Anti-money laundering specialist SmartSearch is backing calls for reform of the UK’s company registration system after a report revealed that thousands of UK-registered Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) bear the hallmarks of shell companies for serious financial crime. An investigation by anti-corruption organisation Transparency International UK found that more than 20,000 Limited Liability Partnerships almost one in…
Read moreNatWest has been fined £264,772,619.95 following convictions for three offences of failing to comply with money laundering regulations. It was found that the bank failed to properly monitor the activities of jeweller Fowler Oldfield between November 2012 and June 2016. The Bradford-based jeweller deposited £365 million with the bank over a five-year period, including £264 million…
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