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AI, AI Act, EU, UK GDPR

Is the UK’s AI law gap a relief, or a risk?

Naomi Grossman

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AML, CDD, FCA

Is FCA’s CDD review a turning point for due diligence?

UK businesses need to reconsider how they design, evidence, and govern CDD and EDD processes in a more demanding regulatory landscape

Naomi Grossman

AML, AML Australia training, Tranche 2

Tranche 2 is coming: what Australia’s AML reforms mean for lawyers

Discover how Australia’s Tranche 2 AML reforms affect lawyers, with key compliance changes and steps to prepare for the new regulations.

Naomi Grossman

AML, AML Australia training, CTF, Tranche 2

AUSTRAC’s big reset: What the Tranche 2 AML reforms mean for your business

With new sectors coming into scope and enrolment opening soon, organisations in Australia must move quickly from awareness to action

Naomi Grossman

AML, Financial crime, Mexico, money laundering

The financial aftermath of a cartel killing

As the fall of the CJNG leader triggers violence across Mexico, the greater risk for global businesses lies in the cartel’s financial networks, where illicit funds may now move with greater urgency

Naomi Grossman

February 24, 2026

AML, Annex I, FCA

Annexe I firms under fire: The FCA’s AML crackdown enters a new phase

Intensifying supervision, data-led probes and the end of compliance-lite for lenders and money brokers

Naomi Grossman

February 10, 2026

AML, Crypto, cryptocurrencies

Crypto has become a global money laundering machine

A recent study shows crypto currency is now central to financial crime, reinforcing why crypto should always be treated as high risk

Naomi Grossman

January 29, 2026

AML, Core Group

AML compliance in 2026: What UK law firms are asking now

Key questions from VinciWorks AML Core Group meeting on FCA supervision, CDD, technology and what’s coming next

Naomi Grossman

January 28, 2026

AML, AML compliance, AML for law firms, Core Group

From policy to practice: Insights from the AML Core Group

Rising scrutiny, tougher enforcement and the compliance gaps law firms can no longer ignore. We discussed it all

Naomi Grossman

January 28, 2026

AML, cryptocurrency, Fraud

How Ruja Ignatova built a $4b fraud and why it matters for crypto and AML

The fraud highlights the risks when cryptocurrency hype, money laundering and weak regulatory oversight are combined.

Naomi Grossman

January 19, 2026

ScoMo’s failed appeal against the SRA’s £68k AML fine highlights the cost of weak compliance

A recent decision in the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has upheld a £68,000 penalty for a law firm’s anti‑money

Sara Henna Dahan

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What’s new in Astute LXP – April 2026 update (v3.5.0)

This month’s update introduces Instructor-Led Training (ILT), alongside a number of smaller improvements across the platform. Instructor-Led Training

Nick Henderson-Mayo

New annual leave record keeping rules are now in force: Mistakes could cost employers thousands

From 6 April 2026, the Employment Rights Act 2025 has introduced a new statutory duty requiring employers to

Nick Henderson-Mayo

New fire safety rules for residential buildings: what RPEEPs mean for compliance

From 6 April 2026, a significant shift in residential fire safety regulation came into force in England. The

Nick Henderson-Mayo

French court rules firm guilty of financing terrorism in Syria. Is extreme due diligence the answer?

The landmark conviction of Lafarge, a French cement manufacturer by the Paris Criminal Court is a significant case

Nick Henderson-Mayo

AML, CDD, FCA

Is FCA’s CDD review a turning point for due diligence?

The FCA’s 2025 multi-firm review indicates that existing due diligence policies often, in practice, fail and due diligence

Naomi Grossman

Is Bosnia and Herzegovina heading back to the FATF grey list?

Bosnia and Herzegovina could be re-added to the grey list this year. In February 2026, the one-year observation

Nick Henderson-Mayo

Apple sanctions penalty shows how UK exposure can arise where firms least expect it

On 19 March 2026, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, or OFSI, imposed a monetary penalty of £390,000

Sara Henna Dahan

Transparency in the British Overseas Territories: eight years on, where are the public registers?

Nearly eight years after the UK’s offshore financial centres committed to greater beneficial ownership transparency, the picture is

Sara Henna Dahan

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