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NEWS & UPDATESBeneficial Ownership – more consistency needed in the EU
In a May 2021 report by Transparency International (TI) called ‘Access Denied? Availability and Accessibility of...
Low Levels of Suspicious Transaction Reports
According to statistics quoted by Chartered Accountants Ireland recently, there are over 2,100 entities registered to...
Oops Non-Compliance
In last week’s blog we alerted readers to the first of the two types of anomaly that ‘designated persons’ are obliged...
Don’t tell me about Discrepancies
In last week’s blog we alerted readers to the two types of anomaly that can occur on the Register of Beneficial...
Are you the Beneficial Owner?
The Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Acts 2010 to 2021 contains the latest list of new...
Money Laundering Crimes up over 100%
A recent The Irish Times report shows that recorded money laundering crimes more than doubled since the start of...
New AML Manual Published
Readers of our regular blog will be delighted to hear that our new Anti-Money Laundering & Terrorist Financing...
New AML Law Extends List of Red Flag Transactions
In our last blog, we mentioned the enactment of the latest AML legislation in Ireland which is the ‘Criminal Justice...
AML Legislation – The Latest
Are your engagement letters up to date? Probably not! No sooner had we given our letters of engagement on the website...
Monitoring Inspection Feedback
Recent feedback from professional accountancy body inspections which readers may find useful, has come to our...
Don’t Panic in a Pandemic
The title of the first session which I am presenting for the Cork Society Topical Practice Issues Event on Thursday 11...
Money Transfer Business Hit with Large AML Fine
Abiding by money laundering regulations is a serious business to say the least. Early last month a money service...











