Anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorism financing reporting for obliged entities under EU and national AML frameworks. This section covers STR/SAR filing workflows (e.g. via GoAML), standardised AML/CFT data collection templates, and the EU-wide changes coming with the AML Regulation (AMLR), AML Directive (AMLD6), and the new Anti-Money-Laundering Authority (AMLA). Articles explain who reports, what data is collected, deadlines, and practical implementation issues – particularly for banks, payment institutions, fund administrators, VASPs, and other regulated firms. Sanctions screening and FATF analysis of high-risk areas (stablecoins, unhosted wallets) are covered in adjacent sections. Start with the AML reporting practical guide or the AMLR overview for the EU framework.
On 17 September 2026 the Czech Financial Analytical Office (Finanční analytický úřad, or FAÚ) opened a guidance series for the firms it supervises, titled the AML package step by step. Its first instalment is narrow and practical: which legal texts will govern anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing work from 10 July 2027. That date is the pivot…
From 2028, the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA) is due to directly supervise a first group of up to 40 credit and financial institutions or groups across the EU; under Article 13(4) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620, direct supervision starts six months after AMLA publishes the selected-entity list. The exercise…
On 23 July 2026 the Council adopted the EU’s 21st sanctions package. The package-wide headline was 218 listings: 48 individuals and 170 entities. The Russia asset-freeze additions were made by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1843, which added 48 persons and 168 entities to Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 and entered into force on…
On 11 September 2026, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) reissued its statement on the EuReCA joint controllership arrangement, and the edit is narrow on the page but material underneath it: every reference to the European Banking Authority (EBA) is now a reference to the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing…
On 9 September 2026 the Financial Action Task Force published Risks of Gaming and Gambling, a Methods and Trends report drawn from contributions by more than 80 jurisdictions, industry associations and researchers, and it arrived with a set of new red-flag indicators written for compliance teams. For anyone running anti-money laundering controls inside a casino,…
On 3 September 2026 the Financial Action Task Force published Investigating Professional Money Laundering, Underground Banking, and the Use of Hawala and Other Similar Service Providers, and one case study, Operation Klaver in the Netherlands, records approximately EUR 500 million in criminal proceeds processed over eight months through a cash-based informal value-transfer system. The report…
On 20 August 2026 FINMA published a short notice reminding supervised financial intermediaries that the Federal Council had, the day before, adopted the further measures of the European Union’s 20th Russia sanctions package. The FINMA Russia sanctions notice points to a decision taken on 19 August 2026, with the new Swiss measures entering into force…
On 6 August 2026 the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA) opened a voluntary survey asking electronic money institutions (EMIs) and payment service providers (PSPs) about their experience with the central contact point framework, and the window closes on 15 September 2026. The CSSF relayed the exercise to the Luxembourg…
On 19 August 2026 FINMA flagged an update to the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida sanctions notification tied to Ordinance SR 946.231.08. The trigger sits one step upstream: the UN Security Council’s ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee amended its list by decision of 14 August 2026, and the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) adjusted…
FINMA’s updated Iran sanctions notification of 18 August 2026 marks a precise moment on the clock. At 23:00 that evening, an amendment to Annexes 12, 13 and 14 of the Ordinance of 12 December 2025 on measures against the Islamic Republic of Iran (SR 946.231.143.6) took effect. The Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and…