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The FATF held a plenary meeting in Paris, France, from 27 to 29 June 2007. The meeting was chaired by the FATF President, Mr Frank Swedlove. Key outcomes from the meeting include: welcoming the People's Republic of China as the FATF's newest member; guidance for the private sector and governments on combating money laundering and terrorist financing; reports on the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing systems of China, Greece and the United Kingdom; and, 2 new studies on money laundering and terrorist financing methods (through real estate and related to drug trafficking...

The Forensic & AML department was this week appointed Center Deloitte Luxembourg vient d’être nommé Centre of Excellence in the Deloitte network worldwidse. There are five Centers like this to provide support and services in their area. See press release (in french)

[Strasbourg, 14/06/2007] The Group of States against corruption - GRECO has this week published its Seventh General Activity report (2006) which was presented yesterday to the Committee of...

On 12th July 2006 the Monegasque Tribunal had found William Fogwell guilty of the charges against him in relation to the collapse of Hobbs Melville in 2000 and had sentenced to 5 years prison. He...

A new European Union (EU) law obliging travellers to declare cash comes into force soon. It is being introduced to help combat money laundering, says the UK's HMRC. As from 15 June 2007,...