UK Publishes Anti-Money Laundering Risk Assessment
The U.K.'s Solicitors Regulation Authority on July 24 released a sectoral risk assessment covering anti-money laundering and terrorist financing, according to the EU Sanctions blog. The document covers sanctions risk factors and says that companies must conduct an assessment of…
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their proliferation financing risk exposure, the blog noted. The SRA added that firms "may be of a greater risk where they have exposure to countries" that are subject to U.N. sanctions; are suspected of using or seeking to acquire nuclear, chemical, biological or radiological weapons; or share a "porous border with such countries." The document also covers observations from the agency's supervision work, higher-risk jurisdictions, external support, risks in the legal sector and risk factors.