SmartSearch says more and more agents are now keen to check if their client list contains one of the 1,000+ people on the sanctions list.

Much-delayed Register of Overseas Entities is given impetus by Ministers' desire to clamp down on Putin's wealthy supporters with homes in UK.

Research by estate agency Aston Chase reveals London has 150,000 Russians living there and that a clamp down would lead to a mass exodus.

The industry needs the government to standardise and direct tech usage if agents are to willingly help realise its AML enforcement aims.

Comments by solicitors' trade body follow the end of HM Treasury's consultation on reforming anti-money laundering rules in UK.

Trade body leader, Mark Hayward, suggests that letting agencies should be treated like their sales counterparts to aid AML and stamp out money laundering via property in the UK.

The leading AML check companies are all reporting criminal activity in regional locations, highlighting how London isn’t always the epicentre, reports Lisa Isaacs.

A new app to provide anti-money laundering and counterterrorist financing training has been launched...