Lawyers held to account on money laundering

Powerful international task forces charged by G7 governments with fighting money laundering have long pressured banks into taking responsibility for the activities of their customers. Now lawyers may come under the same kind of scrutiny By Nigel Page

Two blacklists published within a week of each other at the end of June have raised the profile of international efforts to combat money laundering and tax evasion. The G7-sponsored Financial Action Task Force (FATF) broke the public silence it has maintained for the 10 years since it was established, by posting a list of 15 jurisdictions it considered to be “non-cooperative” in the international efforts to reduce the scope for money laundering. The list, which included 10 Caribbean islands, also named Israel, Russia, the Philippines and Liechtenstein.

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