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The European Union’s Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) has finalised three sets of draft regulatory technical standards designed to establish greater consistency in how companies and professionals apply anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing requirements across the private sector. The standards, announced by AMLA on 1 October 2026, focus on three key areas: identifying business relationships and occasional or linked transactions, customer due diligence,

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has published its 2026 Mutual Evaluation Report on Türkiye, finding that the country has strengthened its defences against money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing, while identifying a number of areas requiring further improvement. The assessment examined Türkiye’s AML/CFT/CPF framework and its effectiveness based on the situation at the time of the FATF’s on-site visit in November 2025. The evaluation found that

The European Banking Authority (EBA) and the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism have finalized the full transfer of all anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing mandates and responsibilities, marking a major step forward in the European Union’s efforts to combat financial crime. The completion of this handover brings to a close the stand-alone AML/CFT mandate that the EBA has held since 2020 and represents a key mileston

The European Commission has formally classified Russia as a “high-risk third country,” pointing to long-standing and systemic weaknesses in its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing framework. The decision follows an in-depth technical assessment that drew on publicly available information, findings from authorities in EU member states, and evaluations conducted by the European External Action Service (EEAS). The Commission concluded that Russia’s financial sy

Croatia has strengthened its framework for combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism, but further work is still required to fully address remaining weaknesses, according to a follow-up report adopted by MONEYVAL, the Council of Europe’s Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism. The assessment finds that Croatia has achieved significant progress in remedying technical compliance shortcomings that pr

Financial crime remains an unrelenting global threat that constantly pushes authorities to adopt more advanced detection and prevention tools, and Bulgaria has moved decisively by intensifying its reliance on Open-Source Intelligence, OSINT, to reinforce its Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism, AML/CFT, architecture. The strength of any AML/CFT regime hinges on the sophistication of its Financial Intelligence Units and law enforcement bodies, which must p