Anti-Money Laundering Resources
Anti-Money Laundering Resources
Guidance for lawyers
Law Society of England & Wales
Anti-Money Laundering Guidance for the Legal Sector
Responding to a financial crime investigation Practice Note
NCA Consent Request Guidelines
Law Society response to HM Treasury consultation on the AML and CFT supervisory regime
Updated Law Society guidance on the European Commission list of High Risk Third Countries
Law Society advice note – Suspicious Activity Reports – (updated)
Law Society advice note: 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive
Sanctions
Sanctions – what do they mean for law firms?
Sanctions and high risk jurisdictions webpage (CONTAINS LINKS TO HIGH RISK JURISDICTIONS)
The European Union Financial Sanctions (Amendment of Information Provisions) Regulations 2017
HM Treasury and Office of Financial Sanctions guidance
Solicitors Regulation Authority
Cleaning up: Law firms and the risk of money laundering
SRA Anti Money Laundering Report (Findings from Thematic Review) May 2016
Warning notice, updated October 2019
Firm risk assessment checklist
National Crime Agency
Closure of cases requesting consent
Suspicious Activity Reports Annual Report 2015
National Strategic Assessment of Serious and Organised Crime 2020
Anti-money laundering: the SARs regime – Law Commission report
Financial Action Task Force
Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Vulnerabilities of Legal Professionals
Guidance on Beneficial Owners and Transparency
Risk Based Approach Guidance for Legal Professionals
FATF consolidated list with links to national risk assessments
FATF Report on Professional Money Laundering July 2018
FATF Guidance for a Risk-Based Approach for Legal Professionals
International Bar Association
IBA resource with information on equivalent legislation in various jurisdictions
A Lawyer’s Guide to Detecting and Preventing Money Laundering
Transparency International
European Parliament
The Fourth EU Money laundering Directive has now been approved: See here.
European Parliament Draft Recommendation to The Council and The Commission.
The European Union Financial Sanctions (Amendment of Information Provisions) Regulations 2017
5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive, which amends the 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive
Sixth European Anti-Money Laundering Directive – This will implement new jail sentences and sanctions for money laundering. Note: The UK, Ireland and Denmark are not taking part in the adoption of this directive.
UK Home Office
Updated HMRC Estate agency guidance for money laundering supervision
Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing: supervision report 2017-18
UK Treasury
Financial sanctions: consolidated list of targets
Doing business in Russia and Ukraine: Sanctions latest
US Department of the Treasury
Office of Foreign Assets Control Sanctions Programs and Information
CIA
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database (‘Panama Papers’)
Search Facilities
EC Find a Company service. At present, this search facility covers Denmark, Germany, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden and Norway. It will cover more countries and provide more information and documents in due course.
Open Corporates – The largest open database of companies in the world
EC Find a Lawyer service provides search facilities against bar lists in many European countries.
Money Laundering Regulations
The Money Laundering Regulations 2003
The Money Laundering Regulations 2007
CLC practice note on Money Laundering Regulations 2017
The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018
The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019
The Money Laundering and Transfer of Funds (Information) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Companies House
Companies House guidance on People with Significant Control

Key Contact
Sue Mawdsley
For specialist legal advice on Anti-Money Laundering Resources please contact Sue.
0345 330 6791 sue.mawdsley@legalrisk.co.uk