German FIU head Daniel Thelesklaf, who previously directed the FIUs of Switzerland and Liechtenstein and chaired Monevyal, discussed the slate of anti-financial crime reforms now underway in Germany with ACAMS moneylaundering.com senior reporter Gabriel Vedrenne.
Italy's Unita di Informazione Finaziaria, or UIF, has joined the list of European anti-money laundering supervisors whose recent examinations suggest more concern around the potential use of virtual international bank account numbers, or IBANs, for illicit finance.
Nearly 400 delegates met in Paris on Monday to attend the 30th plenary of the Egmont Group, a platform through which the financial intelligence units of more than 170 nations share information on suspected instances of cross-border illicit finance.