All EMEA articles – Page 5
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NewsFourteen charged after ML-linked raids in Ireland
Nineteen people have been arrested and 14 charged so far in an ongoing operation led by Irish police (Garda) targeting organised crime, drug trafficking and associated money laundering centred on the city of Limerick.
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NewsGlasgow company fined for making half a million nuisance calls
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined DialADeal Scotland Ltd (DDSL) for making more than half a million nuisance marketing calls.
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WebinarHow to mitigate crypto risks with the right data-driven compliance strategy
Despite increased adoption of cryptocurrency across the world, some financial institutions continue to hold back from banking cryptocurrency businesses and investing resources to capitalize on its opportunities, in part because of the perception that it is impossible to control for illicit activity.
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NewsFCA to be demanding of crypto asset exchanges in ML fight
As exchanges dealing in digital tokens and other crypto assets can be used to launder the proceeds of crime, Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) must insist businesses with a UK presence meet necessary standards, chairman Charles Randell told an industry audience.
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NewsProposed VPN ban in India would hit businesses
An Indian parliament proposal to block virtual private networks (VPNs) will seriously hinder the ability of companies in the country to do business, according to a leading figure in India’s internet sector.
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NewsGermany mulls easing privacy rights in coronavirus fight
The German government is looking into temporarily relaxing data privacy rules to allow companies to find out if employees are inoculated against Covid-19.
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NewsAustrac updates ML/TF risk assessments for banks
Australia’s financial crime watchdog Austrac has released four new money laundering and terrorism financing (ML/TF) risk assessments for the banking sector.
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NewsIrish DPA fines WhatsApp €225m
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has ordered WhatsApp to pay €225m ($266m) for breaching the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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NewsCyber infrastructure seized from Irish health service attackers
Police in Ireland say they have taken control of servers, websites and domain names used by the gang which hacked the country’s health service in May. The international operation has also prevented hundreds of other ransomware attacks, say police.
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NewsTracking employees’ location breaches their privacy says Israel’s DPA
Employers monitoring their workers’ location significantly impairs their rights, even when it is done during working hours, according to the Privacy Protection Authority (PPA) in Israel.
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NewsBritish online gaming operator fined for money laundering failures
The UK’s Gambling Commission has issued a £5.85m ($8.05m, €6.81m) penalty on Daub Alderney after finding anti-money laundering and social responsibility shortcomings.
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NewsUK Cyber Security Council appoints permanent CEO
The UK Cyber Security Council has announced the appointment of Simon Hepburn as its new permanent chief executive.
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NewsBritain to push for post-Brexit data dividend
The UK will seek multi-billion-pound global data partnerships to boost growth and trade.
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NewsDanish DPA vets companies’ data security
Datatilsynet, Denmark’s Data Protection Authority, is conducting a written check on 30 organisations’ information-protection systems.
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NewsHealth data-sharing scheme put on hold in UK
A government project to share more widely information held by family doctors (GPs) in England has been shelved for the time being, partly due to privacy concerns.
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NewsUS financial firms tread carefully in Afghan dealings
With a designated terrorist group the Taliban now in charge of Afghanistan, US banks and other financial service companies are being extra cautious in business they have in the country to avoid breaching sanctions on the Islamic group.
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NewsPakistan’s national sovereignty ‘compromised’ in cyber-attack
The “casual approach” of Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in hosting information on the cloud not only compromises the country’s sovereignty but could also have grave consequences for taxpayers, both domestically and internationally, according to tax practitioners.
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NewsUAE establishes specialised money laundering court
Authorities in the UAE have set up a court in Dubai to focus on combating money laundering.
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NewsForty jailed in UAE for money laundering and fraud
Abu Dhabi Criminal Court has imprisoned 40 men after they conned investors into putting money into a digital trading platform and converting their clients’ funds into a fake digital currency called Foin so the investors could not get their money back.
