UK AND IRELAND SPEAK A COMMON LANGUAGE ON AML/CFT – BUT WILL BREXIT BRING DISCORD?

  With their large financial services industries and open economies, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland are conspicuously exposed to money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF) risks. Tough anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) policies are at the heart of their respective financial services regulations, yet both countries are regularly forced to fend off criticisms that they are not doing enough to tackle these problems. In its March 2018 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR), the ...


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