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Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Enforcement and Compliance

The stakes for compliance have never been more significant. In 2022, the commodities industry should anticipate increased investigations and enforcement actions as the US government has more investigative tools and information at its disposal. These developments are fueling the government's investigations and enforcement actions. Companies that deal in commodities should review and improve their sanctions compliance programs in Money Laundering International.

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Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Enforcement and Compliance

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  1. Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Enforcement and Compliance

  2. Introduction These developments are fueling the government's investigations and enforcement actions. Companies that deal in commodities should review and improve their sanctions compliance programs in Money Laundering International. Sharing suspicious activity reports (SARs) with overseas affiliates: Before the AML Act, financial institutions may only share SARs with specific controlling organizations outside of the United States. SARs can now be shared with foreign branches, subsidiaries, and affiliates under a pilot program established under the AML Act

  3. Increased Ceiling The US currently pays out prizes for information that lead to successful money laundering and other financial crime convictions. The AML Act eliminates the ceiling on such awards, allowing them to reach up to 30% of all monetary fines obtained due to the linked enforcement action. In this way, the AML Act's financial incentives are now akin to the False Claims Act's equivalent financial incentives, which have sparked a wave of private-sector relator lawsuits.

  4. Beneficial Ownership The AML Act money Laundering International is the first time the US government has mandated corporations to disclose helpful ownership information on a large scale. As a result, US law enforcement agencies will have a powerful tool to detect and investigate potential sanctioned person investments in US companies. President Biden also requested a 50 percent increase in funding for this initiative from Congress.

  5. Government's Implementation With a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) focusing on the new beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirement, FinCEN issued more specific implementing rules last month. The data will be utilized to aid law enforcement and tax investigations, according to the NPRM, and will be shared with "intelligence and security specialists."

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