Anti-money laundering
Articles and features covering legal compliance information and advice for estate and letting agents.
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A reel treat! LonRes now hosts property short videos
Subscribers to LonRes can now enhance their property listings by uploading video or property reels directly onto the platform.
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Crackdown begins on agents who ignore bribery, corruption and money laundering
RICS is set to require member agents to adopt personal money laundering statement including promise to report both fellow agents breaking law and sporting donations.
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AML alert – estate agents are to be targeted by government as ‘too few’ report suspicious transactions
Property industry and particularly high end estate agents are failing to report criminals spending their laundered cash in the UK.
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Are you registered for Money Laundering supervision?
If you’re running an estate agency business that’s not registered for supervision under the Money Laundering Regulations (MLRs) you are trading illegally and may soon have HMRC knocking on your door.
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Don’t get washed up by money laundering rules
After 2015's Channel 4’s exposé From Russia with Cash, RICS expelled a member for his role in money laundering. Andrea Kirkby explores what the subsequent AML regulations have meant for estate agents.
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Estate agents heavily criticised by MPs within parliamentary report on AML
High profile Treasury Select Committee says agents are weakest link in war against AML after hearing from NAEA Propertymark and National Crime Agency.
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Countrywide given £215,000 fine for not complying with AML rules
Countrywide has received the largest ever published fine given to an estate agent for non-compliance with anti-money laundering regulations, the Negotiator has been told.
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How I persuade agents to act on their suspicions
With criminals working across borders, globalised banking, super-fast digital money transfers and crypto currencies. All these have made money laundering easier, faster and more international.
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Anti Money Laundering dominates NAEA conference
At the NAEA Propertymark Conference Richard explained the UK Government's stance on money laundering and why it is such a serious problem.
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Why money laundering matters
The Negotiator looks at the social and economic damage that serious and organised crime inflicts on the UK and why this makes it so important that estate agents engage in the battle to prevent money laundering.
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