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  • What is the Russian influence on London’s property market?

    • March 5, 2022
    • Posted by: FCS Compliance
    • Category: Press
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    FCS Compliance in The Times - the latest on Anti-Money Laundering

    In the week that the billionaire Roman Abramovich has confirmed he is selling Chelsea Football Club and rumours circulate that his homes in Kensington and Chelsea are also on the market, estate agents have reported that Russian buyers and sellers across the capital are considering their options as the war in Ukraine escalates and sanctions start to bite.

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  • Interview: Meet Jen Siwicki, Senior AML Consultant at FCS

    • October 12, 2021
    • Posted by: FCS Compliance
    • Category: Blog
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    Find out more about the AML experts at FCS. In this interview, we introduce you to Jen whose background at the Serious Organised Crime Agency (now the National Crime Agency) and the City of London police means she knows what investigators are looking for when it comes to AML compliance.

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  • Solicitors Regulation Authority reports of money laundering

    • April 8, 2021
    • Posted by: FCS Compliance
    • Category: News
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    Solicitors Regulation Authority

    The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) made 26 reports of suspected money laundering by solicitors to the National Crime Agency (NCA) last year.

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  • Face up to it

    • March 11, 2021
    • Posted by: FCS Compliance
    • Category: Press
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    The Negotiator

    Property is an increasingly attractive way of laundering money. In fact, the latest UK National Risk Assessment (published in December 2020) raised the money laundering risk score for the property sector overall from ‘medium’ to ‘high’ – highlighting the attractiveness of bricks and mortar as a fraudulent facade.

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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
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    Rightmove logo

    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
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    FCS Compliance in Financial Times

    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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