Peningaþvætti

HSBC málið

In 2012, U.S. federal regulators hit HSBC Holdings with a $1.9 billion fine, along with $665 million in civil penalties, for significant lapses in its compliance and anti-money laundering (AML) systems. HSBC laundered over $881 million for Mexico's Sinaloa and Colombia's Norte del Valle drug cartel...

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Peningaþvætti 101

Money laundering involves disguising financial assets so they can be used without detection of the illegal activity that produced them. Through money laundering, the criminal transforms the monetary proceeds derived from criminal activity into funds with an apparently legal source.

Allt sem þú þarft að vita um AMLA

AMLA EU, also known as the Anti-Money Laundering Authority of the European Union, was created following identified weaknesses in the AML-CFT framework in the European Union, creating cross-border opportunities for criminals using the EU financial system. With the lack of harmonization and coordinat...