The Egmont Group and the Technical Help and Coaching Working Group are proud to announce the publication of the “BEST EGMONT CASES – Monetary Evaluation Instances 2014–2020.” This e-book marks the second iteration of the BECA competitors’s compilation of case research, the primary having been revealed in 2015. The second BECA e-book, containing 26 case…
The Egmont Group is happy to announce the winner of this 12 months’s Finest Egmont Group Case Award (BECA) –IMPA, Israel. The Egmont Group has held the BECA competitors since 2011, and this 12 months marks its eleventh 12 months. The 2021 competitors was energetic, with 24 circumstances acquired from 16 FIUs. As an alternative…
From August 2-6, 2021, the ECOFEL hosted a profitable 5-day, interactive Company Autos and Monetary Merchandise (CorFIN) course with 30 contributors from FIUs within the Asia-Pacific area. Individuals had been led by means of shows, case research, and sensible workouts to be taught extra about learn how to conduct superior tactical evaluation involving company automobiles and monetary merchandise. By the tip…
The ECOFEL group is happy to announce the discharge of a brand new eLearning course entitled “FIU Communication Technique and Planning.” This course will assist FIUs to: Establish their FIU’s communication targets and targets. Perceive the significance of creating a communication technique and plan in your group. Perceive the distinction between a communication technique and…
Regardless of the continuing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, and over the previous month, the Egmont Group (EG) has remained agile to proceed its necessary work to battle cash laundering and terrorist financing. To perform its work, the EG held digital conferences and out-of-session selections. As well as, Egmont Group HoFIU convened to debate how…
Final month, the Chair of the Egmont Group, Mrs. Hennie Verbeek-Kusters, sat down with Mr. Keith Nuthall from Cash Laundering Bulletin to conduct a video interview. The 30-minute interview explored the challenges and impacts of COVID-19 on the AML/CFT system. Mrs. Verbeek-Kusters elaborated on how FIUs have tailored to the pandemic to proceed their work…
On July twenty ninth, the World Customs Group (WCO), the Egmont Group (EG), and FIU Hungary hosted a world webinar on cooperation between customs authorities and FIUs worldwide. Through the webinar, presenters outlined the principle findings of the joint WCO/EG “Customs-FIU Cooperation Handbook” and expanded on the handbook implementation progress. They highlighted some success tales…
What is the situation like for human rights defenders, working on business-related human rights issues in Kazakhstan? Are there sufficient protections for HRDs? If we assess the situation as a whole, I believe it has worsened to some extent. While human rights defenders were ignored before when they were doing their work, now an active…
An airtight compliance program is essential in today’s tumultuous and evolving regulatory and political atmosphere. As data privacy, international regulations and enforcement, and enhanced monitoring and reporting requirements challenge businesses and chief compliance officers alike, benchmarking, strengthening and improving your current compliance process is more important than ever. Whether you focus broadly on international trade…
The Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine’s Parliament) passed Bill No. 2689 “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts on the Enforcement of International Criminal and Humanitarian Law” on May 20, 2021, with 248 votes in favor out of 363 members in attendance. Almost seven years after the beginning of atrocities in eastern Ukraine and the seized Crimean peninsula,…
