26, 2020
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Press
Covid-19 restrictions make due diligence difficult in property sales and purchases. As the UK housing market slowly returns to normal, the risk of money laundering to real estate has not diminished. In fact, there is a strong argument that the sector is more susceptible to money laundering than ever before. As Covid-19 restrictions took hold,
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FCS becomes an AML approved service provider for LAPADA
- May 6, 2020
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: News
Anti-money laundering (AML) specialists FCS Compliance, has been appointed as an Approved Service Provider for LAPADA (Association of Art and Antiques Dealers), the UK’s largest association of professional art and antique dealers. The Fifth Money Laundering Directive which came into force on 10 January 2020 now applies to the art market. This means that anyone
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The cryptocurrency hard-sellers who investors claim have lost them £400,000
- February 14, 2020
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Press
David Byers reports on eight vulnerable people who say they were pressured into handing over their money. Jerry Walters, Managing Director of FCS Compliance and expert in global financial crime, previously investigated fraud for City of London police. In this article for The Times, he talks about about the cat-and-mouse game of investigating offshore companies.
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How do criminals use commercial property to launder money?
- January 27, 2020
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Press
When it comes to money laundering, London and residential property take the lion’s share of headlines, but making dirty money clean is an activity that is widespread across the UK, with prosecutions associated with commercial property common. More than £90bn is estimated to be laundered through the UK each year. Research from Transparency International, the
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