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  • Solicitors Regulation Authority reports of money laundering

    • April 8, 2021
    • Posted by: FCS Compliance
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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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