Top stories this week:
AMLA Opens Consultations on EU-wide CDD and Supervision Rules | UK and US Fall in Latest Corruption Index Rankings
Welcome to this week's edition of the KYC Roundup, your gateway to the most impactful developments in the world of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and financial crime. In the AML arena, AMLA opens consultations on EU-wide CDD and supervision rules, and Eurojust takes action against a €306m laundering network.
In the fast-paced world of sanctions, the EU considers a ban on Russian crypto transactions.
In the corruption space, the UK and US fall in the latest Corruption Index rankings.
We round off this week’s roundup with our latest report, “The Definitive Guide to Customer Lifecycle Management”.
KYC & AML
AMLA opens consultations on EU-wide CDD and supervision rules
Europe’s Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) has launched public consultations on three draft Regulatory Technical Standards aimed at harmonising requirements across the EU. The draft standards cover customer due diligence, business relationships, and supervisory cooperation.
Eurojust takes action against €306m laundering network
Authorities arrested 13 suspects across France and Romania, conducted 24 searches, and seized over €400,000 in cash along with jewellery, luxury watches and mobile phones. Investigators say the network is suspected of laundering at least €306 million in criminal proceeds.
Belgian police search EU Commission offices over Brussels property sale
Belgian police searched European Commission buildings in Brussels as prosecutors gather evidence in an investigation into suspected irregularities around a 2024 sale of 23 Commission buildings to Belgium’s state investment vehicle SFPIM for about €900 million.
Cambodia closes almost 200 scam centres in fraud crackdown
Cambodia says it has closed almost 200 scam centres as part of a crackdown on industrial-scale fraud operations, with 173 senior crime figures being arrested since the start of the crackdown late last year.
Colombian national pleads guilty in $31m drug-money laundering case
Valentina Forero Álvarez, 33, of Armenia, Colombia, pleaded guilty in the US to conspiracy to commit money laundering. Álvarez led an international network that laundered over $31 million in narcotics proceeds.
Former US bank employee admits laundering Medicare fraud proceeds
A former bank employee, Renat Abramov, pleaded guilty in US federal court to helping launder more than $8 million in health care fraud proceeds on behalf of a transnational criminal organisation.
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Sanctions
EU considers ban on Russian crypto transactions
Under its proposed 20th sanctions package against Russia, the EU is considering tighter measures aimed at closing evasion loopholes, including possible restrictions on crypto-related transactions involving Russia.
Corruption
UK and US fall in latest Corruption Index rankings
Transparency International’s 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index revealed a global average of 42/100. The UK recorded its lowest score to date, while France, Sweden and the United States all declined year-on-year
KYC360 News
The Definitive Guide to Customer Lifecycle Management
The typical KYC periodic review process is still manual. The same customer data gets collected repeatedly, while documents and context sit across multiple systems, forcing analysts to piece everything together by hand.
In the Definitive Guide to Customer Lifecycle Management (CLM), you can see how a CLM approach streamlines periodic reviews, reduces redundant information requests, and creates a single live source of truth for customer risk across the lifecycle.
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