Handbook for Legal Professionals, Accountants and Estate Agents on Countering Financial Crime and Terrorist Financing
HANDBOOK FOR LEGAL PROFESSIONALS, ACCOUNTANTS AND ESTATE AGENTS ON COUNTERING FINANCIAL CRIME AND TERRORIST FINANCING September 2008 (updated JuneMarch 2010) Changes marked in red to pages 6, 7, 18, 24, 25, 32, 51, 82, 83, 86 – 88, 91, 93, 98, 99, 103 – 108, 119, 130, 133, 145, 149, 150, 151, 164, 166, 167, 171 – 206 and 208 Minor changes also on pages 65 – 87 and 147 CONTENTS PART 1 Page CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION 4 CHAPTER 2 – CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 13 CHAPTER 3 – A RISK-BASED APPROACH 19 CHAPTER 4 – CLIENT DUE DILIGENCE 28 CHAPTER 5 – HIGH RISK RELATIONSHIPS 47 CHAPTER 6 – LOW RISK RELATIONSHIPS 53 CHAPTER 7 – MONITORING TRANSACTIONS AND ACTIVITY 59 CHAPTER 8 – REPORTING SUSPICION 64 CHAPTER 9 – EMPLOYEE SCREENING AND TRAINING 89 CHAPTER 10 – RECORD KEEPING 96 CHAPTER 11 – UN, EU AND OTHER SANCTIONS 103 PART 2 CHAPTER 12 – SPECIFIC INDUSTRY SECTORS 110 PART 3 CHAPTER 13 – APPENDICES 119 CHAPTER 14 – GLOSSARY 207 2 PART 1 – REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDANCE NOTES 3 CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION Sections in this Chapter Page 1.1 Background and Scope 5 1.2 Purpose of the Handbook 5 1.3 Contents of the Handbook 7 1.4 Risk-Based Approach 8 1.5 General Application of the Regulations and the Handbook 9 1.6 Application of the Regulations and the Handbook to Legal Professionals 9 1.7 Application of the Regulations and the Handbook to Accountants 10 1.8 Application of the Regulations and the Handbook to Estate Agents. 12 4 1 INTRODUCTION 1. The laundering of criminal proceeds and the financing of terrorism through the financial and business systems of the world is vital to the success of criminal and terrorist operations.
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