AML: Staying ahead of the game

Andrew Clark of PricewaterhouseCoopers assesses the different levels of implementation of anti-money-laundering measures needed by financial institutions to keep up with the flood of regulations from national and international authorities.

Almost a year on from the catastrophic events in New York, money laundering and terrorist financing have climbed to the top of the political, legal and regulatory agendas. The prospect of opening the business pages to find that your organization has been linked to allegations of international financial crime ranks among the worst nightmares of financial institution CEOs. As well as involving costly litigation, and the possibility of large fines and long prison sentences, successful penetration by money launderers may also cause incalculable damage to corporate and professional reputations and careers.

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